Viento de Agua Unplugged: Materia Prima

Product Description
The bomba and plena heard on this recording are the materia prima (raw material) of today's two most African Puerto Rican musical traditions. When its dynamic leader Tito Matos created the group Viento de Agua ("Wind of Water"), he vowed to keep alive the "streetcorner sound" of the plena, music rooted in the lives of ordinary people. Viento de Agua Unplugged plays the stripped-down, straight-ahead version of his music, foregrounding its essence — the sound of unbridled percussion, underscoring lyrics that proclaim local topics. In these performances by veterans of bomba and plena, Tito proves his claim that "There is no way to create if you don't have the roots."

La bomba y plena escuchadas en esta grabación son la materia prima de las principales tradiciones musicales afro-puertoriqueñas del presente. Cuando su dinámico líder Tito Matos creó el grupo Viento de Agua, él prometió mantener vivo el "sonido de la esquina de la calle" de la plena, música enraizada en la vida de la gente del pueblo. Viento de Agua Unplugged interpreta la versión básica y directa de su música, asentándose en su esencia –el sonido desenfrenado de la percusión, apoyando letras que proclaman temas locales. En estas presentaciones por veteranos de la bomba y la plena, Tito corrobora su idea de que "no se puede crear sin conocer las raíces". 12 cortes.

Viento de Agua Unplugged: Materia Prima,Viento de Agua,Smithsonian Folkways,Int'l & World Music,Latin,Latin Pop/Rock

Average customer rating: If you are looking for great afro-puertorrican music this is the one! Pure percussion

Viento de Agua Unplugged: Materia Prima Viento de Agua Manufacturer: Smithsonian Folkways ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Puerto Rico Al Mundo Para Todos Ustedes ASIN: B0001CNQIK Release Date: 2004-03-23

Tracks:

1. Ahora Si
2. El Leon
3. Del Oye
4. Quinto Y Tumbador
5. Sire-Sire
6. Las Tarimas
7. Ola De La Mar
8. Mayela
9. Pa' Un Plenero
10. Cucu
11. Maringracia
12. Viento De Agua Llego

Album Description

The bomba and plena heard on this recording are the materia prima (raw material) of today's two most African Puerto Rican musical traditions. When its dynamic leader Tito Matos created the group Viento de Agua ("Wind of Water"), he vowed to keep alive the "streetcorner sound" of the plena, music rooted in the lives of ordinary people. Viento de Agua Unplugged plays the stripped-down, straight-ahead version of his music, foregrounding its essence — the sound of unbridled percussion, underscoring lyrics that proclaim local topics. In these performances by veterans of bomba and plena, Tito proves his claim that "There is no way to create if you don't have the roots."

La bomba y plena escuchadas en esta grabación son la materia prima de las principales tradiciones musicales afro-puertoriqueñas del presente. Cuando su dinámico líder Tito Matos creó el grupo Viento de Agua, él prometió mantener vivo el "sonido de la esquina de la calle" de la plena, música enraizada en la vida de la gente del pueblo. Viento de Agua Unplugged interpreta la versión básica y directa de su música, asentándose en su esencia -el sonido desenfrenado de la percusión, apoyando letras que proclaman temas locales. En estas presentaciones por veteranos de la bomba y la plena, Tito corrobora su idea de que "no se puede crear sin conocer las raíces". 12 cortes.

Customer Reviews:

If you are looking for great afro-puertorrican music this is the one!.......2006-11-21

dentro de tanta musica mediocre que solo busca vender a cualquier precio, es un jubilo encontrar musicos que trabajan por cultivar la verdadera escencia de la musica. Tito Matos, el director del grupo Viento De Agua, es hoy por hoy uno de los mejores musicos de plena con que cuenta Puerto Rico y el Mundo. Este disco es crudo y real, todo es percusion y vocales, la verdadera escencia de la plena. Si quieres conocer la tradicion real de la musica afro-puertorriqueña, este es el disco que debes tener.

Pure percussion.......2005-04-13

This album is all about authentic street Bomba y Plena. I went to the Miami calle ocho festival and this is the sound you will hear from the pleneros in the middle of the street. All the instrumentation you will hear is from drums, guiros, palitos, maracas, etc. In this CD they do away with the strings and brass so common in most puertorican music.
This is the only music still being played from Puerto Rico that was developed in the island by the african slaves and their descendants. And it is also purely from Puerto Rico, without any of the Cuban and Dominican sounds that were incorporated in the latter half of the 20th century.
If you enjoy Cuban Guaguanco, or African tribal drumming you may enjoy this CD. I also recommend it to all puertoricans interested in the african roots of their culture.

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