Forum: Country, Folk & World Music
02-20-2013, 01:20 AM
|
|
Replies: 7
Views: 1,255
I'm a Finn. Most of the bands here are totally...
I'm a Finn. Most of the bands here are totally unfamiliar to me. :) But you should definitely check out Pekko Käppi. Because of him, an ancient Finnish instrument called jouhikko (distant cousin of...
|
|
Forum: Country, Folk & World Music
02-20-2013, 01:04 AM
|
|
Replies: 166
Views: 18,814
Orchestra Super Mazembe
This is one of my favourite tracks. Particularly this original version from '77. I guess it was this track that made me choose my nickname. :)
2tSC_WhX2EM
|
|
Forum: Country, Folk & World Music
02-20-2013, 12:55 AM
|
|
Replies: 166
Views: 18,814
Great music!
I'm a big fan of African music (as you can guess from my name)! So many great posts here. Thanks for this thread! Myself, I'm a fan of the old school stuff, from 60s to early 80s. Late 80s and beyond...
|
|
Forum: Country, Folk & World Music
04-19-2012, 02:45 AM
|
|
Replies: 15
Views: 2,508
|
|
Forum: Country, Folk & World Music
04-11-2012, 02:43 AM
|
|
Replies: 24
Views: 5,065
Also, here is my one-hour Soundcloud mixtape of...
Also, here is my one-hour Soundcloud mixtape of freakout Soviet era space disco, space rock & space new wave! Hypnotic synthesizers bleeps, robotic vocoders and electric drum kits are all over the...
|
|
Forum: Country, Folk & World Music
04-11-2012, 02:33 AM
|
|
Replies: 15
Views: 2,508
Cool stuff! Guinea is one of those countries...
Cool stuff! Guinea is one of those countries whose music is pretty hard to find. Certainly not the most prominent music market in the continent, at least from a Western point of view.
I just...
|
|
Forum: Country, Folk & World Music
03-27-2012, 03:50 AM
|
|
Replies: 24
Views: 5,065
|
|
Forum: Country, Folk & World Music
03-27-2012, 03:13 AM
|
|
Replies: 15
Views: 2,508
Yo! Excellent thread!
Here are some of my...
Yo! Excellent thread!
Here are some of my favourite vintage African tunes:
Ochestra Super Mazembe: Kasongo (Kenya) - guess where I took my dj name :)
2tSC_WhX2EM
Juma Muhina: Dada Mwajuma...
|
|
Forum: Country, Folk & World Music
03-21-2012, 11:43 AM
|
|
Replies: 24
Views: 5,065
|
|
Forum: Country, Folk & World Music
03-16-2012, 03:01 AM
|
|
Replies: 24
Views: 5,065
|
|
Forum: Indie & Alternative
03-16-2012, 02:21 AM
|
|
Replies: 43
Views: 5,183
Don't remember where I read it.
...
Don't remember where I read it.
Allmusicguide says: "Britpop had its most immediate roots in the Madchester scene" and "The Stone Roses' effortless pop hooks and rock-star attitude were the most...
|
|
Forum: Country, Folk & World Music
03-15-2012, 02:33 AM
|
|
Replies: 146
Views: 44,735
Spanish music rules! I mentioned this in the...
Spanish music rules! I mentioned this in the Spanish language music thread but I might as well say it here too: check out a record label called Hundergrum. They release great music from Spain, mostly...
|
|
Forum: Electronica
03-15-2012, 02:27 AM
|
|
Replies: 10
Views: 1,644
|
|
Forum: Country, Folk & World Music
03-15-2012, 02:05 AM
|
|
Replies: 24
Views: 5,065
|
|
Forum: Indie & Alternative
03-15-2012, 01:52 AM
|
|
Replies: 150
Views: 26,341
For me, indie rock's golden era was the 90s. I...
For me, indie rock's golden era was the 90s. I see 00s more as a decade of the revival of post punk & new wave even though that's when indie rock really came popular. Although I guess you could and...
|
|
Forum: Indie & Alternative
03-15-2012, 01:27 AM
|
|
Replies: 43
Views: 5,183
They say the Stone Roses self-titled was the...
They say the Stone Roses self-titled was the album that started britpop. So, I guess that should be enough to get it on the top 5 list. Yes, britpop is a pretty vague term and genre but I would say...
|
|
Forum: Avant Garde/Experimental
02-29-2012, 12:27 AM
|
|
Replies: 23
Views: 4,602
Really enjoyed reading the "Is blues music...
Really enjoyed reading the "Is blues music avant-garde?" discussion here. Thanks for that!
The one thing that came to my mind that wasn't yet mentioned in this thread is Kecak music created in...
|
|
Forum: Country, Folk & World Music
02-22-2012, 02:49 AM
|
|
Replies: 5
Views: 1,158
|
|
Forum: Avant Garde/Experimental
02-22-2012, 02:42 AM
|
|
Replies: 4
Views: 1,657
Rhys on the dance floor
Rhys Chatham was in Helsinki early this year. I was djing on the event. It was great fun! Rhys & a team of Finnish musicians even performed one extra piece encore which they had "composed"...
|
|
Forum: Electronica
02-20-2012, 03:14 AM
|
|
Replies: 10
Views: 1,644
|
|
Forum: Electronica
02-20-2012, 03:12 AM
|
|
Replies: 51
Views: 11,061
|
|
Forum: Indie & Alternative
02-20-2012, 02:59 AM
|
|
Replies: 824
Views: 280,868
The Fall
The Monochrome Set
The Feelies ...
The Fall
The Monochrome Set
The Feelies
Pylon
Mission of Burma
To name a few.. I would also recommend early R.E.M. in case you haven't checked that out. Their first album Murmur (1983) is...
|
|
Forum: Country, Folk & World Music
02-20-2012, 02:43 AM
|
|
Replies: 96
Views: 24,792
I really like Francis Lai's soundtrack to the...
I really like Francis Lai's soundtrack to the 1966 film Un Homme et Une Femme. Really nice and moody chanson style songs with strong bossa nova influence.
A strange detail is that one of its...
|
|
Forum: Country, Folk & World Music
02-20-2012, 02:28 AM
|
|
Replies: 225
Views: 46,252
|
|
Forum: Country, Folk & World Music
02-20-2012, 02:26 AM
|
|
Replies: 225
Views: 46,252
I'm really interested in any music scenes that...
I'm really interested in any music scenes that are non-English-speaking. I don't know much about Spanish language music but I'm happy that this thread exists! All those posts by Zabarqal look very...
|
