A Night In Dominican Republic (CD)

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• Release Date: January 1, 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Norte
• UPC: 886973530023
• WAPI (Tower ID): 112302510
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The tracks on this compilation of music from the Dominican Republic are taken almost entirely from recordings made in the 1990s and early 2000s, and represent a disparate collection of musical styles: Milly & Los Vecinos' "En Tus Manos" is built on a nice, brisk horn chart and a jaunty soca-like backbeat, while Charytin's "Coraz¢n de Acero" is all melodramatically hushed intensity and Los Illegales' "La Morena" opens with a startlingly harsh techno intro before lapsing into a more conventional electro-Latin groove. In some cases, it seems that the selections were even made randomly -- giving an overall impression that either the collection or the musical culture itself is rather slapdash (and the Dominican Republic's musical culture most certainly is not). ~ Rick Anderson

Those for whom this album is a first encounter with the music of the Dominican Republic are likely to wonder to what degree it reflects slapdash work on the part of its compilers, and to what degree it simply represents a slapdash musical culture. The tracks on this compilation are taken almost entirely from recordings made in the 1990s and early 2000s, and represent a weirdly disparate collection of musical styles: Milly & Los Vecinos' "En Tus Manos" is built on a nice, brisk horn chart and a jaunty soca-like backbeat, while Charytin's "Coraz¢n de Acero" is all melodramatically hushed intensity and Wilfrido Vargas' "El Africano" is all irritating babble. "La Morena," by Los Illegales, opens with a startlingly harsh techno intro before lapsing into a more conventional electro-Latin groove. In some cases, it seems that selections were just made carelessly, or perhaps even randomly -- Alexis and Andy Andy sing "La Media Vuelta" and "Ya No Te Creo Nada," respectively, in flat, unpleasant voices that make you wonder why they were chosen for a collection like this. Elsewhere, a tendency toward schmaltz is taken to almost parodic levels: the generic love pop of Angela Carrasco's "Alguien Como Tu" is a prime example of that tendency, and the Santo Domingo Philharmonic's "La Bilirrubina" is a perfect example of what happens when you take a nice dance tune and apply French horns to it. The overall impression is of a musical culture in which no one is quite sure what he or she is doing -- which is certainly not the case. ~ Rick Anderson

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