Latin house
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Latin house is an electronic dance music subgenre that mixes together house and Latin American music, such as that of Brazilian, Cuban and Colombian origin.
[edit] Origins
In the second half of the 1980s, some the pioneers of house music of Latin-American descent gave birth to this genre by releasing house records in Spanish. Early examples include "Amor puertoriqueño" by Raz on DJ International and "Break 4 Love" by Raze. However, the undisputed queen without a crown was the American-Puerto Rican singer Liz Torres, who released Spanish versions of her songs "Can't Get Enough", "Mama's Boy" and "Payback Is A Bitch".
[edit] 1990s to Present
In the 1990s a new generation of producers and labels broke into the market. Nervous Records releases "Quiero Saber" by the Latin Kings, produced by the Masters at Work. Other interesting records on this label are "Utopia" by Shades of Sound, "Everything's All Right" by Arts of Rhythm and "Philly The Blunt" by Trinidad. Strictly Rhythm employs producer Armand van Helden, who released "Pirates of The Caribbean Vol. III". Songs from the same label include DJ Dero's "Sube", The Tribe's "Go-san-do", R.A.W.'s "Asuca" produced by Erick Morillo, Rare Arts' "Boricua Posse", Escandalo's "Mas Buena" and Fiasco's "Las Mujeres" produced by Norty Cotto, Latin Kaos' "El Bandolero" and "Muevete Mama" and "Sugar Cane" by Afro-Cube.
During the same period (1991 -1992) Chicago native Pizarro produced "The Five Tones", "New Perspective EP", "Plastica", "Caliente" and "Perdoname". Other producers like Ralphie Rosario and the Masters at Work created Latin house classics, for instance Ralphie's production "Da-Me-Lo" and his remix of Albita's "No se parece a nada" as well as "Sul Chu Cha" by Rosabel, while Louie Vega and Kenny Gonzales remix "Sume Sigh Say" by House of Gypsies (Todd Terry), and a remarkable Latin house hit "Robbie Rob's Boriqua Anthem" by C&C Music Factory.
In the meantime hybrid experiments are put on the market by the likes of New York's Proyecto Uno, who combined house and merengue in their LPs " Todo el mundo" and "In Da House". Their female counterpart is Lisa M from Puerto Rico, who can be heard on the "No lo derrumbes" and "Flavor of the Latin" albums. Another merengue-house record worth of mention is "Así mamacita" by Henry Rivera on Los Angeles Aqua Boogie. Duo Sandy & Papo are known for their LPs "Sandy & Papo" and "Otra Vez".
During the mid-1990s Cutting broke into the Latin house scene and became the most representative label of this genre. Cutting's DJ Norty Cotto was deemed the most representative producer of Latin house. Among the various hits are 2 In A Room's "Las Mujeres", "Carnival" and "Dar la vuelta", Fun City's "Padentro" and "Baila", Sancocho's "Tumba la Casa", "Alcen las manos" and "Que siga el party" (LP) and Los Compadres' "La Rumba". Norty Cotto's mixed compilations also became classics. Fulanito and their LP "El hombre mas famoso de la tierra" is a good combination of house and Latin-American rhythms from that time.
0==List of Latin house DJ's and producers==
- DJ Pollo (LA-San Francisco CA, USA)
- Cae Davis | Addys D'Mercedes ( Spain | Germany | Cuba )
- Cubanito aka Alex Carmenates (USA)
- Dj Pedro Gil (Venezuela)
- El Latino Man (Italy)
- Hot Hands (Switzerland / Italy)
- Pedro del Moral (Spain)
- Grant Nelson (UK)
- David Ferrero (Spain)
- Martin Morales (UK)
- Carlos le calamar (France)
- Manuel Miller (Dominican Republic)
- DJ Luis R (Ver,Mex)
- DJ Chus (Spain)
- DJ Meme (Brazil)
- Chip-Chop Gonzales (NY)
- Davidson Ospina (NY)
- Richie Santana (NY)
- Mike Cruz (NY)
- Andres Mijangos (Tijuana, Mexico)
- Pablo Flores (Puerto Rico/Miami)
- Carlos Sargeant (Miami)
- Barón López (NYC)Baron LopezBaron Lopez
- DJ Lucho (NYC)
- Byron Brizuela (Los Angeles)
- DJ Prieto (Chicago)
- DJ Trompo Mix (Unknown)
- Gil Rodriguez (Miami)
- DJ Sugar (Puerto Rico)
- DJ Leony (Orlando)
- Ivan Robles (Puerto Rico)
- DJ Rubin (Los Angeles)
- DJ Pollo (Mexico D.F.)
- DJ Piolo (Monterey)
- Luis Montes De Aca (Mexico D. F.)
- DJ Bogard (Acapulco)
- DJ Dero (Buenos Aires)
- DJ Orbs (Santa Barbara)
- DJ Grego (Rio De Janeiro/Miami)
- Costantino "Mixmaster" Padovano (USA/Italy)
- Mangoes Reef
- Dj Esco (Miami/Dominican Republic)
Not exclusively Latin house, but also playing a producing Latin house:
- Ralphie Rosario (USA)
- George Morel (USA)
- Erick Morillo (USA)
- Louie Vega (USA)
- Kenny MCcormick (USA)
- Armand van Helden (USA)
- Roger Sanchez (USA)
- Ian Pooley (Ger)
- DJ Robbie Rob (USA)
- DJ Carlos Sanchez (USA)
[edit] External links
- The Home of Latin House - showcase, reviews and forums on Latin House music.
