Eclectic music from the non-Western world
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Topic: Eclectic music from the non-Western world
Posted By: David_D
Subject: Eclectic music from the non-Western world
Date Posted: June 29 2025 at 08:39
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With this thread, I'd like to put some more focus on artists from the non-Western world which blend some non-Western traditional music with Jazz/Rock/Folk. I reckon that this categorization is rather loose, but my favourite albums and some examples are something like: Osibisa (Africa) - Osibisa (1971) The "Gunesh" Ensemble (Turkmenistan) - Looking At The Earth (1984) Shankar (India) - Song for Everyone (1985) Moussa Diallo (Mali) - the-kékéliba-project (1999) Garbarek & Khan (India, Pakistan) - Ragas and Sagas (1992) Trilok Gurtu (India) - The Glimpse (1996) Bayuba Cante (int) - Cheba (2000) Lin Di & Cool Zone (China) - Ten Days in Magic Land (2003) Dhafer Youssef (Tunisia) - Electric Sufi (2001) ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
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Posted By: MortSahlFan
Date Posted: June 29 2025 at 09:40
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Fairuz - Al Bosta https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wbLBZmL43Q ------------- https://www.youtube.com/c/LoyalOpposition https://www.scribd.com/document/382737647/MortSahlFan-Song-List |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: June 29 2025 at 10:52
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Abrete Gandul - Enjambre Sismico (Chile) Bubu - Anabelas (Argentina) Cabezas de Cera - Hecho en Mexico (Mexico) Sanhedrin - Ever After (Israel) Stella Lee Jones - Escape From Reality (Japan) Tigran Hamasyan - Red Hail (Armenia) Ibrahim Maloof - Illusions (Lebanon) The Necks - Hanging Garden (Australia) Dhafer Youssef - Street Of Minarets (Tunisia) ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: June 29 2025 at 11:25
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Nankai Trio - Antarctica (Japan) Hiromi - Spark (Japan) Dewa Budjana - Mahadini (Indonesia) Tohpati Ethnomission - Mata Hati (Indonesia) Beautiful Bedlam - s/t (Australia) On The Raw - Climbing The Air (Spain) The Gourishankar - 2nd Hands (Russia) Matteo Mancuso - The Journey (Italy) |
Posted By: Hrychu
Date Posted: June 29 2025 at 15:09
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Hasan Hajdar - Zebi (Tajikistan) This folk ballad has a certain mystical aura to it for some reason. It's very aetheral and uplifting but there's an element of sadness and solitude creeping in. I kinda wish I understood Persian/Tajik so that I have some sense of what the lyrics are about. xd ------------- 
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: June 29 2025 at 15:50
OSIRIS If you think music from the Middle East is no great sheikhs, then think again, because this is the musical equivalent of a black gold oil strike in a barren desert. Take a Closer Look and check out the incredible sound of Osiris from the tiny desert kingdom of Bahrain, where prog is as rare as a Bar Mitzvah in Saudi Arabia. Shalom.   1982: Osiris - Osiris - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGfb2R92OHulL8O0Cd__m_FiVL3wRpn5N" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGfb2R92OHulL8O0Cd__m_FiVL3wRpn5N 1984: Osiris - Myths & Legends - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lQw_iHs7RVbxgBMsrBb-M08iSHHmZFgG8" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lQw_iHs7RVbxgBMsrBb-M08iSHHmZFgG8 1990: Osiris - Reflections - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kmBDmjcWP16pVl6U9aoaH8bvVLg4dAC5k" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kmBDmjcWP16pVl6U9aoaH8bvVLg4dAC5k 1991: Osiris - Beyond Control (Live) - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kKPF-FlLEenHW6xPbXCwiPjeItOrlWLO4" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kKPF-FlLEenHW6xPbXCwiPjeItOrlWLO4 2007: Osiris - Visions from the Past - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lUIrC8eLBvk6zeKAK0ATxf7hqLi7tTq2o" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lUIrC8eLBvk6zeKAK0ATxf7hqLi7tTq2o  2010: Osiris - Tales of the Divers - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nGRVotebYvKAF9jXRQY1JtyiO-E-aGrbk" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nGRVotebYvKAF9jXRQY1JtyiO-E-aGrbk 2020: Osiris - Take a Closer Look - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k98_MMXqDS1qJr-wmCIq8I_HJl8eX7HtQ" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k98_MMXqDS1qJr-wmCIq8I_HJl8eX7HtQ
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Posted By: Hrychu
Date Posted: June 29 2025 at 15:54
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Crazy to think that Osiris failed to make a name for themselves, even just locally in Bahrain itself. They were and still are a pretty underground band. -------------
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Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: June 29 2025 at 16:31
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The four first I could think of: Rabih Abou-Khalil - Al-Jadida (Lebanon) (1991) Oriental Wind - Zikir (Turkey) (1979) Vasant Rai (with Oregon) - Spring Flowers (India) (1979) Ananda Shankar - And His Music (1975) (India) |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: June 29 2025 at 17:04
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I love Anoushka Shankar's Land of Gold, pretty much everything I heard by Rokia Traore, Seckou Keita. Fatou by Fatouwata Diawara is also great. Trilok Gurtu has his hands in an endless number of interesting projects. ------------- I make typos so you see I'm not a machine, but I may be a machine pretending to not be a machine. |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: July 03 2025 at 04:58
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As probably noticed by someones, I don't have any Progressive Rock on my mind with this thread, and a couple more of my favourites are: Assagai (Africa) - Zimbabwe (1971) Lula Côrtes e Zé Ramalho (Brazil) - Paębirú (1975) Cold Fairyland (China) - Seeds On The Ground (2007) ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: July 03 2025 at 05:49
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David_D wrote:Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: July 07 2025 at 05:52
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A couple more which I'm very fond of: Osamu Kitajima (Japan) - Benzaiten (1976) Erkin Koray (Turkey) - Elektronik Türküler (1974) And here's one of the two title tracks from Kitajima's album: ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |