Tag: Pedro Coquenão

• Angolan star Batida presents a collection of unreleased mixes, lost versions and remasters for Soundway Records – his productions unite kuduro, soukous, benga and modernises traditional styles

  A tip, for a banging outernational album this year, would be Batida and UM – the Angolan-born, Potuguese-based producer presents a collection of unreleased mixes, lost versions and remastered tracks on one album. The word “um” has double meaning for Batida in a very personal way – meaning the number one in Portuguese, and as…

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  December 18, 2020

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  Angola, Batida, Benga, Clap! Clap!, DJ Marfox, DJ Satelite, Drás Firmino, Huambo, kuduro, Octa Push, Pedro Coquenão, Portugal, Portuguese, soukous, Soundway Records, Spaceboys

• Batida’s new project is IKOQWE and their debut single is ‘VaiVai’ – Portuguese bass music with roots in Angola

  Debut IKOQWE single VaiVai is a bass loaded track with roots in Angola, Portugal, for the Beating Heart label. The accompanying video see’s the duo, masked with make-shift antennae and riding through the desert in a Candongueiro (Angolan Taxi): IKOQWE is shortform for Ikonoklasta (“Iconoclast”) – the alias for rapper and iconic activist, Luaty Beirão…

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  March 11, 2020

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  Afla, Angola, Batidia, BBC 6 Music, Beating Heart, Gilles Peterson, Iconoclast, Ikonoklasta, IKOQWE, Luaty Beirão, Pedro Coquenão, Portugal, Raz, Raz & Afla, Vaivai