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Komba

Buraka Som Sistema

Komba

This Portugese quartet fuse techno beats with the African kuduro genre, birthing what is known as "progressive kuduro"

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6.7

Label
Enchufada
UK Release date
11/11/2011
US Release date
08/11/2011
  1. 8.5 |   Prefix

    It becomes clear on Komba that Buraka Son Sistema is not a one-trick pony
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  2. 8.0 |   PopMatters

    They don’t do much in the way of lyrics, and they make no overt concessions to human emotions, except those concerned with kinetic body motion
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  3. 7.0 |   DIY

    Demonstrates that Buraka Som Sistema can definitely start a party
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  4. 7.0 |   NME

    Its mix of clanking rhythms, bleeps and whistles is certainly insistent, although it’s the vocal tracks that stick
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  5. 7.0 |   Blurt

    Throughout, the beat is a constant, kept in squiggly, staccato synth riffs and massive booming drums
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  6. 7.0 |   Tiny Mix Tapes

    Angolan DJs’ remixes of Latin styles may have birthed the genre, but Buraka Som Sistema are traveling a more avant-garde path
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  7. 6.0 |   State

    The album’s high times are, regrettably, limited to four to five tunes, leaving the listener satisfied but not impatient for their next release
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  8. 5.0 |   Clash

    That carnival sound is often more fairground bumper car rave
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