Aside from doing their own thing, releasing awesome records about making nerd love with drum machines, Hot Chip have been playing guest on a lot of dance tunes lately, hopping in the booth to do vocals for Jesse Rose's new single "Forget My Name," and working on their all-to-infrequent remix game. This job--like half of Radiohead's performance from the Grammys last night--is all about the drums, with the Chip adding some itchy techno stabs to the hyper-fast tempos of Portugal-via-Angola kuduro act Buraka Som Sistema. There's little trace of melody until a few minutes in, when some major chords gust through the drum cloud and we start dreaming of palm trees and Bacchanalia in the sun.
Sounds like: Jesse Rose, The Count & Sinden, DJ Znobia
Buraka Som Sistema - Kalemba (Wegue Wegue) (Hot Chip Remix)
Previously:
Roots Manuva - Let The Spirit (Hot Chip Remix Radio Edit)
Chk Chk Chk - Must Be the Moon (Hot Chip Remix)
Hot Chip - Made In The Dark
Buraka Som Sistema's RCRD LBL Page
Hot Chip's RCRD LBL Page
Portugal’s Buraka Som Sistema play kuduro, a syncopated, skittish version of house music that originated in Angola and then disseminated into Lisbon and its suburbs. Over the past year or so—due in no small part to the efforts of Buraka—the sound has exploded around the globe, lodging itself into DJ sets of heads like Switch and Diplo and winning over fans like M.I.A. (with whom the group toured this year). The three dudes in Buraka have been relentless in their hustle, traveling and touring extensively and bringing the kuduro sound to unsuspecting ears everywhere. Tomorrow they’ll play at the Oya Festival, where their single “Yah!”—an unstoppably pounding and addictive anthem—is sure to inspire mass body moving. Today we’ve got a special exclusive download of London producers-of-the-moment The Count & Sinden’s remix of “Yah!” so make sure to grab this for all your smarmy bassline needs this weekend. Also scope the group’s video for “Sound Of Kuduro” below, which they shot on a trip to Angola to work with elusive kuduro godfather DJ Znobia and features crazy dancing from the streets of Luanda and a guest spot from the aforementioned Ms. Maya.
