Buraka Som Sistema bring it!
Hipster mags such as The Fader have been championing Buraka Som Sistema and a handful of other African tinged music for the past couple of months. The music is punchy, high energy, booty shaking stuff, and unlike anything you've ever heard before.
From the group’s Wikipedia page, their musical style is dubbed “kuduro” which means “hard ass” in Portuguese. It’s a type of hip hop / mash-up / electro that is popular on the streets of Portugal which by the way, has a large African community, and many talented MCs which have graced the group’s last couple of records.
Anyways, the Buraka Som Sistema blend everything together beautifully, including a few Rage Against the Machine clips and are riding the crest of a popular new music movement. If you haven’t heard of them yet, do yourself a favor and get hip to their music cuz they definitely gonna bring it.
//sean s.