Well, I think that this board lack some music threads. Maybe there is a reason for that, like lack of interest, but I'll give it another try anyway.
I've devoted this one to World Music, that crazy music that subhumans that don't sing in English do.. I'm not going to discuss what is considered world music, nor the fact that some English spoken tunes might be considered in this cathegory in my opinion.
This will be a place to share your favourite artists or internet ressources on the subjcet, or for me to try to lecture the uninterested mob before loosing interest.
Anyway, without further delay, I'll present you my first sugestion:
Omar Souleyman
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Location: Northeastern Syria
Background: Omar Souleyman is a Syrian musical legend. Since 1994, he and his musicians have emerged as a staple of folk-pop throughout Syria, but until now they have remained little known outside of the country. To date, they have issued more than five-hundred studio and live- recorded cassette albums which are easily spotted in the shops of any Syrian city. Born in rural Northeastern Syria, he began his musical career in 1994 with a small group of local collaborators that remain with him today. The myriad musical traditions of the region are evident in their music. Here, classical Arabic mawal-style vocalization gives way to high-octane Syrian Dabke (the regional folkloric dance and party music), Iraqi Choubi and a host of Arabic, Kurdish and Turkish styles, among others. This amalgamation is truly the sound of Syria. The music often has an overdriven sound consisting of phase-shifted Arabic keyboard solos and frantic rhythms. At breakneck speeds, these shrill Syrian electronics play out like forbidden morse-code, but the moods swing from coarse and urgent to dirgy and contemplative in the rugged anthems that comprise Souleyman's repertoire. Oud, reeds, baglama saz, accompanying vocals and percussion fill out the sound from track to track. Mahmoud Harbi is a long-time collaborator and the man responsible for much of the poetry sung by Souleyman. Together, they commonly perform the Ataba, a traditional form of folk poetry used in Dabke. On stage, Harbi chain smokes cigarettes while standing shoulder to shoulder with Souleyman, periodically leaning over to whisper the material into his ear. Acting as a conduit, Souleyman struts into the audience with urgency, vocalizing the prose in song before returning for the next verse. Souleyman's first hit in Syria was "Jani" (1996) which gained cassette-kiosk infamy and brought him recognition throughout the country. Over the years, his popularity has risen steadily and the group tirelessly performs concerts throughout Syria and has accepted invitations to perform abroad in Saudi Arabia, Dubai and Lebanon. Omar Souleyman is a man of hospitality and striking integrity who describes his style as his own and prides himself on not being an imitator or a sellout. Sublime Frequencies is honored to present the Western debut of Omar Souleyman with this retrospective disc of studio and live recordings spanning 12 years of his career, culled from cassettes recorded between 1994 and 2006. This collection offers a rare glimpse into Syrian street-level folk-pop and Dabke– a phenomena seldom heard in the West, not previously deemed serious enough for export by the Syrians and rarely, if ever, included on the import agenda of worldwide academic musical committees.
(shamelessly stolen from his myspace page)
Publisher: Sublime Frequencies
Youtube Link - "Leh Jani": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgRUHIeaKOk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgRUHIeaKOk)
Myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/omarsouleyman (http://www.myspace.com/omarsouleyman) (with two more songs)
One of my long standing favorites is Shoukichi Kina. From Wikipedia:
QuoteKina Shoukichi (喜納昌吉, Kina Shōkichi?), born June 10, 1948 in Koza (now part of the city of Okinawa), Okinawa, is a Okinawan rock musician who, along with his band Champloose, played a large role in the Japanese home-grown "folk rock" scene in the 70s and 80s. His first big hit was "Haisai Ojisan" (Hey, old man) in 1972, which he wrote when he was in high school. His song Subete no Hito no Kokoro ni Hana o has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide. He is now perhaps equally well-known for his ongoing activism in the name of peace.
He was elected a member of the House of Councillors in July 2004.
Okay that was worthless.
