Hybrid bachata/reggaeton music style
Bachaton
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- United States
- Puerto Rico
- Dominican Republic
- Panama
- Cuba
- Colombia
- Venezuela
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Bachaton
(also known as
bachateo
) is a
fusion genre
of reggaeton from
Panama
and
Puerto Rico
[1]
[2]
[3]
as well as bachata from the
Dominican Republic
. Bachaton combines
bachata
melodies and
reggaeton
style beats, lyrics, rapping, and
disc jockeying
. The word "bachaton" is a
portmanteau
of "bachata" and "reggaeton". "Bachaton" was coined and widely accepted in 2005. It is a subgenre of
reggaeton
and
bachata
.
Background
[
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]
Bachaton is a mix of bachata and reggaeton. The histories of the two genres are described below.
Bachata
[
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]
Bachata
is a genre of
music
that originated in the
Dominican Republic
in the early parts of the 20th century and spread to other parts of Latin America and Mediterranean Europe. It became popular in the countryside and the rural neighborhoods of the
Dominican Republic
. Its subjects are often
romantic
; especially prevalent are tales of
heartbreak
and sadness. In fact, the original term used to name the genre was
amargue
("bitterness" or "bitter music"), until the rather ambiguous (and mood-neutral) term
bachata
became popular. The form of
dance
,
bachata
, also developed with the music.
[4]
The earliest bachata was originally developed in the Dominican Republic around the early part of the 20th century, with mixed Cuban boleros which originated from Son with African elements, and Puerto Rican 18th century jibaro music combined with traditional Latin/Caribbean rhythms. During much of its history, bachata music was denigrated by Latino/Caribbean society and associated with rural backwardness and delinquency. The typical bachata group consists of five instruments: lead
guitar
, rhythm guitar,
electric bass guitar
,
bongos
and
guira
. The rhythm guitar is also known as a
segunda
and serves the purpose of adding
syncopation
to the music. Bachata groups mainly play a simple style of
bolero
(lead guitar instrumentation using
arpeggiated
repetitive chords is a distinctive characteristic of bachata), but when they change to
merengue
based bachata, the
percussionist
will switch from bongo to a
tambora
drum. In the 1960s and 1970s,
maracas
were used instead of guira. The change in the 1980s from maracas to the more versatile guira was made as bachata was becoming more dance oriented.
[4]
Reggaeton
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Reggaeton
is an urban form of music which has its roots in
Latin and Caribbean music
.
[5]
Its sound derives from the
Reggae en Espanol
from
Panama
.
[6]
[7]
[8]
[9]
The genre was invented, shaped and made known in
Puerto Rico
where it got its name;
[10]
most of its current artists are also from Puerto Rico.
[11]
[12]
[13]
After its mainstream exposure in 2004, it spread to North American, European, Asian and African audiences. Reggaeton blends
Jamaican
musical influences of
dancehall
, with those of
Latin America
, such as
salsa
,
bomba
,
Latin hip hop
, and
electronica
. Vocals include
rapping
and
singing
, typically in Spanish. Lyrics tend to be derived from
hip hop
rather than from dancehall. Like hip hop, reggaeton has caused some controversy, albeit less, due to alleged exploitation of women.
[14]
While it takes influences from hip hop and Jamaican dancehall, reggaeton is not precisely the
Hispanic
or Latin American version of either of these genres; reggaeton has its own specific beat and rhythm,
[15]
whereas Latin hip hop is simply hip hop recorded by artists of
Latino
descent. The specific "
riddim
" that characterizes reggaeton is referred to as "Dem Bow".
[16]
[17]
The name is taken from the dancehall song by
Shabba Ranks
that first popularized the beat in the early 1990s which appears on his album
Just Reality
.
History
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2000?2003: The arrival of Dominican styles of music
[
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The appearance of Dominican styles of music such as bachata and merengue in reggaeton coincided with the arrival in
Puerto Rico
of the Dominican-born production team of
Luny Tunes
?although they are not solely credited for this development,
[18]
they were indeed heavily influenced by the already popular reggaeton genre to begin their own production company. In 2000, they received an opportunity to work in the reggaeton studio of
DJ Nelson
. They began to produce a string of successful releases for reggaeton artists including
Ivy Queen
,
Tego Calderon
and
Daddy Yankee
.
[18]
"Pa' Que Retozen", one of the first songs to combine bachata and reggaeton appeared on Tego Calderon's highly acclaimed
El Abayarde
(2002). It features the unmistakable guitar sounds of Dominican bachata?although, it was not produced by Luny Tunes but by DJ Joe.
[18]
Luny Tunes however, on their debut studio album,
Mas Flow
(2003) included a hit by Calderon, "Metele Sazon". It exhibited bachata's signature guitar arpeggios as well as merengue's characteristic piano riffs.
[18]
2004?Present: "Bachaton"
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After the success of these songs, other artists began to incorporate bachata with reggaeton. Artists such as Ivy Queen began releasing singles that featured bachata's signature guitar sound and slower romantic rhythm as well as bachata's exaggerate emotional singing style.
[18]
This is reflected in the hits "
Te He Querido, Te He Llorado
" and "La Mala".
[18]
Daddy Yankee's "
Lo Que Paso, Paso
" and
Don Omar
's "
Dile
" also reflect this. A further use of bachata occurred in 2005 when producers began remixing existing reggaeton with bachata's characteristic guitar sounds marketing it as
bachaton
defining it as "bachata, Puerto Rican style".
[18]
In popular music
[
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]
- "
Mas Maiz
" ?
N.O.R.E.
featuring
Nina Sky
,
Fat Joe
,
Lumidee
,
Chingo Bling
,
Lil Rob
, Big Mato and La Negra of LDA
- "
Mayor Que Yo
" ?
Luny Tunes
featuring
Baby Ranks
,
Daddy Yankee
,
Wisin & Yandel
and
Hector "El Father"
- "
Ella y Yo
" ?
Aventura
featuring
Don Omar
- "
Ven Bailalo
" ?
Angel & Khriz
- "Avisame" ?
Baby Rasta & Gringo
- "Noche de Travesura" ?
Hector El Father
&
Divino
- "
Lo Que Paso, Paso
" ?
Daddy Yankee
- "Pobre Diabla" ?
Don Omar
- "
Dile
" ?
Don Omar
- "
Dile
" ?
Ivy Queen
- "
Dime
" ?
Ivy Queen
- "
La Mala
" ?
Ivy Queen
- "
Te He Querido, Te He Llorado
" ?
Ivy Queen
- "
Segun Tu
" ?
Ivy Queen
- "
Sentimientos
" ?
Ivy Queen
- "Si No Eres Tu" ?
Mikey Perfecto
featuring
Ivy Queen
- "
Tienes A Otra
" ?
N.O.R.E.
featuring
Ivy Queen
and Big Mato
- "
Bachatiando
" ?
Miguelito
ft Gold2
- "
Pa' Que Retozen
" ?
Tego Calderon
- "
Metele Sazon
" ?
Tego Calderon
- "Tocarte" ?
Plan B
- "Travesura" ? Nio Garcia & Casper Magico
- "Gata Fiera" -
Trebol Clan
ft
Hector el Father
& Joan
- "Se Menea" -
Don Omar
featuring Nio Garcia
- "
Rumbaton
" -
Daddy Yankee
- "Mayor Que Usted" -
Natti Natasha
featuring
Wisin & Yandel
,
Daddy Yankee
References
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]
- ^
"El Reggaeton nacio en Panama"
.
Diariovasco.com
. 15 July 2008
. Retrieved
4 March
2022
.
- ^
"Reggaeton nacio en Panama y no en Puerto Rico - Espectaculos - ABC Color"
.
www.abc.com.py
(in Spanish)
. Retrieved
2023-01-01
.
- ^
Herrera, Isabelia (11 August 2021).
"Reggaeton's History Is Complex. A New Podcast Helps Us Listen That Way"
.
New York Times
. Retrieved
2022-06-21
.
- ^
a
b
Pacini Hernandez, Deborah.
"Brief history of Bachata"
Archived
September 10, 2004, at the
Wayback Machine
,
Bachata, A social history of a Dominican popular music
, 1995, Temple University Press. Retrieved on 2008-12-04
- ^
[1]
Archived
2009-05-19 at the
Wayback Machine
. Raquel Z. Rivera. 2009.
Reggaeton
. "Part I. Mapping Reggaeton". From Musica Negra to Reggaeton Latino: Wayne Marshall. "Part II. The Panamanian Connection". Placing Panama in the Reggaeton Narrative: Editor's Notes / Wayne Marshall. Duke University Press, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.
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Franco, Edgardo A. "Muevelo (move it!): from Panama to New York and back again, the story of El General". Interview by Christoph Twickel. Reggaeton. Eds. Raquel Z. Rivera, Wayne Marshall, and Deborah Pacini Hernandez. Durham: Duke University Press, 2009. 99?108.
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Buckley "Bush", Francisco. La musica salsa en Panama. Panama: EUPAN, 2004.
- ^
Aulder, Leonardo Renato. "The Panamanian Origins of Reggae en Espanol: Seeing History through 'los ojos cafe' of Renato". Interview by Ifeoma C. K. Nwankwo. Reggaeton. Eds. Raquel Z. Rivera, Wayne Marshall, and Deborah Pacini Hernandez. Durham: Duke University Press, 2009. 89?98.
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Andrews, George Reid. Afro-Latin America, 1800?2000. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004.
- ^
AskMen.com ? "5 Things You Didn't Know About Reggaeton"
- ^
"Phoenix New Times ? "Phoenix sizzles with the latest dance music from Puerto Rico"
"
. Archived from
the original
on 2008-12-24
. Retrieved
2013-01-03
.
- ^
Jamaicans.com ? "a new genre of Caribbean dance music"
- ^
Mundo Reggaeton ? "Reggaeton History"
- ^
BBC News ? "Puerto Rico shakes to a new beat"
- ^
Pistas de Reggaeton Famosas / Official Reggaeton Beats
- ^
Wayne Marshall (2006-01-19).
"Rise of Reggaeton"
. The Phoenix
. Retrieved
2006-07-24
.
- ^
"Grow Dem Bow"
. Village Voice
. Retrieved
2006-07-24
.
- ^
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e
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Raquel Z. Rivera, Wayne Marshall and Deborah Pacini Hernandez. "Reggaeton"
.
Duke University Press
. 2009. pg. 143-
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