GRUPO NICHE:
to dance and enjoy. Ah
it! Grupo Niche is a training Colombian salsa music enjoys great popularity in Latin America. It was created in 1981 by Jairo Varela, who is the director of the orchestra, singer (in 5 productions: Triumph, I smell a double, with rope Niche, Niche musical history and Subtle and powerful) and author of his songs.
Grupo Niche production is characterized by vigorous and dance salsa, salsa as well as romantic and something of Colombian folklore.
For many connoisseurs, Jairo Varela is the first that is posed, seriously, the internalization of Colombian salsa, and that it down, even from their first album, Al Pasito in 1979. As the name implies, the song of blackness is the flag and rationale of this band, a way of passing bay to other bands with dance music held by soda and "Whitey." Assuming the so-called "social singing", which had developed so emblematic Blades and Curet Alonso, among others, Niche qualifies him in his early eighties with Colombian circumstances and tones. However, ending the decade since, Varela gives a change of course, slight, but significant, in the tone of his repertoire, and song of love, playfulness and simplicity assumed, becomes the dominant brand. In some of his latest productions (from mid morning to present), the emphasis in the portfolio shifts to a broad spectrum of native rhythms.
(1) Some of his greatest singers Jorge Bassam, Hector Viveros Mauricio Castillo, Alvaro del Castillo, Moncho Santana, Tito Gomez (RIP), Richie Valdez, Javier Vazquez, Willie Garcia, Charlie Cardona, Carlos Guerrero, Maury Oswald Sneider and Roman. DISCOGRAPHY
Querer es Poder (1981) 1. Heart Tribute
2. My Mom has told me
3. Buenaventura Caney
4. I say I
5. Enamorado de Ti
6. Mother Board
7. Nicole Santos
8. Heart Heart without
ready ... Grupo Niche (1982) 1. Beautiful, beautiful
2.
Gitana 3. Suruco
4. Tougher me
5. Romeo and Juliet
6. If you're out single
7. The cold drop
8. First and what
Live From New York! Grupo Niche (1983) 1. My black and fever
2. To you Barranquilla
3. Dream
4. Al Pasito
5.
peasant lament 6. The cable
7. Atrateño
8.
brutality
No hay quinto malo (1984) 1. The black does not
2. Rosa
3.
cardinal sin 4. He who gives and takes
5. Cali pachanguero
6. Only one baby
7. Coconut
8. Serenata
El Triunfo (1985) 1. Ana Mile
2. Flowers were also killed
3. Ready Medellín
4. Scars
5. Bridge To Beyond
6. Interesting, how appreciated
7. Mama Chila
8. La Fiera
I Smell a Marriage (1986) 1. I smell a double
2. A social event
3. Blessed be
4. Tongolele
5. That day
6. To my black one is
7. The trap
8. Squeaky rat
With Strings (1987) 1. Losing to love
2. Blessed be
3. A social event
4. I smell a double
5. So that the black drop
6. The trap
7. Pa 'my black one is
8. That day
Musical History (1988) 1. That first and
2. I say
3. Mother Board
4. Cali Pachanguero
5. Heartless Heart
6. Duo Mas Me Da
7. Guajiro sorry
8. Buena Ventura and Caney
9. Losing For Love
10. The Vales interest
11. Rosa
12. Ana Mile
13. La Negra not Want
14. Just a Baby
15. Beautiful and Beautiful
16. The Coco
Plugging the Gap (1989) 1. Our Dream
2. How can I Disimular!
3. Plugging the Gap
4. María Concepción
5. Women's Hot
6. Mi Valle del Cauca
7. Love will come
8. Sun shines
Sutil and Blunt (1990) 1. Love, Love
2. Bold
3. Bar y Copas
4. Salsa Movement
5. Delivery
6. My Son and I
7. Miserable
8. I will teach you forget
Drum Heaven (1991) 1. Cielo de Tambores
2. An Adventure
3. You looked so much like
4. Doña Pastora
5. Search Inside
6. Forget should
7.
