Ivy Queen & Don Omar – Robarte Un Beso

On avait déjà joué cette chanson il y a quelques semaines, mais en la réécoutant ça m’a frappé à quel point il s’agit vraiment d’un reggeaton passé au niveau supérieur.

Les percussions donnent une touche salsa à un beat reggaeton pas vraiment classique. La basse n’est également pas là ou elle est d’habitude, ajoutant un coté sautillant à un style généralement martial. Bien sûr, le flow d’Ivy Queen et Don Omar sont impeccables et roulent vraiment sur la musique. Tandis que les samples de cordes en arrière fond ajoutent un mood oriental. Les cuivres ne sont pas sur-utilisés et ne font que marquer des fins de mesures et les petits arrangements de production sont vraiment bien intégrés à la chanson. Je me demande qui l’a produite, parce qu’elle ne sonne vraiment pas comme le reste du dernier album d’Ivy Queen d’ou elle est extraite (Sentimentio). Faîtes-le moi savoir si vous avez des infos.

Ivy Queen – Robarte Un Beso ft. Don Omar

We played that song a couple weeks ago already, but while I was listening to it again, it strokes me how this is really Reggaeton next level shit.

The percussions are giving a salsa twist to a not so classic reggaeton rhythm. The bass isn’t also where it is usually, turning the track in a more bumpin dancefloor oriented anthem. Of course, Ivy Queen & Don Omar flows are staying at a high level and roll with the music. The strings sample in the back add an oriental mood, while the horns are only used punctually. The different production effects are also well integrated; really that’s a very very well produced song. I wonder who did it, because it doesn’t sound like the rest of Ivy’s latest album, Sentimentio, where I found it. Let me know if you have some info.

Another Buraka remix

While on the board, ZNTN was posting a Buraka Som Sistema live set from Sudoeste 2006, I came across that Buraka remix of Da Weasel, a seminal hip-hop band from Portugal, that you can find on Da Weasel latest effort Amor, Escárnio e Maldizer (2007)

Da Weasel – Dialectos De Ternura (Remix Buraka Som Sistema)

Pendant que sur le board, ZNTN postait un live de Buraka Som Sistema à Sudoeste 2006, je suis tombé sur leur remix de Da Weasel, un groupe séminal de hip-hop Portugais, que vous pouvez trouver sur le dernier album de ces derniers Amor, Escárnio e Maldizer (2007)

Bhangra(s) (Bhangra post 4)

Like maybe you already know it, Bhangra is a type of music created by members of the punjabi diaspora especially since the late 80′s. Punjabis are coming from the province of Punjab, in the north-east of India, between Delhi and Pakistan. The main centers of Bhangra production are London (uk) and Toronto (can) which are also the cities with some of the biggest Punjabi communities outside India. In the late 80′s, Bhangra started to get more attention by mixing more and more Punjabi percussions and lyrics with the music of people living in the same neighborhood: Caribbean people mainly.

Therefore, Bhangra music developed in many ways with the reggae movement and western music tendencies, which can explain that you’ll find all kind of beats, structure and music under the name Bhangra and that’s that variety that I’ll expose in this post.
A band like Asian Dub Foundation, even it would be difficult to put it under the label Bhangra (first because they’re coming from the Bengal, south of India), is probably one of the most well known example of that mix of influences that happened in music created by Indian immigrants in the London of the 90′s. The other obvious, more recent example would be Panjabi MC with his hit that was even re-recorded with Jay-Z, showing how the American Record Industry acknowledge potential of non strictly African-American hip-hop production in the USA (See Bollyhood Records manifesto as an example of how Bhangra producers are responding to that). Oh and should I even mention that Bhangra is mainly the music of the youth, the weddings and parties?
Asian Dub Fondation – Rebel Warrior
Panjabi Mc – Mundian To Bach Ke

After that very short introduction, let’s get into the real objective of that post: sharing and making discover the variety of what’s called “Bhangra”.
By listening to quite a few cds, reading here and there, watching videos, I came accross diverse music, tempo and rythm that were all presented as Bhangra. What I feel as less Western marked could be for example this tracks that are representing the usual classic material you’ll find in any Bhangra cds:
Darshan Khella & Miss Pooja – Munda Dangia Gia
Sukhraj Nijjar – Veer Viah Ke Aaya
Here’s even a acoustic one that I love from The Rough Guide To Bhangra Dance:
Madan Bata Sindhu – Mehndi/Madhorama Pencha

From there, you’ll find a large variety of tracks that are using kind of the same song structure and of course this recognizable samples of percussions. What I wanted to show you is all the different connections that has been made:
Hip-Hop with Bhangra (classic and crunk):
Deep and Kamla Panjabi – Man On Fire
Kali Denali – Bohemia

Pop with Bhangra
Jassi Sidhu – Puth Jatt Thaa

Jungle/2-step with Bhangra
RDB – DilKarda
Midievil Punditz – Bhangra Fever

Dance with Bhangra
Juggy D – Billo

Reggae/Dancehall with Bhangra
Rishi Rich – Roll It Gal ft Alison Hinds

You can also the Bhangra post #3 for many other mash-ups. I would suggest you get some sounds by reading posts 1 & 2

Kuduro Progressivo (kuduro series)

For those of you who might wonder what’s kuduro progressivo, my guess is that the latest Buraka Som Sistema remix would pretty much be a good example; through Discobelle:

Shy Child – Noise Won’t Stop (Buraka Som Sistema remix) (zShare)

Vybz Kartel comin’ !!!

Vybz Kartel s’en vient à Montréal. Vous le connaissez peut-être pour l’avoir entendu sur le “Diplo Rhythm ou le “Badman” de Missy avec M.I.A ou encore avec Kano sur “Buss it up”. Bref, c’est l’un des deejays les plus imaginatifs, prolifiques et polyvalents des dernières années et je prédis qu’il va foutre le feu s’il se pointe… En plus il y aura le légendaire Red Rat en première partie !

Vybz Kartel, Red Rat, Timberlee, Sample King, Lady Spitz, Queen Sheba, Little Thunder, Firesquad and Assassins
Vendredi 8 Juin @ Medley
Tix —> 30 & 40 $

Macadam Tribus fête ses dix ans

Depuis son changement d’horaire il y a 2 ou 3 ans, je n’écoute plus vraiment Macadam Tribus. Dommage que Radio-Canada est remplacé Macadam en semaine par des émissions somnifères animées par des hasbeen sans expérience radio. Mais ça c’est un autre débat…

Il reste que la découverte de Macadam Tribus pendant mes études en ATM à Jonquière m’a donné beaucoup d’espoir par rapport à la créativité et l’imaginaire que pouvait amener la radio. J’aimais le ton ironique de Jacques Bertrand, les univers délirants créés par Philippe Lagüe et le travail d’effets sonores.

Macadam Tribus fête en mai ses 10 ans et pour l’occasion Radio-Canada a mit en ligne des archives précieuses, des reportages et des entrevues phares de l’épopée Macadam Tribus.

Les 10 ans de Macadam Tribus
Le retour d’Amédée Brisebois