--- Nathaniel Rahav <nat@rhythmlove.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I would like to offer a somewhat tangential remark:
> on of the projects that truly stands out to me is
> Bill Laswell's
> Havana Mood & moreso the Havana Dubs.
>
D'oh! I'm not even that old, but my memory's already
going. Nathaniel's comment about the Havana Dubs (by the
way, are you referring to 'Imaginary Cuba', or is there
another Bill Laswell/Cuba project?) brought to mind another
recent cuba-related project. Ninjatune listees could
probably tell you more about it, but Up Bustle and Out
released 'Rebel Radio' earlier this year, after having
travelled to Cuba.
> Another comment on the subject of AfroCuban music:
> (warning... this is longwinded and Highly Off Topic)
> ACAS and BVSC are highly important not only musically but
> in a historical
> & political context. The last 3 years have seen an
> opening of the channels
> of communication between the West and Cuba,
Whoa, careful there. By 'the West', I think you actually
mean the States, but I'll leave political discussion of USA
vs. Castro to another forum, much as i'd like to get into
it.
> Westerners have flooded into the
> country trying to
> capture & share with the world as much as they can piece
> together from 40
> years of isolation.
> It has a bit
> of an older, more
> traditional sound, and not unlike stuff that was coming
> out here in the
> 60s and 70s.
Yeah, it's interesting to note that the music that appears
on BVSC is not new at all but 30-40 years old, having been
played initially in the club in Havana from which the album
takes it's name, and throughout the rest of Cuba, and to a
certain degree, Latin America. With every
musically-inclined septegenarian in Cuba currently getting
a record deal (OK, maybe a slight exageration), it's easy
to forget that there are plenty of non-cuban recordings,
dating back a few years which have more than their fair
share of latin musical wizardry. Speaking of Eddie
Palmieri, I just picked up Stop and Listen 5 (7 months
later). It's a great selections of songs compiled by
Master at Work to give us an insight into their musical
influences. There's some great old-school latin numbers on
this one. Some great new stuff, too!
=====
Marco Pringle, host of
the Fat Beat Diet - Way late, Tues nights/wed morning
CJSW 90.9FM (Calgary) - in real audio at:
http://www.cjsw.com
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