African sound of Kuduro

Pic by Denis Doyle

I've gone on an African sound download tear since I posted the Township Funk video 2 months ago. The search brought me back to Kuduro (my first intro to such music, back about a year ago). Kuduro (or Kuduru) is a fusion of African percussion samples, traditional Angolan Kilapanga and Semba beats, and Western house & techno. Kinda like an African flavoured mini-rave, if you will. The sound hasn't really hit this part of the world yet - but with the help of musical boundary pushers such as Buraka Som Sistema and M.I.A., I'm sure we'll be hearing a lot more of it soon enough.