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| 1. Panama Esta Bueno y Ma - Los Exagerados |
| 2. Exciters Theme - Exciters |
| 3. Nana Nina - Bush & Sus Magnificos |
| 4. Soy Solo Para Ti - Boa, Victor & Su Musica |
| 5. Maltrato - Freddy & Sus Afro Latinos |
| 6. Viva Panama - Brandao, Papi & Sus Ejecutivos |
| 7. Old Buzzard - Los Silvertones |
| 8. El Mensaje - Los Fabulosos Festivals |
| 9. New Bag - Exciters |
| 10. Descarga Tentacion - Bolita & Su Tentacion Latina |
| 11. Con Los Caballeros - Los Caballeros De Colon |
| 12. Let Me Do My Thing - Los Dinamicos Exciters |
| 13. Viva Tirado - Los Mozambiques |
| 14. Mambologia - Rodriguez, Maximo & Sus Estrellas Panamenas 15. Rocombey - Lord Cobra & Pana A |
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As far as compilation albums go, Panama! 2 is an astounding contribution to world music. Compiled by Miles Cleret, this collection should capture the attention of listeners outside the traditional world music and Hispanophone audience. Showcasing the years 1967-77, it is an amazing snapshot of the vibrant crucible of cultures that form Panama.
Geographically the bridge between North and South America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific, the rich cultural mix of this small country has given birth to some of South America's greatest music. Panama! 2 is clearly a painstakingly thought-out collection and it's unique in highlighting talent that until now was unheard of outside Panama.
Panamanian music has actually enjoyed a renaissance of late, in film, music and advertising, yet with a degree of anonymity. Early reggaeton numbers featured on this compilation such as Tamborito Swing and Love Letters have a style now adapted by many contemporary artists. The result is that Panama! 2 has a comfortable familiarity, yet presents such rare treats as the fantastically infectious La Escoba.
This diverse selection highlights the multiple influences at play in the Panamanian music scene of the late 60s, from Trinidadian calypso to North American funk, with an intriguing rawness induced by the heady combinations of styles. Panama! 2 has successfully captured and charted the irreplaceable character of a time and place musically, making this an excellent compilation by any standards. --Johnny Lais
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This exciting collection represents an important departure for Soundway, being their first collection of music from outside the African continent. This is a fine selection of cuts never before released outside Panama and reflect the melting-pot diversity of the country itself, ranging from the musica tipica (mestizo folk music) influenced by the cumbia and vallenato of Columbia to the South, through Afro-Cuban sounds such as the son, rumba, guaracha and guaguanco, to mento and proto-Calypso arriving from Jamaica and Trinidad. Sourced from long-deleted albums or obscure 45s this compilation aims to redress the balance and show that the music of Panama can stand up and be counted among the very best, whether it be saucy calypso, smoking funk or straight Latin fire. Tracks: Los Exagerados – Panama Esta Bueno y … Ma / The Exciters – Exciters Theme / Bush y Sus Magnificos – Nana Nina / Victor Boa y Su Musica –Soy Solo Para Ti / Freddy y Sus Afro Latinos – Maltrato / Papi Brandao y Sus Ejecutivos – Viva Panama / Los Silvertones – Old Buzzard / Los Fabulosos Festivals – El Mensaje / The Exciters – The New Bag / Bolita y Su Tentacion Latina – Descarga Tentacion / Los Caballeros de Colon – Con Los Caballeros / Los Dinamicos Exciters featuring Ralph Weeks – Let Me Do My Thing / Los Mozambiques – Viva Tirado 14) Maximo Rodriguez y Sus Estrellas Panamenas – Mambologia / Lord Cobra and Pana-Afro Sounds – Rocombey.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This cracking little compilation of Panamanian tunes will surpirse and excite you from the skipping calaypso rhythm of Los Exagerados's "Panama esta bueno," right down to the quirky, swinging Lord Cobra with his spoken word tale,"recombey."
