Blog: La Onda Tropical

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Feb 4, 2010, 2:48pm La Onda Tropical
This blog is inactive and the server on which it is hosted is offline (hence the messy layout). You can still browse the archives (see bottom). All the best!
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Lo Mejor del 2008

Dec 20, 2008, 5:13pm La Onda Tropical
Lo Mejor del 2008 Top 10 Albums of 2008 Calle 13 - Los De Atrás Vienen Conmigo buy@iTunes buy@Amazon review Choc Quib Town - Somos Pacifico buy@iTunes buy@Amazon review Aterciopelados - Rio buy@iTunes buy@Amazon review Julieta [...]
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Artist:Bajofondo
Title:Pa' Bailar (Siempre Quiero Mas) (ft. Julieta Venegas)
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Year:2007
Artist:Calle 13
Title:No Hay Nadie Como Tu (ft. Café Tacuba)
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Year:2008
Artist:Chocquib Town
Title:San Antonio
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Year:2006
Artist:Jóvenes y Sexys
Title:El Reloj
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Year:2008
Artist:Julieta Venegas
Title:El Presente
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Year:2008
Artist:Le Pop
Title:No Tengo Calma
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Artist:NG2
Title:Ella Menea
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Year:2008
Artist:Oro11
Title:Pibes Chorros vs DJ Uhn - Que Calor (Oro11 Mashup)
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Artist:Shakira
Title:Despedida
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Year:2007

Lo Mejor del 2008

Dec 20, 2008, 5:13pm La Onda Tropical
Lo Mejor del 2008 Top 10 Albums of 2008 Calle 13 - Los De Atrás Vienen Conmigo buy@iTunes buy@Amazon review Choc Quib Town - Somos Pacifico buy@iTunes buy@Amazon review Aterciopelados - Rio buy@iTunes buy@Amazon review Julieta [...]
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Site Problems

Dec 18, 2008, 12:24pm La Onda Tropical
Dec 2 : The hosting problems are still unresolved, but the company guaranteed me everything will be okay again in 6 days. Let's hope so, I have a lot of posting to catch up with (but I'd rather wait until I can put the mp3s online for you)! Dec 18 : Ok fuck it, I guess I won't see those files ever again, so I'm gonna try and fix everything manually and find a solution for the mp3s. It'll be quiet for a while here, though I won't deny you my Best of 2008 list. Coming [...]
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Electronic: Señor Coconut

Nov 17, 2008, 3:49pm La Onda Tropical
Electronic: Señor Coconut What do German techno pioneers Kraftwerk have to do with cumbia? Quite a lot, Señor Coconut proved us with his 2000 debut El Baile Aleman . His collection of Kraftwerk hits transposed to latin rhytms was more than just a novelty, but a great example of how a good idea can become musically attractive too. In the same spirit, the German DJ/producer now released Around The World with latin reworks of dance classics by Prince, The Eurythmics and of course Daft Punk . Not an unispired sequel, but a well-thought [...]
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Electronic: Señor Coconut

Nov 17, 2008, 3:49pm La Onda Tropical
Electronic: Señor Coconut What do German techno pioneers Kraftwerk have to do with cumbia? Quite a lot, Señor Coconut proved us with his 2000 debut El Baile Aleman . His collection of Kraftwerk hits transposed to latin rhytms was more than just a novelty, but a great example of how a good idea can become musically attractive too. In the same spirit, the German DJ/producer now released Around The World with latin reworks of dance classics by Prince, The Eurythmics and of course Daft Punk . Not an unispired sequel, but a well-thought [...]
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En La Misma Onda

Nov 16, 2008, 1:10pm La Onda Tropical
The 9th Latin Grammys sucked. Bigtime. And for only one reason: Juanes sweeping all five categories he was nominated for - okay, La Vida Es Un Ratico is an okay album, but Album ánd Song of the Year goes a little to far for me. I was also bummed by Tego Calderon losing to Wisin y Yandel and Nigga , even if his latest album wasn't his best he's still miles above the commercialism of those competitors. Café Tacuba and Julieta Venegas walked away with two [...]
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En La Misma Onda

Nov 16, 2008, 1:10pm La Onda Tropical
The 9th Latin Grammys sucked. Bigtime. And for only one reason: Juanes sweeping all five categories he was nominated for - okay, La Vida Es Un Ratico is an okay album, but Album ánd Song of the Year goes a little to far for me. I was also bummed by Tego Calderon losing to Wisin y Yandel and Nigga , even if his latest album wasn't his best he's still miles above the commercialism of those competitors. Café Tacuba and Julieta Venegas walked away with two [...]
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Site Problems

Nov 14, 2008, 10:05am La Onda Tropical
We're having hosting problems, so the layout/images/mp3s are all messed up. I'll solve it ASAP!
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Stars In Your Eyes

Oct 25, 2008, 4:02pm La Onda Tropical
It's been a busy week with two long-awaited releases who turned out to be fabulous albums. Check out Aterciopelados' Rio and Calle 13's Los De Atras Vienen Conmigo below, and to immerse yourself in the music, pop out the gray Yahoo player on your bottom left! But what I wanted to say: when reading music magazines or browsing the web, I noticed that the first thing I look at in a review, is how many stars the writer thinks a record, movie, whatever is worth. It gives you an idea of what to expect, [...]
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Stars In Your Eyes

Oct 25, 2008, 4:02pm La Onda Tropical
It's been a busy week with two long-awaited releases who turned out to be fabulous albums. Check out Aterciopelados' Rio and Calle 13's Los De Atras Vienen Conmigo below, and to immerse yourself in the music, pop out the gray Yahoo player on your bottom left! But what I wanted to say: when reading music magazines or browsing the web, I noticed that the first thing I look at in a review, is how many stars the writer thinks a record, movie, whatever is worth. It gives you an idea of what to expect, [...]
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Calle 13 - Los De Atrás Vienen Conmigo

