专辑简介

The Caribbean islands are home to rich and diverse musical cultures. A plethora of styles from around the world diverge here. Aside from calypso and steel band music, Soca and Reggae, the syncopated rythms of West Africa, Latin American influences, Salsa, Merengue and even classical Viennese waltz have woven their way into the fabric of Antillean music. The region's contemporary music, represented at its best on this beautiful album, with its crossover of styles is characterized by spontaneity and rhythmic ingenuity. It is a swinging mix of Caribbean folklore, hip hop, Brazilian and Afro-Caribbean. In this album, Gerald Clarinda, his band La Ritmica, Moises Ramos and Tico Balentien introduce a unique mix of Caribbean fusion, international sounds, instruments and dance rhythms. Clarinda is a composer, singer and multi-instrumentalist, born on the Netherlands Antilles, who augumented his Caribbean roots with a study of jazz in the USA.