Don’t Keep Silent: Batucada Sound Machine make themselves heard from the UK to Whangarei

Riding the wake of their successful European summer tour, Batucada Sound Machine return to New Zealand with a new album of tried and true road-tested tunes entitled “Don’t Keep Silent”, due for release January 23rd, 2012.

This 10 piece onslaught of pacific-soul, latin, afro-beat and hip-hop have an unparalleled reputation for their polished, high-energy performance, which has seen them conquer audiences at a host of renowned festivals including the main stage at Sziget Festival (Hungary), Horizonte Festival and Kulturarena (Germany), Larmer Tree Festival (UK) and the City of London Festival to name a few.

The release of “Don’t Keep Silent” comes 3 years after their debut ‘Rhythm & Rhyme’ which received rave reviews both locally and abroad. This new album retains the BSM percussive-heavy approach to their music, but has been developed through a much more collaborative effort by the songwriters, resulting in strong messages and a spectrum of heavy tunes, introspective songs and straight-ahead dance tracks.

The album was recorded at The Lab, Auckland (Ollie Harmer) and mixed by Bob ‘Bassy’ Brockman (NYC) and will be released through Border Music and DRM NZ