Bamboleo (band)

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Bamboleo is a Havana-based Cuban salsa and timba band formed in 1995, and emblematic of the "timba brava" generation of Cuban bands in the 90s.[1] Their albums also include boleros and reggaeton.

The group was founded by Lázaro Valdés, a keyboard player,[2] and initially fronted by two female singers, with a distinctive female "voice" and perspective in the lyrics.[3] This was reflected on the first album cover, Te Gusto O Te Caigo Bien? (1996) which featured prominently the singing duo Haila Mompié and Vannia Borges, but Haila Mompié left the band after the first album[citation needed] and Valdés contracted various other singers. Overall the feminine voice element of the band was later pulled back, with Valdes explaining in interview "That was important until the public got used to the sound of our music. The singers are the visual element, but you really have to get people accustomed to your particular sound."[4]

Discography[]

  • Te Gusto O Te Caigo Bien? 1996 Bis Music
  1. Despegue 00:20
  2. Te Extrañaré (Si supieras) 05:26
  3. Te Gusto O Te Caigo Bien 05:59
  4. Circúlame 04:19
  5. Bamboleo Y Melaza 04:28
  6. Flor Perdida 06:40
  7. Extraña Sensación 03:32
  8. La Soledad 05:14
  9. Bemba Colorá (Kimbara Kimbara) 04:27
  10. Inmadura 05:29
  11. Pinceladas Propuestas
  12. Despegue 00:21
  • Yo No Me Parezco A Nadie 1998 Ahí Namá
  1. Opening estudio 10
  2. Yo no me parezco a nadie
  3. Si no hablaras tanto
  4. Amor sin traspaso
  5. Tu y yo, una misma cosa
  6. Pelicula vieja
  7. Cuentales
  8. Mirando al cielo
  9. Con un canto en el pecho
  • Ya No Hace Falta 1999 Ahí Namá
  1. Opening 02:51
  2. Ya No Hace Falta 06:30
  3. Se La Fue La Mano 06:33
  4. El Protagonista 06:08
  5. Recapacita 04:19
  6. La Tremenda
  7. El Manisero 05:33
  8. Candil De Nieve 05:21
  9. El Pillo 07:05
  10. Lo Mio 04:48
  11. Lo Que Quiero Es Bamboleo 04:51
  12. Ya No Hace Falta - Radio Version 04:30
  • Ñño! Qué Bueno Está 2000 Ahí Namá
  1. El protagonista
  2. Recapacita
  3. Sin requisitos
  4. Yo no me parezco a nadie
  5. No que bueno esta! (remix)
  6. Lo que quiero es Bamboleo (remix)
  7. No que bueno esta! (remix)
  8. No que bueno esta! (remix)
  9. No que bueno esta! (remix)
  10. No que bueno esta! (remix)
  • Quimica De Amor 2002
  1. Me encanta
  2. Te quedó fatal
  3. Usted se me llevó la vida
  4. Si agua no cae, maíz no crece
  5. Química de amor
  6. La vida tiene su cosa
  7. What do you say
  • El Virus 2005 (Self Released CD)
  1. No Puedo Estár Sin El
  2. Aparentemente Ideal
  3. El Maíz
  4. Usted Se Me Llevó La Vida
  5. El Virus
  6. La Suegra De Centro Habana
  7. Yo Tengo Mis Sueños
  8. Mala Paga ( Enrique Alvarez )
  9. Murmullo De Amor
  10. El Chinito
  11. Doctor, Doctor
  12. Alegría y Armonía
  • Mi Verdad 2006 Latin Pulse Music
  1. Opening 02:24
  2. La Culpa 03:52
  3. Todo Lo Bonito 04:25
  4. Fiebre 05:48
  5. Te Fui Infiel 03:57
  6. Sueño De Cristal 04:30
  7. El Maiz 04:12
  8. Amor Loco 06:02
  9. Mi Verdad 03:37
  10. Atrevimiento 04:40
  • En Vivo Galiano at la Casa de la Música 2007 Latin Pulse Music
  1. Opening
  2. Me gustan los feos
  3. Todo lo bonito
  4. Amor loco
  5. Fiebre
  6. La culpa
  7. Sueno de cristal
  8. Tu eres callejera mami
  • Quien Manda? 2010 Bis Music
  1. A Lo Cubano 05:58
  2. Se Acabaron Los Guapos En La Habana 05:08
  3. Voy A Seguir Sin Ti 04:48
  4. La Domadora 05:17
  5. Chichina 05:14 with Alexander Abreu
  6. Esta Es Mi Timba 04:27
  7. La Flore Del Mambo 04:42
  8. Quiero Jurarte 04:25
  9. No Me Critiquen 05:25
  10. La Que Manda 05:39

References[]

  1. ^ Ed Morales The Latin Beat: The Rhythms And Roots Of Latin Music From Bossa Nova to Salsa and Beyond 2003 "At the same time, many followers of Cuban music in and outside of Cuba were looking to a younger group of musicians who were taking the momentum created by timba and taking it further. Bamboleo, formed in 1995, has become one of the primary proponents of timba brava, a timba with no holds barred, one that tries to go where no salsero has gone before."
  2. ^ Philip Sweeney The Rough Guide to Cuban Music 2001 p.300 "Bamboleo Of all the timba generation, Bamboleo, a late-comer, offered the most varied, inventive and unformulaic music. The group was founded by Lazaro Valdes, a keyboard player and arranger with an impeccable pedigree: grandfather, : grandfather, Oscar, was the percussionist of the Orquesta Cubana de Musica Moderna, his great-uncle Vicentico was a bolero star, ..."
  3. ^ Vincenzo Perna Timba: The Sound of the Cuban Crisis 2005 p.149 "These bands, together with female-fronted Bamboleo, have brought into timba an attitude of striking back at men reminiscent of female African-American and Latin rap."
  4. ^ Eugene Robinson Last Dance in Havana 2012 "Wasn't this abandoning theidentity that made Bamboleo famous, the dominance of a matched pair of women singers? Wasn't it like serving coffee with no sugar? Lazarito gave another shrug. “That was important until the public got used to the sound of our music. The singers are the visual element, but you really have to get people accustomed to your particular sound. The force of the group is in themusic".... the music executives wanted Bamboleo to play undemanding “salsa romántica,” maybe, or better yet something along the lines of what Carlos Santana ... At a stand still, Bamboleo was doing surpassingly well by Cuban standards — and just fairly well by world standards.
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