Editor’s Info:
Colombia, Latin America's only country with both Pacific and Atlantic coastlines, boasts vibrant traditional and contemporary music scenes, whether mestizo, African, European or Indian. Colombians also know how to party! The Rough Guide To Colombian Street Party is a snapshot of the parties, mixing the obscure with the obvious, the newest with the oldest, from ancient Indian flute music to the latest reggaeton. Dance like there's no manana!
This compilation is a snapshot of Colombia's myriad musical jewels, and the theme is Street Party - something that Colombians excel at. No true salsero needs an introduction to the work of Colombia's undisputed 'rumbero maior' Joe Arroyo. Originally one of the three lead singers of Fruko Y Sus Tesos, Barranquilla native Joe went solo in the mid-1980s, recording a series of superb albums that brought other Caribbean and African rhythms – compas, zouk, soca, soukous – into the salsa fold for almost the first time. Champeta is the music that grew up in the 1980s on the Atlantic coast from a mixture of traditional Afro-Colombian music and the highlife, afrobeat, soukous, soca, zouk and reggae LPs that sailors would trade in the street-markets of Barranquilla and Cartagena. A perfect addition to any Colombian Street party is the manically-energetic, reverb-packed soukous-champeta from Makina Del Caribe, one of the genre's longest-serving groups, whose light-hearted, pop-influenced approach to champeta has revealed the style to many Colombians who would not normally dream of listening to such 'rough' music. Colombiafrica's Voodoo Love Inna Champeta Land took some four years in the making, but champeta has never before been executed so perfectly as in this project, involving as it does some of the original Afro-Parisian session-players who were champeta's inspiration in the first place.
'El Mecanico' was a big dancefloor hit for many of the great porro and cumbia big-bands of the 195.......
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Najnowsza płyta z cenionej brytyjskiej wytwórni World Music Network ‘The Rough Guide To Colombian Street Party’ to piąta płyta z cyklu ‘The Rough Guide To Street Party’. W 2008 roku ukazały się cztery pierwsze: The Rough Guide to Cuban Street Party [RGNET1199], The Rough Guide to Brazilian Street Party [RGNET1206], The Rough Guide To African Street Party [RGNET1201], The Rough Guide To Latin Street Party [RGNET1212].
Chyba trudno sobie wyobrazić lepszy czas na premierę, mamy w końcu czas szalonego karnawału, a kto potrafi się lepiej bawić jak nie mieszkańcy Ameryki Łacińskiej?
Choć najbardziej znaną Kolumbijką pozostaje obecnie Shakira trzeba wiedzieć, że kraj ten skrywa dużo większe muzyczne bogactwo.
Kolumbia to dość szczególne miejsce na mapie Ameryki Łacińskiej, kultura tego kraju została ukształtowana w równym stopniu przez wpływy europejskie, afrykańskie, co pochodzące z kultury metyskiej i Indian Południowej Ameryki.
Ta wyjątkowość daje wybuchowy efekt muzyczny, afrykański puls, europejska elegancja, metyski temperament plus instrumentalne inkrustacje wprost z muzyki Indian Południowej Ameryki zaspokoją najbardziej wyszukane oczekiwania fanów world music nie stroniących od tanecznych zabaw.
autor: Piotr Szukała



Editor’s Info:
Colombia, Latin America's only country with both Pacific and Atlantic coastlines, boasts vibrant traditional and contemporary music scenes, whether mestizo, African, European or Indian. Colombians also know how to party! The Rough Guide To Colombian Street Party is a snapshot of the parties, mixing the obscure with the obvious, the newest with the oldest, from ancient Indian flute music to the latest reggaeton. Dance like there's no manana!
This compilation is a snapshot of Colombia's myriad musical jewels, and the theme is Street Party - something that Colombians excel at. No true salsero needs an introduction to the work of Co.......
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