Once upon a time there was a music genre called kuduro, a rhythmic virus that was incubated in Luanda’s musiques, inside cheap computers and illegal softwares. It quickly began to spread over the country, contaminating every sector of society, through the internet and the Angolan community inhabiting the suburbs of Lisbon. The Portuguese capital was the second city to show the symptoms of this epidemic.

The virus isn’t harmful, quite on the contrary. It brought rhythm and desire to party to a new generation of dance music lovers. In an attempt to study the virus, the Buraka Som Sistema collective started a series of experiments that initiated an interesting reaction: the virus became stronger, changed its characteristics and expanded into other territories that had formerly seemed immune to it.

The first two paragraphs tell the story – even if in a slightly absurd way – of the origin of the genre that motivated the creation of the Hard Ass Sessions. The project was curated by J-WOW and developed by Enchufada in the shape of EPs and digital singles, before finally finding its place in the Lux club in Lisbon, where it transformed into a musical residency. In this bimonthly residency we can stay in touch with all the DJs and producers who are moving inside the Hard Ass universe, which was initially a challenge issued to several electronic music producers: to present their own interpretation of the rhythm of the ghettos of Luanda, or in other words, to let themselves be contaminated by the Kuduro virus.

Because it is something so close to us, and because we’re celebrating 1 year of Hard Ass Sessions at Lux, we’ve decided to blow the candles surrounded by family, such as the group of Lisbon DJs whose sets have molded the identity of the Hard Ass nights.

We’ll also have the Venezuelan duo Pocz & Pacheko among us, who created the amazing “Tuki Love” (Hard Ass Session Vol. V), making their long-awaited Lisbon debut. They will bring their explosive mix of Tuki, Kuduro, Reggaeton and House, what many already classify as Tropical Bass Music, but we prefer the term Caracas Bass.

Bring on the champagne, the cake, the confettis and the sweaty bodies. November 18th we’re having a birthday party. We’re having a Hard Ass Session.

J-WOW (Buraka Som Sistema/ Enchufada)

Pacheko & Pocz (Abstractor / Enchufada)

Zombies for Money (Trouble & Bass)

Diamond Bass vs Marfox (Enchufada)

Rastronaut (Circus Maximus / Troop)

On last Saturday E-Radio show on Radio Oxigenio all the highlights went to our portuguese friends Zombies for Money. Check out below the show’s tracklist and in case you’ve missed it, tune in next Thursday right after midnight. New tracks and some exclusives are guaranteed!

Tracklisting:

Mater Suspiria Vision – “Seance Infernale” (Zombies for Money Remix)
Zombies for Money – “Ankara Dream”
Zombies for Money – “Baila Comigo”

“ZOMBIES FOR MONEY Enchufada mix
Dj Beware & Motorpitch – Pororoca (Zombies For Money Remix) ((Man Recordings))
Alvaro – Ultimate Rise (Seductive Remix) ((Samsobeats))
Bart B More – Romane ((Sound Pellegrino))
Monkey Safari – Fanfara (Chaos In The CBD Remix) ((What! What! Records))
Femme En Fourrure – Plump Bisquit ((Top Billin))
French Fries – Predador ((Young Gunz))
Zombies For Money – Sacanagem (Drop Top Remix) ((Trouble&Bass/Kali Records))
Zombies For Money – Numbra One (Foamo Remix) ((Trouble&Bass/Kali Records))
Batida – Makumba ((Difference Music))
Daniel Haaksman – Pobum Coco ((Man Recordings))
LA Riots – The Drop ((Fools Gold))
Zombies For Money – Me Toca So ((Enchufada))
Sound Of Stereo – Velcro (Mikix The Cat Remix) ((Lektroluv))
Zombies For Money – Kolkata (Sticky Version) ((Trouble&Bass))
Zombies For Money – Bhangra Dance ((Trouble&Bass/Kali Records))

Spoek Mathambo – “Control”

We’ve been waiting for a long time to bring the Enchufada Lisbon bandwagon to London. With Jupiter and Uranus in the right position we finally did it last Saturday, the 29th of january.

The venue was XOYO, home of worldwide celebrated residency’s like Bugged Out and the line up included Buraka Som Sistema, Zombies For Money, PAUS and our newest rising star Diamond Bass.

Man… Are we glad we waited for the right moment…

The night turned out to be one of the craziest club experiences we ever had. Pre sale tickets were sold out a week before the show and the last few remaining tickets vanished from the door in 30 minutes… the mood was set and all the artists delivered legendary performances!

6 amazing hours of music celebrated by both the artists and the audience, including crowd surfing, several stage invasions and a “stripper” (at least that’s what she told us she was) who decided to come up on stage and “dance” (yes it did happen) twice! If you don’t believe us check the amazing photos.

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In January we returned to our bi-monthly parties in LUX, Lisbon. And the HARD ASS SESSIONS couldn’t kick off the year in better hands than with BURAKA DJ’s, ZOMBIES FOR MONEY and DIAMOND BASS.
See ya in a couple of months!!

We kick off the new year with the third edition of the HARD ASS SESSIONS and this time we go local! LUX is having in one night 3 heavy-bass names: Buraka DJ’s (www.buraka.tv) leading the decks with support from two of the Lisbon’s finest – Zombies for Money (www.myspace.com/zombiesformoney) and Diamond Bass (www.myspace.com/diamond.bass).
So if you’re in Lisbon, mark on your calendar – January 21st is HARD ASS time!!

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