Príncipe’s recent release of Blacksea Não Maya’s album Máquina de Vénus is a perfect example of all of this continuum of musical mutation.īlacksea Não Maya - DJ Kolt, DJ Perigoso and DJ Noronha, a trio of North Lisbon producers that have been creating beats almost as long as their label has existed - ditch the agitation and aggression for melancholy and sombre tones in the new record, subduing the opulence for possibilities outside of the cannons of the sounds that birthed their music.ĭJ Kolt, who commands the album with six out of eight tracks, displays a keen ear for sounds outside of Angola, hinting at South African gqom on the closer “Africanalidade”. On the forefront of this multiplicity is Príncipe Discos, the Lisbon-based label that for almost ten years has represented the most progressive side of the Afro-Portuguese diaspora, earning them a lot of attention from overseas electronic music critics along the way. ![]() More than a decade and several sonic iterations, explorations and exploitations later, the kuduro sound now resides as much in the club as it does in the streets of Angola. ![]() When kuduro, perhaps Angola’s best-known music and dance, broke out in the international scene via the vibrant “ Sound of Kuduro”, it was largely known as a boisterous upbeat genre that held nothing back. The only rule: it has to be something recent, released within 90 days before date of publication. Once a week, I select a song out of my Bandcamp deep dives and write a few paragraphs about it.
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