Soy Yo

Artist: Maraca
Label: Ahi Nama Music
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD

UPC: 616117104823
EAN: 0616117104823
ASIN: B0009W5IUG

Release Date: 2005-08-02

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Tracks:

Llévame Con Tu Babalao
Paloma Blanca
Soy Yo
Cualquiera le Toca
María Rosa
Estrella de Amor
Yo Si Sé
Sígueme Si Puedes
Se Te Va la Vida
¿Quién Se la Llevará?
Tú Verá Tú Va' a Ver
Soy Yo [Reggaeton Remix]

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Customer Reviews:

Excellent.......2007-01-03

After listening to this.... there's really no point in listening to NewYorican "Salsa"
Once Cuba opens up.... and the "real deal" starts coming over, Gilberto Santa Rosa & Palmieri will be up craps creek.

Manos Pa' rriba.......2005-09-05

Orlando Valle "Maraca" Y Otra Vision's new CD "Soy Yo" follows closely on the heals of his critically acclaimed Tremenda Rumba! The master Cuban flautist packs a spectacular roster of musicians from Cuba and delivers another knockout punch of Cuban modern day timba/salsa, sin falta del tumbao. There is no doubt your nice wooden floor will be scuffed by the dancing that will likely erupt after only a few minutes into the CD. Caveat Emptor!

Drawing from an array of traditional and modern Cuban genres, Maraca skillfully recasts them into a powerfully intoxicating cocktail of Cuban son. The music has an inescapable undertow that pulls you in feet first under its omnipresent tumbao. He explores and expands Cuban themes and instrumentation, guiding listeners to witness firsthand that there is no set limit or pretext to Cuban music or musicianship. And what's more, Maraca insinuates no political or ideological baggage; simply a happy and natural dynamic discourse and embracing musical spirit.

The CD's opening salvo "Llývame Con Tu Babalao," is a plea to the supreme priest to protect and bless with good fortune the musicians. Filled with positivist lyrics and incendiary rhythms, it forcefully peals away any hesitation to wiggle your shoulders or sway your hips. The flamenco placed "Paloma Blanca" is a great example of Maraca's ability to explore musical idioms and contemporary global social discourse while imbuing it with ferocious kick and playful swing.

One can't go on and on about this new CD without pausing to admire the band's superb vocalists, Rolando Morejýn and Wilfredo Campos. With mesmerizing skill Campos for example, a scarcely known sonero outside his native Cuba and who sings the lion share of lead vocals, delivers a cadence of high powered vocals in double time with piercing wit and snap. Campos makes you listen in rapture as he belts out song after song with a flood of energy and spirit. If you are keen on lead singers, here's a vocalist packed with all the ingredients of a sonero legend.

Not one to hold back his musicians individual talents, Maraca unleashes a torrent of uncontainable swing in "A Cualquiera Le Toca" and the effect is simply hand clapping clave rapture. Here you can feel the cohesive playing of the band and deftness of the featured soloists.

For you chý chý chý lovers, you're in for a treat with "Estrella De Amor." Turning to his mastery of Cuban jazz instrumentation, Maracas introduces the opening bars with his svelte flute and then generously makes way for dual singers before returning with a lilting serenade ý tempo bolero/chý chý chý accompanied by piano.

Maraca's new recording guarantees dancers gyrating to the hot pulsating sounds of timba/salsa. The great collection of classics and originals is appropriately a moveable feast of Cuban contemporary son, the nuclei of Cuban music. There is nothing insipid or weary in the playing or selection of tunes. The ever important presence of el tumbao is assured to please the discerning listener as well as demanding dancer.

And finally, unlikely to brush off the growing appeal of reggaeton and the current sway it possess over a younger generation of dancers, Maraca punches out the title track "Soy Yo," a sure regaetton, guaranteed to move Daddy Yankee or El General and his swaggering posse of pan urban hip hoppers. Maraca gives you two doses of his reggaeton mix including a remix showcasing the quick vocals of rapper Ammiel Castellanos and sonero Wilfredo Campos.

Esta es salsa de la mejor para los bailadores con un ritmo provocativo. Aquý si es verdad que no se pierde nada.

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