Recently Jace/Rupture posted some mp3s on his blog of an Angolan music called kuduro. They're down now but here is his description:
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if you need labels, it sounds vaguely like fast Brazilian reggaeton, except it's African (with all the local polyglot plurality that implies), and more techno. And Helder 'King of Kuduro' reminds me of Wayne Lonesome, which is just strange. Both tracks from his album "Ladies Night"
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Pretty nice stuff to my ear. I've been tracking kwaito for awhile now and of course there is rai etc but hearing this stuff made me wonder what else is going on there I haven't picked up on at all. The Konono thing is also of interest of course and has been talked about a good deal here too. Anyone know of anything else?
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if you need labels, it sounds vaguely like fast Brazilian reggaeton, except it's African (with all the local polyglot plurality that implies), and more techno. And Helder 'King of Kuduro' reminds me of Wayne Lonesome, which is just strange. Both tracks from his album "Ladies Night"
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Pretty nice stuff to my ear. I've been tracking kwaito for awhile now and of course there is rai etc but hearing this stuff made me wonder what else is going on there I haven't picked up on at all. The Konono thing is also of interest of course and has been talked about a good deal here too. Anyone know of anything else?