By the zonagirante.com team @spinning zone

Ready to dance? Here are two albums made for having a great time, with a couple of key coincidences: The two EPs were made by two notable Venezuelan artists, both residents of the United States, One of them has a long history in Miami, and the other has lived in New York for several years. One embraces the latest party sounds, while the other is filled with happy nostalgia and transforms his old classics into ballroom gems. Here are the reviews:

Mr. Pauer – Inevitable Flavors

While awaiting his new full-length album, Mr Pauer, perhaps the most active producer in the Florida Latin scene, announces their contract with Orianna, a division of Sony Music, specializing in electrotropical sound. And the truth is, this record is a lot of fun, varied, and made to explode in any club. Its strength, on this occasion, It's about knowing how to combine many Caribbean and African styles, with pop influences when adding the vocals, to condense everything into a new style worthy of Miami's current musical scene. This combination of genres brings a breath of fresh air to the stilted and repetitive sound that reggaeton has become at this point. Of course, the lyrics of the songs are the same. They do not lose the sense of mischief and double entendre that is generally enjoyed by the public that is fond of this type of proposal. (Let's not ask them to take the lyrics from Shakespeare's sonnets; he knew everything except flavor.) They participate in the singing Goyo (Chocquibtown), Mystro, Carasi and Chucky73. The full enjoyment only lasts 10 minutes, but the party gets going.

Cheo – Refreshment, Vol. 1: Cheo goes Latin.

Now, let's go to New York, where Cheo Pardo lives, former member of Los Amigos Invisibles. He settled there to do things on his own, signing with the Nacional Records label, One of the companies most committed to the development of Latin music in the United States. Pardo's project is an experimental exercise., An approach to the roots of the sound of the 50s and 60s, without losing a sense of contemporary taste. If the brilliant maestro Xavier Cugat were to be reborn, I would surely praise him and say that he's doing well to follow in his footsteps. However, there is something very specific to say about this EP: It is a fine revival of themes from old catalogs of his authorship, Or, as Cheo himself says in an interview: «"I needed more up-tempo songs for people to dance to. I thought about writing more dance songs and then I remembered: 'I have songs that nobody else plays,' and I started looking at Los Amigos Invisibles albums.". These are songs included on albums from more than twenty years ago, such as The new sound of venezuelan gozadera y Arepa 3000. It is an interesting exercise to compare the original versions and those recorded in recent months. The current sound is more mature, more adult. Note that this doesn't contradict either publication. Each one reflects the moment of its recordings and the circumstances surrounding them. And this EP deserves attention, whether you know the origin of the compositions or not. The ultimate goal is achieved: we all dance, without hesitation. And that's the most important thing.