Baile Funk time! This one here is a bona fide party starter. The hook is, as in all Baile Funk, sick. The beat is hard. What more can you ask for? Sure, there has been a certain awareness of Baile Funk for a while but I believe that it’s profile will only grow stronger. Europe has been on that tip for a few years and last time I was back in the mothaland, Paris had at least one club dedicated to Baile Funk. Yeah, crazy I know. A lot of big producers have started going on a Baile Funk tip as well. Other than Diplo, there are songs from Sinden, A-Trak and a few others I can’t name off the top of my head right now. Crookers has been all over remixing the music and has created a handful of massive club jams with it. From my own experience with this blog, Baile Funk posts are among the most viewed of all, and many times I have to hold myself back from talking about it more in the quest to drive more views (gotta give more under the radar music it’s chance). Anyway, check it out. The video I found for it is a weird concoction of Baile Funk and Japanese anime. Who knew someone could like thme both.
Posts Tagged ‘baile funk’
Ricardo E Esquisito – Mulher Coca Cola
May 27, 2008SD Boys – Planeta Dominado
May 21, 2008Yeah, here’s some baile funk for you mofos. Once again I am blown away that a music so obscure where I am is so mainstream in it’s country of origin. But then again I shouldn’t be. This song is nice and intense and cleans the aural palette after too much house. It kinda sounds like crunk baile funk at least to me. The only clip I could find is from a brazilian tv show. Maybe this is their version of 106 and Park? I don’t know. All we hear in my part of the globe is Bonde de Role but there is so much sick baile funk out there. It is a genre that is so fun to party to and spin if djing is your ticket.
Buraka Som Sistema ft M.I.A. – Sound of Kuduro
May 16, 2008
This track is so intense and I can’t wait to drop this on people. For those who don’t know, Kuduro is an urban music of Angola, an African country and former Portuguese colony. Like Baile Funk, the lyrics are in the local Portuguese creole of the country. It seems to have been influenced by the beat of Soca. I have been exploring this genre a lot as of late as I am always looking for new sounds. In the most part, Kuduro is very fast paced at about 140 bpm. That means it does not go with a lot of music other than Soca but a night of just those two would make anyone not from Trinidad or Angola’s ears bleed. On this song M.I.A. is basically just here to provide hook and probably some name recognition so people give it a listen (and probably associate herself with some new upcoming third world sound so she remains “cutting edge”). Buraka Som Sistema need no help though, they have already proven they rock with their ep from last year. Check out a few of their other tunes. They are a bit slower in the bpm department and mix quite nicely with anything from dancehall to electro to house. Kuduro is definite worth adding to your listening and playing collection since it is high energy and adds some new sound to the club (and it may freak many white hipsters out, always a bonus).
O K-rrascos ft Vanessinha do Picatchu – Bochecha Ardendo
May 13, 2008More baile funk = more Portuguese yelling + more sick hooks. This song is no exception. It’s really hard to describe it like all baile funk. The beat is pretty routine for the genre but then there is the 80’s (dare I say Eurythmics-like) synth on the chorus with this whining, pleading (dare I say sexually hungry) female vocal. Needs to be heard to be understood basically. The video I could get is some home made thing apparently the product of a Brazilian “girls night in”. Some of them are hot though.
Mc Naldinho – Tapinha
May 1, 2008Now for some baile funk. This song best exemplifies the simplicity and power of this music. Just yelling things in Portugese and simple beats. Most of this genre relies on snappy, catchy hooks. With the video I came to the realization that baile funk is big stuff in Brazil. I thought it was made in shantys by guys with tape recorders and simple analogue equipment but here it is performed on what looks like one of those cheezy Saturday night variety shows so prevalent in Europe and (I guess) South America. Still a rocking song. Audio quality is a bit shit though in this.