OK many of the sounds you'd typically associate with Central America can be found on here. Pay attention to the soul lament of Freddy y sus Afro Latinos on,"Maltrato," and the infectious, cumbia spiced,"Viva Panama." But I certainly wasn't excpecting to find the stylish, feet-tapping jazz of, "Soy solo para ti," or the all-out funk rhythm of,"Exciters theme." That is essentially the recipe of this record; a sublime hotch-potch of rarities that reflect the richness of musical styles around in Panama in the mid-sixties.
It's all insanely danceable. I love the manic bassline of the busy,"Descarga Tentación," and the quite sumptuous soul of Los Mozambiques's, "Viva Tirado."
While a lot of these kind of compilations have been crawling out of the woodwork recently I really recommend this as worth getting your hands on. It will have you longing for long summer nights by the barbecue.
Volume two anyone?
OK many of the sounds you'd typically associate with Central America can be found on here. Pay attention to the soul lament of Freddy y sus Afro Latinos on,"Maltrato," and the infectious, cumbia spiced,"Viva Panama." But I certainly wasn't excpecting to find the stylish, feet-tapping jazz of, "Soy solo para ti," or the all-out funk rhythm of,"Exciters theme." That is essentially the recipe of this record; a sublime hotch-potch of rarities that reflect the richness of musical styles around in Panama in the mid-sixties.
It's all insanely danceable. I love the manic bassline of the busy,"Descarga Tentación," and the quite sumptuous soul of Los Mozambiques's, "Viva Tirado."
While a lot of these kind of compilations have been crawling out of the woodwork recently I really recommend this as worth getting your hands on. It will have you longing for long summer nights by the barbecue.
Volume two anyone?
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
GREAT OVERLOOKED MUSIC
3 Aug 2006
Format:Audio CD
This is just great music. The producer has made a tastefully selection in each track of the compilation. The result, is nothing less than a magnificent overview of the diversity of Panamanian music. A diversity that can only be trace to the multiethnic background of the people of the isthmus. You can enjoy pure original soul music (tracks 12, 9, 2 ) with such a good quality that can easily be compare with that produced by Afro-American legends...Panamanian Calypso is gratefully vindicated by Lord Cobra, probably the most important calypsonian of the Caribbean during the sixties and seventies. His version of "Rocombey" is just amazing. In the other hand, you can find original and exclusive Salsa Music.... In my opinion this is the Panamanian version of Buena Vista Social Club..... Don't miss it....
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
This is an incredible album
31 July 2006
Format:Audio CD
I was born in 1976, so i guess i missed all of this, i am from Panama and i can honestly say that this album blew my mind, being a music enthusiast i am always searching for seventies combos nacionales music and had heard some funk and calypsos from the country, but this pieces i didn't know existed until i bought this cd.
If you want to know just how good Panamenian music can be, this is where you should start.
If you want to know just how good Panamenian music can be, this is where you should start.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Deep musical roots poorly known.
4 July 2009
Nowadays when you hear about Panama's music, you only hear about Ruben Blades' salsa (which is great) and Reggae dancehall, Reggaeton, Spanish Reggae but there's a lot more than that.
Music in the Isthmus of Panama can be traced to the 1500's (Panama City was founded in 1519) when Spaniards (many of them from Seville) came to conquer the American continent brought their culture and traditions, including their music. E.g.: the Saloma (guttural/vocal sometimes poetic expressions of farmers) are directly connected to Sevillian traditions. Later on when black people was brought as slaves from Africa, they came with their musical traditions and mixed it up with Spanish and Native music; creating back in the 1500's a strong cultural identity based on diversity.
In early 1800's more influences were added to the musical tradition of Panama when people from the West Indies and other parts came to Panama to work in the construction of the first trans-continental railroad. By the end of the century, precisely in 1881 the French company "Compagnie Universal du Canal Interoceanique", led by Ferdinand de Lesseps, started to build a Canal across Panama; and many of the workers came from the West Indies mainly from Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad, Martinique and Guadeloupe; these Afro-Caribbean people brought their music as well. More or less at the same time people from around the globe arrived to Colon City on the Atlantic coast (the forced path from NYC to San Francisco) during to the California gold rush, establishing bars and cabarets bringing new music from the United States such as Jazz, Blues, Folk, etc. Later on when the French canal company went into bankruptcy and the United States acquired the actives of the French, more workers from Spain, China and the West Indies came to the Isthmus to finish the construction of the canal.
