Buika (album)
Encyclopedia
Buika is the 2005 debut album
of Spanish singer Concha Buika
. It fuses jazz
, traditional Spanish music, electronica
, funk
and several other elements.
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
of Spanish singer Concha Buika
Concha Buika
Concha Buika is a Spanish singer. Her album Niña de Fuego was nominated for the 2008 Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year.Buika's family is originally from Equatorial Guinea...
. It fuses jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
, traditional Spanish music, electronica
Electronica
Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing...
, funk
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...
and several other elements.
Track listing
All songs written by Concha Buika except where otherwise specified.- New afro spanish generation
- Little freaky girl
- Jodida pero contenta
- Échate a mi vera
- Qué pasa
- Talk to me (Háblame), written by José Vera Lopez
- Se me escapan las palabras
- Tu caramelo
- Soleá de libertad
- Niña de fiesta + Bailando mi pena
- Nostalgias, music by Juan Carlos Cobián, lyrics by Enrique Domingo CadícamoEnrique CadícamoEnrique Domingo Cadícamo was a prolific Argentine tango lyricist, poet and novelist. From an initial Symbolist bent, he developed a distinctive, lunfardo-rich style from an early age, and by 1925 he had his first piece, Pompas de jabón, sung by Carlos Gardel...