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Post by Fox on Sept 24, 2019 19:15:06 GMT -5
I congratulate you on your written English which I must confess is much better than mine. I am a permanent resident of Korea, but my citizenship is American, and I grew up there, so English is my native language. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2019 5:14:24 GMT -5
Thanks for clearing that up for me. I had a feeling that might be the case due to our previous conversations in the other place. This may be to your liking :
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2019 7:51:16 GMT -5
A couple of my favourites :
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Post by Woland on Oct 28, 2019 17:28:56 GMT -5
Despite knowing sweet f.a about south america, never being a big rock fan, when I first heard this song years back I really got into prog rock. Los Jaivas are known as Chile's answer to Pink Floyd, the album "Alturas de Machu Picchu" was inspired by Pablo Neruda's book of poetry.
I love me some avant-garde jazz too, that sense of organised chaos threatening to erupt at any moment, epitomised by the Art Ensemble of Chicago's signature song. One of those film soundtracks more famous than the movie itself, vocalist Fontella Bass performed the Motown hit "Rescue Me".
One's a prog-rock band influenced by the Beach Boys (they performed in Czechoslovakia in the late 60s), the other is a free jazz band, put them together and you get one helluvan album. Toumani Diabate comes from a long line of Malian kora players (70 generations). His father and Ballake Sissoko's father performed on "Ancient Strings", a compilation album of classical Malian music in the 70s. In 1999 the sons collaborated on "New Ancient Strings". |
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Post by Aurelia on Oct 29, 2019 11:00:08 GMT -5
Toumani Diabate comes from a long line of Malian kora players (70 generations). His father and Ballake Sissoko's father performed on "Ancient Strings", a compilation album of classical Malian music in the 70s. In 1999 the sons collaborated on "New Ancient Strings". I had never heard of a kora before - it is absolutely beautiful! For a moment there it sounded so much like a lute, then suddenly switched to a more harp-like quality... I had to look it up. I also really like the Art Ensemble of Chicago one... |
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Post by Aurelia on Oct 29, 2019 11:58:07 GMT -5
This is sort of a "been there, done that" one, but I still love it - still remember the first time I heard it.
My sister played in a couple of orchestras, and generally I'd listen and get certain tunes stuck in my head. One year they performed Hindemith's Symphonic Metamorphosis and it was stuck in my head for years afterwards due to all the times they had to stop and concentrate on a certain section over and over...
A few years ago, I first heard Richard Harvey's Concerto Antico... I adore the whole thing, but Cantilena in particular always got to me:
I'm rather superficial, in that I love some songs simply for their music videos... Like There There from Radiohead. Somehow it embodies all of the wonder and terror of my childhood in a sort of mythical story line - the filming technique is so interesting, as is the selective lighting and symbolism. The lyrics are also amazing; something that I really appreciate in a song.
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Post by Woland on Nov 3, 2019 17:23:18 GMT -5
Possibly my favourite opening minute to a song, ultimate chillout music for the summer. For me Future Days was Can's finest moment, they never hit those same heights again.
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Post by Woland on Nov 8, 2019 18:57:35 GMT -5
British Jazz and nonsense poetry rolled into one:
Under Stalin jazz was banned from the radio in the ol' Soviet Union, after his death rules were relaxed to the point Dave Brubeck performed in Poland in 1958. Krzysztof Komeda was the big Polish jazz star in the 60s (he worked on the soundtracks for Roman Polanski's early films), after his death Tomasz Stanko picked up the mantle.
Spiritual jazz is a tricky genre to define without heading into wishy-washy hippie territory, it's similar to avant-garde with a blend of African, Indian or Asian music styles to give that spiritual kick. John Coltrane started it, his first wife Alice Coltrane contributed, here with Pharoah Sanders and Joe Henderson on flute.
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Post by Woland on Nov 13, 2019 17:38:47 GMT -5
My introduction to Maurice Ravel
Spanish classical music doesn't get the same level of adulation compared to France, Germany or Italy. Joaquin Rodrigo's "Concierto de Aranjuez" is practically a rite of passage for every great spanish classical guitarist.
Classical music from 13th century France
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Post by Aurelia on Dec 3, 2019 17:34:09 GMT -5
I like that Gace Brulé piece... Your music taste is like your taste in art, Woland ... unusually sublime. |
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