Top 10 Albums of 2008 Calle 13 - Los De Atrás Vienen Conmigobuy@iTunes buy@Amazon review Choc Quib Town - Somos Pacificobuy@iTunes buy@Amazon review Aterciopelados - Riobuy@iTunes buy@Amazon review Julieta Venegas - MTV Unpluggedbuy@iTunes buy@Amazon review Acida - Greatest Hitsbuy@iTunes review Bajofondo - Mar Dulcebuy@iTunes buy@Amazon review Bostich + Fussible - Tijuana Sound Machinebuy@iTun..
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Lo Mejor del 2008
Lo Mejor del 2008
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Top 10 Albums of 2008 Calle 13 - Los De Atrás Vienen Conmigo buy@iTunes buy@Amazon review Choc Quib Town - Somos Pacifico buy@iTunes buy@Amazon review Aterciopelados - Rio buy@iTunes buy@Amazon review Julieta Venegas - MTV Unplugged buy@iTunes buy@Amazon review Acida - Greatest Hits buy@iTunes review Bajofondo - Mar Dulce buy@iTunes buy@Amazon review Bostich Fus..
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Site Problems
Dec 2: The hosting problems are still unresolved, but the company guaranteed me everything will be okay again in 6 days. Let's hope so, I have a lot of posting to catch up with (but I'd rather wait until I can put the mp3s online for you)!Dec 18: Ok fuck it, I guess I won't see those files ever again, so I'm gonna try and fix everything manually and find a solution for the mp3s. It'll be quiet ...
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Electronic: Señor Coconut
What do German techno pioneers Kraftwerk have to do with cumbia? Quite a lot, Señor Coconut proved us with his 2000 debut El Baile Aleman. His collection of Kraftwerk hits transposed to latin rhytms was more than just a novelty, but a great example of how a good idea can become musically attractive too.In the same spirit, the German DJ/producer now released Around The World with latin reworks of
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Electronic: Señor Coconut
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What do German techno pioneers Kraftwerk have to do with cumbia? Quite a lot, Señor Coconut proved us with his 2000 debut El Baile Aleman . His collection of Kraftwerk hits transposed to latin rhytms was more than just a novelty, but a great example of how a good idea can become musically attractive too. In the same spirit, the German DJ/producer now released Around The World with latin reworks..
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En La Misma Onda
The 9th Latin Grammys sucked. Bigtime. And for only one reason: Juanes sweeping all five categories he was nominated for - okay, La Vida Es Un Ratico is an okay album, but Album ánd Song of the Year goes a little to far for me. I was also bummed by Tego Calderon losing to Wisin y Yandel and Nigga, even if his latest album wasn't his best he's still miles above the commercialism of those competi..
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En La Misma Onda
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The 9th Latin Grammys sucked. Bigtime. And for only one reason: Juanes sweeping all five categories he was nominated for - okay, La Vida Es Un Ratico is an okay album, but Album ánd Song of the Year goes a little to far for me. I was also bummed by Tego Calderon losing to Wisin y Yandel and Nigga , even if his latest album wasn't his best he's still miles above the commercialism of those compet..
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Stars In Your Eyes
It's been a busy week with two long-awaited releases who turned out to be fabulous albums. Check out Aterciopelados' Rio and Calle 13's Los De Atras Vienen Conmigo below, and to immerse yourself in the music, pop out the gray Yahoo player on your bottom left!But what I wanted to say: when reading music magazines or browsing the web, I noticed that the first thing I look at in a review, is how m...
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Stars In Your Eyes
It's been a busy week with two long-awaited releases who turned out to be fabulous albums. Check out Aterciopelados' Rio and Calle 13's Los De Atras Vienen Conmigo below, and to immerse yourself in the music, pop out the gray Yahoo player on your bottom left!But what I wanted to say: when reading music magazines or browsing the web, I noticed that the first thing I look at in a review, is how many
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Calle 13 - Los De Atrás Vienen Conmigo
UPDATE: songs online.Let's set some things straight first. Calle 13 doesn't make hiphop. And certaily no reggaeton either. It's kick ass music, and that's all that matters. Also, Rene Perez aka Residente is not a rapper. He's a poet. So before you go comparing the club potential of, let's say, Wisin y Yandel to the new Calle 13, understand that they're in a totally other league.And to make that...
