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rai
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 Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 12:18 am Post subject: Summer Music Recommendations |
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| Gonna do some CD shopping; anyone got any recommendations? I usually listen to African music (plus a lotta rock steady). I also wouldn't say no to some mellow electronica, like Royksopp, Mymy or Supreme Beings of Leisure... |
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king of the bees
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| Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 11:45 am Post subject: |
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| If you haven't already, you should check out Electlyric from bonobos. Just right for laid-back summer days. Here's a review. Plus, I think they're from Osaka. |
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rai
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| Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 12:07 pm Post subject: |
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| king of the bees wrote: |
| If you haven't already, you should check out Electlyric from Bonobos. Just right for laid-back summer days. Here's a review. Plus, I think they're from Osaka. |
Looks good; I'm on it. |
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JimDunlop2
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| Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 2:11 pm Post subject: |
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| African, huh? Have you ever listened to Papa Wemba? Also, completely different genres here, but I've always enjoyed Ladysmith Black Mambazo, and since I'm from Edmonton, Canada, a local group -- Juba released some really nice African-style vocal music. |
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rai
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| Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 2:18 am Post subject: |
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| JimDunlop2 wrote: |
| African, huh? Have you ever listened to Papa Wemba? Also, completely different genres here, but I've always enjoyed Ladysmith Black Mambazo, and since I'm from Edmonton, Canada, a local group -- Juba released some really nice African-style vocal music. |
Funny you should mention Papa Wemba; I just tracked down one of his CD's for a friend of mine (she heard a song from him in a short film). I have his two-disc "best of", but I was eyeing a two disc pack from him at Tower Records yesterday that included Foridoles (which I remember reading good reviews for) and Pole Position (no idea) all for the low price of...two CD's!  What's the point?!
Anyway, do you recommend either one? I ordered Emotion for my friend by the way, useta have it back home. It's very, sorta, OK. |
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japanman
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| Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 4:08 am Post subject: |
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Regarding electronic music, some decent fairly recent releases are,
Amon Tobin- Foley Room
Dextro- Consequence Music
No idea about African music but if you listen to Late Junction on BBC radio 3, they play a fair amount of that. You can listen to the previous day's show at any time. Some of the music they play is a bit shot away but often some great musical pathways can be found. |
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JimDunlop2
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| Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 4:37 am Post subject: |
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Unfortunately, I really can't advise which album you should get -- I'm not THAT familiar with his discography -- other than having a number of songs of his in my standard iPod mix...
You should be able to get some online clips and mp3 samples to help you decide though... |
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