Kuduro
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Kuduro
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| Development phase: | 1980s |
| Place of origin: | Angola |
| Instruments typical of the genre | |
| PC , drum computer , vocals | |
| root | |
| Batida , Soca , Semba , Zouk , Tribal House , Techno | |
Kuduro (also known as Kuduru ) is both a style of music and a dance that originally originated in Angola in the 1980s . The music can be characterized as fast, energetic and danceable.
origin
Kuduro has its roots in the late 1980s, when producers in Luanda, Angola, began mixing samples of African percussion with simple calypso and socar rhythms . The result was then referred to as " Batida ". European and American electronic music found its way onto the market, which was popular with Angolan musicians and inspired them to incorporate it into their own style. Angolan MC Sebem started toasting with it and is also considered the founder of the genre.
The name "Kuduro" comes from the Kimbundu language spoken in northern Angola. In Portuguese, the official language of the country, the expression can be translated as “hard ass” or “stiff ass”. The dance is similar to dancing in Jamaican dancehall .
Kuduro combines the traditional Angolan Kilapanga, Semba and Zouk with western house and techno. Vivian Host emphasizes in an article that the Angolan kuduro, despite the general assumption that "world music" from non-western countries has no similarities with modern western music, has elements that it has in common with punk , tribal house and daft punk . As a result, cultural boundaries within the musical spectrum would constantly shift and be redefined. And although the kuduro reflects a conception and, even more, an interpretation of western musical forms, the world music category under which the kuduro falls tends to push back the concept of western musical imperialism. The idea here is even greater that advances in technology and communication, as well as trust in music, have made culturally and sonically outstanding music structures possible by means of an electronic medium.
According to Blentwell Podcasts , Kuduro is a mix of house, hip-hop and ragga elements, which shows that this style of music is Angolan and secular at the same time. Indeed, this "musical cross-pollination", as Vivian Host calls the phenomenon, represents a local use of global forms of music in such a way that the mixture of different musical styles creates the music of a "new world".
Notoriety
Kuduro is particularly popular in the former Portuguese provinces in Africa and in the suburbs of Lisbon (especially Amadora and Queluz ) because of the large number of Angolan immigrants. This music is also popular in the Latin discos in Portugal.
In the Lisbon variant (also called Progressive Kuduro ), which mixes African music with house and techno, Buraka Som Sistema were responsible for the internationalization of Kuduro outside of the Portuguese-speaking world, made the genre known in Europe and appeared in some international music magazines after they brought out the hit “Yah!” (“Yeah!”).
Artist
The most famous representative of the style at the moment is the Portuguese-French artist Lucenzo , who achieved a hit in 2010 with Vem dançar kuduro , especially in Western Europe. Later, in the version recorded with Don Omar called Danza Kuduro , this song also reached high chart positions in the rest of Europe and first place in various countries, especially through its use in the film Fast & Furious Five . Also in 2011, the Portuguese pop musician Emanuel released the song O ritmo do amor in the Latin Kuduro style.
MIA also made use of kuduro when collaborating on the Sound of Kuduro with Buraka Som Sistema from Angola.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dadawah's Peace And Love reissued through Dug Out - FACT magazine: music and art . Factmagazine.co.uk. April 28, 2010. Retrieved September 11, 2011.
- ^ "Bottoms Up" . In: africaresource.com . Retrieved December 31, 2012.
- ↑ The Afro Funk Music Forum: Kuduro: Techno from Angola to the World . Afrofunkforum.blogspot.com. Retrieved September 11, 2011.
- ↑ a b c Host, Vivian (and contributors). "The New World Music." XLR8R 109 (Aug 2007): 64-73.
- ↑ Kiasma. Masolicism. ( Memento of the original from April 29, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Blentwell.com, April 17, 2008
- ↑ Miguel Judas. VISÃO nº 752 3 Ago. 2007
