Various Artists
Body Beat: Soca-dub And Electronic Calypso (1979-98)
Label: Soundway
Genre: Freestyle / Nu Jazz / Funk / Afro
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Owing as much to New York, Toronto and London as to the Caribbean cities of Port of Spain, Bridgetown and Kingstown, the compilation traces the genre from its explosion in the late 1970s right up to the period just before contemporary soca became established around the end of the 1990s.
Filled with up-tempo tracks from start to finish, the lead single of the compilation "I Want Your Love" by Peter Britto is a soca-house number which originally came out on NYC-based label Hometown Music. Soca was originally a re-invention of Calypso music; a genre that in the 1970s was fast becoming usurped around the Caribbean by Jamaican reggae and American soul, funk and later disco.
Lead single "I Want Your Love" is the most recent track on the compilation, being released in 1998, and features the recognisable soca synth beat, along with Caribbean steel drums and horns - but with the obvious influence of New York's booming house scene, making it an ultimate crossover track for club dancefloors and carnivals alike.
Tracks:
Disc 1: Cito Jarvis - Fighting Soldier / Roger Bain - Stand Up & Rock Your Body (Instrumental) / *D* Ivan - Fire (Extended Dub Edit) / Bill Campbell - Body Beat / Brother Resistance - Move It (Version) / Adonijah - It’s Alright
Disc 2: Peter Britto - I Want Your Love / Juno D - Hotter And Hotter (Dub Edit) / Colin Jackman - D’Jab Jab Dance (Bad Lad Mix) / Levi John - S-O-C-A / Spiking - Liberation Train
Disc 3: Mohjah - Zion Gates (Dub) / Andre Tanker - Wild Indian Band / Touch - Touch Music (Edit) / D’ Rebel Band - Solid / The Millers - Last Days / Chocolate Affaire - Jump To Calypso