Officially becoming Atabal in 1983, the band is both traditional and modern in its musical expression of bomba and plena.  Héctor Rodríguez, better known as “Héctor Atabal”, was one of four musicians that started Atabal. He contributed to creating musical concept and sound of the group . In the 90s he extended the sound by adding brass, cuatro and bass. Hector passed away in 2020 and his son Caymmi, who began to sing and play in Atabal in 1999, has continued with the band.  Caymmi Rodríguez (singer, songwriter, percussionist) has led Atabal on a musical journey that continues offering the rich percussion sounds of the traditional bomba and plena but with a modern pop/urban twist.  While updating some of Atabal's classic songs, Caymmi has applied his songwriting abilities and love of these two genres to create original songs that reflect Puerto Rico's everyday life.  Most have elements of jazz, Latin percussion, urban, dancehall, flow and pop mixed in with bomba and plena. Atabal has featured singers from Salsa like Andy Montañez, and regueton Vico C.  The group has performed throughout the United States, Caribbean and Europe in Festivals: Oostende and Dranouter (Belgium); the Festival del Libro de Guadalajara (Mexico) and Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), Cuba Disco in Havana (Cuba) and other festivals in the Netherlands, Trinidad and Tobago, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela. 9 recordings and many videos can be found online on Spotify, Pandora, ITunes, Soundcloud and YouTube, among others.

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I'm Mastermind Tha Producer from Washington DC. I am a BMI Music member. I started my production career in 2007. I went to a school in Washington DC called The Patricia M. Sitar Center. Taught by Mr. Rob Smith. There I learned music production and sound engineering, also became a volunteer teaching assistant in  music production. My productions inspirations are The Neptunes, Dr. Dre, Swiss Beats, Mannie Fresh and Timberland.

Grupo ATABAL (or just ATABAL) has been playing Afro Puerto Rican music emphasizing plena and bomba for 41 years. Under the direction of Caymmi Rodriguez (singer, percussionist, songwriter) for the past six years, the group has taken on a richer percussion sound – traditional bomba but with a modern pop sound. Atabal continues what Héctor Rodriguez started in 1983 but with Caymmi's more urban style.

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"NAUROBA"

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