Head-Fi.org › Forums › Misc.-Category Forums › Music › "Regular" artists that play with Western conventions of melody?
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

"Regular" artists that play with Western conventions of melody?

post #1 of 16
10/29/09 at 9:59am
Thread Starter 
Looking for something a little cooky that isnt free jazz or avante garde.
An example is Bjork.

I am not looking for shallow bjork immitations like Bat For Lashes .

Examples:
+ YouTube Video

+ YouTube Video


And I'm not just looking for things in phrygian dominant, but that is acceptible too :P
Reply
post #2 of 16
10/29/09 at 11:05am
hmmm... off the top of my head, maybe try these?

Tom Waits - Frank's Wild Years


CAN - Ege Bamyasi


Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup


Lambchop - What Another Man Spills
Reply
post #3 of 16
10/29/09 at 11:07am
Thread Starter 
Sold on the stereolab. Love the waits but its a bit straight ahead gospel on the vocal lines. I'll probably grab the album, but its not quite what I am after at the moment.
Anyone got anything a bit 'stranger'?
Reply
post #4 of 16
10/29/09 at 12:11pm
oh, you definitely want to check out this Czech export:

Iva Bittova & Vladimir Vaclavek - Bilé Inferno


it's not only beautiful, strange music.. it's very well-recorded.
Reply
post #5 of 16
10/29/09 at 12:18pm
Thread Starter 
Hit the nail on the head with that one ! Thanks muchly.

Listening to a few tracks around on youtube. I love the way she experiements with the melody and it has elements of world music and yet also hints of westernised music. Not exactly regular but very close to what I was looking for.
Love the jazz licks she throws in every now and then
Reply
post #6 of 16
10/29/09 at 12:35pm
You could also check out the Jazz Passengers. Fun band, great players with Deborah Harry on vocals. Also, Roy Nathanson's "Fire at Keaton's Bar and Grill" is a good underrated album that you can often find used for dirt cheap.
Reply
post #7 of 16
10/29/09 at 12:45pm
Thread Starter 
Something very relevant to my interests..
+ YouTube Video


Just dont mention strict machine and theyre ok by me.

Quote:
Originally Posted by jazznap View Post
Also, Roy Nathanson's "Fire at Keaton's Bar and Grill" is a good underrated album that you can often find used for dirt cheap.
Will need to grab this one
Reply
post #8 of 16
10/29/09 at 6:05pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by MrGreen View Post
Sold on the stereolab. Love the waits but its a bit straight ahead gospel on the vocal lines. I'll probably grab the album, but its not quite what I am after at the moment.
Anyone got anything a bit 'stranger'?
Tim Buckley. These are all different from each other. Both albums are well worth acquiring. He was just amazing.

From "Starsailor":
+ YouTube Video

+ YouTube Video
+ YouTube Video

+ YouTube Video

From "Lorca":
+ YouTube Video

+ YouTube Video


Later in time / earlier material:
+ YouTube Video
Reply
post #9 of 16
10/29/09 at 11:06pm
Not sure I totally get what's being requested, but based off that first Björk song posted up there, it reminded me of select Röyksopp tunes.

+ YouTube Video


+ YouTube Video


+ YouTube Video


the vocals in these are Karin Dreijer Andersson, she sings for the Knife, so that stuff might work too...


Or I could be completely off base :S
Reply
post #10 of 16
10/29/09 at 11:15pm
Thread Starter 
I've already got every royksopp album and EP lol.
Not quite what I am looking for because the melody is pretty much straight-ahead western.
I managed to grab Iva Bittova & Vladimir Vaclavek - Bilé Inferno today.

An example of the opposite of what I am looking for is on Muse - The Resistance in United States of Eurasia - where they play with notions of egyptian/asian melody. I am looking for it in reverse.
Highly technical stuff
Reply
post #11 of 16
10/29/09 at 11:49pm
Howbout Eno and Byrne's quite wonderful first baby-steps into sampling: My Life in the Bush of Ghosts. They're just the *first* guys who made a mullah incanting the Words of the Prophet danceable.
Reply
post #12 of 16
10/29/09 at 11:52pm
If you're already tired out with royksopp, you could always try their older, more experimental Serbian brothers Laibach.
Reply
post #13 of 16
10/29/09 at 11:53pm
Secret Chiefs 3? California band, middle eastern influences...

+ YouTube Video


Or eh... Cracow Klezmer Band... (maybe not enough "Western")

+ YouTube Video
Reply
post #14 of 16
10/30/09 at 12:01am
If you like Royksopp, then "The Knife" is a pretty good suggestion. Try this track.

I've been quite inured of Mercan Dede's latest release, "800". He's a Turk playing with Western influences, so that might be up your alley. Try this one.

To stick to female vocalists, how about Roisin Murphy? Some stuff more conventional than the rest, but I like this one.

And along the lines of the phrygian dominant, why not go all out with some Klezmer? David Krakauer and SoCalled are Klezmer Madness -- phenomenal stuff: YouTube - David Krakauer - Festival Saint Denis - Bubbemeises
Reply
post #15 of 16
10/30/09 at 12:16am
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sherwood View Post
If you like Royksopp, then "The Knife" is a pretty good suggestion. Try this track.

I've been quite inured of Mercan Dede's latest release, "800". He's a Turk playing with Western influences, so that might be up your alley. Try this one.

To stick to female vocalists, how about Roisin Murphy? Some stuff more conventional than the rest, but I like this one.

And along the lines of the phrygian dominant, why not go all out with some Klezmer? David Krakauer and SoCalled are Klezmer Madness -- phenomenal stuff: YouTube - David Krakauer - Festival Saint Denis - Bubbemeises
Ive also got all of the knife and fever ray

Thanks for the other suggestions though.
Reply
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home
  Back to Forum: Music
Head-Fi.org › Forums › Misc.-Category Forums › Music › "Regular" artists that play with Western conventions of melody?