Shoukichi sings with his wife and daughter and his music is upbeat, poppy and very strange. I recommend this collection of hits:
http://www.amazon.com/Asia-Classics-Vol-Peppermint-House/dp/B00004RD0J/ref=ntt_mus_ep_wlb_dpt (http://www.amazon.com/Asia-Classics-Vol-Peppermint-House/dp/B00004RD0J/ref=ntt_mus_ep_wlb_dpt)
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What in the FUCK is that?
Quote from: Jaron on June 22, 2009, 05:16:52 PM
What in the FUCK is that?
World music. Get with the thread, bitch.
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I suddenly want tacos.
Quote from: Jaron on June 22, 2009, 05:16:52 PM
What in the FUCK is that?
You thought that was weird, how 'bout this. :lol:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVZ1qHPe5n4
Quote from: jimmy olsen on June 22, 2009, 06:02:29 PM
Quote from: Jaron on June 22, 2009, 05:16:52 PM
What in the FUCK is that?
You thought that was weird, how 'bout this. :lol:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVZ1qHPe5n4
Sigh.
Quote from: Ed Anger on June 22, 2009, 06:04:24 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on June 22, 2009, 06:02:29 PM
Quote from: Jaron on June 22, 2009, 05:16:52 PM
What in the FUCK is that?
You thought that was weird, how 'bout this. :lol:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVZ1qHPe5n4
Sigh.
I jacked up his warning level for it.
Quote from: jimmy olsen on June 22, 2009, 06:04:52 PM
Your sighs do nothing to me!
You should be thankful the technology to punch people in the nuts through the internet hasn't panned out yet.
Quote from: Ed Anger on June 22, 2009, 06:13:44 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on June 22, 2009, 06:04:52 PM
Your sighs do nothing to me!
You should be thankful the technology to punch people in the nuts through the internet hasn't panned out yet.
I should be too. :blush:
Quote from: Savonarola on June 22, 2009, 04:25:54 PM
One of my long standing favorites is Shoukichi Kina. From Wikipedia:
QuoteKina Shoukichi (喜納昌吉, Kina Shōkichi?), born June 10, 1948 in Koza (now part of the city of Okinawa), Okinawa, is a Okinawan rock musician who, along with his band Champloose, played a large role in the Japanese home-grown "folk rock" scene in the 70s and 80s. His first big hit was "Haisai Ojisan" (Hey, old man) in 1972, which he wrote when he was in high school. His song Subete no Hito no Kokoro ni Hana o has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide. He is now perhaps equally well-known for his ongoing activism in the name of peace.
He was elected a member of the House of Councillors in July 2004.
Okay that was worthless.
Shoukichi sings with his wife and daughter and his music is upbeat, poppy and very strange. I recommend this collection of hits:
http://www.amazon.com/Asia-Classics-Vol-Peppermint-House/dp/B00004RD0J/ref=ntt_mus_ep_wlb_dpt (http://www.amazon.com/Asia-Classics-Vol-Peppermint-House/dp/B00004RD0J/ref=ntt_mus_ep_wlb_dpt)
Well, I've searched a little bit around this guy and it seems nice. I don't know why, though, I don't really connect with Far East music that well. Lack of percussion might be a reason though...
Anyway, I'll recommend a new group. I'll keep with the same influences, albeit a little different approach. Feel free to ignore it.
Tinariwen
Location: Northern Mali, Sahara Desert
Background: The Tinariwen story is already well marinated in startling myths; fierce nomadic desert tribesmen toting guns and guitars, Ghadaffi's poet-soldiers spreading their gospel of freedom throughout the world, turbaned rock'n'roll troubadours, Stratocaster on one shoulder, Kalashnikov on the other, 17 bullet wounds and rawest desert blues on earth.
