Soundway Records Confirm Worldwide Release Date of Batida's Debut Album

Soundway Records announce the worldwide release of Batida's electro-tropical eponymous debut album. The dance-floor friendly album is to be released on CD, LP and download on 26th March. 'Batida' is the first contemporary artist album to be signed by Soundway and as such marks the beginning of a new progressive chapter for the label, best known for it's genre defining compilations of 1960s/70s West African, Caribbean and South American music. 2012 will see Soundway looking forward as well as backward.

The brainchild of Angolan / Portuguese DJ Mpula aka Pedro Coquenão, Batida combines samples from classic 1970s Angolan semba tracks with cutting edge electronic dance productions and kudoro beats. During the recording process Pedro would send out instrumentals to some of his favourite rappers in Angola and Lisbon. Inevitably, coming from Angola and working with artists who still live there, it was impossible for Pedro not to bring some elements of social commentary and politics into his music.

“Being half Angolan, half Portuguese gives me that chance to try to translate the countries to each other, on a small scale of course. It’s impossible now a days to live in Lisbon and not to talk about crisis. Likewise it’s impossible to have friends and family in Luanda and not include the political and social problems that the city has.”

TRACK LIST

1. Pronto pra Batida feat. MCK
2. Algeria
3. Yumbala feat. Circuito Feixado
4. Tirei o Chapéu feat. Ikonoklasta
5. Puxa feat. Beat Laden
6. Bazuka (Quem me rusgou)
7. Tribalismo feat. Circuito Feixado
8. Ka Heueh feat. Ngongo
9. Saudade feat. Bob da Rage Sense
10. Cuka feat. Ikonoklasta

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