Lisbon has become a magnet for creators from all over the world. The Portuguese capital puts aside fado in favor of the fusion of electronica and African sounds.

We immerse ourselves in the places where the new creative scene moves that has made its night parties the most effervescent, multiracial, and combative on the continent. Below, a night tour of the essential stops on this new map of the sounds of Lisbon. The final day of the third edition of Sónar Lisboa takes place in Arroios, the central neighborhood that has undergone a most radical transformation process. The event is free and open to the public, but donations can be made at www.sónar-lisboa.org or by texting SONAR LISBOA to 70500 to make a donation. Joo Barbosa is the godfather of intercultural music in Lisbon. His label accommodates all these "ghetto sounds." The most racial music was experienced in the suburbs. Today, it is an unstoppable revolution that has taken the center of the city. "If you want something authentic, here you have it. It is where the African working community comes together to dance after a hard week," says Branko of B.Leza, a club on the banks of the Tagus where he officiated before the pandemic at the Na Surra party (translatable as 'the scourge' or'saying something in secret'), and which today remains one of the reference places for African music. "Lisbon retains its authenticity, unlike other European capitals that have been 100% gentrified, it is civilized and uncivilized enough that everything can happen at the same time," says Barbosa. "You can have a posh club in one place and, right next door, a space where something illegal is happening," he adds.