Feelings 8. Cali Aji
Coming to 100% (1992) 1. Do what he says
Heart 2. Saying No to Whom I Love
3. The shoe and Tonto
4. I lack nothing
Ti 5. Drugs
6. Time, Time
7. Romeo and Juliet
8. Mi Pueblo
12 years (1993) 1. Flowers
also die 2. Our Dream
3. An Adventure
4. A Rosa
5. La Negra not Want
6. My Son and I
7. I will teach you forget
8. Ana Mile
1. Mexico Mexico
2. Miserable
3. As Podre Disimular
4. Delivery
5. Yesterday times
6. This Day
7. Losing For Love
8. Ready Medellín
A High Road (1994) 1. A High Road
2. Hen of the Golden Egg
3. It hurts more
4. Wordless
5. Colombia Tierra de Todos
6. Ave de Paso
7. The Tres Son Caribe
8. We are Warriors
Traces of the Past (1995) 1. Raindrops
2. Rafters: Testimony of Freedom
3. The Beautiful and Ugly
4. Es Mejor No Despertar
5. It breaks my heart
6. Truths know
7. Only You
8. Soften One
Ethnicity (1996) 1. Canoe Ranchaa
2. The Magic of Kisses
3. Coward
4. I do not apologize
5. Ethnicity
6. Calla
7. We will dawn and
8. Dominican
Fireproof (1997) 1. You
2. Cimarron
3. Mechanical
4.
Just A Baby 5. Proof Fire
6. Stupid
7.
Jail 8. Solo Tu Sabes
9. Only You Know
10. Search Inside
Smoke Signals (1998) 1. Battle of Flowers
2. Do not Die Tomorrow
3. Novel Women
4. I feel bad
5. That irony
6. Prayer to Mary
7. Seeking
8. Smoke Signals
Folklore
A Strike (1999) 1. A
Folklore Strike 2. Yo No Tomo
Man 3. They Caught the Thing
4.
seeketh Form 5.
Tambourine 6. Kiss
7. Atrateño
8. My Mom has told me
Proposal (2000) 1. California
2. Santa Isabel de Las Lajas
3. Baiel of Suavito
4. Luna de Mayo
5. Mata Siguaraya
6. In City
7. Bonito y Sabroso
8.
Suavecito 9.
10 cannon shots. The culprit is
Twenty Years: The Dance of Chancaca (2001) 1. The Dance of Chancaca
2. Raindrops [Bachata]
3. Raindrops [Balada Pop]
4. Without Feeling
5. Mexico Mexico
6. Canoe Ranchaa
7. The culprit is
8. My Hometown
9. It hurts more
10. An Adventure
11. Guajiro sorry
1. Plugging the Gap
2. Cali Pachanguero
3. They Caught the Thing
4. I know in Peru
5. Wordless
6. Atrateño
7. You looked so much like
8. Seek
Form 9.
Tambourine 10. The Magic of Kisses
Absolute Control (2002) 1. Ganas (La Balada Paisa)
2. Salao
3. Mad or bad is
4. I promise you I propose
5.
love 6. No Bride and Car Free
7.
Good Love 8. Gavilan
9. Photographs [Salsa]
10. Photographs [Latin]
Imagination (2004) 1. Mousy
2. The Beveled
3. Culebra
4. My Machete
5. Amor Bandido
6. Ní As Amiga ...
7. Let's See (gibberish)
8. California
Alive (2005) 1. Hello Rola
2. Damaris Canto (A Mi Measure)
3. Cocomania
4. Mena Rupelto
5. Que Viva Puerto Rico
6. Pa'lla Bridge
7. Bandabau Bandariba
8. Let
9. Goes Well
10. Lacking a handkerchief
11. Hello Rola (Reggaeton)
Stealing Dreams (2007) JAIRO VARELA TEACHER: DIALOGUE WITH A LEGEND. (2)
- Do I want to enter a few details to set definite dates for the founding of Grupo Niche. Does the exact birth is 1978 or 1980? "I think
that is 1981
"But is Al Pasito in 1979.
"The first version, which was practically a work that was done as part of the record as our part to see what happened, but we were not really made up as an orchestra. So I think that as an organized group started in 1981.
- begin to be structured as an orchestra and touring?
"Yes, in 1982 we had the opportunity to go to America and had recorded Buenaventura Caney. The beginning was a test.
- Where was the building where the idea for the group Niche?
"Yes, it was in Hard Daro, in Bogota, Carrera 7 ª, I did some productions but not as Grupo Niche as a composer, topics because I gave them singers of the era. I was approached by the "Rabbit" Jones and said, "Man, I think I have enough clarity to make a good musical production." He told me he did the test and start with "Al Pasito" sung by Saul Sanchez. He gave very good predictions because they will not put too eager to drive, but did so as to fill. But I was Codiscos he realized he had a good future and I made the offer seriously. It was when we had the opportunity to record and Buenaventura and Caney which was practically the beginning of Grupo Niche.
