Rolling Outernational Non-West Non-English (Some Exceptions) 2014 Thread Formerly Known as World

http://www.carnegiehall.org/SouthAfrica/Events/

I am curious about some of the more obscure to me South African acts chosen. But on a quick glance, I don't see any South African kwaito/afrobeats/dance stuff. No Mafikizola? But maybe I missed something. One of those acts above is compared to Miriam Makeba on the pr announcement on the site.

http://www.afropop.org/wp/20542/hip-deep-in-madagascar-the-tsapiky-story/

I heard that Damily/Tsapiky story as I sat in line to cross the border back into the US from Canada this weekend. Fascinating story, and the music is really striking.

There are two Damily albums on Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/artist/5jkEJPnSB0VcF7EQzgF8mM

I was listening to Madagascar music circa the early 90s when guitarists Henry Kaiser and David Lindley went there and recorded a bunch of stuff. Then I moved on and lost track of Madagascar for the most part. So I want to listen to that Afropop hip deep thing and catch up. Plus I still haven't listened to those South Africans I mentioned above.

http://www.soundsoftheuniverse.com/img/releases/35785/w/sjrcd275gipsyrhumbacase.jpg

Why do I always have trouble getting into gipsy, Roma, Balkan, and klezmer stuff? Maybe that Spanish rooted stuff will be different. I don't dislike it, just not crazy about it

it's ok to not dig every outernational music on planet Earth

it's not okay to not dig roma/balkan/klezmer music tho :)

curmudgeon, have you ever heard this comp?

http://ak1.ostkcdn.com/images/products/613819//bmmg/ent/Naftule-Brandwein-King-of-the-Klezmer-Clarinet-L011661112728.JPG

it's a classic - he's an amazing musician and it's really rocking. maybe you'd dig it?

Have not heard it

naftule is fucking awesome; if you can't dig him, that's probably a sign it's just not gonna happen.

Was busy listening to Chinese rock band Second Hand Rose instead last night, whom I am writing up for my local weekly. They are a theatrical mix of art-rock and prog and Primus and glam with some trad Chinese folk touches. Sometimes they dress in drag. Some songs I liked and some I did not. They are doing a US East Coast tour.

Ended up missing Oumar Konate, Malian guitarist & band last night in DC. I am spoiled as I had seen him before and we get so many tours from Malians here that I know he will likely be back and or someone else from there.

Holy Cow; Naftule DOES rock!

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Mamadou Diabaté – Griot Classique

More divine music on solo kora; however, this one's a bit more chill and doesn't really get cooking until the last 2 tracks. Very nice, but maybe not quite as engaging as Toumani's release from up-thread.

saw the Malawi Mouse Boys last night; those guys are awesome

re vintage South Africa, see my description of that Punk In Africa doc upthread; much more varied than title suggests. Also:

http://www.chicagoreader.com/imager/aphex-twins-moments-of-bliss-on-syro/b/original/15237838/1230/OmarKhorshid-LiveInAustralia1981-600.jpg

Good review by Chicago Reader's Bill Mayer (would just link, but you'd have to scroll waaaay down). Sound quality doesn't bother me at all, though if I knew his studio, suppose it might. Can always turn it up. The excitement of music and audience def cuts through.

Omar Khorshid and His Group
Live in Australia 1981 (Sublime Frequencies)

When Dick Dale turned an Anatolian folk theme into the surf hit "Misirlou" in 1962, he established a template for the combination of modal melody and electric distortion that pays off to this day. No one exploited it more thoroughly than Omar Khorshid, a Lebanese-­born electric guitarist who had a string of marvelous instrumental hits that made him a star of both music and film in Egypt before he died in a car crash in 1981. This LP, which was recorded mere days before his death, is the first live set of his music to be released, and it's not a total mystery why that's the case—while Khorshid and his band play with impressive energy and improvisational flair, especially on an epic blowout of "Sidi Mansour," the recording is murky enough to scare away audiophiles, who should first check out the double-CD compilation Guitar El Chark; once hooked, they'll want this too. —Bill Meyer

that looks great

x-post--keep meaning to check out the gospelish vocals of the Malawi Mouse Boys...Plus am wondering if their unpublicized DC show I see in listed via Last.fm on google happened or not.

the malawi guys don't really SOUND very gospelish. it's more ecstatic than anything.

