Cubaton

[borderpolice]

The other day I came across this "Cubaton" compilation.

It documents a cuban take on reggaeton, and i like it more than the
puerto rican original. i have no idea how big the cuban reggaeton scene might
be or how representative this compilation is. but there's something distinct
about cuban songwriting and melodic phrasing that i find amazing, and even
a heavy does of jamaican influence (broader, more 70s orientated than in
the reggaeton i've heard before) can't mask it. I wonder if there's more stuff
like this. and: where in london does this music get played? cuban music is so
hard to get hold of here.

 

[gabriel]

interesting.. where did yuo come across this? any chance of posting up a sample of one of the tunes or something? i definitely imagined cuban reggaeton to be more sophisticated that puerto rican stuff. apparently its massive in cuba right now.

where in london does this music get played?

some of it gets played here ... planning to get some cuban artists and djs over in the autumn

 

[borderpolice]

interesting.. where did yuo come across this?

I read about it in the german newspaper TAZ a couple of days ago. the album is on soulseek (at least CD1, didn't manage to get hold of CD2).

some of it gets played here ... planning to get some cuban artists and djs over in the autumn

great!

 

[Pearsall]

I got it off Bit Torrent (you can find it if you search for reggaeton at torrentspy.com), gotta say I didn't really like it, and prefer the Puerto Rican stuff. Had a listen through and deleted it.

 

[borderpolice]

Had a listen through and deleted it.

didn't el medico del rap - chupa chupa do it for you? amazing track!

 

[gabriel]

didn't el medico del rap - chupa chupa do it for you? amazing track!

can never go wrong with a tune called sucky sucky gonna check it out tonight..