"There are two things which ye have spoken, which I found in my article that are details that you did on your musical influences, some very clear-from child-when you were in school Quibdo priest, who were the musical origins yours. I want to specify the Colombian sounds that moved there and what were the external influences, such as the Sonora Matancera and others. How do you get these sounds from a child? What were the typical and what's outside?
-The typical were those who listened to one by nature in the daily life of a region so remote and the Chocó. The important and decisive part folk. The external influences were the Sonora Matancera, Cortijo y su Combo, El Gran Combo and a could not fend off those sounds because the only fun in the Chocó was dancing and music. I have never been to school with the priest.
- When creating Timba What happened?
"I was a sickly child. Fortunately, my house was in front of the church and I heard the choirs and Gregorian chants from afar and were crucial for me because as a result of that I could give a description to mine. In addition to the folk that I met a hybrid melodically important and have tried to capitalize over time all this feeling.
- What time is created La Timba? Why did you decide to participate?
"When I grew up a little -9 years-more, the music and the dance was what we wanted to crystallize and show that what we had in the head, for the simple fact of being children, we gave us the opportunity to reach and organize music Timba, where I played the flute, but also had maracas, bongos and more. I lived in the neighborhood of Rome and we all dress up and go out to beg for money.
-When you created the Grupo Niche Colombian salsa existed that had Fruko benchmarks with singers such as Joe Arroyo, Piper Pimienta, Saoko. How did you get that way?
-positive, because it was the goal of forging one and overcome the challenge or be there. Are times and marked that to his credit, Fruko, who left an important legacy that we, without imitating, we accounted for the capacity, quality, study and preparation to transcend.
"It's rare that a person has done Fruko from Medellín, where there was this musical tradition, but he admits now that the Sonora Matancera was decisive in his life, as sound.
"Of course, La Sonora, Cortijo, Gran Combo.
"There are two issues in this vast creation of yours is an honor for any musician to create two hymns to a region. Pachanguero Cali You made in 1984 and My Valle del Cauca in 1987 -. How do you feel a musician when he managed to create two hymns, one to one city and another department, where people recognize both?
"I feel pride, an enormous inner satisfaction and self reach up to God in that moment where it lit up. I feel a historic responsibility to know that I can do any song because they will measure me, I will say that I was there and could not overcome, but thank God I have developed themes in the daily lives of our men, as we develop, live and behave, without having to resort to obscene message and that's why people in Colombia recognizes that there are some values \u200b\u200bthat are an inspiration, recognition.
- Do you think the Cali Pachanguero for inspiration that comes to you in New York?
"Yes, it's something being born in New York because you get a nostalgia that people feel when they leave our land. If there are people who express it are Colombians.
- What was the first verse that I came to Cali Pachanguero head? Does My Valle del Cauca invented it coming on a flight from Bogota when you saw the geography of the Valley?
"Yes, you see the different municipalities of Valle del Cauca and sees a message of unity because we analyze a department where different ethnic groups and cultures influence of Antioquia in the northern part of the Valley, which is Carthage, Caicedonia and Seville. Is the peaceful and others and that is something one makes and serves children for a geography class. I got the idea at the time thankful to God who gave me the opportunity to meet and live with people you love.
- What city in the Valle-Cali and Buenaventura different-you've been to a concert ever felt a shock with the song "Mi Valle del Cauca"?
"In all, especially when the issue first came out and went to Guacarí, Bugalagrande, Buga, Cartago. In Buenaventura was glorious. I live out of words to thank the people who pushed us to fame, by the habit of being too humble not imagine what for is my valle del Cauca Valley or for the Cali Cali Pachanguero.
-Todos los cantantes, en la época de Jairo Varela, se fueron haciendo y fueron quemando etapas. Una etapa no se puede comparar con otra porque cada cantante es único, pero tú siempre mantienes el sonido Niche y le das al cantante la oportunidad de reconocerse y ser él. ¿Cómo has visto la relación —estrictamente musical— del cantante Niche?
-Cuando han estado en su momento se ven muy normales. Cuando cada uno coge su rumbo, se ven desafortunadamente los celos naturales de ya no pertenecer a Niche, que es una orquesta que no se ha mantenido ahí sino que va mucho más allá de donde muchos nos quieren ubicar, pues nos hemos sacudido con producciones importantes que han llegado con lujo de details to various countries Latin America and Europe and we have become the orchestra must fairs, celebrations and events.
- How did you feel the stage of living in Miami? Is the relationship with distance, with the land?
