Kizomba songs for beginners
You don’t need any musical knowledge to start dancing kizomba. Just listen for the beat and go for it. Here are the songs on the Spotify playlist we use in our beginner intensives. Further down you’ll find NuKiz’s other playlists, by level and by style.
The playlist from our beginner intensives
It has 31 songs, and you’ll find it on Spotify as Intensivos de iniciación.
- Gitana — Claydee, Lil Eddie
- A bout de souffle — Noah Lunsi, Ya Levis
- REBORN — DJ Hugo Smile, DJ Drico
- Desculpa — Messias Maricoa
- Jennifer — Ghali, Soolking
- Na Boloko — C4 Pedro, Zara Williams
- Dança Kizomba Revolution — Elji Beatzkilla
- So Observo — Denis Graça
- Baile — Badoxa
- Não me Pede — C4 Pedro
- Loco Contigo — DJ Snake, J Balvin, Tyga
- Bem Piff — DJ Chad, DJ Tarico, Delio Tala
- O Nosso Amor — Soraia Ramos, Calema
- Ojos Prohibidos — Daniel Santacruz
- Quero Mais Love — C4 Pedro, Stonebwoy
- Le temps — Tayc
- M de Macua — The Nitrox
- Dpos D’ Quarentena — Nelson Freitas
- Outa Heaven — DJ Charley Raymdtc
- Baba — Atim
- Ms. Killa — Mykel Forever, Elji Beatzkilla
- Dalea — Rashid Browne, Traybeatz
- Hello — Vanda May
- Sorry (Remix Kizomba) — Jennifer Dias
- Tu És a Mulher — C4 Pedro
- Kizomba — Rahil Kayden
- Nha Rainha — C4 Pedro, Dino d’Santiago
- Te Amo — Calema
- Criola — Mika Mendes
- Magico — Mika Mendes
- Cigana Linda — Badoxa
What music is kizomba danced to?
Kizomba started out as music in 1980s Angola: slowed-down semba played on synthesisers and drum machines and influenced by Antillean zouk. Outside Angola, “kizomba” has become an umbrella label that also takes in other music from the same family, such as Cape Verdean zouk or ghetto zouk. Urban kiz is mostly danced to ghetto zouk, tarraxo and remixes of R&B, hip hop or electronic music, and tarraxo to a darker, more electronic sound.
At NuKiz we put it like this: “Kizomba is made up of many rhythms and styles. Each one calls for its own resources to interpret it and enjoy it when you dance as a couple.” That’s why the playlist has a bit of everything. If you want to know what sets them apart, we cover that in kizomba, semba, urban kiz and tarraxo: how they differ.
Other NuKiz playlists
- Madrid Kiz Revolution.
- Nu 2-3 (Medio-Avanzado): 92 songs for people who already dance and want to polish their technique.
- Tarraxo!: 136 tarraxo songs. If you don’t know what tarraxo is, start with Tarraxo papi, tarraaxoo….
- Microkiz: 63 songs.
How to practise with these songs
We don’t want you reproducing memorised figures or steps just to “regurgitate” them on the dance floor after class and never use them again. The idea is to work on mind and body through music. So put the playlist on and let your feet do their own thing. And if you’re still not quite sure what it’s all about, start with what kizomba is.
