Exclusive Interview with Buraka Som Sistema

I had the excellent opportunity of having an exclusive interview from Buraka Som Sistema, to talk a little about the new album Buraka which will be released the next 23rd of June of this year (2014).

Buraka the New Album

Unfortunately I couldn't be present but nothing that the Internet won't help and with the help of Universal Portugal (J.O).

Blaya

Art: Congratulations on your new album and the single Stoopid. 

After i had posted some of your work online, I received some messages asking if your music had changed, if there were any news on your sound (because of the Zouk on the last album, and being a novelty for many people). 

I would like to ask how did you selected or decided what kind of sound would be in this album?

Buraka Som Sistema: Everything is valid to be presented but nothing makes it more explosive to the eyes of the world than when is presented in the right time, till a certain moment with the explosion of the moombahton and the 3bal opened up a good road to explore new slow genres and with a more aggressive sonority on the mediums and lows. translating that to what we live, nothing made more sense than using zouk as one of our working tools (we already had used in the album Komba).

Branko

Art: With the video Stoopid, the explosion of colors, vivacity and joviality is clearly visible. what was the idea that you wanted to give in this video?

​BSS: The idea continues to be based on the lyrics, that says that when the music is good, when it gives you good energy, when has that certain amount that you need in your life and you don't know where it came from, or who it made it, it doesn't matter who hears it...she's yours... So go with the flow... Get Stoopid, paint your black and white life with colors of all kind and shape.

Riot

Art: With so many albums, concerts and full diary, do you consider that your work is easier, more mature than the other past works, or you notice there is a more exigent of it from the pubic view that makes you rethink and try to reach more people or issues?

BSS: After all these years playing in so many stages, being in so many recording studios, with a lot of different artists, I think we reached the "pitch point", we've reached a certain maturity that is well reflected in our sounds and the way we think our music. nowadays the music from the world seems more global and more heterogeneous than ever, everything is part the parallel universe that we described in the "Off The Beaten Track"​ and that inspires us so much. The sound of our album is much more mature and concise and represents even more to something called Buraka and not any specific gender and on this world we don not feel that exists public to reach, there are stages to rock and super creative artists to work with, nothing more than that.

Andro

Art: Just to tell you a story that happened to me here in Birmingham, where there isn't many Portuguese, I was sitting with my earphones a listening to the song “Hangover”, when a guy goes past me and says in portuguese:  "nice sound!". Music have the power to unite people and lands, to kill a bit of the missing feeling. is there any story that you would like to share like this?

BSS: ​In middle of New Delhi, in India we crossed a young man that recognized us from a video and said he loved our song bababa-dududu-nhenhenhe-hey....​ he said that he didn't have anything of portuguese, in his messed english, but said his portuguese colleagues from the Uni only listen to us.

Kalaf

Art: Checking your international concert diary, I noticed that you're not coming to England. When are you giving a concert here and why not Birmingham, that is one of the cities that all artists come over on stage (not only London, on the other way of it, this town is the concert town).

BSS: ​the places we play don't depend on our good will or us wanting to, we would love to come back to the UK, either London or Birmingham, there is nothing like rock in a good old british pub or make a tent in the middle of a country festival, sweat through the walls with the energy of our music. believe that as soon as possible for us we will go straight and visit our british friends.

I have to thank to the Buraka Som Sistema for the interview and all i can say is that I will wait for you with an Icy Pint when you get here and continue to revolutionize with your sounds, energy and good mood.

Here are the links for the single:

iTunes - http://smarturl.it/stoopid

Google Play - http://bit.ly/1rA4nN7

Spotify - http://spoti.fi/1fsjvMx

Meo Music - http://bit.ly/1mTAn1g

Xbox Music - http://bit.ly/1fsjEiQ

Deezer - http://bit.ly/1hNCBHC

Vodafone Music - http://bit.ly/1fsjZCb

Rdio - http://on.rdio.com/1hLuFuB

7Digital - http://bit.ly/1jc4P3o

Rara - http://bit.ly/1rIkkTz

Nokia MixRadio - http://bit.ly/1nBpdOL

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