That Khorshid live album is GREAT.

And in other news I'm getting to see Islam Chipsy live tomorrow night in London - super excited.

Nice...

http://tigersmilkrecords.bandcamp.com/album/peru-bravo-funk-soul-psych-from-perus-radical-decade

I have no idea whether anyone who reads this thread is based in the North East of England or not but EEK featuring Islam Chipsy last night was unbelievably good last night. Really worth crawling over broken glass to watch them tonight at TUSK in Newcastle. (It was so insanely loud that it's really distorted this YouTube to high hell but it gives you an impression.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjqHPCF7BjA&feature=youtu.be

Sorry for the garbled grammar there.

No problem. I guess no Northeast England folks are posting here these days...

Has anyone got the Anthology Of Folk CDs put out by Melodiya - Chechen music, Volga Tatars, etc?

http://i.imgur.com/2f6HZ9c.jpg

I'm going to try to get the full set in Ukraine but, if I cant, it would be good to know if there are any particularly great ones to get at inflated Amazon prices.

no, that looks great tho. chechen looks really fascinating, so does Music of the Nekrasov Cossacks.

My Middle Eastern and North African Playlist column for the Guardian

Thought it was worth putting up here as not only does it have a pretty good clip of Chipsy live but it's got the first play of Al-Mashoub (Idiot) by Maurice Louca, from his amazing new album Benhayyi Al-Baghbaghan (Salute the Parrot) out on Nawa next month.

Enjoying this:

https://d1wtzzt4oxg683.cloudfront.net/images/covers/large/192/149692.jpg

Audio archivist Laurent "Kink Gong" Jeanneau is back with a new LP, a companion piece to this year's 'Gongs of Cambodia & Laos' collection which examined the various timbres and tones of gong orchestras of South East Asia. On 'Gongs' he takes this material and manipulates it into warped, deconstructed and distorted shapes, using computer modification alongside his sound collage and acoustic recordings.

Lots of stuff above to check out over the weekend. Thanks

Saw Malian ngoni player Bassekou Kouyate and band Friday night near DC. An ocassionally great set(I like when they're doing dance rhythms and his wife Ami is powerfully singing), though sometimes they were coasting, or letting audience members sit in (lame harmonica player thought he was good). On a serious note, Bassekou said,"Sharia's done with and over in Mali, please come and visit."

But this article says there's still issues:

http://allafrica.com/stories/201410281176.html

Bassekou and band are in NYC Thursday night I think

Bassekou is a great show but he will sometimes let the fun of the moment overtake the concert, yes.

I see in ads they are now calling him something like the Hendrix of the ngoni. He is a good musician

i've never seen him live but he rocks on his albums

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruYQY6z3mV8
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/10/29/how-to-protect-yourself-from-ebola-in-song/
all-star lineup, strong sounding song for a quickly produced record

The song, which was written by Kandia Kora and Sekou Kouyaté, both of whom are among the performers, is based on ideas and lyrics sketched out by Carlos Chirinos, a professor at New York University who specializes in music, radio and social change. It runs about five and a half minutes, and is packed with warnings (not to touch the bodies of the sick or the dead, to avoid shaking hands) and encouragements (trust doctors, wash your hands).

http://sahelsounds.com/2014/10/facebook/

her playing is, imho, gorgeous + lush

Anyone have international music tips for Paris, Florence or Rome? Wife and I are gonna be visiting over the next 2 weeks.

In Rome (and maybe Florence, not sure), a good bet might be the Centri Sociale...These are long-time squatted venues which often have international music things. There was a particularly good one in Rome, called Villagio Globale, in Testaccio. Mind you, this was (ahem) 20 years ago, and I can't tell from the interweb if it still exists. The Friday(?) edition of the Reppublica newspaper in Rome has a section called TrovaRoma that has music listings, too. Listings can be a bit hit and miss for the Centri Sociale, though, they're often not very well organized. Sorry not to be more helpful! Good luck!

Thanks. Someone else told me about another Rome squat called http://www.angelomai.org/musica/

But its not listing any music past November 6th.

