Chris Klemens. Dj Znobia – Bebe, 2008. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLgJxovjPdM.
DJ Znobia is a very influential artist out of Luanda and has produced several other hit Kuduro tracks. On one of his hit songs Bebe he uses autotune and other technology that was very new to Angola at the time showing the mixing of a Kuduro beat sequence, distorted synthetic leads, and an Afrobeat mood to the song. In addition to this, he is one of the artists the exemplifies what it means to be a Kuduro artist and to be self-aware of what he is making.
In one of my main sources, Moorman quotes DJ Znobia saying “I feel like I kill peoples suffering.” (pg 26). This quote refers to how his music has affected people after the peace treaties signed by UNITA in 2002. This time marked an incredible end to the civil war and end of suffering of the Angolan people. With large estimates of hundreds of thousands killed, it is clear that Angolans do not want to forget this event, but do want to but it in their past and move forward. By mass media, Kuduro seemed to be a youth movement that has no cultural implications and is just rude to be rude, but artists like DJ Znobia prove them wrong. That the purpose of the genre is to take away from the violence, celebrate progress and celebrate moving forward as a culture.