These waves of migrations to the isthmus made possible to have a real cultural melting pot, enriching tremendously the musical tradition in Panama. In Addition to all these, being the country a transit passage for people from around the globe, a very open society was molded, a society that welcomes and adopts new cultures and musical trends. Good examples of these have been the cases of: Afro-Cuban music in the 1940`s, Bossa Nova from Brazil and Calypso from Trinidad & Tobago in the 1950's, the Leftist Latin American Trova, AKA Nueva Trova (Silvio Rodriguez, Victor Jara et al.) and Salsa from New York City in the 1970`s, Jamaican Reggae in 1980's. Due to all the influences embraced by Panama`s society, new music styles evolved in the Isthmus, being the case of "Combos Nacionales" in the late 1960`s and 1970's; these musical groups mixed Afro-Caribbean rhythms (Salsa, Merengue, Compa, Ska , Bolero, Danzon, etc.), rock and jazz with folkloric Panamanian music, creating a colorful, vivid and original style; almost extinct at the present day.
Almost nothing has been written or compiled of the "combos nacionales" and Calypsonians from the 50's to the late 70`s. This CD compilation is great job, containing brilliantly selected songs that show the musical richness and diversity that exist in the country.
Music in the Isthmus of Panama can be traced to the 1500's (Panama City was founded in 1519) when Spaniards (many of them from Seville) came to conquer the American continent brought their culture and traditions, including their music. E.g.: the Saloma (guttural/vocal sometimes poetic expressions of farmers) are directly connected to Sevillian traditions. Later on when black people was brought as slaves from Africa, they came with their musical traditions and mixed it up with Spanish and Native music; creating back in the 1500's a strong cultural identity based on diversity.
In early 1800's more influences were added to the musical tradition of Panama when people from the West Indies and other parts came to Panama to work in the construction of the first trans-continental railroad. By the end of the century, precisely in 1881 the French company "Compagnie Universal du Canal Interoceanique", led by Ferdinand de Lesseps, started to build a Canal across Panama; and many of the workers came from the West Indies mainly from Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad, Martinique and Guadeloupe; these Afro-Caribbean people brought their music as well. More or less at the same time people from around the globe arrived to Colon City on the Atlantic coast (the forced path from NYC to San Francisco) during to the California gold rush, establishing bars and cabarets bringing new music from the United States such as Jazz, Blues, Folk, etc. Later on when the French canal company went into bankruptcy and the United States acquired the actives of the French, more workers from Spain, China and the West Indies came to the Isthmus to finish the construction of the canal.
These waves of migrations to the isthmus made possible to have a real cultural melting pot, enriching tremendously the musical tradition in Panama. In Addition to all these, being the country a transit passage for people from around the globe, a very open society was molded, a society that welcomes and adopts new cultures and musical trends. Good examples of these have been the cases of: Afro-Cuban music in the 1940`s, Bossa Nova from Brazil and Calypso from Trinidad & Tobago in the 1950's, the Leftist Latin American Trova, AKA Nueva Trova (Silvio Rodriguez, Victor Jara et al.) and Salsa from New York City in the 1970`s, Jamaican Reggae in 1980's. Due to all the influences embraced by Panama`s society, new music styles evolved in the Isthmus, being the case of "Combos Nacionales" in the late 1960`s and 1970's; these musical groups mixed Afro-Caribbean rhythms (Salsa, Merengue, Compa, Ska , Bolero, Danzon, etc.), rock and jazz with folkloric Panamanian music, creating a colorful, vivid and original style; almost extinct at the present day.
Almost nothing has been written or compiled of the "combos nacionales" and Calypsonians from the 50's to the late 70`s. This CD compilation is great job, containing brilliantly selected songs that show the musical richness and diversity that exist in the country.
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