Colabs
Buraka Som Sistema
Hailing from Lisbon, Buraka Som Sistema took hip-hop, techno, zouk from the Caribbean and kuduro from Angola to fashion an irresistible dance music sound that quickly wooed anyone who heard it. Beginning in the mid 2000s, Branko, DJ Riot, Conductor Kalaf and Blaya collaborated with local Portuguese and Angolan artists before arriving at their kuduro distillation right as the global bass idea was taking hold across music blogs, dance-floors and festival stages. They soon attracted international and major label attention and collaborations with the likes of M.I.A.