where's d'scene? rolling soca, chutney, jab & other caribbean pop

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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

one month passes...

Interesting stuff. How come nobody ever told me about that Jamaican ”Mad Over You” rip?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUCTrcSGvsU
Ding 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=wsUlpNgvgvs

The 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/QNb0WlPe73Y

Juls ft. Agent Sasco • Slow Down

And this reggaeton bombshell, produced by Legendury Beatz: https://youtu.be/HcwEyLhwL54

J Balvin & Bad Bunny ft. Mr Eazi • Como Un Bebé

breastcrawl, Friday, 28 June 2019 05:16 (four years ago) link

one month passes...

Reposting this from the Rolling Dancehall & Reggae thread, where vcrash posted it yesterday:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6-tSYzqnXI
Bush Tea • Wiyah Waist

(She’s from the Virgin Islands)

breastcrawl, Saturday, 10 August 2019 17:11 (four years ago) link

three months pass...

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=xk6CVVyfYzo
Xpert Productions ft. Slatta • Wukking High

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcnpykSJ0Ac
Slatta • 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=6pVa0GSCvzg
Niniola • Pocket

On the same Bittersweet Riddim:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9sbVvFHU7A
Nailah Blackman x Konshens • Slow Wine

breastcrawl, Tuesday, 19 November 2019 23:00 (four years ago) link

one month passes...

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

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

seven months pass...

reviving this thread for this superlative floaty track from Martinique:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8UJl665mPM
70 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

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 29-31
Digital 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

doorstep jetski (dog latin), Thursday, 3 September 2020 09:30 (three years ago) link

Another French overseas department in the house - je kiffe trop!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsFckB9WXVw
Poplane 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

starting my Friday with this loveliness

No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Friday, 11 September 2020 07:49 (three years ago) link

four months pass...

bump for this fun track from Aruba that I just happened across:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvLB6ngRaPQ
Ataniro ft. Steve Andreas • Dios Para Den

partyin' maskless with Rudy G. and Vanilla Ice, it's a gas gas gas (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 16:08 (three years ago) link

three weeks pass...

Tekisha Abel bringing the Suriname slackness, leaving a nation in disarray:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cC6CrT1rIjU
Tekisha • Lolo Bal

Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 15:37 (three years ago) link

I like this older one as well:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU75s_HgGFo
Tekisha Abel • Krin

Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 15:38 (three years ago) link

enjoying this! don't get to hear much from suriname. i guess it's more reggae than soca?

Party With A Jagger Ban (dog latin), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 17:31 (three years ago) link

not lolo bal though. wow, i love this.

Party With A Jagger Ban (dog latin), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 17:33 (three years ago) link

could have posted it on the dancehall thread ad well, but preferring to spice up this thread with the non-Jamaican goodness.

did you check out the Aruban banger I posted last month?

Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 17:44 (three years ago) link

yeah, it's a banger!

Party With A Jagger Ban (dog latin), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 21:09 (three years ago) link

t’is an Aruban banger!

Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 21:24 (three years ago) link

two months pass...

added the most recent tracks posted here to this integrated Rolling Spotify playlist for all the Caribbean music threads (soca, dancehall, reggaeton/dembow/urbano, Martinique, other caribbopop). we’re 75 tracks in, feel free to follow:

ILM rolling Caribbean vibes 🥁🥁🥁

Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 6 May 2021 20:36 (two years ago) link

Thanks

curmudgeon, Saturday, 8 May 2021 14:20 (two years ago) link

new Tekisha Abel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaItVfBwHGI
Tekisha Abel • Né Krooi

Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Saturday, 8 May 2021 19:24 (two years ago) link

two months pass...

https://newsday.co.tt/2021/07/14/brother-resistance-dies/

RIP Trinidad rapso pioneer Brother Resistance

curmudgeon, Wednesday, 14 July 2021 14:47 (two years ago) link

I'd never heard of Brother Resistance before he died (I've never really attempted to fully grasp TT music). Grateful for this overview of BR/rapso by David Katz: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/jul/21/rapso-discover-the-pride-and-power-of-trinidads-rap-soca-music

Now I'm listening to his debut and it's totally excellent: https://brotherresistance.bandcamp.com/album/rapso-take-over

The Kindred track in that Katz piece also sounded rad

rob, Wednesday, 21 July 2021 12:58 (two years ago) link

RIP Brother Resistance

Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Wednesday, 21 July 2021 14:25 (two years 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

three months pass...

IG is showing me an ad for Soca Gold 2023

curmudgeon, Wednesday, 14 June 2023 03:31 (ten months ago) link

Article is about Immigrants to UK still playing music and their legacy

curmudgeon, Thursday, 22 June 2023 13:00 (nine months ago) link

one month passes...

BRINGING TOGETHER THE BIGGEST NAMES ACROSS THE GENRE, “CARIBBEAN MUSIC AWARDS” UNVEILS FIRST SET OF PERFORMERS
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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
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REGGAE LEGEND BERES HAMMOND TO BE HONORED WITH AN ELITE ICON AWARD
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“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 (seven months ago) link

Super Blue just did a late night, poorly advertised gig in DC area .

curmudgeon, Monday, 21 August 2023 16:16 (seven months ago) link

two weeks pass...

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

two months pass...

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

two months pass...

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 Trinidad
Made 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

one month passes...

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


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