This post by @simonbradford got me thinking about something.
What is some music from your part of the world, or from a remote place that really stands out for you, or influenced how you listen to or make music?
Give me some OUT THERE stuff. I want to discover new genres!
For example, here’s one of my favorites:
(Also I’m starting work so I may be delayed in getting back to anyone. Bear with me. )
Maybe not too ‘out there’ aesthetically, but technically amazing and so damn beautiful. As an 18 year old at 4am after a ‘magical’ sort of evening, discovering Toumani was formative in my case.
It is a highly expressive solo instrument. Many performances involve texture and reverberation in ways that remind me of Feldman’s String Quartet 2. The frequent use of bent notes gives it a refined and sophisticated Acid feel too, which is fun.
Traditionally, the Guqin was a scholar’s instrument. I like to imagine that the experience of chilling out and jamming on your guqin was not all that different from chilling out and jamming on your monomachine.
I work in garages during the day so unless I’m the DJ, all I hear during the work day is someone blasting modern hiphop, or country. Some different flavors are much appreciated.
those Ethiopian funk/jazz compilations are full of bangers. There was some great, great music there in the late 60s/early 70s; a real sweet spot between familiar elements from Jazz and pop but a strong local flavour too. Beautiful performances, very influential music for me.
@Fin25 I had to set aside some time to soak in your additions.
Also, I’m glad you’re a dog again. Didn’t recognize you until I noticed your tone in your posts!
Dude, done to death? This was my first time hearing something like this! I really enjoyed the rhythm and vocals here. Maybe getting into more different African music is what I’m after.
And I never heard Gamelan until yesterday. Holy moly what an interesting style. I’ll be coming back to this again.
Throat singing trips me out. Good stuff.
Feels like I walked into something I shouldn’t have. But hey, thank you! Never heard anything like that before!