{"id":66866,"date":"2020-12-07T19:10:32","date_gmt":"2020-12-07T18:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/?p=66866"},"modified":"2020-12-07T19:10:43","modified_gmt":"2020-12-07T18:10:43","slug":"producer-batida-returns-to-um-with-fiery-flair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/producer-batida-returns-to-um-with-fiery-flair\/","title":{"rendered":"Producer Batida returns to UM with fiery flair"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Luso-Angolan Pedro Coquen\u00e3o (aka Batida) returns with a collection of unreleased mixes, lost tracks and remixes from his <em>UM<\/em> album. <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>A blend of pure batida is mixed on this timeless record that takes us on a journey through the musical effervescence of Lisbon&#8217;s electronic scene over the last few years.<em> UM<\/em> includes new tracks such as \u201cDo The Right Thing!\u201d with the Portuguese trio Spaceboys, and <a href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/\/?s=Batida\">Batida<\/a>&#8216;s own remix of the long-forgotten 1960s Angolan track \u201cUfeko Disole,\u201d by Dr\u00e1s Firmino (also known as Ufeko Ndisole). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2417522356\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless loading=\"lazy\"><a href=\"https:\/\/batida.bandcamp.com\/album\/um\">UM by Batida<\/a><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Bringing together the sounds of kuduro, soukous and benga with modern production, the <em>UM<\/em> compilation (following from the 2012 original album) encompasses all the electronic music that enlivens the isolated neighbourhoods where Lisbon&#8217;s Afro-descendant communities reside. A &#8220;batida&#8221; \u2013 a shaken fruit cocktail \u2013 also represents music that electrifies listeners, bearing witness to a form of rebellion against an oppressive society.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like punk and hip-hop in New York in the 1970s, this music gives a voice to those whose ideas and way of life are too revolutionary, to those feared by conservative societies lest they upset the ideals of bygone eras. Clandestine parties outside the clubs, records burned and exchanged from hand to hand that circulate outside the mainstream loop of the music industry &#8230; You can&#8217;t get more punk than that &#8230;! The conservative segment is stuck in armchairs when a kuduro track kicks in at night. Yet these syncopated rhythms still evoke, in the minds of detractors who are still steeped in colonial imagination, the caricature of the poorly-dressed raver from the working class who leaves the suburbs to party. It is an aberration that bears witness to the social and mental segregation that rages in Lisbon and elsewhere, against which Pedro Coquen\u00e3o is fighting, All the more so as the kuduro was a popular social revolt dance in Angola before becoming a subgenre of music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The album also includes remixes of tracks from <em>UM,<\/em> released in 2012 by emblematic producers such as Angolan DJ Satelite \u2013 a pioneer of kuduro and Afro house, and other electronic artists from Lisbon such as young talents <a href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/tag\/dj-marfox\/\">DJ Marfox<\/a> and Octa Push. The word &#8220;um&#8221; was not chosen at random, bringing a double meaning for Batida: it means the number 1 in Portuguese and is also pronounced &#8220;hmm,&#8221; an Angolan sound that begins many words in umbundu, the main language spoken in Huambo (the city where the artist Pedro Coquen\u00e3o was born). As for the album cover, it was made in collaboration with Lewis Heriz, and represents an African mask that Batida created as part of incredible stage performances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;The album<em> Um<\/em> is available <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"here (s\u2019ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)\" href=\"https:\/\/batida.bandcamp.com\/album\/um\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1010\" height=\"1010\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/22b5e732-a2202882865_10-1010x1010.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-66782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/22b5e732-a2202882865_10-1010x1010.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/22b5e732-a2202882865_10-759x759.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/22b5e732-a2202882865_10-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/22b5e732-a2202882865_10-661x661.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/22b5e732-a2202882865_10-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/22b5e732-a2202882865_10-375x375.jpg 375w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/22b5e732-a2202882865_10-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/22b5e732-a2202882865_10-85x85.jpg 85w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/22b5e732-a2202882865_10-73x73.jpg 73w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/22b5e732-a2202882865_10.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luso-Angolan Pedro Coquen\u00e3o (aka Batida) returns with a collection of unreleased mixes, lost tracks and remixes from his UM album. 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