And check out the cool op art video we did with Anthony Burrill from London….

Those who’ve followed us since we came out with the single ‘Yah!’ know that we’ve been touring pretty much non stop for the last 3 years. We had a great time on all those continents, made lots of friends, swam with (sharks) dolphins, got arrested in Scandinavia, ended up in hospitals with some strange cardiac infection, knocked out a bunch of people crowd surfing and brought people to

their knees almost everywhere we performed. From Europe to the US, Asia and South America.

After that we took a well deserved 6 month vacation, and caught up with our families and friends. But as far as we’re concerned musicians never really take vacations, so after the first exciting weeks of doing NADA! we got bored, and slowly things started to move again.

We flew to the US for a one-off show at Hard NYC with our buddies in Major Lazer, and then settled into some personal pursuits.

Dj Riot created Faster Music, a Drum’n Bass, Dubstep and Grime imprint and released 2 digital singles. J–WOW went into a hyperactive creative spree, doing remixes and original tracks, delivering two singles, “Klang” – through Deadly People and “O Dedo” through Mad Decent.

Conductor went on an trip to Luanda and came back with his second record from his Hip-Hop project “Conjunto Ngonguenga” (too bad google translator doesn’t work on songs, but if you know how to speak portuguese you’re gonna enjoy the name).

Kalaf moved to Berlin and dedicated himself to his weekly chronicles in “Público” newspaper – some will be featured here very soon.

Buraka themselves still managed to present us with their brilliant BBC Essential Mix last April, gernering five star reviews from the international press and listeners. So we really didn’t really just lie around during our dreaks, sipping cocktails in the sun. We’ve actually been pretty busy!

And now, the usual suspects are reunited in the studio, working hard on a new live show for our festival dates this summer, before we lock ourselves again in the studio to make our second full length record.

For the live show this time around, we decided not only to give you guys your favorite songs from ‘Black Diamond’ and ‘Buraka To The World’ (with some touches here and there that will surprise you), but also some other songs and remixes you’ve heard in FabricLive as well as “B” sides from singles like “IC 19” and “Aqui para Vocês”.

Because we want to start working on new material this tour will be shorter than usual and will include only Europe and Brazil (whoop!). Check our tour diary and sorry to all the other countries we left out this time. But sooner than you expect we’re gonna be knocking at your door, and louder than ever! For those that happen to be in the cities that we’re gonna

visit in the next few months, the message is simple, bring your dancing shoes!

Terminal 5, NYC

Our single ‘Restless’ is OUT NOW all round the world, with a remix by Julio Bashmore! Go get it – click here to download!!!

Portugal – Clique aqui!
Australia – Click here!

To our fans in the UK, you can get ‘Restless’ on your mobile phone!

Ringtone*: Text BURAKA to 81088
Order on your mobile*: Text RESTLESS to 81088

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Ringtone: costs £1 + standard message rate. Unavailable to iPhone users.
Mobile Order: costs £1.50 + standard message rate.
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We first played in 2006 and we were up against the mighty Daft Punk on the main stage.  It was a tough challenge, as the our tent only had 200 people, but we finished with a completely packed tent!
A year later we were invited to perform again on the main stage.  We had to follow Cypress Hill, which was kind of scary.  We had a great show and it was our first experience of having thousands of people in front of us.  Not sure if we were 100% ready, but it was fun.

In 2009 we were VERY ready and it was simply EPIC! Initially, the night wasn’t looking very exciting, as the main stage only had around 1000 people to watch The National and Macaco.  When it was time to start we already had 35,000 people in front of us. It felt like playing a small sold-out club.  Except it was a little bit bigger!

Instead of trying to make a big impression with celebrity guests etc, we decided to focus on getting the right environment on stage e.g. lights, video,
We had dancers, conffeti amongst other things so that we could perform a flawless show and have fun at the same time.  It worked.

We hooked up with a percussion orquestra (Tocá Rufar) for the intro and for Aqui para voces.  It sounded MASSIVE!”

Fuji Rock’s location set, its all about: rain, camping & rock’n'roll

Stage Invasion, Japonese girls swagging all over

Fuji Rock surroundings

Rendez Vous Chop, get your shine on

The Special School Trio

PSP’s best advertisement EVER… According to what they’ve told us, this is a famous statue of a famous filosofer: In the real statue he’s readding a book, not PSPlaying.. Amazing!

Kalaf & Allan (from SMASH Team)

Kalaf & Switch

Kalaf & Peaches

So we get to the festival site and it’s 30 degrees!! We had lots of work to do before the show.  A big shout out to all the tech crew for all there hard work in the soaring temperatures!  These guys are always the first to arrive and last to leave.

Microphone check 1, 2, 1, 2…

What a great line up!

Showtime!!!

We went all out, bringing our own lighting crew and having crazy plasma screens all over the stage to make this show extra special.

Bot from Crookers tweeted “Buraka have the world record of most girrrlz on stage right now” We agree!

The crowd was amazing.  Thank you Sonar!  Maybe see you in 2010!

Lil John pumping up the music!!

STAGE INVASION!!!

Photos & video courtesy of Pieter Dewulf