Tag: Soca music
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What happens if Bollywood goes Carribean?
No not a mashup or remix – a new (well 19th century?) form of music – Chutney! Embarassing name, but basically the music made by Indo-Carribean people in places such as Trinidad & Tobago and Guyana working as indentured servants (British Empire!) in the 19th Century mixing Soca beats with with traditional Hindi or Bhojpuri…
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It’s all about the Soca (and that sample)
Listen and watch and dream about the sun and summer…although this song isn’t a bittersweet symphony it’s a tonic as the rain washes down the windows 🙁 Anyone know where to start with Soca, Afrobeat, modern (non phobic) dancehall 80’s onward, modern reggae and dub (if there is such a thing)? I never know where…
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UK Funky – yup another new genre!
Twittered about this but forgot to post about it – Uk Funky (or just ‘Funky’) – a new genre/type of music coming out of I guess house, dancehall, grime and 4×4/nu garage scenes, adding african beats or soca beats and rather simplistic dancehall/aerobics style lyrics, I love the groove though, and seems like every song…