rolling soca &c. 2018

a bit of zunguzunguzeng always makes things better, lol

haven't listened myself yet, but this is usually pretty useful: https://soundcloud.com/djprivateryan/private-ryan-presents-soca-starter-2018-preview-to-soca-brainwash

"Lucian kuduro" is the hot new thing in soca it seems.

This article is an interesting read: http://www.largeup.com/2018/01/03/dennery-segment-st-lucia-soca/

Lucian producer/artist Motto is behind some of the recently released riddims, Gwada Riddim featuring Bunji and Pim Pim Riddim featuring Machel Montano.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVQ4kN8HweE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73T_x0HjVJY

Motto is also on this new Lucia/Vincy/TNT collabo recycling Soca Panda Riddim which made waves in Saint Lucia in 2016 (Padnas!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5AdFx-Kn6Y

Music video for Shell Dong Dat (Gwada Riddim). Motto is killing it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A20-opcjsV8

Love this new Bunji:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zErTgcErtNo

that is quality^. at first I was like why is this 5 minutes long? but I really dig the outro

not totally sold on Motto yet...need to listen more I think. Also I have to be in the right headspace for that kind of minimal high tempo banger

Motto's stuff reminds me of jab - without the jab, lol. I'm sure someone here is soca literate enough to explain the connection/difference. If so, I'm all ears.

Anyway, I can't get enough of this Shal Marshall banger:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3U_tShMNJs

yeah that's a good time

I don't think we posted "Overdue" last year, definitely deserves noting:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCZDhZXCKxY

totally missed Turner's "She Bad" which according to a dodgy website I looked at is produced by Lenky (!). Also, surprised to learn per photos that Turner is not a 70-yr old man

the remix with Machel and Flavour is pretty sweet:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqHYka67quM

Bunji really bringing it this season; "Bacchanal & Water"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nafc7e1IVp8

I didn't know there was a She Bad remix - running around the internet trying to find it as i type....

And yeah, Bunji's definitely on a roll.

I ended up listening to She Bad three times in a row without even realizing it

It is that good.

Bit of crossover fun here. Really big tune round my way.

Chalmers John x Jus Now - 'Get On'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvgr6CoSHCQ

that is killer! you know, I had no idea Jus Now were (half?) based in Bristol

I mentioned this on the Nailah thread but it should really be posted here, Voice & Marge Blackman "Full of Vibe":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twlzqlRLpRE

xp feels like every time I'm out and I hear a track that blows my mind, I ask who it is and it's Jus Now. It's worth watching the Gutterfunk label/collective whom they're associated with - DJ Die, Interface, Dismantle, and a bunch of others. Not necessarily soca, but kind of bringing together a whole bunch of influences and doing it really well.

Cool, will check that out. Btw, I think you'd be into that Turner "She Bad" tune longneck and I were talking about upthread if you haven't heard it yet

Horror-jab is absolutely up my street. Along with Vybz Kartel's 'Closed Casket' I'd love to know of more dark horror-influenced Caribbean tracks

Sandman x Flexx - John Crow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EojURYp7l1Q&feature=youtu.be

Tommy Lee Sparta had a decent run doing those a few years ago iirc.

yeah Tommy Lee is the only recent thing that springs to mind. If you're not familiar, listen to "Psycho" which is still pretty electrifying imo ("Vibes Inna Dis" is the only other one that I can recommend off the top of my head)

Henging Tree riddim from last year had a haunted, melancholy horror kind of vibe but I don't think the lyrics pushed into true horror

Machel doing straight-up reggaeton:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4uUq-I3a_8

surprisingly nourishing, though kind of begging for a remix

i was chatting with my soca-expert friend the other day and i was bowled over by what he knew about the various regional variations of soca/jab. he just sent me a bunch of dark and hard jab from Grenada. It's bonkers

These are a couple of years old but Grenada's definitely got its own vibe separate from Trinidad. Didn't know that 'Jab Jab' more or less translates as 'Devil Devil' and sees carnival outfits with people dressed as demons, pretending to abuse people in return for money

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrWwQZ6h93Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8g_o_h2lUA

the music video for that 'jab jab skank' track is def worth posting here, some intense imagery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hK_XYfVh1Q4

massive gear shift here. I hadn't noticed Samantha J--who put out a couple of intriguing singles that combined teenpop and dancehall a couple years ago ("Tight Up Skirt" was the best one iirc)--was on the Physique riddim:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyRI4du1NWc

I actually think this and Preedy's version are both better than Montano's (the riddim might be too gentle for his style)

So, the biggest track of Trinidad Carnival was this. Road March winner with 336 plays

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8jDoSy6otM

Wine & Fling It Up!

Patrice Roberts "Sweet Fuh Days" was probably my personal favorite though, it placed 3rd.

Soca Monarch for the third time in a row! Voice with "Year For Love". Looking forward to the music video for this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9NJGwNxcmI

Feeling this Lucian soca mix! Some old & new tunes in there.

https://soundcloud.com/close-connections/st-lucia-independence-mix-lucian-soca-takeover

Excellent. Thanks!

Olatunji and Stadic go full afropop on "Mating Call":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puEUnQwLeR0

Love soca live, but had to miss Bunji Garlin in town Sunday tonight due to family commitments. Oh well

Check out Atki2's Soca Obsession Mix 3 everyone: https://soundcloud.com/atki2/soca-obsession-mix-pt-3-hosted-by-jonesy-wales

I love how Trinidadian music is so grounded in narrative that even this "dance with me, girl" song that could be totally rote ends up much wittier:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftgnN8-u3AE

Seems the closest thing we have to a reggaeton thread (tho this is hybrid) - p.hyped for the new Florentino:

https://www.facebook.com/deejayflorentin0/posts/2358666104173814

Not sure if this track by Trini-Bristol (Brinidad?) collab, Jus Now x Eva Lazarus - Hair Flip, counts as soca, but there's definitely a crossover and I absolutely love it

https://soundcloud.com/jusnow/jus-now-x-evalazarus-hair-flip

2019 Soca Season is up and running, and the Foli Riddim hits every sweet spot imaginable (well, okay, *almost*). Fay-Ann Lyons has the best version but I could listen to all of these forever.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Az6IJ_tmWz8&frags=pl%2Cwn

Bunji's version is also v v good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLFnIPxjH-A&frags=pl%2Cwn

Also enjoying Kickstand Riddim:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUkgqgpl4Ac&frags=pl%2Cwn

Hawt Wire Riddim is a winner, too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGKlCmEywPg&frags=pl%2Cwn

Loving this GBM Nutron:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y43RAAMLZY0

"Practice"

Anyway, I can't get enough of this Shal Marshall banger:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM0yBT8T5pU

― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Monday, January 22, 2018 2:45 PM (ten months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

so this is soca? count me in!
#74 on NPR's EOY

Toco Loco riddim is great; Kes's version is very sweet:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QZ0dMUrR1o

So, I'm thinking a dedicated 2019 thread might not be worth it. Instead, maybe we have a catch-all, non-year-based rolling thread for anything Caribbean that isn't covered by the dancehall and reggaeton threads? I don't have strong feelings though

Seems legit, particularly as “2019” started in about September as far as Trinidad is concerned.

As long as we all post more I’m for everything. The ideal might be to actually start new threads in september though.

Any thread is fine with me as long as it has lovely stuff like that Toco Loco Riddim on it.

(needs a comma somewhere)

Spice and Destra collabo:

https://youtu.be/twAPIZ8uu98

where's d'scene? rolling soca, chutney, jab & other caribbean pop

Just for the pleasure of having Bunji Garlin with spanish-style guitar again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzPJNUe5mkA