Gumercindo
Son
Great. Totally forgot about Brooklyn Sounds. This is one of my favs of theirs...(love the album cover lol)
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Great. Totally forgot about Brooklyn Sounds. This is one of my favs of theirs...(love the album cover lol)
His channel has many cool unknown songs
Gumercindo
Son
Great find. Just went down his channel's rabbit hole. Some gems in there.
I hesitate to visit the channel as it's likely I'll never hear them played at any club or social for as long as I dance Salsa.
I should visit DJ Tronky's channel more often because it's guaranteed I will hear those songs come up in real dancing situations whether I want it or not.
I really don't understand why DJs insist on playing cheesy remixes. In my scene at least, it is not like there are less people dancing whenever a salsa dura, or an authentic bachata comes on. I think this summer La Iglesia Rumbera was one of the most played songs here and the dance floor was always super packed.
GentleDancer
Son
I especially like the trumpet part in the middle and the "samba"-style like part at the end
Personally, I don't like dancing to anything but Salsa/Timba music. But I think it's an acquired taste and many people just haven't acquired it. It's much easier for the ears to acclimatize to something like Bachata Sensual music...or pop-influenced music... or low bass beats... All of this music sucks in my opinion...
I do think the general public wants slower music overall with less percussive elements. I don't know many people who like Salsa dura.
One reason why Latin Hustle hasn't caught on in Europe yet is because it's too fast without breaks. I remember even Salsa people finding Hustle music too frenetic.
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If they don't like it, why is the dance floor packed then? I have seen the dance floor less crowded when they played Salsaton, Cha cha cha, and some Timbas, but not to an authentics Salsa (romantica, dura, Colombian, etc) or authentic Bachata.
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GentleDancer
Son
Because people can dance to it. ChaCha is rather unknown here at least (completely died out in my hometown), and dance to Timba is a hard task for non-advanced people.
So basically people dance to Salsa dura, although they do not really like it. When something smoother appears they easily switch to the other stuff. Most beginners outside latin america don't go dancing Salsa because they like the music but because it is a nice opportunity to meet the other gender.
Ok maybe you are right that they don't really like it. Maybe I am biased because if they play a dura or son montuno, my best dance skills come out, so the dance is much better, including for the girl
.Salsa is a great way to meet people of the other gender in parties where people go out to drink, have fun and potentially hook up. At salsa socials... not so much, lol.
GentleDancer
Son
Yes, at Salsa socials people want make to make their fancy moves, so no alcohol drinking, and so less socialising. One day I'd like to go to the caribics, dance only basic step the whole night, drink and have fun & hook-up
Exactly this.
They dance to it because they can even though they don't particularly care for the music.
The Salsa crowd is pretty niche around here but the sensual scene is much bigger so the majority of music that gets played is the slow, melodic or heavy bass beat stuff. For faster music, typically Timba or Timbaton is preferred.
Son and Cha/Guajira is non existent.
I didn't think it was possible for people to dance slow and sensual for the entire night, but that is obviously not the case and it is much more common now.
Iol.. I thought that would be cool once upon a time but then I realized that I am not that kind of person and it has nothing to do with dancing but your own personality.