Music Review: ‘The Chicas Project’ CD collects latest in hip Latin grooves
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(AP) – Latin music is often lumped into two groups: the accordion-infused norteno common on the West Coast or the tropical sounds of salsa that are hot in the East. But much like the television series at the base of “The Chicas Project,” its soundtrack shows there is a whole lot of variety in the Latin world.
If you haven’t seen it yet, “The Chicas Project” is a reality show on the Latin-oriented cable network Mun2 (say “mun-dos” which is Spanish for “worlds”). It pairs two young Latinas, a Queens girl who digs reggaeton and a rock-loving chica from Los Angeles, and sends them out on adventures a la Paris and Nicole. The CD features the grooves that Yasmin and Crash listen to on their journeys.
If you’d like to hear what is new, sophisticated and hip in Latin music, this album gives you a good sampling in one solid package.
The 17 songs here could be broadly classified as “Latin alternative,” but there’s wide variety within that genre. There’s the sultry voice of Andrea Echeverri on three cuts (one from her recent solo album, one as half of Aterciopelados and one as a guest of her musical partner Hector Buitrago). Several of Latin-alt’s up-and-coming stars are represented, such as Pacha Massive, Sara Valenzuela and The Pinker Tones, whose “Karma Hunters” is the show’s theme song.
Some of the best cuts are the sound collages of Bomba Estereo, the Nortec Collective and Mexican Institute of Sound.
The first two cuts, the reggaeton “Arenita Playita” by Cuarto Poder and Pacha Massive’s smoothly bilingual “Don’t Let Go,” should be the two must-have sounds for the summer. Both are infectious, uptempo and muy, muy cool.
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“The Chicas Project Official Soundtrack” (Nacional)