Still need to do a little more googling for music in Paris, Florence and Rome

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wg75c489RPQ/VEb4ggbYhBI/AAAAAAAAFO8/clfbu17tBw0/s400/SM58.jpeg

Fun youtube channel for outernational non-west disco classics:

http://www.youtube.com/user/ultradiskopanorama/videos

Looking fwd 2 this---word from Forced Exposure:

VERCKYS & ORCHESTRE VEVE: Congolese Funk, Afrobeat and Psychedelic Rumba 1969-1978 CD
ANALOG AFRICA (Germany) / AACD 077CD
release date: 12/9/2014

DESCRIPTION

Congo's turbulent and exhilarating '70s: Nightclubs and dancefloors were packed to the brim in the capital, Kinshasa. Exuberant crowds, still giddy from independence achieved a decade prior, grooved to the sounds of the country's classics. In fact, the whole continent was submerged in the Congolese rumba craze. Encouraged by the fantastic productions of the Ngoma label, vibrant radio waves had been spreading the Congo's sounds from Léopoldville across the continent, making these tunes the country's top export. This unexpected success nurtured a wealth of talented musicians. One of them was Verckys, born Georges Mateta Kiamuangana. At age 18, he became a member of the country's most dominant and influential band: Franco Luambo's OK Jazz. This relationship was short-lived, however, as Verckys, now a versatile and potent multi-instrumentalist, had plans of his own: the formation of Orcheste Vévé in 1968, with the aim of reinventing and modernizing the Congolese sound. Blending the ever-influential prowess of James Brown with Congolese merengue, rumba, and soukous, Verckys stripped away the conventional approach that OK Jazz had pioneered, allowing his saxophone-laced melodies to dominate. Verckys also began recording young urban artists with guitar-driven cavacha sounds and releasing their work on his label, Les Editions Vévé; Les Freres Soki, Bella Bella, Orchestre Kiam, and others shot to stardom overnight, making Verckys quite wealthy. But that wasn't enough for a man with a vision. He built a sprawling entertainment complex called Vévé Centre and oversaw the construction of the Congo's most modern recording studio in Kinshasa, in which he recorded the legendary Tabu Lay Rochereau. Orchestre Vévé's popularity poured across borders and in 1974 the band traveled to Kenya for a two-month tour. James Brown, upon seeing Verckys perform that year, was moved to dub him "Mister Dynamite." "Bassala Hot," "Cheka Sana," and "Talali Talala" were some of the tracks recorded in Nairobi for the Kenyan market, songs which are now available to the ears of the world for the very first time. Analog Africa now has the privilege to present 11 tracks by Verckys et L'Orchestre Vévé at the height of their most funky capabilities, compiled over the course of many years in a land of hardship. Analog Africa welcomes you to the grooviest era of the Congo with a CD and double LP release accompanied by in-depth liner notes and vintage photographs.

TRACKLISTING

01.

Bassala Hot (Afrobeat)

7:41

02.

Ya Nini (Congolese Rumba)

9:45

03.

Cheka Sana (Afro Funk)

4:41

04.

Oui Verckys (Organ Jerk)

3:19

05.

Nakobala Yo Denise (Afro Pop)

4:00

06.

Sex Veve (Blues)

4:24

07.

Sisa Motema (Psychedelic Rumba)

4:12

08.

Talali Talala (Afro Funk)

4:07

09.

Zonga Vonvon (Psychedelic Rumba)

3:56

10.

Nakomi Paralise (Cavacha)

6:41

11.

Matinda comono (Pachanga)

2:44

First sighting of the year: http://www.songlines.co.uk/world-music-news/2014/10/songlines-best-albums-of-2014-announced/

wow. Heard a few of those

Been looking at Congovibes.com and elsewhere for leads re Congolese and other African music in Paris.

Guitarist Diblo Dibala lives there and is recording. Another Congolese guitarist Beniko Popolipo who was in Zaiko langa Langa, lives there too I think and was recently in a group called Black Bazar. Still trying to figure out what he's up to now. Some consider him a legend.

Also read about a group called Bana C4 but haven't listened to them yet.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61JFFUaMEKL._SL500_AA280_.jpg

fyi this is great ^