"It's very hard because the Colombians have well established this land, we are filled with nostalgia and memories are constant and one is doing and thinking at the time you leave. It's very nice to think so although there are difficulties to survive here in Colombia, but when you have the possibility to know bear all these situations, the most important is the country of one and the welcome we received as people that one reason or another have to migrate to the heart wounded by not having the one, food, friends, environment, rain and so on and so you live with your soul wanting to go back in disorder.
- How did the one day at 5:00 in the afternoon? Did you want to take a Lulo juice or something?
"Although you have the ability to get certain things in several countries, which for us are pretty normal, what one most longs for is the family, friends, meal times, the customs. It's hard to say anything specific because a thing has to do with each other and everything you need. "There
historical concerts in your life. I remember in 1987 when re you put together your orchestra gave a concert in the Plaza de Toros. What do you remember?
"I remember the conviction and strength of mind of knowing that we were calling people from the beginning trusted us and was important because we do not stop, we start with more strength and determination in this second version, a commitment to doing things best and that's when it came from Peru, conquest of Mexico and Central America. By this time Grupo Niche has been the orchestra visited more times and played in the U.S., because we nearly 2,500 presentations and that there is something meaningful and important. Aware of our contribution to art in other countries.
-The concert of 1996 in the Pascual Guerrero, when you left prison, was glorious. Fifty thousand people shouted in unison Jairo Jairo Jairo!
"That's impressive. There are no words to thank. Must get into his head to follow with the intention of improving. One feels emotion, crying because people knew I was in prison and nothing that I was being charged or branded, was true. The village was injured with what I did. Had wounded one of his figures and felt the voice of encouragement and support that will never be forgotten and will have to comply until after death.
year-I do not need a concert at the Teatro Municipal, which was less public, but very important by the acoustics, the site environment.
"It was for 15 years. I've been a grateful life, I have important dates such as we have said, the Madison Square Garden, but it is significant that the very people one would recognize the values, to feel a round of applause at a latitude different from ours . When one comes in a Colombian audience is better prepared because you can not make mistakes and have to give your heart through our songs for the people here realize that their children are and what we do is sacrifice, like leaving family, friends and others in order to be delivered with all the love in the world.
"In this growth, which is called salsa in Europe, you were a pioneer with Niche, what is the country, the city or the show in Europe that you said, here are feeling.
"We made a very important concert in Paris. Also made in the municipalities of different parties in the Rome festival, festival in Milan, Cologne, Germany, Berlin, Amsterdam, Holland, Zurich, Spain, England, Norway. Finally, are other experiences, other cultures and is important to look interested. Caught my attention in London, where I met a Polish journalist who does not remember the name, I knew my life more than any friend, knew how come, how it started, how he had, the dates of separations that occurred in the Grupo Niche and a number of things that encourages and engages him one. Europe is a very important place for us. So much so that you have just seen the recording you're doing a song dedicated to Madrid, which is a beautiful city, with the help of tools like Google did not have before Arts, known landmarks and to integrate them into a song, an interesting experience. I was not alone. When Agustin Lara's Granada, Spain did not know. It is more effort not know the place, their customs, language.
- What other places have impressed you?
"I'm surprised Japan. It's another thing, a very different way of thinking, but coupled with the sauce enjoy the dance, cry and express their feelings with a dance way more technical but equally what we imagined, as was to a song burn it, shape it, glad that's gone this far.
-ever I could share with you an end of the Pacific Festival of Petronio Álvarez. I asked you: what could be the future of the music of the Pacific? And you answered me: "When do the musicians, is music." What do you think now after seeing grow the contributions you have made are roots, but there have been contributions of Alexis, the new musicians who are strong in that merger. What can you see in that growth?
"It's a commitment to ourselves to be able to dress peaceful music, give other shades, other arrangements, with different instruments to try to make the attempt to disseminate and internationalize. Indeed, these days talking to Hugo Candelario, a stronghold, a person who has a general level recognition of his talent and effort, but without being a hero, we need to inject the imagination of people who have had a significance Music that transcends borders and is on the table the possibility of doing so to leave a legacy. I think it will do and not a single attempt, with the blessing that he has the sentiment expressed through the instrument we do nice things, would not that different because the raw material is indigenous to the Pacific and we put a tuxedo to the music. The group
-Hugo Candelario, is a magnificent singer, Marlin Murillo, who can do perfectly the folkloric and modern salsa. But your purpose is the musical work of Hugo Candelario González, who has a talent to exploit.
- Yes, I thought of Hugo Candelario as a musician, then come the musicians I suggest, is something else, but hopefully draw which requires the project and have a sense to be with those who truly have to be.
"The development of music in the Pacific is a great expectation for the good of herself and salsa.
