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Dance music to surprise you

R. beranek | Gardiner, NY | 05/10/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"My son brought this CD from Spain where he was visiting friends. To my surprise, I listened and could not give it up. Made a copy on a minidisk, so that he could use the CD.
The whole thing is based on the Latin tradition - there is even a gentle spoof on a Chilean Union song " Pueblo Unido". You will find infectious take offs on merengue, a Mexican idiom etc. Get my drift ? "Espanoles a Bailar" features a steely female voice accompanying the customary 2/4 Euro Beat chanting "uno dos tres quatro" and the background crowd chanting "Espana,, Espana.." interminably, but you will dance and laugh (or smile) with it. Well, I better quit, this thing is really hard to describe in its aggressive sublety, the guy enjoys all kinds of "his" heritage and plays hard with it, even Peruvian pan pipes. Forget all this stuff about "La Bomba", it is included here, but it seems to me it is not a strongest track."