The guys from Outhere Records rescently sat down with Kalaf and Conductor from Buraka Som Sistema at a club in Munich. Topics:

“Kuduro, Angola, Lisbon and of course Buraka Som Sistema. We found out that Lugandan youth has a drinking problem and learnt that Burkas 3rd album will be on Balkan sound ; ) and Conductor sampling our urban Africa releases we gave him last time we met. So tune into the interview and get a basic crash course of kuduro by Kalaf and the Conductor”

Outhere Records from Munich released an Kwaito compilation featuring Dj Mujava of Warp Records, Pastor Mbhobho, L’Vovo Derrango and others: Ayobaness – The Sound of South African House.



Guess you remember Township Funk. If you dont, listen to it! If you do, you’ll look forward to Mugwanti/Sgwejegweje on the compilation. Even more important, it’s not like Mujavas piece is the only one worth listening. The 13 chilled out tracks give you a little roundup of today south african house / Kwaito artists. Can’t tell you who they left out, which are the best Kwaito artists at the moment and so forth but I can tell you that this is something for my car, mobile & laptop.



Saying that the compilation has a chilled out vibe to it doesnt mean you cant dance to it. The title track by Pastor Mbhobho is perfect to pre-party before world cup matches. First games start on 13.30 and I had problems getting my beers down right after gettin up. until now! Ayoba!

Tracklisting:

01 L’vovo Derrango – Resista

02 Pastor Mbhobho – Ayobaness

03 DJ Cleo ft. Bleksem – Nisho Njalo

04 Dj Mujava – Mugwanti/Sgwejegweje

05 DJ Sumthyn Black ft. Ntsiki Mazwai - Wena

06 Mgo – Yes (Bongo Disco Mix)

07 Survivor – Stjwetla

08 DJ Clock ft. Big Nuz, Tzozo & Sox - Xavatha (Woza Chynaman)

09 Aero Manyelo – Mexican Girl

10 DJ Steavy – Kubi

11 DJ Bongz ft. Mampinsha - Bayakhuluma

12 DJ Fresca & Kudoskelem ft. Lelethu - Int’engekhoyo

13 Shana – Iyo’Londaba

For more info on Kwaito just check wiki…

kuduro is one hell of a musical style. african techno (ignorant description?^^) is killin it anyway. i just featured this one in raveline magazine:

got get Buraka Som Sistema – Black Diamond,

buraka som sistema are pretty much hyped by journalists at the moment. the genre, kuduro, is bouncin in lissabon and thats where buraka som sistema come from. still kuduro (“hard ass”) has its roots in angola (i read that, gotta be true). so the video location wasnt chosen out of cheapest-flight causes.
not hard to recognize that kuduro is not that different from other styles that developed in africa out of tapes tourists forgot in the early nineties.

another nice one from princes of kuduro out of angola:

this one is from cabo verde, where fu is livin, a brother from my my crew highlight, puttin in work for schakkerhart. the sound they pump over there is called batuko.

another one he showed me. this one is really huge in cabo verde. the title of the song means something like “put your hands on the ground”.

capo verde mom – poi mo na xiom

more techno rap mash ups following, i got a damn long “to-blog” list… what you say about those above??

bouncin remix of a-traks “Say Whoa” by boyz noize. i mssed a-trak (kanye wests dj) in cologne a few days ago, he’s off to canada and nyc by now.



A-Trak – Say Whoa (Boys Noize Remix)







found it in a post from Norbert Schiegl on the nice topfriendmusic blog, where Schowi of german rap group massive töne and 0711 entertainment is writing as well.
ben mono has a nice wiley remix there and they also got township funk, which i just recorded my own remix of (mix it 4 me and i’ll post it..).







diggin deeper in their archives will be worth it or… just stay with me, imma just snatch every good song they find and present it to you over here^^



ah yeah. the girl on the pic is cassie. thats the question that kept you readin, right?