The Pirate Popular Soundclash has commandeered the Príncipe Perfeito, moored on Lisbon’s Tagus, for an all-night Red Bull Music Academy Radio broadcast starting at 6pm tonight and finishing at 3am. But with more than 20 acts mooring up to take part, who will rule the airwaves?
Last year's 10-hour marathon broadcast from the Palacio de Santa Catarina took one of Lisbon's best-loved street parties in a whole new direction. This year they intend to sail right over the edge...
With Ginga Beat crew Violet, DJ Mpula and Rui Miguel Abreu are at the helm, but what about the other acts? Let’s batten down the hatches and find out a little bit more about some of the acts taking part.
OCTA PUSH:
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We're Octa Push, two brothers from a place in Portugal called Crunkin'stone. We like to waste part of our lives drawing rectangles and moving little audio clips on Cubase. Some of the results are out there thanks to labels like Iberian, Enchufada, Steakhouse, Soul Jazz, Fabric and others.
What can we expect from your slot on the radio?
Fun and silliness.
Are there any key new tunes you’re particularly excited about?
Great music around at the moment. If we had to name one, the last Deadboy release in particular is ace. New Baobinga / Poirier on Steak House Rec is brilliant as well.
If you were to stow away on a pirate ship with only one disc, what would you take?
A disc full of mp3s and pirated (arrr!) software.... Ha! Hah!.
GI JOE + TRIBRUTO:
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DJ GI Joe, MC Kristo and MC RealPunch. We are Tribruto! A fresh hip-hop group to bang speakers all around.
What can we expect from your slot on the radio?
Fresh stuff, original punchlines, banging beats!
Any key new tunes you’re particularly excited about?
Yelawolf - I Wish (Remix)
If you were to stow away on a pirate ship with only one disc, what would you take?
Heltah Skeltah - D.I.R.T.
PRINCE WADADA:
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Hi my name is Prince Wadada and I am a reggae artist from Angola, living in Portugal since 1998.
What can we expect from your slot on the radio?
Good vibes coming from my fast album released
Any key new tunes you’re particularly excited about?
the first song, called "JOY" is a lover rocks style which i love so much
If you were to stow away on a pirate ship with only one disc, what would you take?
Best Of Peter Tosh... although I don’t know if there is one! (there is – Reggae Ed)
TERRAKOTA:
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I am Romi Anauel and I’m a singer with Terrakota. I was born in Angola and came to Portugal when I was two years old. Terrakota has given me the chance to travel around the world, which is incredibly enriching. I like roots music from around the globe. Next to singing, I like to dance, to be in contact with nature and work my spirituality. I really believe in the power of music!
What can we expect from your slot on the radio?
As it will only be Junior and me, I hope we’ll be able to transmit what we are normally able to transmit when the full band is playing. It’s going to be difficult to reach the energy level. It’s will be the first time we play as a soundsystem! I hope it will be a good experience! We are going to sing some new songs from our new album that is coming out in October. I hope you will like them.
Are there any key new tunes you’re particularly excited about?
We are bringing out our new single ‘World Massala’ in June. It’s recorded in India with Mahesh and Rajasthan Roots, musicians we met in the Himalayas when we performed at the Ladakh Confluence last year in August. What a great experience that was! But the new songs I’m most excited about are the two ballads I recorded with Paulo Flores. One of them is about going back to my roots in Angola. And we have a new gnawa I really like! And our new Afrobeat ‘Slow Food’ is really groovin’! It has conscious lyrics about the scrap food we eat, as Afrobeat should be. And to party, I like ‘Ilegal’.
If you were to stow away on a pirate ship with only one disc, what would you take?
Ufff… Difficult question as I like so many musical styles and musicians. It’s a shame to all those great musicians to take only one disc with me. But if I have to, I’ll go with the latest cd of the accordionist from La Réunion, René Lacaille. Great fusion and simple vibrations. I listen a lot to it these days. Simply divine!
M-PEX:
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Hello! My name is Marco Miranda (aka 'M-PeX'), i was born in Lisbon in 1979 and I'm a musician and producer. 'M-PeX' is a musical project that allies the Portuguese Guitar to electronic music, and dares to explore musical landscapes never visited before. I began by playing the guitar to accompany Fado with my grandfather Luís Pinheiro, who plays the Portuguese Guitar in Fado houses, restaurants and private functions. My grandfather gave me a Portuguese Guitar as a birthday present and began to teach me some of his craft and methods. In parallel, as result of an ongoing interest in producing electronic music, in 1999 the project M-PeX was born, which allows the inclusion of the Portuguese Guitar, attempting to create unusual atmospheres in the national music scene, mixing sound aesthetics as different as Fado, Dub, Dubstep and Drum'n'Bass. A bold experiment that sets a test for ears that dares to break down clichés and which proves that traditional music can also be modern, or vice-versa.
What can we expect from your slot on the radio?
Imagine the crystalline sound of a Portuguese Guitar. Imagine a laptop knocking out electronic rhythms. My slot on the radio will be just that, electronic music mixed with live Portuguese Guitar. Or maybe it will be Portuguese Guitar with electronics. Either way, the project mingles apparently irreconcilable music styles and i think that the result is neither Fado nor electronic music, nor even the sum of the two, it's something more: something indefinable that is born of the marriage of tradition and innovation.
