Fruity Batidas
The Technologies and Aesthetics of Kuduro
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4877634 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Garth Sheridan (RMIT University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 83-96 |
| Publication date | 2014-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Dancecult (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1947-5403 • E-ISSN: 1947-5403 |
| Publisher | Maynooth University (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.12801/1947-5403.2014.06.01.05 |
| OpenAlex | W2091230110 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 8 |
The interconnectedness of music technologies, studio innovation and dancing bodies is a key feature of electronic music cultures.An emerging scholarship by writers such as Butler and Tjora has bridged these studio and performance spaces, revealing the relationship between machine, music and party.This article considers the centrality of studio and performance technologies and techniques in the developing aesthetics of kuduro, a hybrid musical genre that draws on house, techno, soca and regional styles.I use interviews and observation of studio and performance practices to illustrate shifts within the genre and examine musical examples to highlight transitions.I argue that the increased availability of digital musical technologies in Angola shaped the development of kuduro through the 1990s and into the 2000s.Furthermore, I argue that kuduro producers and performers have developed a range of aesthetic and performative practices that reflect material, technological and social restraints common to life in contemporary Angola.By examining interviews with kuduro practitioners and musical examples, this article sheds new light on the under examined aesthetics of kuduro
Digital Games and Media · Music History and Culture · Music Technology and Sound Studies
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |