![]() ![]() Clandestino began as an underground hit then went over-ground – sales are in excess of five million copies. Quickly recognised as a seminal disc, Clandestino’s songs are about love, sun, marijuana and the suffering of the “clandestinos” (illegal immigrants) with Manu swapping tongues, Spanish to French to English. Recordings made on a portable eight track were released in 1998 as Clandestino. ![]() ![]() A period of prolonged travel found Manu in Brazil, Peru, Chile, North Africa, Senegal and Mali. Chao then relocated his base to Barcelona. An anarchic tour of Colombia by train finished off Mano Negra. Often described as “the French Clash”, Mano Negra blended punk energy with Latin flavours. Just don’t call me a leader – leaders get corrupted.”Ĭhao’s rise to stardom began with Mano Negra, the pioneering French rock band who existed from 1986 - 1994. “I’m an activist,” says Chao, “as we all should be. For many this Latin imp is an iconic figure who rails against the ills of globalisation and the abuses of governments. To others Chao’s the future of world music. For some Manu’s the saviour of rock’n’roll. Music historians typically divide the history of ska into three periods: the original Jamaican scene of the 1960s the 2 Tone ska revival of the late 1970s in Britain, which fused Jamaican ska rhythms and melodies with the faster tempos and harder edge of punk rock forming ska-punk and third wave ska, which involved bands from a wide range of countries around the world, in the late 1980s and 1990s.Paris born, Barcelona based and a true citizen of the world, Manu Chao is a superstar across much of Europe and Latin America and that rare artist who appears to mean all things to all people. Later it became popular with many skinheads. In the early 1960s, ska was the dominant music genre of Jamaica and was popular with British mods. It was developed in Jamaica in the 1960s when Stranger Cole, Prince Buster, Clement "Coxsone" Dodd, and Duke Reid formed sound systems to play American rhythm and blues and then began recording their own songs. Ska is characterized by a walking bass line accented with rhythms on the off beat. It combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues. Ska is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. ![]()
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