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morca007:

--- Quote from: DynamiteKid ---'World' music is the dumbest genre title ever. Surely 'world' music encompasses ALL MUSIC produced on Earth?
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True.Dat

But, like the cultural chauvanists we are, we need umpteen million subgenres of our own music, while everything else is clumped together.

Stifled Dreams:
We have a friend who runs a company that gives exposure to little-known artists from across the world and gets them money for their music. These are people who actually, y'know, need the moeny to live. My brother sometimes writes reviews. Check it out.

I had the pleasure of seeing Rahim AlHaj (of Iraq) playing the oud on Saturday. He was amazingly skilled and his music was very emotional. It pretty much kicked ass. He had a story to go along with every song. He also did this thing where he played a melody and then improvised on it in the style of any Middle Eastern country that an audience member called out. He called it "Soul of the Middle East." Interestingly enough, he refused to do a few countries - whether on political or musical grounds, we are not sure.

I heard the soundtrack of this Yugoslavian (I think?) movie called Underground this summer. The music was so intensely good; if anyone knows how I could obtain the soundtrack, advice would be much appreciated! EDIT: Just kidding, found it on Amazon.

(And if you seriously think that "World" is the dumbest name for a genre ever, than you are seriously overlooking many ridiculous genre names that I do not feel like listing. Seriously, guys, get over yourselves)

ALoveSupreme:
Recently I've come across a few bands that basically perfectly filled the void of music I was dreaming of and didn't know it:

http://www.beirutband.com/
^Beirut (though from New York, he creates some of the most amazing and hypnotic Siberian Brass Ensemble tunes I could imagine)

http://www.crammed.be/kocani-orkestar/index.htm
^Kocani Orkestar

http://www.thinkofone.be/
^Think of One (Belgium gypsy/folk)

salada:

--- Quote from: Kid Modernist on 23 Sep 2006, 13:34 ---Manu Chao (Pretty famous in Europe, I hear and maybe overplayed for them, but I dig it a lot)
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MY GOD DESTROY MANU CHAU JESUS CHRIST SOMEBODY KILL HIM AND THEN HUNT DOWN EVERY COPY OF EVERY RECORD HE'S EVER MADE




THEN BURN THEM


but yeah, you kind of hit it on the head with the "overplayed" thing. at least in france.

also, gogol bordello fucking rule. they're touring here soon-ish. excited.

rynne:
I posted this on another thread, but anyone discussing "world" music should read David Byrne's "I Hate World Music" essay.

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