Angolan born, Lisbon raised Pedro Coquenão (aka Batida) is referred to as a game changer on the Afro-Electronic scene. Released on Crammed Discs in Oct 2022, 'Neon Colonialismo' is his first personal album since 2014. Between then and now, he completed a long international tour, recorded an album with the legendary Konono No.1, presented the performance “The Almost Perfect Dj”, exhibited his biggest installation yet at Africa 2020, in France, staged the musical IKOQWE, as part of his “Alojamento Artístico Local” at Casa Independente, released the album “The Beginning, The Medium, The End and The Infinite” by IKOQWE (his ...
BATIDA RELEASES NEW MUSIC VIDEO FOR ”BEM VINDO" OFF HIS ALBUM ”NEON COLONIALISMO"
A couple of weeks after his new 𝑵𝒆𝒐𝒏 𝑪𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒎𝒐 album, Angolan/Portuguese artist Batida releases a new music video, which he describes as follows:
“𝐵𝑒𝑚 𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑜” 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑠 “𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒” 𝑖𝑛 𝑃𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑔𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑒. 𝐼𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝐼 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑏𝑢𝑚, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡 𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑢𝑝 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟. 𝐵𝑒𝑚 𝑉𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑜 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎 𝑗𝑎𝑚 𝑠𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑚𝑦 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝐿𝑢𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎 (𝐴𝑛𝑔𝑜𝑙𝑎) 𝐷𝐽 𝑆𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝐿𝑖𝑠𝑏𝑜𝑎, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑒𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑎 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑚𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑓𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑟. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑚 𝐺𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑠’ 𝑑𝑒𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐 𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑜 𝑑𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟, 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑚𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝐿𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑘𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑉𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑜 𝑅𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔.
“The boldly transnational Neon Colonialismo features lusophone luminaries. Underlying the club-ready bangers is Batida’s ongoing mission of creative anti-colonialism, here taking the form of transatlantic sounds that flow together with irresistible force.” (Pop Matters, US)
