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Méringue was heavily influenced by the contredanse from Europe and then by Afro-Caribbean influences from Hispaniola.The blend of African and European cultures has created popular dance music, music played on simple acoustic instruments by artists who don't need theaters or microphones to show off their art.
The origins of the music are traced to the land of El Cibao, where merengue cibaeño and merengue típico are the terms most musicians use to refer to classical merengue. The word Cibao was a native name for the island, although the Spanish used it in their conquest to refer to a specific part of the island, the highest mountainous range.
Proyecto Uno (in English: Project One) is a Dominican-American hip hop/Merengue house group which helped popularize a style of music which blends merengue with techno, dancehall, reggae and hip-hop/rap music. [1] The band was founded in New York City's East Side in 1989 by Nelson Zapata and managed by Porfirio "Popi" Piña. [2]
Merenhouse, merenrap or electronic merengue,Mambo o Mambo de Calle is a style of Dominican merengue music formed by blending with dancehall reggae and hip hop. [1] The mix of Latin music, house music and dancehall started in NYC in the late 1980s. Merenhouse usually combines rap singing (talk-singing) with actual singing.
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On July 16, 2020, Grupo Manía released the official video of single "Get Low" on YouTube. The melody relies heavily on synthesizers and disco-like fusions, but without leaving behind the group's merengue essence. "Banchy" describes the song as a "trip back to the 70's", and "something that gets us out of our comfort zone as a group".
Los Hermanos Rosario is an emblematic merengue music band from the Dominican Republic. The orchestra was founded on 1 May 1978, Labor Day in Salvaleón de Higuey, a town on the edge of the eastern part of the Dominican Republic. At that time, the 7 brothers debuted with the municipal authorities in a ceremony in their native town.
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