LargeUp Audio: Kuduro in the Caribbean
<p>Our <strong>LargeUp</strong> familia <a href="http://largeup.okayplayer.com/2012/03/29/cross-blends-kuduro-in-the-caribbean/" target="_blank">dish</a> on the Caribbean-ization of Angolan kuduro:</p><p></p><blockquote>From<a href="http://ghettobassquake.com/" target="_blank">Ghetto Bassquake</a> comes an interesting report on the growing popularity of Angolan kuduro music in the Caribbean and the Caribbean diaspora. The writer describes a surprise run-in with <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5XsIF12N_o" target="_blank">“Danca Do Sal”</a> fom Angola’s <strong>Helder</strong>, a landmark record for kuduro—a hybrid of African and Caribbean rhythms (specifically soca), techno and house music which developed in Angola in the ’90s and has since become a major part of the soundscape in Africa’s former Portuguese colonies — on Haitian pirate radio in Brooklyn, only to learn that the sound has taken root not just in Haiti but in St. Lucia, too.<p>Contributing to the Caribbean-ization of kuduro is producer<strong> Lashley Winter</strong>, aka <strong>Fox Productions</strong>, a young St. Lucian living in Brooklyn. Sample his "Hard Waste x3" kuduro riddim, and the "Nasty Snake" riddim from another St. Lucian producer, <strong>Slaughter Arts</strong>, self-billed as “the new age of kuduro made in St. Lucia,” below. In which island will kuduro take up residence next?</p></blockquote><p>Stream both Lashely Winter and Slaughter Arts tracks, plus <strong>DJ Skelly</strong>'s "Baguy Sal Riddim" below.</p><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="http://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F38567603&show_artwork=true" width="100%"></iframe></p><p>[embed width="600"]<span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="1b7492a73d69da2bc31d74ecdc54ab5e"><iframe type="lazy-iframe" data-runner-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DPD5e72IkmA?rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span>[/embed]</p><p>[embed width="600"]<span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="e135c759261455ca76ac4d75544b41d5"><iframe type="lazy-iframe" data-runner-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/w8PpBdR0Za4?rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span>[/embed]</p>
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