Rap-O-Clap-O for the Sexteto Electronico Moderno

Joe Bataan is a Filipino-American musician who is influenced by boogaloo and doo-wop. In 1965 he formed his first band after spending some time in prison as the leader of a local Puerto Rican street gang.

In 1973 he released an album named “Salsoul”: listen i.e. to “Latin Strut”. Salsoul was lingo for the musical culture of urban Latinos. In 1974 he co-founded Salsoul Records, a record company which has released about 300 disco 12” singles, including Joe Bataan himself with “Rap-O-Clap-O”, a hip hop hit in 1979:

In 2009 Joe Bataan released a new latin soul album “King of Latin Soul”. He was supported by the Barcelona based latin funk group Los Fulanos. Watch This:

“King of Latin Soul” was recorded for Spain's Vampisoul label. Also for that label Sexteto Electronico Moderno (a South American jazz rock combo) released “Sounds from the elegant world” in 2004, with the subtitle “Groovy night club music from Uruguay 1968-71”. The album has different styles from Brazillian bossa and latin jazz to instrumental soul with a typical Hammond organ sound and vibes. The band often made instrumental covers of soundtracks of blockbuster films.  Listen to “Ramblin’”:

The first track of the album is called “Soul Nuevo” and is written by organist Armando Tirelli. Here is Armando with a live performance of that song: