“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
starting my Friday with this loveliness
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Friday, 11 September 2020 07:49 (three years ago) link
bump for this fun track from Aruba that I just happened across:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvLB6ngRaPQAtaniro 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
Tekisha Abel bringing the Suriname slackness, leaving a nation in disarray:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cC6CrT1rIjUTekisha • 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_HgGFoTekisha 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
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=TaItVfBwHGITekisha Abel • Né Krooi
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Saturday, 8 May 2021 19:24 (two years ago) link
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
RIP Jacob Devarieux , guitarist from zouk band Kassav from Covid
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 31 July 2021 03:00 (two years ago) link
http://tt.loopnews.com/content/gi-retains-chutney-soca-title-ramrajie-prabhoo-wins-queen-chutney
Chutney soca winners in T & T
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 1 March 2022 19:43 (two years ago) link
seeing in twitter and IG that legend David Rudder just did a gig the other night in T & T
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 2 March 2022 15:07 (two years ago) link
I tried a '22 soca mix the other day. I have to admit I wasn't super into it as a mix, but a few tunes caught my ear:
Kes x Dwala - Jolene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZWZWV8hGyk
GBMnutron - Down Dey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pTeX_43Ttg
Keshav - Move
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVG5IEu4SEQ
Nailah Blackman x Mical Teja - Dingolay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OffaL6SeiJE
― rob, Saturday, 20 August 2022 18:34 (one year ago) link
I really really really like this one. feel it could have across-the-board appeal. should do well in a decade poll in fact:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FWHavH6IQw
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Saturday, 20 August 2022 18:38 (one year ago) link
thanks for posting these updates!
― sean gramophone, Monday, 22 August 2022 18:08 (one year ago) link
Yes thanks. I am also liking German-born, Barbadian vocalist Rupee's "First Wine" 2022 single. He's been around a bit and has a pop-soca and reggaeish feel on some cuts. He and Kerwin Dubois recently were in DC at a festival
― curmudgeon, Monday, 22 August 2022 20:00 (one year 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