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Top 5 reasons to listen to this new Buraka Som Sistema remix of Rye Rye’s “Bang”: 1) Rye Rye is the ish 2) “Bang” is the ish 3) M.I.A. is the ish 4) Buraka Som Sistema is the ish 5) Combined, it is so much ish, that it is criminal. It should be illegal to [...]

(Photo by Brooklyn Vegan) As Saturday night’s Buraka Som Sistema show progressed into a crowd-surfing, stage diving, water gun shooting dance party, a 20 year old hipster in a white t-shirt yells to his friend, “this is no f*cking Modest Mouse show. F*ck Death Cab For Cutie.” The comparisons were faulty, but the general message [...]

This is gonna be cra-zy ish. See you May 2. My BSSroks.

It’s almost here; Buraka Som Sistema’s debut full length LP that I have been waitin’ on like whoa. I feel like it’s been a year since I first saw that “Sound of Kuduro” video (cause it almost has been). After emailing the band’s label and getting a big shrug as to when a US release [...]

M.I.A. and Santogold producer, Diplo, and everyone’s favorite Portuguese, kuduro influenced DJ band, Buraka Som Sistema, come together for Mad Decent’s HOLLERTRONIX #9. The vinyl only release of 5 new tracks also features DJ Znobia and Radioclit, available here. Also posted up earlier this week on the Mad Decent blog is a bonus remix of [...]

Buraka Som Sistema, or BSS, have posted another new track on their myspace page from their upcoming Enchufada release, Black Diamond. “Kalemba” feat. PongoLove does not have “Sound of Kuduro” beat (that is still my favorite song/thing of 2008 thus far), but it may be the second most awesome thing created in the whole world [...]

I don’t think I’ve ever watched a music video in its entirety this many times in my entire life. This might be the coolest f*cking thing I’ve ever seen ever. I’m actually going to say (in March) that this may possibly be my Song of the Year. I don’t know what to do about how [...]