Thread: latino beats?

for a gig in two weeks in a cocktail/salsa bar, they woul like the music to be as latin as possible. they call it "latino beats à la buscemi". looked them up on myspace and i cant see myself bellydancing to that

anyone got any song suggestions with a lationo flavour

other than amr diab and msafr?

Check out some of the stuff on the baila habibi CDs off e-music... not all of it is in arabic, but it's useable for dance. I have a song called el ayyam that I'm really into at the moment that I think came off one of those CDs.

Originally Posted by miriamgamal

Check out some of the stuff on the baila habibi CDs off e-music... not all of it is in arabic, but it's useable for dance. I have a song called el ayyam that I'm really into at the moment that I think came off one of those CDs.

very good suggestion, they have many songs with rhythms that both latino's and arabs can relate to, so you should be good.

Alabina?

Hakim's Ya Albi isn't exactly perfect but he sings in Arabic, French and Spanish with a woman--I forget who.

Originally Posted by mish_mish

Hakim's Ya Albi isn't exactly perfect but he sings in Arabic, French and Spanish with a woman--I forget who.

Olga Ta~non (stupid keyboard can't get the tilde right) from PR.

Alabina is awesome

Try the cd 'a rough guide to latin-arabia', it has some nice songs on it.

Yallah Amigos CD

Yallah Amigos is even better than the Baila Habibi CDs.

okay....I saw 'buscemi' and instantly thought "Steve Buschemi".....but, nm :)

I second the Ya Albi....also, the Sounds of Arabia mix cd has some Latin-y songs on it

Toul Omry from Nawal al Zoughbi has lots of Salsa-influence. They even yell 'Salsa' at the start :)
Am using this song with Hinds choreo for my summer classes, love it!

(skip to 0:50 for the song)
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib1737jZmy0]YouTube - Nawal El Zoughbi - Toul Omri[/ame]




Nawal Al Zoughbi - Toul 'Omry MP3 Downloads - 7digital

Oh DUDE. You NEED Drumpsyder's stuff. He's my most amazing drummer (REALLY good with the tabla) but mixes in a latin flavor into his works. He's on iTunes. Check him out- Desert Samba and El Gato Loco are great ones. Plus, if you as him REALLY nicely (via email) he MIGHT just send you his latest mix cd of belly dance meets mambo/rhumba/salsa beats. I drill to it, it's so good! He has even more stuff on his MySpace page, I believe.

i think you mean Drumspyder

Typing too fast :-) Was excited!

I second Mekyria´s tips ,that one should keep you busy for a while...

Strange enough(since I have NONE Latin dance training and no latin roots what so ever)I often have gigs for Colombians,Peruvians,Bolivians and Chileans,first I bought the "Rough Guide" and later the "Baila Habibi"-s.
Now I use newer hits but the "Rough Guide" is very good value IMO.


Good luck Artemisia,I think you will have a wonderfully enthusiastic audience!
Much different than belgians(or as for me,swedes)