I love Buraka Som Sistema…
Yes I do - and I guess it is a shared feeling within the citizens - so that is why I am posting a video of their live show last night at Cargo.
After a tour of the US where they were highly acclaimed with articles in the New York and LA Times, the super band from Portugal came back to London to give this city a little bit more of “kuduro” energy and power.
And they truly succeeded.
In this video you can see their stage entrance and the first incredible beats they shared with the crowd. They also brought Blaya, a unique kuduro dancer to give them support on some songs like “Kalemba” and “Sound of kuduro” as well as to show the crowd how to get their ass very tight (kuduro means hard ass) and shake it like crazy.
The golden moment of the show was their usual trademark which they have been doing since their first appearance. The band demand everyone goes down on their knees, count 1, 2, 3 and the whole crowd jumps!
With a mix between Portuguese and English as well as African dialect, Kalaf and Conductor (the 2 MC’S) engaged the crowd with their rhymes and thoughts whilst Lil’ John was in charge of the beats giving us stuff from their new album Black Diamond and mixing this with some electronic classics such as “One More Time” from Daft Punk or “Breathe” from The Prodigy. With a little help from Fred Ferreira as guest drummer and DJ Riot playing electronic percussion this was definitely a show to remember.