Are there any key new tunes you’re particularly excited about?
I am particularly excited about my new, unreleased and original tracks for my next album... that will be released later this year.
If you were to stow away on a pirate ship with only one disc, what would you take?
Burial – Burial (Hyperdub, UK, 2006)
AMOR FÚRIA – LABEL SHOWCASE:
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Amor Fúria (Love Fury) was born in 2007 and is committed to giving life to a new culture based on the Portuguese Pop language from the past, from the present and from the future, all at the same time without distinction. Born under the sign of making money selling records (laughs); born under the sign of reuniting Portuguese people with their own pop culture; born under the sign of Scorpio.
What can we expect from your slot on the radio?
A song of each one of our past, present and future artists. Maybe a surprise or two if we can squeeze them in. A bit of Portugal's best new acts.
Are there any key new tunes you’re particularly excited about?
Yes indeed! We have fresh unreleased tracks that we are dying to show off.
If you were to stow away on a pirate ship with only one disc, what would you take?
Piece of cake! 10,000 Depois Entre Vénus e Marte (10,000 Years After Between Venus And Mars) by Portuguese icon José Cid.
UNIDADE SONORA (IBERIAN RECORDS/CONSPIRA):
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Aloha, we Xu and Roka aka Unidade Sonora, the sonic side from Conspira and co-founders of Iberian Records. We love music, food and friends.
What can we expect from your slot on the radio?
Bass'n'Groove, the Iberian Records moto.
Any key new tunes you’re particularly excited about?
There are too many at the moment, let's say that we are excited about the music that's coming out from Lisbon, Barcelona, Glasgow, London, Helsinki, Los Angeles, Caracas and Luanda
If you were to stow away on a pirate ship with only one disc, what would you take?
FMI from José Mário Branco
UNCOMMON GROUND MUSIC LAB
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Biru: B.I.R.U.L:eX, aka Biru aka #3, rapper, spoken word artist, and beatmaker... as a rapper/spoken word artist I've been around Europe, África and the US of A, and release my first official EP, white label stylee, in 2007, since then I've been performing mostly with live bands, as a solo artist and some features...
Basically, I started to make beats to rap on it , and later found out that is another way i like to express my "-ish"... experimenting, finding new stuff out, gettin' into that zone and come out with some shit I like to bang on a daily... it's pretty much it. Lately I got back to my sp-808 and has been mad fun... and I'm also one of the co-founders of Uncommon Ground Music LAb...
Franky the Fly: Franky the Fly, on Domination Recordings, dropping beats on both sides of the Atlantic. Started out almost a decade ago, with friends already in the hip hop world, absorbed all sorts of styles bringing a new spin to the beat community with his own tracks.
What can we expect from your slot on the radio?
Biru: Somethin' uncommonish... Ha! Ha!... don't know... to tell the truth I really don’t know... some raps?!?! Some psyco avant gard shit?!? Whateva man... as long as it Rocks... it’s all good...
Franky the Fly: A lot of broken necks
Are there any key new tunes you’re particularly excited about?
Biru: At the moment this 5 beats I’m a messin' with... I’m applyin' new "-ish", it's always fun...
Franky the Fly: I'm always excited about my tunes
If you were to stow away on a pirate ship with only one disc, what would you take?
Biru: Don't know... somethin' I could sample from... some psychedelic rock shit from the 70's... or some free jazz jungs... i would probablly have my mp3 aswell, 'cause I like to listen to random shit
Franky the Fly: Company Flow – Fun Crusher Plus
MEGA BASS CLUB:
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Mega-var. of megalo- (megalith); also the initial element in units of measure that are equal to one million of the units denoted by the base word (megahertz).
Symbol: M
Bass
–adjective
1. Low in pitch; of the lowest pitch or range: a bass voice; a bass instrument.
2. Of or pertaining to the lowest part in harmonic music.
MegaBass are Sérgio Gomes (BREAKS lda.'s main head) and Twin Turbo (Nuno and Pedro Pinto). Since last October they joined forces to promote the music they really love. And what music is this? Mainly all electronic music with massive and dirty basslines. From experimental hip-hop to breaks, from fidget house to dubstep their shows are a journey into the world of fat bass and pure energetic dancefloor tunes.
What can we expect from your slot on the radio?
A short version of our parties. A 30 minute journey into the world of bassline music crossing genres and dropping some new exclusive tunes.
Are there any key new tunes you’re particularly excited about?
DJ Zinc ft. Ms. Dynamite – "Wile Out", Doc Trashz - “Tremendo (SHAX Remix)”, Hellfire Machina - “Jedi”, Hervé - “Zombies” and Zombies For Money - “Oy Shaba”
If you were to stow away on a pirate ship with only one disc, what would you take?
Sonic Youth – “Evol”. Our ship must be an indie rock classic one!!!
If you're in Lisbon, you can enjoy the music at Adamastor (the original soundsystem constructed by Academy sub-bass activists back in 2004) and São Pedro de Alcântara (a brand-new Funktion One), or tune in at a one-off pirate frequency, 99.0 FM. Non-Lisboners can direct their browsers to the live stream from 6pm to 3am or catch some of the night’s highlight at various special transmissions on Antena 3.
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