Kuduro is exciting. It's sweeping across Latin America, just like reggaeton did in the 90's, and heavyweights like Don Omar are jumping on the bandwagon.
Kuduro is for Angola what baile funk (funk carioca) is for Brazil: music made in the poorest suburbs, and played everywhere. It's incredibly energetic, the rhythms are a shade more complex than anything you're used to, and as for the dances... let's just say they're going to have to be simplified if they're ever going to catch on in the UK...
The other barrier to world domination is that most of the Angolan groups don't have worldwide distribution deals. Fader magazine has an amazing podcast of some kuduro live from Angola, and an update on current releases.
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