Oct 25, 2008, 3:59pm La Onda Tropical
UPDATE: songs online. Let's set some things straight first. Calle 13 doesn't make hiphop. And certaily no reggaeton either. It's kick ass music, and that's all that matters. Also, Rene Perez aka Residente is not a rapper. He's a poet. So before you go comparing the club potential of, let's say, Wisin y Yandel to the new Calle 13, understand that they're in a totally other league. And to make that point very clear, the opening song on their new album Los De Atrás [...]
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Electronic: Acida - The Greatest Hits

Oct 25, 2008, 3:59pm La Onda Tropical
It's been a long time since I was so pleasantly surprised by a band I didn't know. Acida was the musical partnership of two of Argentina's most talented latin pop artists, singer-songwriter Alina Gandini and her producer husband Tweety Gonzales (yes, from the superstar rock band Soda Stereo that's making its comeback now). I seriously regret that a digital-only Greatest Hits compilation is my first contact. You get it: I like Acida a lot :) Their music can best be described as dreamy electronics for an indian summer [...]
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Reggaeton: Daddy Yankee - Talento De Barrio

Oct 25, 2008, 3:59pm La Onda Tropical
The new Daddy Yankee CD has been lying around for a few weeks now at Casa Chapín. I don't know what caused me to delay this review - was it the ugly cover and the title Talento de Barrio , promising gangsta-style bragging I don't like? Was it the first track, "Talento de Barrio", which is just exactly that - bragging and shouting over a boring hiphop beat? Or was it the fact that this is 'just a soundtrack', released merely a year after El Cartel III ? Talento de Barrio is the [...]
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Alternative: Aterciopelados - Rio

Oct 25, 2008, 3:58pm La Onda Tropical
Aterciopelados ' Oye was one of the better albums of 2006, thanks to the powerful rock-with-a-message of Andrea Echeverri and Hector Buitrago ( review ). They conquered our hearts with sheer positivism, a mesmerizing lead voice and the odd political viewpoint. The new album Río brings us more politics: title track "Rio" supports a recently voted law to keep Bogotá river clean, and "Bandera" is about immigrant rights. But Aterciopelados always was the band that paired political correctness with powerful and inspiring music, and those two tracks are [...]
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Alternative: Aterciopelados - Rio

Oct 23, 2008, 7:08am La Onda Tropical
Aterciopelados ' Oye was one of the better albums of 2006, thanks to the powerful rock-with-a-message of Andrea Echeverri and Hector Buitrago ( review ). They conquered our hearts with sheer positivism, a mesmerizing lead voice and the odd political viewpoint. The new album Río brings us more politics: title track "Rio" supports a recently voted law to keep Bogotá river clean, and "Bandera" is about immigrant rights. But Aterciopelados always was the band that paired political correctness with powerful and inspiring music, and those two tracks are [...]
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Artist:Aterciopelados
Title:28 (ft. Goya)
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Year:2008
Artist:Aterciopelados
Title:Rio
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Year:2008

Calle 13 - Los De Atrás Vienen Conmigo

Oct 19, 2008, 1:56pm La Onda Tropical
Calle 13 - No Hay Nadie Como Tu (Official Video)
Let's set some things straight first. Calle 13 doesn't make hiphop. And certaily no reggaeton either. It's kick ass music, and that's all that matters. Also, Rene Perez aka Residente is not a rapper. He's a poet. So before you go comparing the club potential of, let's say, Wisin y Yandel to the new Calle 13, understand that they're in a totally other league. And to make that point very clear, the opening song on their new album Los De Atrás Vienen Conmigo is one big diss to [...]
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Electronic: Acida - The Greatest Hits

Oct 14, 2008, 1:33pm La Onda Tropical
It's been a long time since I was so pleasantly surprised by a band I didn't know. Acida was the musical partnership of two of Argentina's most talented latin pop artists, singer-songwriter Alina Gandini and her producer husband Tweety Gonzales (yes, from the superstar rock band Soda Stereo that's making its comeback now). I seriously regret that a digital-only Greatest Hits compilation is my first contact. You get it: I like Acida a lot :) Their music can best be described as dreamy electronics for an indian summer [...]
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Artist:Acida
Title:Burbank
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Year:2008
Artist:Acida
Title:Nadie Como Vos
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Year:2008

Electronic: Bajofondo - Mar Dulce

Oct 13, 2008, 2:06pm La Onda Tropical
The name Gustavo Santaolalla keeps popping up on this blog - if it's not as producer for Café Tacuba, Juanes or Calle 13 then it's for his ground-breaking and Oscar-winning soundtracks ( Babel, Brokeback Mountain, The Motorcycle Diaries ). But he also has his own band, the electronic tango collective Bajofondo Tango Club . Now shortened to Bajofondo , the mostly instrumental group gathered an impressive list of guests for their new album Mar Dulce. Bajofondo's tango-with-a-beat has long been a success in cafés all over the Northern hemisphere, but [...]
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Electronic: Bajofondo - Mar Dulce

Oct 13, 2008, 2:06pm La Onda Tropical
The name Gustavo Santaolalla keeps popping up on this blog - if it's not as producer for Café Tacuba, Juanes or Calle 13 then it's for his ground-breaking and Oscar-winning soundtracks ( Babel, Brokeback Mountain, The Motorcycle Diaries ). But he also has his own band, the electronic tango collective Bajofondo Tango Club . Now shortened to Bajofondo , the mostly instrumental group gathered an impressive list of guests for their new album Mar Dulce. Bajofondo's tango-with-a-beat has long been a success in cafés all over the Northern hemisphere, but [...]
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