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@Flarne oh man, I especially love that first song you shared.
I also really like a lot of the music that came from the French coldwave scene in the 80's. Coldwave is like... minimalist post-punk electronic stuff. A bit like Depeche Mode or the Cure maybe, but stripped down? This song, by Ruth, I think became kind of popular again a while ago. Which is great because it is a great song:
Finding coldwave albums can be a bit of a mess but if you like these sounds I can highly recommend some compilations - Cold Wave and Minimal Electronics Vol. 1 is great, as is BIPPP: French Synth Wave 1979-85, and the Minimal Wave Tapes, although all of these sort of share some of the best songs so you get doubles.
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I really have a hard time getting into music that is in a language I don't understand. I like to sing and I like to know what the song is about both of which becoming difficult when is not in my native language
These days I'm also pretty interested in the Eleki movement in Japanese music of the 60's. Basically from my understanding, The Ventures toured Japan at some point in the 60's and people went batshit for their sound (understandably, because The Ventures are fuckin' rad). The term 'eleki' comes from 'electric' because of the electric guitar driven... uhh... licks? I'm not a musician, so I don't really know what is the right word here. The point is, they became HUGE and a bunch of Japanese surf rock bands sprang up in their wake. The amount of American sound they adopted varied - some of them retained more of the Japanese musical tradition, which made for some cool fusion stuff. There are dozens of bands to discover in this niche, although a lot of their actual music is hard to come by it seems. A really accessible and popular musician is Takeshi Terauchi, who played with the Bunnys and the Blue Jeans among (I think) other groups. He's basically the proto-Guitar Wolf.
I wish more people would do things like this. This offering is just all right, but I like the idea, and want to see more of it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvD_37lX8-Y
How do people feel about songs in dying languages? Pointless or a relevant way of keeping the language alive? I love this song anyway, whatever the linguistics.
I dunno much about pop music from the philippines nowadays. The whole country is kinda bananas for karaoke though, every home has their own magic mic/karaoke machine they use constantly. Every filipino party ends in karaoke, it is the law. Anyho, here's some songs from filipino bands I like, mostly poppy balad stuff i dug last time i was home few years ago:
@Lost Salient the dude who uploaded the shadow music has hells of world music on his channel that I haven't had the time to browse yet, but I'm excited to do so later
Favorite salseras: Celia Cruz, Albita Rodríguez, Rubén Blades, Willi Chirino, Tito Puente, and pretty much everybody in the Buena Vista Social Club.
The musical styles that they play are pretty diverse, and most of them have been in business for decades, so there's a lot to sort through. Some of them have passed away, unfortunately.
The Yoshida Brothers are fairly one-of-a-kind near as I can tell, I don't know anybody that's mixing shamisen with more modern stuff they way they are. I looooooove shamisen. I harbor a deep-rooted, probably unfulfillable desire to learn how to play one.
Kodo is the tip of a very large wadaiko iceberg. Other excellent groups are Ondeko Za, and stateside, Kenny Endo, San Jose Taiko, and San Francisco Taiko Dojo.
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Okay yeah hey I'm not done talking about music in other languages from other places.
If you like folk music at all, especially like the activism-driven folk of the 60's and 70's, then you should probably know who Violeta Parra is. Joan Baez sang many of her songs and made a hit out of 'Gracias a la Vida' but Parra is little-known in the States for no good goddamn reason. She's completely incredible. In the words of Wikipedia, she was "a [...] composer, songwriter, folklorist, ethnomusicologist and visual artist." Her work is not difficult to find, happily, although few people outside of South America or people who've lived with/are related to South Americans seem to know very much about her. There was also a documentary made about her! It's called Violeta Went to Heaven.
And here is an artist of a contemporary singer-songwriter bend. Aṣa is a French-Nigerian singer who sings in English but also in Yoruba, and her first album really resonated with me. Her last album (from 2011) is also very good. These are two of her songs in Yoruba, although I highly recommend the song Jailor and Fire on the Mountain also.
