ABC – the most groovy letters of the alphabet
The ABC Islands, also known as Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao, are not only blessed with the summer sun and azure blue seas, but also with an incredible amount of music styles. Because the fact that every island has its own history, every island ‘sounds’ different. The following roughly stands out.
Aruba has the most ‘white’ music. The climate on Aruba allowed the early colonists to have cattle breeding, for which the efforts of the native indians was satisfactory. On Bonaire, salt could be obtained, for which the stronger African slaves were needed in large numbers: music from Bonaire has unmistakable African influences. Curaçao was the entrepôt of slaves from the whole region. The African slaves were resold from here. It was the most important island, and here lived the colonial administrative elite, with their slaves. Musically seen, Curaçao takes up, in comparison with Aruba and Bonaire, a middle position.
This episode of World Minerals discusses the ABC Islands from their groovy side. Maybe the only thing for what the Dutch can not be blamed.
Playlist:
CD: ABC Island Primer: Musica Negra in the Americas (2001), Network – 20.112
1. ‘Pieu di Galiña’ – Grupo Watapana & Felipi Sint Jago
2. ‘Polin Tin Shete Buraco’ – Vicente Kelly y Los Pimentosos
CD: Tipico Santa Rosa – Baila Bai (??), Chririno – CHCD 074
3. ‘Punpurunchi’ – Tipico Santa Rosa
CD: Padú del Caribe: Piesanan di ayera; vol. 2 (2005), Fortkerk
4. ‘El Negrito del Batey’ – Medardo Guzmán
CD: Oswin Chin Behilia – Bendishon Disfrasá (2002), Otrabanda Records – OTB01
5. ‘Bendishon Disfrasá’ – Oswin Chin Behilia
CD: Riba Dempel – Popular Dance Music of Curaçao 1950-1954 (2003), Otrabanda Records – OTB03
6. ‘Lagami Afor’ – Conjunto Musika
CD: Glenn I Su Geng – Piská (2003), Derecho Reserva
7. ‘Piská’ – Glenn I Su Geng
CD: Tino Ruiz y su mandolin – Aruba sucursal di cielo (1999), Tino Ruiz – TR 0899
8. ‘Tené cayente’ – Tino Ruiz
CD: Tipiko Santa Rosa – Kob’e Pos (??), Chirino – CHCD-066
9. ‘Kob’e Pos’ – Tipiko Santa Rosa
CD: Serenada – Flor di Amor (2004), Otrabanda Records – OTB04
10. ‘Salsa Antiana’ – Serenada
CD: ABC Island Primer: Musica Negra in the Americas (2001), Network – 20.112
11. ‘Biba Felis’ – Issoco
CD: Padú del Caribe: Piesanan di ayera; vol. 2 (2005), Fortkerk
12. ‘Viva Aruba’ – Padú del Caribe
13. ‘Piano Merengue’ – Benitez Conquet
CD: Bonairian Folkloric Music (??), ??
14. ‘Belua’ – ??
CD: Tipico Santa Rosa – Baila Bai, Chirino – CHCD-074
15. ‘Esperanza’ – Tipico Santa Rosa
CD: Glenn I Su Geng – Piská (2003), Derecho Reserva
16. ‘Chocho Chocho’ – Glenn I Su Gen
