The Juby is great. Loving the brass and the breakdown at the end. In heavy rotation now.Some fresh jab from Slatta (or “Slätta”, as Spotify likes to call him, as a result of interference with a Danish band of that name). I had a wild musical fling with him last year, and he’s back! Slatta • Unbothered:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fmn5pPqY1ik(this one makes me so so giddy)Merzy ft. Slatta • Doh Fraid:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-_Nu6ntsRc(the instrumental track of this one is absolutely bonkers!)The Cigar Puff Riddim has Slatta, but also this: Big Red • Typa Way:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOHFSg-ApQUAs it happens, these are all produced by Xpert Productions, who also did Bunji’s “Wet” upthread.In case it wasn’t abundantly clear yet: Jab is by far my favorite kind of soca.
― breastcrawl, Friday, 1 February 2019 19:12 (five years ago) link
Question: I say “jab”, because that’s how people call it here (I think), or is “jab jab” the (only) correct name for this genre?
― breastcrawl, Friday, 1 February 2019 19:16 (five years ago) link
I say Jab but I'm by no means an authority. think 'Jab jab' means devil which is the root term
― frame casual (dog latin), Friday, 1 February 2019 19:22 (five years ago) link
Either is fine.
― ShariVari, Friday, 1 February 2019 19:52 (five years ago) link
That’s settled then, cheers!
― breastcrawl, Friday, 1 February 2019 20:03 (five years ago) link
The Toco Loco Riddim (posted at the tail end of the previous thread) is a great way to start the day. Make the shower your carnival!
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 7 February 2019 07:50 (five years ago) link
Jab MADNESS
'Pick up something - Run wid it!'
https://www.facebook.com/MrKilla/videos/2171317776455741/
This is Mr Killa - Run Wid It. I think it's mandatory to pick up something when this comes on
― frame casual (dog latin), Friday, 8 February 2019 15:31 (five years ago) link
http://www.looptt.com/content/more-criticism-mr-killa-over-soca-monarch-win
Sour grapes re Grenada’s Mr Killa?
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 6 March 2019 21:54 (five years ago) link
I like Mr. Killa from Grenada’s “ Run Wild it.” His speedy ennuncation and the percussive rhythms. He’s gonna be in DC Sunday.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 26 March 2019 13:32 (five years ago) link
http://www.nationnews.com/nationnews/news/238717/killa-slays-iwer-ism-crown-goes-grenada
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 26 March 2019 13:34 (five years ago) link
Listening to David Rudder’s Catharsis album from a few years back. I like his lilting melodies, socio-political lyrics, and rhythms that aren’t quite as fast-tempoed as most soca hits
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 28 March 2019 14:16 (five years ago) link
https://newsday.co.tt/2019/02/08/wheres-the-lyrical-artistry-in-soca/
Rudder, a singer/songwriter who won the Calypso Monarch and Road March titles in 1986, answered first.
Each generation reflects where we are in society, he said. Recalling that he had come up as a calypsonian in the tradition of Zandolie and Kitchener, the “Lyrics Man” said working with 2016-18 Soca Monarch Voice showed him that young writers see rhyme and lyrics differently from the older generation of calypsonians. He and Voice have a 2019 release called Madness....
...Calypso emerged from the songs of enslaved Africans in Trinidad and came of age in the poor, black, urban jamette culture of the early 20th century. Its anodyne lyrics often disguised subversive or vulgar double meanings.
There is no need to disguise such meanings any more, Rudder said. “It’s not by chance. It’s a very raw time.”
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 31 March 2019 18:47 (five years ago) link
70-something Calypso Rose from T & T is performing in NYC tonight. Wish she’d come farther south to my locale
― curmudgeon, Friday, 5 April 2019 18:33 (five years ago) link
xp my Chutney-loving mate made the case for parallels between that style and country music. so many songs about break ups and alcohol abuse
― frame casual (dog latin), Friday, 5 April 2019 18:53 (five years ago) link
Maybe so
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 10 April 2019 12:54 (five years ago) link
From Martinique (and from 2016, but new to me, so yeah):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuFnsdjtCeU
M.O.B • KoKoLeCheL
This is from this year, slightly different title, completely different track:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAgu-Bj-dtk
M.O.B • KoKéLécheL
(Spotify has them as by “Mob” and “M O B” respectively, but it’s the same guy)
― breastcrawl, Friday, 3 May 2019 12:59 (four years ago) link
https://www.okayafrica.com/how-afrobeats-global-rise-is-changing-carnival-rigid-genre-conventions-soca/
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 19 June 2019 14:05 (four years ago) link
Interesting stuff. How come nobody ever told me about that Jamaican ”Mad Over You” rip?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUCTrcSGvsUDing Dong • Lebeh Lebeh(sure, it belongs on the dancehall thread, but since everybody’s mashing things up anyway...)
