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Donker Curtiusstraat 16-1 Otrabanda Records & Music releases the contemporary and historical recordings of (acoustic) creole musics from around the globe with a special interest in the (Dutch) Caribbean, Africa and the island musics of the world. Home Press quotes Brief History Music ABC-Islands Listen and order online / Luisteren en online bestellen Distribution
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RIBA DEMPEL: Popular Dance Music of Curaçao 1950-1954 (OTB03) Compiled by Tim de Wolf & Scott Rollins
Riba Dempel is the name of the central marketplace in Willemstad, the capital city of the island of Curaçao. It includes the 'floating market' of barques that moor there from neighboring Venezuela selling their fresh produce and fish as well as local stalls where cheap, fresh creole food is served to all comers. Like the creole kitchen, the music on this disc is a gumbo of African, European and regional Caribbean influences. Riba Dempel collects classics from the golden age of the indigenous Papiamento recording industry on Curaçao in the 1950s that were originally released on 78 rpms on the Hoyco and Musika labels.
"Lovingly restored and extensively annotated not only is [Riba Dempel] a delicious compilation of songs but also a fascinating insight into a bygone era… there is music here of a high level."
"Another piece of the puzzle shows up: the music of Curaçao runs the Caribbean, using its own local rhythms along with copious quantities of son from Cuba and music from Venezuela…it's a model of how historical recordings should be treated."
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