questions you are dying to ask but are too scared to b/c of music nerd cred?

[STN]

lots of current mbalax seems to be on that beat too.

 

[viktorvaughn]

thanks guys!

Actually I was thinking of the break in all the reggaeton tunes, don't know if that's the one or not.

 

[sodiumnightlife]

sounds similar but not exactly the same maybe? I dunno, I can only find low res short clips of it....

 

[Gavin]

Dem Bow is reggaeton; the baile funk one uses a different rhythm and different drum sounds.... I'll see if I can find it.

Lots of other musics use the same rhythm of dem bow -- you can find it in a lot of African and Caribbean music. I don't know if I would characterize them all as "dem bow" since they also use different drum sounds and tempos, but I'm not an ethnomusicologist.

 

[Gavin]

sodium: apparently its called the tamborzao: http://beatdiaspora.blogspot.com/2007/10/seleo-do-gringo-part-2.html

 

[Leo]

"Refix"...just a cool name for a remix, or is there a difference between the two?

 

[viktorvaughn]

"Refix"...just a cool name for a remix, or is there a difference between the two?

Refixs tend to be cheeky little edits and tweaks whereas remixes are proper affairs with the musical elements being stripped apart and fully played with and are often sanctioned by the original artist? No really sure.

 

[john eden]

I've always used "refix" as meaning a remix in which not much has been done or a "bootleg" type of thing, for example where an acapella is chucked over an instrumental.

 

[muser]

Yea i've always thought refix as either a bootleg or a edit of a tune with out acess to any of the individual channels/samples except maybe a separate instrumental and acapella.

 

[zhao]

where an acapella is chucked over an instrumental.

that would be a blend no?

 

[zhao]

deejays often shout "Bus it up, Bus it up!" or something like that. what are they saying???

 

[viktorvaughn]

deejays often shout "Bus it up, Bus it up!" or something like that. what are they saying???

Bus[t] it up - just means rip it up, tear it up, smash it, smack it, rinse it etc. General dancer call-to-arms/statement of intent I guess.

 

[Leo]

rinse it etc.

this is another one that (most of) us thick yanks have no clue about..."so-and-so rinsed such-and-such track last night..." wtf?

 

[Pestario]

I'll take a stab...

when a dj rinses a tune he(or she) plays it to get an expectedly huge reaction. Can also mean a tune is getting played out a lot. eg. 'Night was rinsed out on dubplate for months before it got released'

 

[Leo]

I'll take a stab...

when a dj rinses a tune he(or she) plays it to get an expectedly huge reaction. Can also mean a tune is getting played out a lot. eg. 'Night was rinsed out on dubplate for months before it got released'

cool, that's pretty much what i thought. funny, one of those cases where a phrase seems so common in the uk but no one over here ever uses it.

 

[muser]

you can also use it to say a dj rinsed it last night to say he/she did really well. its a very cliche word used within D&B circles (Riiinse out etc)

 

[mos dan]

what are the origins of the phrase 'one-away'? as in 'one-away flow'?

 

[owengriffiths]

Anyone know what "dont watch no face" mean.
When I first heard it I thought it was "dont wash my face". Never understood why that was a source of pride to people.

 

[john eden]

what are the origins of the phrase 'one-away'? as in 'one-away flow'?

Not heard that, but in reggae a "one away" is a riddim which only has one vocal on it, i.e. hasn't been versioned - so from that I would guess it means "unique"?

 

[Pestario]

What does the vocal in Pulse X say? Musical Mobb something something?