The wait is finally over: you can now grab Buraka Som Sistema‘s latest single (We Stay) Up All Night at all the best digital music retailers, including both the original version and the radio edit. This is Blaya’s debut as a full fledged singer after touring non-stop for three years with the guys, and the result is a party-starting monster of a tune which they lovingly dedicate to all the freaks and geeks who stay wide awake surfing the web, as well as the ravers and party animals who still populate the clubs in the early hours of the morning.

Follow the links included below to download the second single of Buraka’s much anticipated sophomore album ‘Komba’, which will be available on the following dates: October 24th (Portugal), October 26th (Japan, Great China, Southeast Asia), October 31st (Europe, Australia) and November 8th (North America).

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‘(We Stay) Up All Night’ feat. Blaya & Roses Gabor

Buraka Som Sistema are gearing up to release their sophomore album “Komba” that drop at the end of this month with guests like Mixhell, Afrikan Boy, Stereotyp and many more. But before that one hit the streets here comes another single off the album: ‘(We Stay) Up All Night’ which, you can tell by the title alone, is a great party anthem made as a dedication to all the freaks, geeks and nerds who stay up all night on the Internet, on Facebook, Twitter, iChat and so on, but also on clubs, raves, concerts and parties all over the world. The single features Roses Gabor and Blaya who makes her debut as a full-fledged vocalist, a transformation that began to take form on stage as she began to experiment with her voice as a percussive instrument, instantly becoming an essential part of the Buraka sound.

Peep the official video which is an homage to the increasing importance of social networking, directly referencing phenomena like Chat Roulette or other popular live video streaming websites like Boiler Room, where top DJs play their records facing a webcam and have their beats broadcasted to the biggest audience in existence: the Internet.

The single (We Stay) Up All Night will be released on October 17th through Enchufada. For those who can’t sleep at night waiting for the “Komba” album to drop, Enchufada has announced a world wide release on a Halloween night, October 31st.

After being slowly handcrafted over the past 11 months, Buraka Som Sistema return to the world of the living on a Halloween night, presenting their much anticipated sophomore album, ‘Komba’: an exploration of the borders between life and death combined with Buraka’s fierce approach.

Komba is an Angolan religious ritual, celebrated seven days after someone passes away, where friends and relatives honour the deceased by drinking their favourite drinks, eating their favourite food, dancing and singing their favourite songs while sharing experiences and telling stories about their life. The irony that the best party of your life happens after you’re dead, and the idea that we should live every day as if it was our last one, sets the common thread for ’Komba’.

‘Komba’ is an album that fits together perfectly. All songwriting happened over 11 months with the starting point being a one month retreat in the remote woodlands of Monchique in the south of Portugal, from where the band brought dozens of beats and ideas. There they worked alongside friends like Stereotyp where the first sketches of Hangover (Bababa) and the trippy 90 bpm song Vem Curtir were created. Mixhell contributed to an intense ultra percussive beat that later became Macumba. The experience was so refreshing and unique that some of the music crafted during these four weeks has changed little from the initial demos. With a lot of new music on their hard drives, the band headed out to London’s Red Bull Studios, where guests like Afrikan Boy (Eskeleto) and Roses Gabor ((We Stay) Up All Night) came in to sprinkle the record with their own unique voodoo. With the hard drives running out of space and heads full of ideas, the band came back to Enchufada’s Lisbon headquarters to start refining the final ‘Komba’. Other guests like Terry Lynn and Sara Tavares(Voodoo Love), Kaysha (Komba) and Blaya (LOL & POP and (We Stay) Up All Night), were then invited to help give the album its finishing touches.

Being on the road solidly for three years promoting their highly acclaimed debut album ‘Black Diamond’ has transformed Buraka from what was initially a producer’s idea into a fully fledged band. ’Komba’ sounds like a band. An album ready to make thousands of people dance in festivals and clubs around the world. Songs like Tira o Pe or (We Stay) Up All Night have the perfect balance of electronic music and the live performance that Buraka have showcased to their fans in hundreds of shows around the world. The fact that Blaya (one of Buraka’s most explosive live contributors) steps up to do vocals on two songs is the best example of this natural evolution. This shift takes ‘Komba’ one step further on the group’s quest to find their own sound, pushing them further away from diminishing labels like “Progressive Kuduro”. It defines them as being true explorers of the urban lusophone melting pot.

On one of their journeys to South America, the group become fascinated with Sao Paulo’s street art movement. One of the leading characters of this movement – Brazilian artist Stephan Doitschinoff a.k.a. Calma - has views on religious and pagan aspects of South American culture which fused perfectly with ‘Komba’. Calma portrays the mix of spiritual idiosyncrasies in the same way Buraka deals with all their rhythmic influences brought from the West and Africa. For the artwork it was a no brainer to use one of Calma’s most famous paintings.

‘Komba’ is an “access all areas” pass for listeners to see life the same way Buraka does.

KOMBA will be released on the following dates:
Portugal – October 24th
Japan – October 26th
Rest of the World – October 31st

Tracklist
01. Eskeleto feat. Afrikan Boy
02. Komba feat. Kaysha
03. Voodoo Love feat. Sara Tavares & Terry Lynn
04. Tira O Pe
05. (We Stay) Up All Night feat. Blaya & Roses Gabor
06. Hypnotized
07. LOL & POP feat. Blaya
08. Vem Curtir feat. Stereotyp
09. Candonga
10. Hangover (BaBaBa)
11. Macumba feat. Mixhell
12. Burakaton feat. Bomba Estereo (Bonus Track)

For more info about BSS: www.buraka.tv

BSS Live @ Festival BES Selecção 2010 from Enchufada on Vimeo.

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A few weeks ago we told about Buraka’s Mixtape….

Here are some of the ingridients  that combine this recipe….

Toy Selectah, Radioclit, Rusko, skit’s from celebraties, Zomby, Afrikan Boy

This Mixtape will be available for download on the oficial Buraka Som Sistema website www.buraka.tv

Oficial launch date JULY 13TH Until then here’s a tune for Ya!!!!!!!

Enchufada Crew

Blazzinnnn……….

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Doing Soundcheck

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Waiting for technicalities……

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More Technicalities

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Drum Kits testing…….

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Front row footage……

Buraka Som Sistema @ Sonar 2009 from Djmana on Vimeo.

Sónar Rawwwwwrrrriiiinnnnnggggggg

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Sónar gave Buraka lot’s of Love!!!!!!!

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Stage Assault!!!! And Confetti’s

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Made a review of the Bowery Ballroom Gig read it here……

Ana Gilbert