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From the Ghetto to the world: Batida, the Nexus Príncipe Discos-Filho Único and the legitimization of afrodiasporic music practices from the outskirts of Lisbon
Book Title
Independence in 21st-century popular music: Cases from beyond Anglo-America
Year (definitive publication)
2025
Language
English
Country
United Kingdom
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Abstract
In this chapter we address the emergence of batida in the local context of
Lisbon’s peripheral Afro-Portuguese neighborhoods. We focus on the joint role
of two independent music production organizations, the record label Príncipe
Discos and the related cultural association Filho Único, in legitimating and
disseminating batida outside of peripheral Lisbon neighborhoods and within
the international subfield of electronic dance music (EDM). After accounting
for the emergence of batida, we reflect on the active and transformative role
of these independent cultural mediators between batida DJs and a consuming
audience. Three elements are of special interest: (1) the emergence of batida in
the Portuguese Afrodiasporic soundscape, (2) the conditions that enabled it
to reach outside the original context of peripheral neighborhoods, and (3) the
politics developed by Príncipe in collaboration with Filho Único to disseminate
the work of the DJs involved in batida. Later in the chapter we discuss the
role of Príncipe and Filho Único in a critical dialogue with notions of cultural
intermediation (Bourdieu 1984) and of the independents as the new cultural
entrepreneurs (Leadbeater and Oakley 1999). We approach this relationship
based on data collected through semi-directed interviews with staff members
at Príncipe and Filho Único and with the DJs published by Príncipe. We also
carried out an analysis of the discourse about batida in the specialized music
press, on the label’s website and on digital platforms such as Bandcamp.
Acknowledgements
This chapter was supported by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Te cnologi a (FCT)
through its funding of the R&D Unit UIDB/03126/2020. We want to thank all the interviewees of this paper, namely the DJs Nervoso, Firmeza, and Marfox.
Keywords
Ghetto,Portugal,Racism,DJs,Black youth,Electronic music
Funding Records
| Funding Reference | Funding Entity |
|---|---|
| UIDB/03126/2020 | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
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