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Electronic: Acida - The Greatest Hits
It's been a long time since I was so pleasantly surprised by a band I didn't know. Acida was the musical partnership of two of Argentina's most talented latin pop artists, singer-songwriter Alina Gandini and her producer husband Tweety Gonzales (yes, from the superstar rock band Soda Stereo that's making its comeback now). I seriously regret that a digital-only Greatest Hits compilation is my f...
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Electronic: Acida - The Greatest Hits
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It's been a long time since I was so pleasantly surprised by a band I didn't know. Acida was the musical partnership of two of Argentina's most talented latin pop artists, singer-songwriter Alina Gandini and her producer husband Tweety Gonzales (yes, from the superstar rock band Soda Stereo that's making its comeback now). I seriously regret that a digital-only Greatest Hits compilation is my f...
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Reggaeton: Daddy Yankee - Talento De Barrio
The new Daddy Yankee CD has been lying around for a few weeks now at Casa Chapín. I don't know what caused me to delay this review - was it the ugly cover and the title Talento de Barrio, promising gangsta-style bragging I don't like? Was it the first track, "Talento de Barrio", which is just exactly that - bragging and shouting over a boring hiphop beat? Or was it the fact that this is 'just a..
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Reggaeton: Daddy Yankee - Talento De Barrio
The new Daddy Yankee CD has been lying around for a few weeks now at Casa Chapín. I don't know what caused me to delay this review - was it the ugly cover and the title Talento de Barrio, promising gangsta-style bragging I don't like? Was it the first track, "Talento de Barrio", which is just exactly that - bragging and shouting over a boring hiphop beat? Or was it the fact that this is 'just a..
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Alternative: Aterciopelados - Rio
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Aterciopelados ' Oye was one of the better albums of 2006, thanks to the powerful rock-with-a-message of Andrea Echeverri and Hector Buitrago (review ). They conquered our hearts with sheer positivism, a mesmerizing lead voice and the odd political viewpoint. The new album Río brings us more politics: title track "Rio" supports a recently voted law to keep Bogotá river clean, and "Bandera" i.
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Alternative: Aterciopelados - Rio
Aterciopelados' Oye was one of the better albums of 2006, thanks to the powerful rock-with-a-message of Andrea Echeverri and Hector Buitrago (review). They conquered our hearts with sheer positivism, a mesmerizing lead voice and the odd political viewpoint.The new album Río brings us more politics: title track "Rio" supports a recently voted law to keep Bogotá river clean, and "Bandera" is abou.
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Calle 13 - Los De Atrás Vienen Conmigo
Let's set some things straight first. Calle 13 doesn't make hiphop. And certaily no reggaeton either. It's kick ass music, and that's all that matters. Also, Rene Perez aka Residente is not a rapper. He's a poet. So before you go comparing the club potential of, let's say, Wisin y Yandel to the new Calle 13, understand that they're in a totally other league.And to make that point very clear, th...
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Electronic: Bajofondo - Mar Dulce
The name Gustavo Santaolalla keeps popping up on this blog - if it's not as producer for Café Tacuba, Juanes or Calle 13 then it's for his ground-breaking and Oscar-winning soundtracks (Babel, Brokeback Mountain, The Motorcycle Diaries). But he also has his own band, the electronic tango collective Bajofondo Tango Club. Now shortened to Bajofondo, the mostly instrumental group gathered an impre..
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Electronic: Bajofondo - Mar Dulce
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The name Gustavo Santaolalla keeps popping up on this blog - if it's not as producer for Café Tacuba, Juanes or Calle 13 then it's for his ground-breaking and Oscar-winning soundtracks (Babel, Brokeback Mountain, The Motorcycle Diaries ). But he also has his own band, the electronic tango collective Bajofondo Tango Club . Now shortened to Bajofondo , the mostly instrumental group gathered an ..
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Electronic: Sidestepper, Monareta
We already featured Sidestepper as a MySpace find a long time ago, but his latest album Buena Vibra Sound System deserves an extra mention. On his latest album, Sidestepper founder Richard Blair wants to recreate the atmosphere of the Afro-Caribbean parties he hosted in Colombia, merely by joining local talent (and thanks to his status as well-known British DJ). "La Paloma", for example, travel...
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