Worldbeat
The term World Beat as a music style name has come up in the early 1980s, as a multiply international pop music was connected with folklore from all regions of the world. The term Worldbeat is not bound to a specific style, but primarily represents the multicultural fusion of music in the foreground.
Description
When Peter Gabriel ( former Genesis singer) 1982 have WOMAD Festival ( " World of Music Arts and Dance" ) launched, the concept of World Beat came on for the first time. Through this festival of music, art and dance of different cultures the interest of other artists such as David Byrne and Paul Simon was awakened in folklore from around the world, which started from the mid-1980s, working with musicians from Asia, South America and Africa and albums produce. Very successful was Paul Simon in 1986 with his album Graceland, which he recorded in South Africa.
Especially artists from Africa benefited from the emergence of the World Beat. In the early 1990s became as well known example of the Senegalese Youssou N'Dour, among others thanks to his collaboration with Peter Gabriel 's international breakthrough in Europe.
2002 Panjabi MC was with his World Beat Hit Mundian To Bach Ke very successful and made it to Germany up to # 2 on the singles chart.
Features
Characteristic of the World Beat is the mixing traditional sounds with contemporary and modern sounds.
Although Worldbeat is often equated with world music, one has to distinguish between the two terms. World Music is an umbrella term and is developed in contrast to World Beat back in the 1950s. In contrast to World Music World Beat is not only for music from different regions of the world, but particularly for the fusion of pop music and folklore.