Looking for music with an Eastern flair

Zombiemambo

I'm looking for rock/electronic/anything modern that uses Eastern instruments, like sitars etc. Any suggestions are welcome. Tool uses them on occasion, and System of A Down also has some Eastern influences.

Robman

Uberjam by Scofield is pretty amazing

Casual Eddy

homeworld 1 soundtrack

Decius

Look up the band The Tea Party and see if you can pickup their albums. Are you Canadian or American? I don't know how easy their stuff is to come across south of the border.

My favourite song is "The Bazaar".

You'll like.

ihmmy

seconding the Tea Party. Lurvs them. Albums that I particularly enjoyed include Triptych, Edges of Twilight, and of course Transmission. I didn't particularly enjoy Interzone Mantras, so I'd stay clear of that album personally.

Also, Tabla Beat Science. It's a bit more techno'y but soooo much fun to dance to

Kakodaimonos

How about metal?

There's Melechesh:

Melechesh - Deluge of Delusion

And Nile:

Nile - Sacrifice Unto Sebek

Shorn Scrotum Man

Ra

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxd11ysdHYA

jimb213

Decius wrote: »

Look up the band The Tea Party and see if you can pickup their albums. Are you Canadian or American? I don't know how easy their stuff is to come across south of the border.

My favourite song is "The Bazaar".

You'll like.

Definitely The Tea Party. Transmisison and Tryptych are probably my two favorite, but the 2nd album they released (forgot the name, the one with The Bazaar and Sister Awake) is one with the most eastern instrumentation.

They're Led Zepplin + The Doors with "an eastern flair."

Djeet

Midival Punditz. Actually Bhangra Fever is the song thing that leapt to mind. Not sure if they are playing or just sampling. Very electronic.

Zombiemambo

Thanks for the suggestions!

HighPoweredMutant

Secret Chiefs 3- They are like Eastern/Surf Rock/Electronic/Movie soundtrack/Death Metal/funky...yea

Takes a minute for them to start playing in this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lox4fY4RZSI&feature=related

Also love:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4OVVSU8Y0k

Matt_S

Cheb i Sabbah - Jai Bhavani

Cheb i Sabbah is great, and sounds like the type of music you're looking for. I saw him when he came to Seattle for Bumbershoot a couple summers ago, and he was fantastic.

Dangerbird

Try this nifty song:

Talvin Singh - You Can Find The Feeling

Slo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTWrbJN7SeQ

Pheezer

Decius wrote: »

Look up the band The Tea Party and see if you can pickup their albums. Are you Canadian or American? I don't know how easy their stuff is to come across south of the border.

My favourite song is "The Bazaar".

You'll like.

I strongly second this but only the first three major releases and the third less so than the others. The two you need to hear before you die are:
Splendor Solis
The Edges of Twilight

the optional one is Transmission. Mostly because the first radio single was the worst song on the album and it was relentlessly overplayed.

Here are a few other good songs of theirs:

Sister Awake
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDYIlaaw_yI


Fire in the Head
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8-Q2CVEjNE


The River (probably their best song of all)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh0C3e0He2k

Sir Carcass

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lahqVxP3hTg

Scalfin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyqN9uD11Tg

What looks like a banjo is actually a turkish instrument called a combus.

Some Israelis like to put their middle eastern heritage into their music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPbIzrGxJAU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i9GmKz5FFk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKbpjw3_EZM

Then there's this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNQzi9CsipU

It's not quite as interesting as the erhu cover I once heard, but still neat.

1/2 man 1/2 bear 1/2 pig

Balkan Beat Box

Sam

This. This so hard.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qghc6j6omA&feature=related

Forbe!

A Hawk and a Hacksaw plays a Western interpretation of traditional Romanian (Roma, see: Gypsy) music. It is pretty true to traditional eastern European music, to the point where they tour with many Roma ensembles in their retainer.

No sitars, but lots of brass and accordion. Worth checking out if you're into traditional folk/world music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FM5zZtF1jw

japan

Asian Dub Foundation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yinhIK9FyfQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTktq4CFZ7Q

Lots of tabla and dhol, guitars tuned like sitars, etc. Also bhangra-style backing vocals.

mechaThor

This is the only song by them that sounds like this, but Ars Moriendi by Mr. Bungle is pretty kickin'.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVptUewHi24

The quality of this live recording is pretty good, but imo the album version does it much better justice.

TychoCelchuuu

Casual Eddy wrote: »

homeworld 1 soundtrack

I made a Grooveshark playlist of this! You can skip Adagio for Strings if you only want the Eastern flair and have no heart.

HighPoweredMutant

mechaThor wrote: »

This is the only song by them that sounds like this, but Ars Moriendi by Mr. Bungle is pretty kickin'.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVptUewHi24

The quality of this live recording is pretty good, but imo the album version does it much better justice.

The Secret Chiefs I posted are some of the members of Mr. Bungle. Trey Spruance, the main composer idea man for both bands, is very much influenced by eastern music in his compositions.

Zombiemambo

Thanks for more stuff!

kitch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R_0NNMfS3A

Made with samples from old Vietnamese recordings.

Mitsuhide

+1 for The Tea Party, been one of my favourite bands for years. (I'm Canadian :P)

Check out Dream Theater's In The Name Of God.

Awesome, awesome song, very Eastern sounding. The bass lines alone are sweet. :P

Part 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaGzdOg6EIY&feature=PlayList&p=BD99936CAC2F0D24&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=26

Part 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAsVYKEAjY8&feature=PlayList&p=BD99936CAC2F0D24&index=27

One of my favourite songs from my favourite band.

Niceguy Myeye

I meant to post this earlier and I'm aware that you're looking for specific music suggestions, but you may want to watch the Documentary called "Crossing the Bridge."

It's a documentary on Turkish music that you can find on Google Video.