Latin Reggae

Putumayo Presents | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 22, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Putumayo World Music
• ASIN: B000YHSR2W
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #156,869 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Conversaciones Incompatibles - Muchachito Bombo Infierno

2. Mulata Descolorada - Macaco

3. Charito Va - Radio Malanga

4. La Receta - Los Cafres

5. Reggae Rustico - Cultura Profetica

6. Pura Sangre - Go Lem System

7. Si Hecho Palante - Ticklah

8. Pateras - Black Gandhi

9. Ven - Amparanoia

10. Libros Sagrados - Gondwana

11. Desbaratado - Sarazino

Editorial Reviews

Ever since the crossover success of Bob Marley, reggae has made its way into the popular musical expressions of every region on the planet. Latin Reggae is a collection featuring both trailblazers and newcomers from the rock and reggae scenes of Latin America and Spain.

Like counterparts in Europe, Africa, US and beyond, the musicians on Latin Reggae have adopted the rhythms and philosophy of reggae, singing socially conscious lyrics, and adding elements of regional styles into the flexible reggae groove.

Argentina's Los Cafres recorded their featured track at Bob Marley's Tuff Gong studios in Jamaica, as did Puerto Rico's Cultura Profética, who also worked with Errol Brown, the sound engineer for a number of Marley's classic albums. Chile's Gondwana developed a cult following after their first politically conscious album was released during the Pinochet dictatorship.

Across the ocean in Barcelona, Spain, reggae has become an essential element of the mestizo sound, a thriving new genre of popular music that means "mixed." Its leading musicians, include Macaco, formerly of nuevo flamenco supergroup Ojos de Brujo, and Amparanoia, the musical project of Amparo Sanchez. Other cutting-edge bands from Spain featured on this collection include the multi-cultural collective of Cuban, Spanish and African musicians that make up Radio Malanga, and the ska/reggae blends of Muchachito Bombo Infierno and Black Gandhi.

Rounding out the collection are Go Lem System and Ticklah, who pull from a variety of musical disciplines to give additional shape to their genre-melding sound. A portion of the proceeds from Latin Reggae will be donated to ACCION International in support of their efforts to provide people of Latin America and around the world with the tools needed to work their way out of poverty.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Kings of Latin, January 22, 2008

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IASO (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Latin Reggae (Audio CD)

Most people these days when they hear "Latin Reggae" think reggaeton - but this new collection from Putumayo is not that. If reggaeton is a Latino version of contemporary Jamaican dancehall, Putumayo's Latin Reggae is more akin to the roots reggae movement of the 1970s. This album speaks to the far reaching influence of Jamaican music in the Spanish speaking world. "Latin Reggae" is a good laid back party mix with the added novelty of Spanish language sung to reggae rhythms.

For those looking for other classic Latin Caribbean sounds, try these two new releases: Mujer de Cabaret - a debut album by old-time Dominican crooner Puerto Plata and Bachata Roja: Acoustic Bachata From the Cabaret Era, a highly recommended collection of guitar bachatas from before the music went pop.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Need to get away?..., November 7, 2008

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Born-Identity "19973" (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Latin Reggae (Audio CD)

...then this CD is for you!

I was shopping in an imports store and heard the music and asked about it. I really love the CD and anyone who hears it playing at my house or in my car asks about it. I think it's because it really transports you.

**PLEASE NOTE** The Amazon site has most if not ALL of the artists names wrong on the CD track listings, so if you look them up based on that, you will hear something completely different than what is actually on the CD. My faves are:

#3 - Charito Vá (artist is Radio Malanga)
#5 - Reggae Rústico (artist is Cultura Profética)
#7 - Si Hecho Palante (artist is Ticklah feat. Mayra Vega)
8 - Pateras (artist is Black Ghandi)
#10 - Libros Sagrados (artist is Gondwana)