For those with Paypal accounts, or a UK credit card for that matter, Buraka Som Sistema’s new album ‘Black Diamond’ is now avalable for download over at 7Digital. The debut full-length features contributions from M.I.A., Kano, Petty, baile funk’s First Lady Deise Tigrona and Angolan kuduro artists DJ Znobia, Saborosa and Puto Prata. Pitchfork have posted a mixtape featuring a couple of tracks and a new remix of ‘Sound Of Kuduro’ from bass cadets, Drop The Lime.

Buraka Som Sistema – Mixtape | mp3

1. Buraka Som Sistema: “Intro”
2. DJ Malvado: “Puto Mekie”
3. Radioclit: “Secousse (Crookers remix)”
4. Buraka Som Sistema: “Skank & Move” [ft. Kano]
5. DJ Znobia: “Patchy Luanda”
6. Debonair Samir: “Samir’s Theme”
7. Buraka Som Sistema: “Kalemba (Wegue Wegue)”
8. DJ Furioso: “Activate”
9. Buraka Som Sistema: “Sound of Kuduro (Drop the Lime remix)”
10. Reso: “If U Can’t Beat Them

Buraka Som Sistema drop a rare video interview on XLR8R TV, articulating their own take on the origins of the Kuduro genre and the false start for the sound in Portugal as far back as 1996.  BSS make note that they are ‘representing the Lisbon scene’ rather than Kuduro’s original Angolan roots, although production on their new ‘Black Diamond’ album took them back to the source.

XLR8R – From Lisbon with Love: Buraka Som Sistema| link | mp4 download

Buraka Som Sistema at 2009 Sydney Festival | link

Kuduro on ‘Fat Planet’ (October 2006) | link