Kuduro is the infectious, pulsating music and dance that races along at about 140 beats per minute. It's the sound that moves the southwestern African country of Angola. A group called Os Kuduristas — ...
Whether the word Kuduro comes from the Kimbundu language, native to northern Angola and means “location” or from the Portuguese expression meaning “hard ass” or “stiff bottom” is debated but there's ...
"A&X, El Orfanato, Danza Kuduro!" That's the shout-out that kicks off "Danza Kuduro," the 2010 reggaetón mega-hit by Don Omar featuring Lucenzo. The reference is to El Orfanato, Don Omar's label, and… ...
The musician known as Nagrelha died on 18 November in Luanda, succumbing to lung cancer. He was 36 years old. Born Gelson Caio Manuel Mendes in 1986 but better known to all as Nagrelha, he was a ...
The Angolan producer arrived at his own version of the dance style kuduro after adding layered synths to folk rhythms, and these tracks show his lo-fi ingenuity In the late 90s, dancer Sebastião Lopes ...
This music encapsulated the moment. It is synthed up, but its smooth, tropical sound made it danceable and possible to play when acoustic and electric instruments were few and far between. The older ...
An exuberant, fast-paced electronic dance music born during a civil war has started traveling from its southwestern African home to dance floors... 'Kuduro,' The Dance That Keeps Angola Going Kuduro ...
Kuduro is the infectious, pulsating music and dance that races along at about 140 beats per minute. It's the sound that moves the southwestern African country of Angola. A group called Os Kuduristas — ...