Dembow
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Dembow is a Dominican musical genre[1][2] that can be traced to a riddim that originated in Jamaican dancehall.[3] When Shabba Ranks released "Dem Bow" in 1990, it did not take long for the dembow genre to form. Riddims were built from the song and the sound became a popular part of reggaeton. From there it took off in Dominican Republic creating the sound UNDERWORLD ("Bajo Mundo" in Spanish). It hit the streets of New York and from there it made its way to all of Latin America. The Dominican Dembow sound keeps evolving and has been fusioned with Trap music since 2016 and it's also fusioned with Bachata and Merengue from the Dominican Republic. Dembow artists are called "Dembowseros"[4][5]
Characteristics
The main element of dembow music is its rhythm, which is somewhat reminiscent of reggaeton and dancehall music, but with a more constant rhythm and faster beats per minute than reggaeton. Rhythm and melodies in dembow tend to be simple and repetitive.
See also
References
- ^ "Dembow Took Over Dominican Republic in 1990. Can It Take Over the World?".
- ^ "El dembow: el sonido urbano del momento".
- ^ "Historia breve del Reggae jamaiquino, Reggaeton y Dembow". Archived from the original on 2016-02-22. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
- ^ "Digital Rhythm: The loopy origins of dembow and the knotty dancehall roots of reggaeton". Archived from the original on 2020-08-18. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
- ^ Marshall, Wayne. Dem Bow, Dembow, Dembo: Translation and Transnation in Reggaeton. pp. 131–151.
