The guest for today’s podcast is Pedro Coquenao, known by his artist alias, Batida, which is Portuguese for ‘beat’.  He is a producer, a DJ, a curator, and a radio host, amongst many other things.   He has released four albums to date, all combining African rhythms from his native Angola with house and techno beats.  We had a long chat, and in this, the first part of our conversation, we discuss the city of Lisbon, the spread of African electronic music, sampling and his somewhat unique live performance instrument.  We started by talking about his earliest musical influences. This is part 1 of a two-part interview

You can find Batida’s latest album Neon Colonialismo on Spotify, Apple Music and Bandcamp. And spend some time getting lost in the archive of his Worldwide FM Radio Shows. There is also music on this episode from his first album, simply called Batida, you can also find that on Spotify, Apple Music and Bandcamp.

Music used:

Algeria

Eléctrico (featuring Branko)

Farramento (featuring Nástio Mosquito)

Ah! (featuring Poté)

Bazuka (Quen Me Rusguo)