Friday Rave

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Put your hands in the air! This one's strictly dance-orientated. Plenty of kuduro (Angolan techno), and lots more international dancefloor fun.

The set starts off right here in Central Europe, with a massive drum'n'bass remix of The Very Best's Julia by Bratislava's B-Complex. Then we're into the first of the kuduro: two of the scene's biggest hits, from Buraka Som Sistema and Helder, Rei Do Kuduro. The biggest kuduro section is towards the end of the show (Costuleta's So Co To onwards); before that, we've got a global tour of music which shares techno or house influences. 

Original Sistaz and Cesar S2falet showcase the dirtier electro side of Côte d'Ivoire's coupé decalé scene, while regular Friday Ripple favourites DJ Mujava, Zola and Spikiri bring the South African kwaito. Closer to the traditional idea of a rave, there's a couple of old-school techno classics from Praga Khan and Moby (from before he started writing coffee table music), two house remixes of classic jazz tunes, some Kenyan deep house from Afefe Iku, and a 2009 single from the unique steampunk-swing-house oddity that is Austria's Parov Stelar. 

There's lots more in the mix, it's all very danceable, and it's streaming right now on the Radio Wave Jukebox, under Friday Ripple > 27.11.2009. 

The full playlist looks like this:
The Very Best - Julia (B-Complex remix) (self-released remix)
Buraka Som Sistema - Sound Of Kuduro (feat. M.I.A., DJ Znobia, Saborosa and Puto Prata) (Sony BMG Portugal)
Helder, Rei Do Kuduro - Frique Frique (Shark Entertainment)
Original Sistaz - Comme Ca (WUMB)
Cesar S2falet feat. AP du 113 - Afrodesign (WUMB)
Praga Khan - Injected With A Poison (Beat Box International)
Nina Simone - Sinnerman (Felix Da Housecat Heavenly House Mix) (Verve)
Sarah Vaughan - Fever (Adam Freeland remix) (Verve)
Parov Stelar - Monster (Etage Noir Recordings)
Maluca - El Tigeraso (Sonora remix) (Mad Decent)
Beginning Of The End - Funky Nassau (Cadenza remix) (self-released remix)
Moby - Feeling So Real (Mute)
Zola - Ngudu (Ghetto Ruff)
Afefe Iku - Mirror Dance (Yoruba)
Crazy Cousinz - Bongo Jam (L-Vis 1990 & Bok Bok refix) (self-released)
Mujava - Township Funk (Ashley Beedle's Africanz on Marz reedit)(Warp Records)
Cesaria Evora - Angola (Carl Craig remix) (Brownswood Recordings)
Spikiri - Jealous Boys (Kawala Jazmee/UMG)
Costuleta - So Co To (Lusafrica)
DJ Marfox - Triba (self-released)
Boubany King - Mole Mole (self-released)
Puto Prata - Deixem Só Me Cal (Farol Música, Lda.)
Frederic Galliano presents Kuduro Sounds System - Isto E Kuduro feat. Zoca Zoca (Frikyiwa)
DJ Legal - Toma (remix) (Farol Música, Lda.)
Brenda Fassie - Vul'indlela (CCP Record Company)