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 19 June 2019 19:23 (four years ago) link
Lebeh Lebeh is cute, but it's always bugged me that it cuts some of the best bits of "Mad over You" (which I adore)
― rob, Friday, 21 June 2019 13:15 (four years ago) link
breastcrawl, have you checked out the Walshy Fire album? I haven't gotten around to it yet myself but it's all stuff like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdCmVgPVT_Y
― rob, Friday, 21 June 2019 13:19 (four years ago) link
Mad Over You always reminds me of just how much I love music.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Friday, 21 June 2019 13:41 (four years ago) link
rob, I listened to the Walshy Fire album, several times in fact. I’m not too crazy about the Alkaline/Runtown track you posted, I like second single “Call Me” with Eazi and Kranium much better:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsUlpNgvgvsThe dancehall-leaning tracks don’t do too much for me (a bit stodgy and waaaay too much Ice Prince - they must be very good friends). The fun is in the lighter tracks, notably “Outside” (Adekunle Gold/Nailah Blackman) (is this afrosocapop?) and “Amazing” (Timeka Marshall/Stonebwoy) with its wonderful steel drum coda, my favourite:http://www.youtube.com/watch?dWy7lxVK30Y
― breastcrawl, Friday, 28 June 2019 05:13 (four years ago) link
“Amazing”, again:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWy7lxVK30Y
― breastcrawl, Friday, 28 June 2019 05:14 (four years ago) link
Afro-Caribbean collaborations that are at least as interesting:How about some “palm whine à la bamba”? https://youtu.be/QNb0WlPe73YJuls ft. Agent Sasco • Slow DownAnd this reggaeton bombshell, produced by Legendury Beatz: https://youtu.be/HcwEyLhwL54J Balvin & Bad Bunny ft. Mr Eazi • Como Un Bebé
― breastcrawl, Friday, 28 June 2019 05:16 (four years ago) link
Reposting this from the Rolling Dancehall & Reggae thread, where vcrash posted it yesterday:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6-tSYzqnXIBush Tea • Wiyah Waist
(She’s from the Virgin Islands)
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 10 August 2019 17:11 (four years ago) link
has anybody had a chance to hear this soundway comp ?
Body Beat: Soca-Dub and Electronic Calypso (1979-98)
curious to hear a perspective from ilxors who have been keeping tabs on contemporary soca
― budo jeru, Sunday, 17 November 2019 04:44 (four years ago) link
sounds good on a quick spin. what would you call the high points on that collection?
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 19 November 2019 16:02 (four years ago) link
yeah it's quite good. i mean, it's got very little to do with current soca sounds, but it's entertaining as a time-capsule in the way a lot of outernational music compilations can be. there's some nice crossover with funk and house music. well worth a spin
― YOU CALL THIS JOURNALSIM? (dog latin), Tuesday, 19 November 2019 16:39 (four years ago) link
Not really listened enough times to pick faves.
Quite like D'Jab Jab Dance (Bad Lad Mix) which is the aforementioned housey tune
― YOU CALL THIS JOURNALSIM? (dog latin), Tuesday, 19 November 2019 16:43 (four years ago) link
yeah, i haven't spent enough time with the comp to pick a favorite, nor do i feel qualified to point out the high points. that's why i posted here. you tell me !!
