This Friday, sees the Secousse Soundsystem come to Dublin for the first time. Club Secousse is the Radioclit’s club night which focuses on music from worldwide ghetto cultures. Expect South African house, Brazilian funk, Angolan Kudoru, Columbian Afro-cumbia, Lebanese Dabke, Shangaan and Congolese Soukous amongst others.
Taking to the stage on Friday in the Twisted Pepper is DJ Etienne Tron of Radioclit and DJ Mo-Laudi of The Very Best. Support comes from Dublin Tropical’s DJ Izem.
Tickets are €15 but I have three pairs of tickets to giveaway. Email [email protected] with your full name, phone number and before Thursday at 3pm to win.
I’m liking Mo-Laudi’s Secousse Family Mix:
Download: Secousse family mix! by DJ MO-LAUDI
Secousse recently teamed up with Marina Gasolina (ex-Bonde Do Role) for a cover of this song from Brazilian dancer-singer-pornstar Gretchen. The song appeared on Red Hot tribute to the late 60’s Brazilian movement Tropicália.
Download: Secousse & Marina Gasolina – Freak Le Boom Boom
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