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I also really like a lot of the music that came from the French coldwave scene in the 80's. Coldwave is like... minimalist post-punk electronic stuff. A bit like Depeche Mode or the Cure maybe, but stripped down? This song, by Ruth, I think became kind of popular again a while ago. Which is great because it is a great song:
Finding coldwave albums can be a bit of a mess but if you like these sounds I can highly recommend some compilations - Cold Wave and Minimal Electronics Vol. 1 is great, as is BIPPP: French Synth Wave 1979-85, and the Minimal Wave Tapes, although all of these sort of share some of the best songs so you get doubles.
Here's a song by a group called End of Data.
Annnnd um here's a song that I can't really describe, but why would I ever want to.
"Sandra has a good solid anti-murderer vibe. My skin felt very secure and sufficiently attached to my body when I met her. Also my organs." HAIL SATAN
Aw, I'd totally missed that
You should check out their other stuff! They've done a ton of great songs, I had real trouble choosing which one to post.
I'm way behind on music on from anywhere, though.
Edit: Fuck it, here's Kvelertak. Black metal rock and roll from Norway. Maybe you haven't heard 'em.
Let me sing you the song of my people.
Intergalactic Electro-Metal from a little band called Tupper Ware Remix Party. They're techno-magical.
Also I guess some Mago del Oz.
Man, music threads lead me down this rabbit hole that it's kinda hard to come out of. Gonna limit myself to three videos here, in no particular order.
oh man this video.... it was funny enough when the kid started singing but I was about in tears when he put the owl on his head
e: also I loved the song
e2: Indie Winter, I love Raichel's stuff with Vieux Farka Toure:
"Sandra has a good solid anti-murderer vibe. My skin felt very secure and sufficiently attached to my body when I met her. Also my organs." HAIL SATAN
"Sandra has a good solid anti-murderer vibe. My skin felt very secure and sufficiently attached to my body when I met her. Also my organs." HAIL SATAN
Ha! No fucking wonder then.
This is fucking rad as hell.
Correct!
The Queen of the Songs of my People.
This is my fucking jam, all right?
Not my people, but these kids are a couple of face melters, tell you what.
Seeing these guys live is an experience.
I wish more people would do things like this. This offering is just all right, but I like the idea, and want to see more of it.
Listen to more music that has accordion in it.
MORE ACCORDION.
oh well, have some Altan Urag instead!
GoFund The Portland Trans Pride March, or Show It To People, or Else!
And this shadow music stuff is aaamaazing
I am so happy I made this thread!
"Sandra has a good solid anti-murderer vibe. My skin felt very secure and sufficiently attached to my body when I met her. Also my organs." HAIL SATAN
The musical styles that they play are pretty diverse, and most of them have been in business for decades, so there's a lot to sort through. Some of them have passed away, unfortunately.
The Yoshida Brothers are fairly one-of-a-kind near as I can tell, I don't know anybody that's mixing shamisen with more modern stuff they way they are. I looooooove shamisen. I harbor a deep-rooted, probably unfulfillable desire to learn how to play one.
Kodo is the tip of a very large wadaiko iceberg. Other excellent groups are Ondeko Za, and stateside, Kenny Endo, San Jose Taiko, and San Francisco Taiko Dojo.
True battle rap.
If you like folk music at all, especially like the activism-driven folk of the 60's and 70's, then you should probably know who Violeta Parra is. Joan Baez sang many of her songs and made a hit out of 'Gracias a la Vida' but Parra is little-known in the States for no good goddamn reason. She's completely incredible. In the words of Wikipedia, she was "a [...] composer, songwriter, folklorist, ethnomusicologist and visual artist." Her work is not difficult to find, happily, although few people outside of South America or people who've lived with/are related to South Americans seem to know very much about her. There was also a documentary made about her! It's called Violeta Went to Heaven.
And here is an artist of a contemporary singer-songwriter bend. Aṣa is a French-Nigerian singer who sings in English but also in Yoruba, and her first album really resonated with me. Her last album (from 2011) is also very good. These are two of her songs in Yoruba, although I highly recommend the song Jailor and Fire on the Mountain also.
"Sandra has a good solid anti-murderer vibe. My skin felt very secure and sufficiently attached to my body when I met her. Also my organs." HAIL SATAN
a band from oshawa that I heard of after riding the go-train back from Heavy Metal T.O last year with the dudes buddy
and well the metal kings from France GOJIRA
Coran Attack!