2006/06/09

Original Rumbas

pure magic I found at the library. when I checked on Amazon of course it is out of print. having returned the disc a long time ago, and not finding much information online, all I'm pretty certain is that a lot or all of this is Cuban in origin, and recorded sometime in the early 1930s.

the collection starts off nice enough, with a couple of straight dance numbers, but soon a special sound emerges, where the mood, although on the surface the same kind of easy-going atmosphere, becomes more complex... and like all great party music, a lot more is carefully molded into the music than a simple good time. I point you to track 5, "Tabou" by the Leguona Cuban Boys - what is going on here? a particular sense of melody and rhythm that I've never heard anywhere else... many gems are hidden in the rest of the album, and there is a mysterious mood which pervades through out... I wrote some stuff but deleted it, because my words are awkward, entirely insufficient, and I do not wish to impose my subjective interpretation of these tunes and this sound onto you. enjoy.

http://rapidshare.com/files/855455/Original_Rumbas_-_The_Peanut_Vendor_And_Others.zip.html

6 comments:

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zhao said...

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Zero G Sound said...

Wow, this music is really magic, thank´s for sharing!

And by the way: thanks for showing me the way to your grime mix - enjoyed it!

I allowed myself to set a link to your blog on my site.

Greetings!

zhao said...

Dear Way, thank you so much for your warm and kind words!

and so glad these old time rumba sounds are finding new ears... would be a sad thing for such enchanting moments to be lost in time... like... tears... in the rain...

:)

zhao said...

I will try to re-up this sometime in the near future...