WOW antiant...that's pretty crazy, I'll have to check some of them out. Here are two recommendations of mine:
1. ANY Indonesian gamelan music. Gamelan is usually a quite haunting form of music that's mostly played on gongs, bells, etc., and doesn't share the same scale that Western music does (I think it's a 5-tone scale, not sure tho). A good place to start is the CD "Gamelan Semar Pagulingan - Music from Bali", it's one of my favorites.
2. "Congotronics" by Konono No. 1 came out this year, and is an interesting album of sub-saharan electrified finger piano. You could actually play this one at a party, it's very energetic.
One particular type of music I've been trying to find on CD for a while is Pacific island slit drum music. I saw an exhibit which included it at a museum earlier this year, and it sounded amazing. Anyone know where I might start?
WOW antiant...that's pretty crazy, I'll have to check some of them out. Here are two recommendations of mine:
1. ANY Indonesian gamelan music. Gamelan is usually a quite haunting form of music that's mostly played on gongs, bells, etc., and doesn't share the same scale that Western music does (I think it's a 5-tone scale, not sure tho). A good place to start is the CD "Gamelan Semar Pagulingan - Music from Bali", it's one of my favorites.
Gamelan seems to be a recurring theme associated with world music (haven't heard any yet, but i need to add that for future listening), ethnomusicology and Alan Lomax and his field studies http://www.alan-lomax.com/ forgot to mention Alan Lomax that's like the pioneer right there for introducing "world music"/different oddities as a whole with his field studies etc
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2. "Congotronics" by Konono No. 1 came out this year, and is an interesting album of sub-saharan electrified finger piano. You could actually play this one at a party, it's very energetic.
i've heard of the name Konono No. 1 there with the distro/label crammed http://www.crammed.be/news/index.htm, however i haven't been able to actually hear their music just know the name, i need to check them out and other brazilian/world music artists i've mentioned are on there as well, you can hear audio/video samples
Sussan Deyhim - Madman of God
- Persian Sufi music from as early as 11th century. Very beautiful, haunting and painful at times.
Urna - Hödööd
- Very beautiful and plain unaccompanied Mongolian throat singing.
Riley Lee - Music from a Zen Garden
- Japanese Shakuhachi flute (accompanied) music by a western artist trained in the tradition. Calm, serene and also a good test of harshness in upper mid-range.
I do have Folon from the mid 90s. To be honest, I never got too much into it, but I tend more toward traditional guitar music than the dance oriented music. He is pretty amazing though.
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Also, i dont know if youd consider this "world", but Peter Gabriels' soundtrack of "the Last Temptation of Christ" is a terrific album with all sorts of influences.
Yeah, that and his touring with all those artists helped to bring them Western acceptance and popularity. I'm sure you know, but that Passion album featured Baaba Maal and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Youssou N'Dour, and Baaba and Youssou continue to create amazing albums as did Nusrat until his death. I especially like the somewhat non-traditional albums Nusrat made with Michael Brook and Gabriel, Mustt Mustt and Night Song. Really amazing, with an almost trip hop flavor at times on Night Song, and that voice! And Youssou N'Dour did that one in 1990 called Set with Michael Brook production too. Great Afro-pop. Baaba did some work with Gabriel and Brian Eno that was kind of cool too, including a fantastic 10 minute Eno soundscape called "Lam Lam" that closes out Nomad Soul, with Baaba'a plaintive vocals and that same Jon Hassel horn blowing across the desert like on Gabriel's Passion, but I think he's at his best in more traditional African musical forms, such as the brilliant one markl mentioned above.
Anyway, lots of great music the world over and many of my favorites already mentioned within this thread, including on of my very favorites Cesaria Evora.
Lots of great bluesy west African music out there. Ali Farka Toure has a bunch, but his self titled one is a classic. He recorded another one a few years ago in a crumbling old schoolhouse outside of his home in the village of Niafunke on the banks of the Niger River with a state-of-the-art mobile studio called simple Niafunke. His protégé, Afel Bocoum, then recorded his own CD in that same broken down schoolhouse in Niafunke, amidst the snakes and mosquitoes, that is a haunting traditional acoustic set with a mesmerizing call and response vocal chorus. The name of the album and his group is Alkibar which means 'messenger of the great river'. Great stuff.
If you are at all into the music of Mali (and Ali Farka Toure), then the music of Boubacar Traoré is absolutely essential listening. I find Traoré even more moving and soulful than Toure.
For the female side of the equation, I like Oumou Sangare.
If you are at all into the music of Mali (and Ali Farka Toure), then the music of Boubacar Traoré is absolutely essential listening. I find Traoré even more moving and soulful than Toure.
Seconded. Traoré's Macire is on my 10-CDs-to-be-stranded-on-an-island-with list.
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Fairly recently out is Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté's In The Heart Of The Moon, which is a truly lovely album of duets.
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If you are at all into the music of Mali (and Ali Farka Toure), then the music of Boubacar Traoré is absolutely essential listening. I find Traoré even more moving and soulful than Toure.
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Seconded. Traoré's Macire is on my 10-CDs-to-be-stranded-on-an-island-with list.
Hey, thanks for the suggestion guys. Haven't heard Traoré yet but will definitely check it out. Haven't been exploring anything on the African music scene for a few years so that'll give me an excuse to get back into it a little. Also looks like I might need to get that new Ali Farka Toure In the Heart of the Moon too which is mostly a live duo with Toumani Diabate as zumaro mentions in his post. Great thread everybody! Way too many good sounding suggestions. I did put together a West African compilation a few years ago for some friends that was kinda fun and moved through quite a few styles ... http://members.mailaka.net/davey/comps.htm#African_Mix
Dang!!!! I knew I shouldn't have checked back on this thread...This is going to cost me a fortune...Or maybe I'll just let my wife read these awesome recommendations and bingo! instant Christmas wish list...
By the way if anyone hasn't signed up for the Head-Fi Christmas CD Exchange I really would recommend it :allteeth: Meet someone new and get a (couple?) CD out of it, what could be better? I know whoever gets to be my oppo is going to get a great big list to choose from from me :evil:
Sorry to get OT there for a sec..Shameless plug for a worthy cause...
Dang!!!! I knew I shouldn't have checked back on this thread...This is going to cost me a fortune...Or maybe I'll just let my wife read these awesome recommendations and bingo! instant Christmas wish list...
By the way if anyone hasn't signed up for the Head-Fi Christmas CD Exchange I really would recommend it :allteeth: Meet someone new and get a (couple?) CD out of it, what could be better? I know whoever gets to be my oppo is going to get a great big list to choose from from me :evil:
Sorry to get OT there for a sec..Shameless plug for a worthy cause...
Anyway great thread...lets have more...
-Nac...
yeah let's have more of "world music" discussions i agree...i noticed under your profile that you have celtic, electronica and world as musical preferences, may i make a suggestion (if you don't have this album already) check out:
Bill Laswell's - Emerald Aether: Shape Shifting/Reconstructions of Irish Music I LOVE IT and it's very well done i think you will enjoy it, not to mention it has every musical preference you like in this album
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