― budo jeru, Tuesday, 19 November 2019 18:36 (four years ago) link
Fucking love that “D’Jab Jab Dance” track, but then it seems I’m genetically predisposed to like anything jab.Case in point: two new (and very different) tracks from/with my to-go-to jab guy:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk6CVVyfYzoXpert Productions ft. Slatta • Wukking High https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcnpykSJ0AcSlatta • Bwa Neg Mawon
― breastcrawl, Tuesday, 19 November 2019 22:59 (four years ago) link
Miss Naija House Niniola crossing the Atlantic for some soca light: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pVa0GSCvzgNiniola • PocketOn the same Bittersweet Riddim:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9sbVvFHU7ANailah Blackman x Konshens • Slow Wine
― breastcrawl, Tuesday, 19 November 2019 23:00 (four years ago) link
Nailah's on a ton of collabs now. Love this one with Olatunji:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1upH9vnmR68
― rob, Sunday, 29 December 2019 17:47 (four years ago) link
this is rad; one for the horrorcore soca fans:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMf-XgHpv88
(Blaxx, "Douen")
― rob, Sunday, 29 December 2019 18:10 (four years ago) link
if you're into that, check this too: https://youtu.be/z140_ZhGhEQ
― rob, Sunday, 29 December 2019 18:14 (four years ago) link
I was totally out of the soca scene in 2019 and feel like I need to catch up. What did I miss? And was there anything pollable outside of Run With It?
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Thursday, 2 January 2020 07:26 (four years ago) link
yes: Famalay, At Large, Trouble In The Morning being just three (I think they came out in 2019 or maybe late 2018)
― YOU CALL THIS JOURNALSIM? (dog latin), Thursday, 2 January 2020 08:28 (four years ago) link
Thanks! As long as they're Soca Season 2019 release dates are not a problem.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Thursday, 2 January 2020 11:10 (four years ago) link
New thread, cos why not:
'We're Jamming Still!' - rolling Soca, Chutney, Dennery, Jab and the rest 2020
― YOU CALL THIS JOURNALSIM? (dog latin), Wednesday, 8 January 2020 09:41 (four years ago) link
Why not— uh, read Rob’s intro to this one:
I'm leaving the year off because Carnival season doesn't follow the regular calendar anyway and the last couple threads didn't quite justify dedicated annual threads--
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 8 January 2020 15:48 (four years ago) link
i'm interested in what's happening now. i detest history
― YOU CALL THIS JOURNALSIM? (dog latin), Wednesday, 8 January 2020 16:10 (four years ago) link
but yeah, point taken. too late now
― YOU CALL THIS JOURNALSIM? (dog latin), Wednesday, 8 January 2020 16:11 (four years ago) link
my approach didn't exactly stimulate posting so I have no objection to this!
― rob, Wednesday, 8 January 2020 16:51 (four years ago) link
reviving this thread for this superlative floaty track from Martinique:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8UJl665mPM70 SHIINE ft. Nacho • Domino
(courtesy of D-40 on the [cruel, cruel] Summer Jams thread)
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Friday, 21 August 2020 15:16 (three years ago) link
you can’t stop the flow:
🀄️🀄️ Martinique to the world: 70 SHiiNE x Nacho • DOMINO 🀄️🀄️
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Friday, 21 August 2020 16:02 (three years ago) link
https://www.nts.live/shows/death-is-not-the-end/episodes/death-is-not-the-end-9th-august-2020
Trini Calypso from the 1920s to 1940s .
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 22 August 2020 05:57 (three years ago) link
https://nhcarnival.org/
Notting Hill Carnival August 29-31Digital style
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 22 August 2020 21:11 (three years ago) link
Don't often think of soca in a live band context, but Kes have released an excellent live album called 'We Home'. It's great to hear some absolute classics like 'Hello' and 'Savannah Grass' in this context
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djlSmc9RYXs
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Thursday, 3 September 2020 09:30 (three years ago) link
haha, I'm only now watching the video and didn't realise it was 'live in the studio' but that would make sense
Another French overseas department in the house - je kiffe trop!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsFckB9WXVwPoplane ft. Momo Wang • Mo Lé
Poplane is from French Guiana, I see him referred to as “le Wizkid guyanais”. Appropriately enough, the video was shot in Africa (in Senegal, to be precise).
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Monday, 7 September 2020 17:51 (three years ago) link
been a while since I treated myself to fresh soca sounds, so I’m very happy with this selection. the only one I was familiar with was “Jolene”. “Liki Tiki” is an instant favourite too, J Perry’s Kreyòl part in particular makes it.that Father Philis track is intriguing. he’s got a new one out, “Face Beat”, that’s even bigger than “Brawling”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKg6b_Hezb0Nailah Blackman just made a track with him (and Salty) as well, called “Teknique (Bum Bum Bum)”:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJDazGrOgJE
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Sunday, 28 August 2022 19:54 (one year ago) link
I found some of the tracks posted last week on the Get Soca 2022 compilation on Spotify, and listened to the whole fun thing.a couple of highlights:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8CFjp6JMucBoyzie • Stage In Life(on the Chips and Dip Riddim by jab masters Xpert Productions - Slatta and Lil Kerry are on it as well)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ym1sqSc1414Blaxx ft. Linky First • Rum Ina Me Head(another jab track by the sound of it)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2KrqgzksD8 Raymond Ramnarine ft. Vicadi Singh • Mind Yuh Business(which has clear Indian inflections - does that mean this is “chutney”?)
