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A Statement About Kuduro: An Angolan Point of View

Earlier today, Toke posted that comment on my post “Kuduro – One Year Later“. I thought it’s important enough that we’ll put it back as a post, and not let it getting buried in a few month old comment section. Toke is talking about many issues that I pointed out in my post. And I’m really glad to hear that Kuduro is still big in Luanda and that scene is slowly shaping up. Toke, I’m also wondering why Cape Verdian is a joke to Angolan? Why Helder is a thief and if your opinion on Frédéric Galliano’s work is also the same on a band like Buraka Som Sistema (see latest video).

Many thanks to Toke for his input, please visit his blog

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To: masalacism@yahoo.ca
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2008 21:04:00 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [MASALA] Nouveau commentaire sur Kuduro – One Year Later (kuduro series).
Toke a ajouté un nouveau commentaire sur votre message blog “Kuduro – One Year Later (kuduro series)” :

Hello there,
my name is Toke, I live in Angola, Luanda, where I’ve been borned.

I’ve comed here through Likembe blog link.

I’m a adio producer, speaker, and dj everywhere through Luanda’s nights.

http://kuduro.podomatic.com
(strait from cd-r street kuduro sellers to your hard drive, the angolan guetho musicians that have no commercial contract but that everybody is listening in the partys, taxis, bus, or in the street – kuduro rulles in luanda’s caotic automobile trafic) – Site rebuilding.
I’m a big kuduro collector and I’ved a kuduro site that have been damaged by the server and that I’m rebuilding (slowly as my 256kbps connection allows).
http://kuduro.podomatic.com/

Being kuduro born in Luanda in the early 90′s, and in the middle of the heaviest african civil war that will end only in 2002, it was very hard to produce and present kuduro records and live shows until six years ago.

The things are changing for best, now days, but what is really happening is that only a few of angolans kuduro entertainners have a professional record contract and some international projection.

By the other way, angolans still remains crazy by kuduro scene and dance, and all over Luanda city, cd-rs are popuping from the big guethos youth, whom are in a prolific way recording studio demos, or home demos, that sometimes become huge national hits.

But, as the majority of those local artists do not have any contract, they do not have structure to expand they work world wide.

Anyway, this artists only profits come from local live shows that unespected succes provides, and by hand to hand selling of cd-rs, once that they are ripped off by angolan radios that do not pay any incoming; by local djs who grew a international fame without any credits to the real authors of the beats; and by europeans and non europeans djs, as we all know, due to the lake of information and blabla… at the same time taking avantage and promoting guetho angolan kids. That’s great! view the state of things.

Proudly and warrior angolan kuduro moovement do not considere Lisbon kuduro, as Helder Rei do kuduro, as other thing than pure robery.

We, angolans indulgently laught if someone speaks about cap verdian kuduro!

“Galliano kuduro” (lol) – it has the merit of promote the angolan style, with some deviances, and non kuduro beats, but it’s a great job. It ‘s a great job for him too, not only for the angolan music that he use at a “no price”.

There is only one kuduro beat and moovement, and it is Luanda’s almost five millions habitants that mark that beat with an incredible fast and caotic car trafic, popping kuduro all over the town, all over the day with the naif smile of guetho childrens.

Today, angolan guetho kuduro moovement is strong in Luanda, and more and more youngs achieve a minimal record contract.

By the stylistic point of view, now days guetho kuduro it’s going more mczided than the old kuduro, whom where more instrumental than spoked.

Mainstream angolan kuduro artist as Dog Murras, Sebém, Puto Prata and others have allready notest that word spoked inflection.

Thank you for your time and excuses for the lenght of the explanation in these non corrected almost english words.

Anyway, for me it’s amazing and very interesting to read your opinions and reflections about this style of music from my homeland!

All the best to you,
hope everything’s going right.

Toke
Luanda-Angola
fairylife@gmail.com

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CISM Radio Show (29.03.08)

Un peu de retard sur celle-là mais ça vaut la peine pour l’entrevue avec Magic System si vous l’avez manqué. Un beau moment de radio ! (merci à Anne, Richard et Berny)

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Tracklist ||29.03.08||

El Matador – Coupé Décalé Gwada
Jet Set ft. Muss – Coupé-décalé dans la cité
Magic System – 1er Gaou
Magic System ft 113 – Un Gaou à Oran
Magic System – C’est Cho, Ca Brule
Magic System – Bouger Bouger

***Entrevue Magic System***

Mokobé – C’est Dans La Joie
Magic System – Ki Dit Mie
Gokh-Bi – Palestine
Black Parents – Karnaval 2008
Maga Bo – Nqayi feat. Teba
Maga Bo – Nakhil feat K-Libre
Maga Bo – from upcoming release “Archipelagoes”
Mims – This Why I Am Hot(Cumbia remix)
El remolon – Andres se fue a la villa
Yerba Brava – Naty Boom Boom
Ya Tu Sabes – Negra Caderona
Erupt – Click My Finger
Cutty Ranks – Who Seh Me Dun
Shabba Ranks – Ting A Ling
X -X
Mr. Z – Booty Killer (ShAy Edit)
Aman Hayer ft Jazzy B & DJ Kendall – Chargai
Dr Zeus ft Lamb Burger Hussianpuri & Shortie – Mitran Di Jaan
Miss Pooja – Seetie (T2 Productionz remix)
? – ?
Alter Ego – Fuckingham Palace (Bombamans really really super long remix title edit)
Puto Prata & Fofando & Puto Saborosa & Noite E Dia – Crianca Futuro Bate
Dj N.k – Batida da Kimbedja
Denon Squad – Oba
Zan – Out On D Road (Tony Tempo Refix)

Jassi Sidhu: The Justin Timberlake of Bhangra

Jassi Sidhu used to be the lead singer of Desi boys band but he quited in 2002 to pursue a solo career. Every time he release an album, he usually trust the top of the charts for several weeks. Just like Justin Timberlake, girls falls for his smile, and guys appreciate the good pop hooks and the great production of his tracks (no this isn’t basic sexist reduction ). His latest opus, The New Adventures of Jassi Siddhu, dropped last month and since then the track Ki Kehneh, with Bhangra legend Malkit Singh, is on top of the BBC Asian Network chart.

Direct Download: Jassi Sidhu feat Malkit Singh – Ki Kehneh

But my favorite song of the album is definitely Koka, which double the tempo several times during the song. It’s such a great party pop song, you can’t help but throw your hands in the air and do the light ball dance!

Jassi Sidhu’s website
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