Chutney music

Chutney is one in the Caribbean, there particularly in Trinidad and Suriname, popular music genre, which picks up the items from Calypso, Soca, and traditional Indian music. Often the term even the subgenre of chutney Socas meant.

Often there are the songs of traditional Indian songs or Bollywood music, which are placed on a fast Soca or calypso beat. The performers sing in Hindi or English. After the music had developed in the Indian diaspora in the Caribbean, it is now one of the most popular styles of the region.

Typical musical components of modern chutneys are a fast, driving tempo and a clear of Indian music influenced melody.

Therefore, English-language compositions occurred since the late 1980s intensified, as did the basic structure of the pieces of traditional Indian music away and turned to a more western view towards music. Many pieces are now produced directly for parties and especially the Caribbean carnival, so they must also satisfy these requirements.

In contrast to most other popular music on the Caribbean island, acoustic instruments can be heard in chutney compositions continue. Originally the instruments consisted mainly of dholak and dhantal as rhythm instruments and a harmonium for the melody. With the popularization and integration in the Caribbean music scene are also the Tassa or drum machines that look like they are programmed to come to this.