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Sunday, 28 August 2022 19:58 (one year ago) link
but my favourite discovery is this guy Umpa, who’s from Guadeloupe but is equally at home in the Anglophone and Francophone vernacular:the sparse “Plat” (which leans slightly more Kreyol) was on that comp: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pS0j2yb0XQ0…but then there’s also his most recent one, the maximalist “Bap” (mainly in English): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQYNZP9PxEQit sounded exhilaratingly familiar and then I realised: it could have been a Ball J Beat! Ghanaian azonto producer extraordinaire of tracks like “Lapaz Toyota” (as well as “Pooley” after he had adapted his style)(the man had that where’s my Grammy?!!!?!!! tag on his records long before Burna even entertained such notions (speculation, your honour!), let alone voice them)
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Sunday, 28 August 2022 20:04 (one year ago) link
I'm pretty out the loop for decent soca. Feels like 2020/21 were bumper years but even my soca-nerd pals seem more interested in stuff like amapiano and cruise-beat these days. What's good?
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Tuesday, 15 November 2022 10:43 (one year ago) link
Don’t know. Here’s some random Bermuda dj’s Spotify playlist from earlier this year
Droppin' this here again for the ppl that need it this week 👍🏾😆My 2022 Soca Top 20 Playlist https://t.co/gNykE8rocM— DJ Rusty G (@djrustyg) June 13, 2022
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 15 November 2022 16:11 (one year ago) link
cheers!
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Tuesday, 15 November 2022 16:37 (one year ago) link
Awesome Machel Montano February 17 soca and afrobeats and more Carnival show in Trinidad
I want to go to Trinidad for this awesome February 17 carnival show with soca and afrobeats artists . Saw Machel Montano do an incredible show @ the since shutdown Crossroads in Bladensburg once or twice & have seen a few of the others but not all. pic.twitter.com/WcqzQGA3Wz— Steve Kiviat (@SteveKiviat) February 11, 2023
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 11 February 2023 14:31 (one year ago) link
Flyer for the show in the tweet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cINEwJkzFSs
― CerebralCaustic, Monday, 13 February 2023 02:12 (one year ago) link
It's carnival season!
I'm loving both the amapiano version AND the soca version of Machel Montano x Hugh Masekela's* The Meeting Place
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJLkvKVkaMs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDDL_hr_n-c
*I know, right?!
― the forces of darkness making making us laugh ourselves into DEATH?? (dog latin), Monday, 27 February 2023 13:26 (one year ago) link
Haven’t listened to DJ Private Ryan latest soca mix but a New York Times mention of it is my reminder to listen
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 12 March 2023 21:12 (one year ago) link
Bunji's Hard Fete is the definitive soca of the year for me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97bq9Kjmr3E
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Sunday, 12 March 2023 21:14 (one year ago) link
Yeah it's an instant classic that one
― the forces of darkness making making us laugh ourselves into DEATH?? (dog latin), Monday, 13 March 2023 10:27 (one year ago) link
I’m not quite ready for that road yet, but I’m pretty sure I prefer the “N.M.G. Roadmix” to the original version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L91PtPvDgtE
― at bottom, wrapping my arms around some tripe called "Quest" (breastcrawl), Monday, 13 March 2023 21:20 (one year ago) link
IG is showing me an ad for Soca Gold 2023
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 14 June 2023 03:31 (ten months ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jun/22/well-play-until-our-teeth-drop-out-the-long-remarkable-lives-of-britains-windrush-era-musicians?CMP=share_btn_fb&fbclid=IwAR3kxUo678ukrRMUY7Bs2J30fY_t-tsq0HO7KnPYt4qZL4yg5AG1DEgqhK8_aem_th_AV9d3cRWfGL5S8Cevm0MShCRgVjBJgy_qXP-X5xmiuTlOFWtpHd3hZ_jQP1AAACA-nM&mibextid=Zxz2cZ
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 22 June 2023 12:58 (ten months ago) link
Article is about Immigrants to UK still playing music and their legacy
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 22 June 2023 13:00 (ten months ago) link
BRINGING TOGETHER THE BIGGEST NAMES ACROSS THE GENRE, “CARIBBEAN MUSIC AWARDS” UNVEILS FIRST SET OF PERFORMERS====ALISON HINDS, JADA KINGDOM, DEXTA DAPS, KRANIUM, NAILAH BLACKMAN, DING DONG, RUPEE, LILA IKE SET TO HIT THE STAGE FOR CARIBBEAN MUSIC’S NIGHT OF CELEBRATION WITH CONFIRMED APPEARANCES BY SPICE, BABY CHAM, TONI-ANN SINGH AND MORE===REGGAE LEGEND BERES HAMMOND TO BE HONORED WITH AN ELITE ICON AWARD===“CARIBBEAN MUSIC AWARDS” WILL TAKE PLACE LIVE FROM THE RENOWNED KINGS THEATRE IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK THURSDAY, AUGUST 31 AT 8 PM ET HOSTED BY 3x GRAMMY AWARD-WINNER WYCLEF JEAN
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 17 August 2023 14:11 (eight months ago) link
I have been sleeping on Ding Dong
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UwKrek6gks
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 17 August 2023 14:26 (eight months ago) link
Have liked Alison Hinds for a while, still need to catch up on many others in soca world
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 19 August 2023 18:49 (eight months ago) link
Super Blue just did a late night, poorly advertised gig in DC area .
― curmudgeon, Monday, 21 August 2023 16:16 (eight months ago) link
http://tt.loopnews.com/content/denyse-plummer-has-died-calypso-world-mourning-again
RIP Denyse Plummer
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 5 September 2023 19:33 (seven months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FKMW-9DvC0
Fallon “ What do want Santa” posted on YouTube a year ago ,
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 8 November 2023 20:06 (five months ago) link
Actually “Wey yuh want Santa” parang
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 8 November 2023 20:07 (five months ago) link
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/made-in-trinidad-screening-with-filmmakers-natalie-hill-adele-bertei-tickets-736828272197?aff=ebdsshios&fbclid=PAAaYNqTa_prkW7lQHewckmuceJztgcuNCJCslKBozXuWDr8zZj7v0tcoy5LU_aem_AZaL0mJ5NxVkkfOYJj8HOo9thpm0b32VA-6vLBd4Fycu-osMndTBS9uGNnEuAgwf50Q
Natalie Hill and Adele Bertei for a very special screening (1st in decades!) of Made in TrinidadMade in Trinidad (First Screening in Decades! Filmmakers Natalie Hill & Adele Bertei in Person!)The Philosophical Research Society proudly welcomes producer and directors Natalie Hill and Adele Bertei for a very special screening of MADE IN TRINIDAD, their barely seen, incredible documentary on Trinidad’s Carnival celebrations. Produced in 2001, their film toured the festival circuit to acclaim, but did not receive distribution – a casualty of the early aughts film industry’s unfortunate indifference towards ethnographic filmmaking. Now, twenty-two years later, PRS is excited to share a rare screening of this wonderful film!
― curmudgeon, Monday, 29 January 2024 21:59 (two months ago) link
That’s Feb 17 in Los Angeles for that soca in Trinidad film screening
― curmudgeon, Monday, 29 January 2024 22:01 (two months ago) link
Vivien Goldman article on the assassination of Trinidadian Rebel Sixx , who she first started listening to while living in Jamaica during Covid
https://pioneerworks.org/broadcast/vivien-goldman-jamaican-bass-bad-mind
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 29 February 2024 16:54 (one month ago) link
I still need to finish the article
― curmudgeon, Friday, 1 March 2024 15:22 (one month ago) link
https://www.bam.org/film/2024/one-hand-dont-clap?utm_source=instagram&utm_medium=social&utm_content=film-onehand-ig-o-post&utm_campaign=film
Restored doc One Hand Don’t Clap about soca and calypso showing in Brooklyn through Thursday March 14
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 12 March 2024 15:26 (one month ago) link
Has there been any remarkable soca this past year? Trying to catch up....
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Wednesday, 24 April 2024 21:20 (yesterday) link
I'm putting on a soca night in Bristol on Saturday, so I hope to hear some good stuff.
I've fallen off with soca recently. I omky really know Hard Fete and Anxiety from the last season
― your mom goes to limgrave (dog latin), Wednesday, 24 April 2024 23:09 (yesterday) link