The cocek of the Balkans is a solo dance of Turkish origin, sensual and sometimes bordering on the lewd, set to a hypnotic, syncopated rhythm, sinuous chromatic melodies and plenty of space for passionate improvisation on the part of dancer and musician alike.
The blistering performances would drive the dancers of both to their sweating limits. Accompanied by the circular-breathing modulations of the yadaki didgeridoo , the pulsating tempo has been successfully combined within reggae, rock, country and electronic genres to form the basis of most modern Aboriginal music.
Yothu Yindi: Tribal Voice Hollywood, A superbly inventive set in which tradition meets innovation. The exuberant rhythms of highlife began among the Ashanti people in Ghana but swiftly spread throughout Sierra Leone and Nigeria.
Strictly speaking jaipongan is not the name of a particular rhythm, rather it denotes a style of music and dance. Purportedly developed by the Bandung musician and producer Gugum Gumbira in the 70s from various traditional sources, it was perceived as rather wild and suggestive at the time but is now established as a classic West Javanese form. This album marks the return to producing by Gugum Gumbira after a decade of concentrating on his other enterprises.
Recorded at his own Jugala Studios, which has nevertheless been continually operating as the home of the Jaipongan sound. Although its origins are disputed, the term juju music was first used in the 20s to describe the dreamy, hypnotic rhythms emerging from the Yoruba neighbourhoods of Lagos. The music then undertook another dramatic development in the 60s with the dense, tight grooves and multiple guitars of bands led by Ebenezer Obey and King Sunny Ade.
More than 20 years on, this album remains the quintessential expression of modern juju. It comes from Trakya Thrace , the small European part of the country and is a staple of the Gypsy musicians who dominate the wedding scene in the region. That sound was kwaito , a uniquely South African hybrid of local beats and such imported forms as hip-hop, house and techno.
It started life as a rhythm in a hand-clapping game among school kids in Cameroon. The track was picked up by a New York radio station and the makossa phenomenon was born. Once there were nine different versions of the track in the Billboard chart and the makossa beat has even been credited with launching the 70s disco boom.
Michael Jackson later copied the rhythm on his album Thriller. This compilation includes the original, which is still the best. They failed, of course, and since independence marrabenta has defied years of civil war to become an all-singing, all-dancing emblem of national identity, combining an affinity with other tropical rhythms such as salsa and calypso with distinctive elements of island tradition.
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With its Georg Grosz-style cover, this disc harks back to s Berlin as portrayed in the musical Cabaret. Dancers move back and forward while hopping on one foot or perform heel-toe movements across the standing foot: the dynamic steps and the ternary pulse feel of the collective and couple dance are reflected in the lively melodic and rhythmic variations that accompany tarantella , the most popular outdoor musical event across many regions of southern Italy.
And when the tarantula bites you, there is no healing but the pizzica pizzica ritual from Salento Puglia. Based in Cisternino Puglia , composer and leading organetto accordeon player Mario Salvi and fellow musicians know how to contrast the obsessive rhythms of the tamburello and singing with the melodic variations on the organetto in this selection of different tarantella traditions. It means a beat cycle. All classical music operates within cycles of various lengths which are easiest to follow in percussion — the tabla being the dominant instrument.
Performers often recite their compositions in rapid bursts of syllables before playing them, and traditionally the bowed sarangi accompanies a solo recital. Is it a rhythm, a genre or simply a way of life in downtown Soweto? Whatever the definition, from the pennywhistle of Spokes Mashiyane to the jazz-influenced swing of Hugh Masekela, township jive became the dominant beat of South Africa in the 50s and in a myriad of off-shoots and variations, remained a resilient and uplifting response to adversity throughout the apartheid era.
Hugh Masekela: Hope Triloka, Even though he spent the best years of his life in exile, nobody captured the spirit of township jive better than Masekela. Modern masters like Alfredo Gutierrez and Lisandro Meza race accordion arpeggios against singing basslines and cavorting guacharacas. Carlos Vives: Clasicos de la Provincia Polygram, The accordion legend Rafael Escalona was honoured in this album by former tele-soap star, Carlos Vives right , while Miami-Cuban Roberto Torres created charanga -vallenato by adding flute and violins.
After prayers and recitations, the zikr proper begins and participants get to their feet and chant as they sway backwards and forwards to a thundering background of drums which have been primed over hot charcoals often reaching a state of ecstasy. The zikr on disc one lasts over 25 minutes and builds to a terrific climax. Launched in by Kassav, zouk now includes electro-zouk, zouk-love and Brazilian lambada -zouk.
But the Guadeloupian founders Jacob Desvarieux and Pierre Eduard Decimus constructed it with compass-style electric guitars, soca horns and earthy gwo ka drums, and graceful cadence rhythms, defined by their debut album, Love and Ka Dance. Imitators included the violin-based Malavoi and electronic Zouk Machine. Kassav: Majestik Zouk Sony, Inspiration for many bands and styles, this is a gorgeous old-school party.
SB 29 POLSKA Sweden Not to be confused with the polka a fast duple-beat dance from Bohemia , the polska is a slow lop-sided waltz from Sweden which can be tricky for newcomers to get their feet around.
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