-I would not say exactly sauce. But is what we call a download, which is not always the same, but is better orchestrated, more orchestrated, best complemented by the arrangements, it is better equipped for people outside to enjoy it more without entering imitations, because there is no need to do something that has its own life, but can simply add the musical experience you have and must be positive to get beyond and more.
"I want you set out what you told me once pass over this controversy was about copyright. In Sayco rights of the author and composer are one and the interpreter are others. That has to be clear in this controversy, that beyond what is, it should be a basic concept.
"We do not lead anywhere get to fight. It's simple. I as a composer of a song I give a representation Sayco, this entity represents me not only rights but I have the right to receive royalties. The receipt I received as an author and performer, but if disinformation Moncho Santana sang Pachanguero Cali-he knows he has to yell at Sayco and that says quite cavalierly Jairo Varela took all the money when it is the responsibility of distributing Sayco percentage that corresponds to each one. If you have not claimed is due to misinformation and must come to claim his past. The ugly thing is to see things like the interview they did with Pedro Arroyo in a magazine, said he had done much to Guayacan. What people do not know and he did not say is that when recording the theme looks and Guayacan retired to go to America to sing and collect the item with tracks, Guaiacum happened that did not want to get one because he already had anticipated and so he should say Arroyo. The results have to be good for composers and performers and not by fighting that do not lead to anything positive.
"I had the privilege of seeing the matches that took place in December with Grupo Niche and Guayacan, which are the institutional orchestras. How did that and how he lived it in musical terms?
"The approach was for the simple reason that we invaded and musicians use them here because they paid what they should be and is very easy for an employer to bring an X singer and musicians put him here, but all cam Silver singer who brought and that's not good. So we conclude with Alexis Nino and that we had to join the orchestra to be more representative of Colombia and lay a precedent. We have been successful, but there's always live and I went through the Niche of Yesterday, Today Guayacán of raising the same hit posing as us and that's a hopeless situation, but people are becoming aware of a who is to be believed. Guayacán contributes his own musical and I bring mine and people draw their conclusions. The road and the management who have made and Niche Guayacan are important to the music.
"They told me you killed the match by first touching Pachanguero Cali, it is impossible to compete with the great imagination of the city.
"No, it exposes everyone to everyone. Grupo Niche has generated more than 70 hits and people recognizes the Guayacan.
"Musically" what you thought was hit that audience?
"Sure, I think Guayacán thought the same since the idea was that everybody came out happy and going on the road, they on the other hand, we for our saying that in Colombia is made great music, serious music projects with host anywhere in the world.
- How many total albums and Niche?
I do not know, but compilations and other things, more than 60.
- How many leads Niche presentations this year? How many tours have you done?
"This year we went to America, where we try to do about 80 performances a year, we went to Panama, do eight performances in Mexico, Central America and will leave for a national tour of Medellín, Bogotá, Cali, Cartagena, Bucaramanga, Cucuta Villavicencio shaking and so we will continue to show that our management is important, always trying to get our national breast feel increasingly proud of us.
- How do you see the contribution of salsa dancers in the 70's and 80's got into the bathroom because they were the wild card two little songs to dance? How have you seen the work of Luis Eduardo Hernández, El Mulato, and all other schools?
-What is done in delirium is very important, dignified and exemplary because these guys who have that natural talent to express in a stage, without anyone's help became champions of salsa and that puts a star in the city, with the genre in which we survive and carry on the soul and heart. How good that the State be concerned in the slums, to subsidize these guys who have gotten away with his organization, which is an indication that when there talented, motivated and desire things can and do succeed.
"I heard two new songs with them: Madrid and Bull, played by Oswaldo Roman, and Stealing Dreams, which cast a new lead singer, Grigo Urrutia. Tito Gomez addition does vocals. The two new songs are your musical weave. What do you want with these issues?
-Reaching the public in great detail, with the same dynamism and professionalism that has characterized through the years. Telling people that we are alive, they are not items that are recorded by lot record to have a force, but important in music because we have a position within the heart of all that responsibility and what we do and what we assume up being very clear musical idea that over time is the legacy that we have always dreamed of leaving.
Sources:
(1) The Book of Salsa. Chronicle of urban Caribbean music. César Miguel Rondón
(2) THE TEACHER JAIRO VARELA: DIALOGUE WITH A LEGEND. Umberto Valverde. Cali, May 8, 2007. Http://www.herencialatina.com/Jairo_Varela/Jairo_Varela.htm
http://www.gruponiche.com/
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grupo_Niche
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