This past weekend I've been obsessing over Rita Indiana y Los Misterios. Hailing from the country everyone thinks I'm from, Dominican Republic, Rita Indiana's music pays respect to merengue (old) and experimenting with electro (new) making her music completely groundbreaking. Rita Indiana, has been taking DR by storm without having an official release. You could watch any of her live performances on youtube and hear the crowd singing along (as well as following her dancers' steps).
What makes me so excited aside from the smart lyrics and musical fusion is her androgynous look. There's always room for tons of criticism when a latina doesn't look "womanly" enough. Complete fearlessness is what you see and hear from Rita Indiana. Merengue and other forms of latino music have always been dominated by men. The machismo music industry is just going to have to set aside, hopefully forever. With all respects to reggaeton which I always like to think is the reason why there's MTV tres, I never felt like it was creative enough. I'm glad someone took a part of reggaeton and mixed it more in her sancocho.
Rita Indiana y Los Misterios -- La Hora de Volve
La Hora de Volve couldn't be a more perfect song, the African influenced merengue highlighted with electro. Could this be what our future sound like? Hope so!
Plus this video, with all its greatest has awesome tribal-like dancing.
Show your roots!
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