Like all myths, like all legends, there's plenty of truth mixed in there with the wild fantasy and wishful thinking. But the real story is deeper, richer, more engrossing, and more universal. In the desert oasis of Tamanrasset, southern Algeria, three aimless teenage friends in exile – Ibrahim Ag Alhabib, Hassan Ag Touhami aka 'The Lion of the Desert' and Inteyeden - fall in love with the guitar, and with all the dreams of modernity and freedom that it embodies. They write songs about their own lives and about those of their friends, the modern Touareg youth, no longer lording over the desert on their camels, but living the clandestino life far from home, surviving by any means necessary, longing for friends and family, dreaming of retribution, of freedom, of self-determination. They are Kel Tinariwen, the 'desert boys'.
In the 1980s, all three become soldier-musicians, lured into military camps in Libya by Colonel Ghadaffi. Their songs become the soundtrack of a time and of a movement; the ishumar, the Sahara desert's Generation X. They fight a brief, painful rebellion against the government of Mali. They accept peace. They become full-time musicians and meet LoJo, a group of musical adventurers from Angers in France. They stage the first Festival in the Desert, visit Europe for the first time, release two albums including the award winning 'Amassakoul' and tour the world. This whole epic story takes 28 years to unfold.
And now the third album, 'Aman Iman: Water Is Life'. No difficulties here, apart from the 1,200-mile journey from their desert home in Kidal, north-eastern Mali, to the recording studio in the capital Bamako. Tinariwen simply delved into their seemingly inexhaustible trove of songs and dusted down 12 classics, which they worked up with the help of live sound engineer Jaja, producer Justin Adams (Robert Plant's guitarist and producer of the first Tinariwen CD 'Radio Tisdas Sessions') and recording engineer Ben Findlay. It only took ten days at Bogolan studios to nail them down and freeze frame the raw power and tenderness of modern desert blues at its best.
So forget the myths, forget the 'guns-and-guitars' fantasies and tales of blue-men on their camels. The humanity, the wonder and the epic sweep of the real Tinariwen story doesn't need any photoshopping or romantic embellishments. It is the raw tale of an everyman, who was cut off from history and embraced the modern world, who lost his home and found solace in the guitar, who through pain and exile invented a new style of music that could express who he is and where he's going. Nothing mythical or exotic about that. You can find the same story the world over.
Tinariwen would like to dedicate 'Aman Iman' to "Peace, tolerance and development in the Sahara and in the world of the oppressed."
(stolen from their myspace page)
Myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/tinariwen (http://www.myspace.com/tinariwen) (5 songs)
"Cler Achel" video from their official page: http://www.tinariwen.com/video/tinariwen-cler-achel-from (http://www.tinariwen.com/video/tinariwen-cler-achel-from)
this are cool
Quote from: I Killed Kenny on June 23, 2009, 04:47:33 PM
this are cool
If you liked those, you can still see Tinariwen at Arrábida World Music Festival on the 3rd of July, alongside Tcheka, Legendary Tiger Man (not World Music per se but good nonetheless) and a set by DJ Café del Mar.
Omar Souleyman performed last Sunday at Gulbenkian, but unfortunately I was unable to watch.
Well and since I was talking about Tcheka, a Cape Verdian, I'll leave you with another band from that amazing burst of music that are the small islands of Cape Verde.
Ferro Gaita
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Location: Island of Santiago, Cape Verde Islands
Background:The name "Ferro Gaita" comes from the combination of two instruments, the Ferro (piece of iron played with a knife) and the Gaita (kind of accordion), used to play the Funaná, style of traditional music more played by this band.
This style started in the 19th century with the arrival of the accordion in cape verde, by the Portuguese priests, for the churches, but this instrument was taken over by the black and mulato slaves, that used him to sing their soul and their problems, motives that led it to be forbidden in public places until the independence in 1975.
In July 1996, three young musicians started the band that with the ferro, gaita, drums and bass, causing a revolution on the Capeverdean musical scene, reviving the traditional music from Santiago island.
In June 1997, the band recorded in Rotterdam – Holland, the first cd called "Fundu Baxu", with traditional music such as funaná and batuko, that was the most sold cd in Cape Verde in that year, recording two years later in 1999 the second cd called "Rei di Tabanka" that had the addition of tabanka to the other styles and was also a big success.
