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Hip hop and electronic
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One of the latest trends intertwines flamenco and hip hop.
And it's taken a long time to pan out. Except for the funny
wanderings of Lola Flores and Dolores Vargas, no group with
a flamenco base had taken that perspective seriously until
Ojos
de Brujo burst on the scene. The Catalan group has been
able to mix naturally the flamenco legacy of guitarist Ramón
Giménez with the other hip hop and electronic legacy
the other members of the eclectic group brought with them.
Added to the lyrics by Marina la Canillas and their ability
on stage, the group won over the blessing of BBC Radio and
the U.S. audience. ‘Barí’ is the album
firming up their act. Having hip hop in their voices and compás
in their hands are the members of Echegaray, a group formed
behind the scenes of the Joaquín Cortés Company.
For the time being, just an introductory album which may be
considered a preview of the future. Even so, the most flamenco
rapper around on today's scene is La Mala Rodríguez,
though she doesn't even want to hear herself described as
a ‘flamenca’. Listen to her lyrics and her zest
when uttering them. Going in another direction is the Málaga
group Chambao, who coined the label ‘flamenco chill’.
Pleasant bases, flamenco-style air in the singing and versions
of predecessors such as Triana, shape up albums like ‘Endorfinas
en la mente’ and ‘Pokito a poko’. To avoid
confusions with the titles, they've also taken part in the
compilations ‘Flamenco Chill 1’ and ‘Flamenco
Chill 2’, where several songs by Vicente Amigo are stuck
in... Another attempt to ‘electronicize’ flamenco
was ‘Digitano’...
a curio.
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