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Download: Castro "Toot Toot"

Move over moombahton. Download the wild 90 bpm zouk bass of Castro.

Portugal's Enchufada label—run by João Barbosa from Buraka Som Sistema (better known as Branko) and his friend  (also named João)—are giving away a ton of free music from the rising stars of tropical bass. This bi-weekly drop is called Upper Cuts. It's time for Season 2 and we're proud to partner with the dudes in releasing these big bad riddims into the world. Shake something!

You've heard of moombahton and maybe even moombahcore, but what do you really know about zouk bass, the latest genre inspired by Lusophone musical styles zouk and tarraxinha? Already, Mad Decent are jumping on this internet micro-genre—and Dutty Artz are questioning it being divorced from its roots—after Branko dropped 15 minutes of it in his infamous Boiler Room set. The truth is that you don't have to know your kizomba from your kuduro to enjoy this wild 90bpm skank courtesy of a Cardiff, UK-based producer named Castro.