"Sound of Kuduro" is a
kuduro
Kuduro (or kuduru) is a type of music and dance from Angola. It is characterized as uptempo, energetic, and danceable. Kuduro was developed in Luanda, Angola in the late 1980s. Producers sampled traditional carnival music like soca and zouk bé ...
song by
Buraka Som Sistema
Buraka Som Sistema was an electronic dance music project from Portugal, specializing in a fusion of techno beats with the African zouk and kuduro genre. It is generally credited with creating the "zouk bass" and "progressive kuduro" variant and ...
featuring DJ Znobia,
M.I.A., Saborosa and Puto Prata, from their album ''
Black Diamond'' released in 2008. The song was recorded in
Angola
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, and a video for the song was recorded in 2007. "Sound of Kuduro" also appeared on the special edition of M.I.A.'s ''
Kala
Kala or Kalah may refer to:
Religion Hinduism
*Kāla, a Sanskrit word meaning ''time''
*Kāla, a Hindu deity of time, destiny, death and destruction closely related to Yama and Shiva.
*Kalā, a Sanskrit word meaning ''performing arts''
* Kala Bo, ...
''.
Pitchfork Media
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Schreiber started Pitchfork while working ...
placed the song at number 97 on their best tracks of 2008 list.
Music video
The video for the song was recorded in Angola in 2007, and features footage of the vocalists recording for the song around the country, travelling around the city, joining street and yard parties and local dancers. The video was posted onto
YouTube
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in March 2008, receiving attention across the
blogosphere
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.
References
External links
Sound Of Kuduro video700 KUDURO VIDEOS KUDUROPEDIA
{{M.I.A.
2008 singles
Buraka Som Sistema songs
M.I.A. (rapper) songs
Songs written by M.I.A. (rapper)
2008 songs
Sony BMG singles