In 2001, the band presented a compilation to the European market called "rei di funaná" and toured all over Europe in shows alone and under the wing of great Capeverdean artists such as Cesária Evora, Luis Morais and Ildo Lobo.
In 2002 the band was nominated to the Kora awards (biggest prize in African music) as best traditional band.
In December 2003 the band launched the third cd called "Bandera Liberdadi", that has been a big success in Cape Verde and abroad, adding the ladainha and tabanka reza to the other musical styles previously recorded.
In 2006, the band recorded a live cd and dvd, in front of more than 20.000 people, in celebration of its 10th anniversary that came out in December 2006.
In 2007 the band was given a cultural medal by the government and was given was honoured by the Minister of Culture of Cape Verde, for cultural services.
(adapted from their official website)
"Rei di Tabanka" video LIVE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQaRtDs8LGg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQaRtDs8LGg)
Media section from their official website: http://www.ferrogaita.cv/audiovisual.html (http://www.ferrogaita.cv/audiovisual.html)
Neither of these count as 'world music' as they're just non English language singers who have a huge following in the English speaking world and, more or less, everywhere else. But I really think Caetano Veloso and Paolo Conte are two of the best male singers around:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uh6m6P6dtY4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCy6yGLhhBI
And Veloso's Omaggio a Federica e Giulietta and Conte's Live at Arena di Verona (both same venue, actually) are two of the most perfect live albums you'll ever hope to hear.
Quote from: jimmy olsen on June 23, 2009, 04:50:32 PM
Quote from: I Killed Kenny on June 23, 2009, 04:47:33 PM
this are cool
These
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:shifty:
Does Arkansas count as a strange and foreign land?
I'm going to say "Yes", and recommend a local band:
Lucero is an Arkansas/Tennessee band based out of Memphis. They're kind of like a punk/country band. They're really good, I've seen them 3 times. The second time was when my fraternity brought them to my college. I got to take a shot of Jack Daniel's with the bassist. :thumbsup:
Anyway, here's a few links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sG_N3bTeuWc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sG_N3bTeuWc) My Best Girl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OPFFpff7pQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OPFFpff7pQ) Banks of the Arkansas - this is my favorite song by them. It reminds me of a girl, and the way she looked standing on the banks of the Arkansas.. :wub:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkx5paJBzTc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkx5paJBzTc) Drink Til We're Gone
Worth buying ?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mozart-Greatest-Collection-Ever-Made/dp/B002ZF3JTC/ref=pd_luc_sim_01_02_t_lh (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mozart-Greatest-Collection-Ever-Made/dp/B002ZF3JTC/ref=pd_luc_sim_01_02_t_lh)
It does have the advantage of only costing 20c per hour. :cool:
Dammit mongers.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on June 22, 2009, 05:17:27 PM
Quote from: Jaron on June 22, 2009, 05:16:52 PM
What in the FUCK is that?
World music. Get with the thread, bitch.
These metal bands or something? :huh:
Quote from: 11B4V on June 16, 2012, 05:28:10 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on June 22, 2009, 05:17:27 PM
Quote from: Jaron on June 22, 2009, 05:16:52 PM
What in the FUCK is that?
World music. Get with the thread, bitch.
These metal bands or something? :huh:
No idea, I'm just enjoying my 8 1/2 hours worth of mozart for the $1.58 it cost me. :)
Oh nice. Doing a mongers in this thread.
lolz
Did go for the above one, went for something similar:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Greatest-Mozart-Collection-Ever-Made/dp/B004MJ1QG2/ref=sr_1_36?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1339889884&sr=1-36 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Greatest-Mozart-Collection-Ever-Made/dp/B004MJ1QG2/ref=sr_1_36?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1339889884&sr=1-36)
Same price, 1/2 hour shorter, but this album is actually in STEREO ! :gasp:
:P
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwEides_sl8&feature=related
Joe Hisaishi from Japan.
Nobuo Uematsu, best known as the composer behind the music in final fantasy games.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxRIxovS7nQ