Music of Goa
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Music of Goa refers to the music from the tiny state of Goa, on the west coast of India, a former Portuguese colony and a centre that has produced a number of prominent musicians and singers for the world of Indian music too (and including for the films of Bollywood). In recent times, Goa has become home of one strand of the Trance music scene.
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[edit] Goa Trance
Goa Trance (sometimes referred to as Goa or by the number 604) is a form of electronic music that developed around the same time as Trance music became popular in Europe. It originated during the late 1980s and early 1990s in the Indian state of Goa. Essentially, Trance music was pop culture's answer to the Goa Trance music scene on the beaches of Goa where the traveller's music scene has been famous since the time of the Beatles. Goa Trance enjoyed the greater part of its success from around 1994–1998, and since then has dwindled significantly both in production and consumption, being replaced by its successor, Psychedelic Trance (aka psytrance). Many of the original Goa Trance artists: Simon Posford, Slinky Wizard, and Total Eclipse are still making music, but refer to their style of music simply as "trance". TIP Records, Flying Rhino Records, Dragonfly Records, Transient Records, Phantasm Records, Symbiosis Records, Blue Room Released were all key players on the beach and in the scene.
Goa Trance is closely related to the emergence of Psytrance during the latter half of the 1990s and early 2000s, where the two genres mixed together. In popular culture, the distinction between the two genres often remains largely a matter of opinion (they are considered by some to be synonymous; others say that Psytrance is more "cybernetic" and that Goa Trance is more "organic", and still others maintain that there is a clear difference between the two). If anything, the styles are easier to differentiate in Central and Eastern Europe (e.g. Germany, Austria, Hungary, Romania) where Goa Trance parties are more popular than Psy-Trance parties - the opposite being true in the UK and Belgium. Psy Trance has a noticeably more aggressive bassline and goa tends to avoid the triplet-style bass lines. Between them however, both psy- and goa trance are sonically distinct from other forms of trance in both tonal quality, structure and feel. In many countries they are generally more underground and less commercial than other forms of trance.
[edit] Western, indigenous, Indian
Goa, a part of India since 1961, had been ruled since the 16th century by Portugal, and has thus had historically closer connections with Western classical and popular music than the rest of India.
Over the centuries, indigenous Goan music was blended with European music, particularly that of Portugal.
[edit] Big names
Goa has produced some of the finest performers of Hindustani classical music, such as the eminent vocalist Surashri Kesarbai Kerkar (1892-1977). Lata Mangeshkar, the most famous singer in the history of the Indian film industry, is the daughter of a Goan, Dinanath Ganesh Mangeshkar, as is her sister Asha Bhosle.
[edit] Pop
In the area of Western music there are several pop stars, among them Remo Fernandes (b. 1953). Goan popular music is generally sung in the Konkani language. Another recent contributor to Goan music is the Canadian- Goan band Goa Amigos, The band has recently represented Goa at the largest south Asian festival in North America.
[edit] Traditional music
Traditional Goan music includes religious music, theatrical music, art music, dance music and songs used to mark special occasions and events like marriage.
The most widespread kind of folk music in Goa was the mando, (also written as manddo) a kind of dance music that evolved out of wedding music, specifically the Ovi.
View a videoclip of the mando performed by Goa's sensational latino band Obligato here: http://youtube.com/watch?v=_aq6uSElyc4
Mando is meant for dancing, and, in contrast to the Ovi, uses a chorus. It probably evolved after the 1830s, when ballroom dance was introduced to the area.
[edit] Home for electronic music
In modern times, Goa has become a home for electronic music, especially a style called Goa trance. This genre began its evolution in the late 1960s, when hippies from the United States, United Kingdom and elsewhere turned Goa into a tourist destination.
When tourism began to die out, a smaller number of devotees stayed in the area, pursuing a specific style of trance music. Early pioneers included Mark Allen, Goa Gil and Fred Disko.
[edit] Dr Lourdino Barreto
Rev. Dr. Lourdino Barreto -- dubbed "the best musicologist East of Suez” [1] was also the chairman of the board of studies for western music of the Goa University and an adviser to the central government for the musical formation of the army, navy and air force bands across the country.
To him goes the credit of getting the Goa Board for Secondary and Higher Secondary Education to include music as an operational subject from Std VII to XII. Besides his countless musical compositions and arrangements for choir or orchestra, Rev. Barreto published several articles and books. They were mostly studies and anthologies of Goan folk music in its various forms.
As if it were his swansong, a month before his death, he did an audio cassette of his music – the first and only one of its kind -- interpreted under his baton by the Goa Philharmonic Choir.
[edit] See also
- Baila - Style of Sri Lankan songs similar to Portuguese style Goa songs.
