Buraka Som Sistema
Perhaps the hottest find on this year’s line-up, URB first discovered BSS during a meeting with Coachella’s Paul T when he showed us the awesome video clip for “Sound of Kuduro” featuring another little-known Coachella performer named M.I.A. The four-person unit are already stars in the Eastern Hemisphere—pretty much inventing the genre “Progressive Kudro” in their home country and scoring an MTV Europe Award for their efforts. Their Coachella set should be the first move towards U.S. takeover in 2009. Joshua Glazer