that mouse boys album is a quiet heatseeker it's truethey're secretly one of my fave live shows of all time
― A big shout out goes to the lamb chops, thos lamb chops (ulysses), Wednesday, 14 December 2016 23:05 (seven years ago) link
Osei Korankye, Seperewa of Ghana: Emmere Nhyina Nse (Akwaaba Music)
Nice, pleasant acoustic Ghanaian music
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 15 December 2016 18:33 (seven years ago) link
Was also listening to the Dele Sosimi Afrobeat Orchestra - Too Much Information - Laolu Remix on Spotify. That's a Dec. 2015 afrobeat goes club thing that is popping up on some 2016 year-end track lists.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 15 December 2016 21:02 (seven years ago) link
Elza Soares – The Woman At The End Of the World
This seems to be the Brazilian effort getting the most crossover attention. But sometimes this is too avante-noisy for my tastes, and she sometimes shrieks too much. Romulo Froes who I like, wrote a song on this and Soares is hailed by many, so ignore my nitpicking if you want.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 16 December 2016 15:52 (seven years ago) link
yeah I listened to a bit of that and it was pretty good, but it seems obvs that her life story is key to the attention it's getting. This is a reissue from 1970 but it was on bandcamp's list and is quite nice: https://josemauro.bandcamp.com/releases
― rob, Friday, 16 December 2016 18:52 (seven years ago) link
It makes no sense to me to list that rather than the dub album, but it's good -- I found a FLAC version from some comp and just appended it to the dub album.
Afrobeat Makers - Nu Guinea: The Tony Allen Experiments (Paris)
Is this a compilation of the two volumes, which came out in 2012 and 2014?
Abayomy Afrobeat Orquestra - Abra Sua Cabeça (Brazil)
I love this and am trying to find a way to officially buy it (lossless files or CD) with no luck so far.
Here's a few others that were just outside my top 20 or on other genre lists:
Mohammed Lamouri – MOMOstLAMOURI tape (Lamouri) | AlgeriaBaaba Maal – The Traveller (180 Proof) | SenegalKonono No. 1 & Batida – Konono No. 1 & Batida (Crammed) | CongoDouglas Germano – Golpe de vista (Digitalize) | BrazilHailu Mergia & Dahlak Band – Wede Harer Guzo (ATFA) | EthiopiaSusso – Keira (Soundway) | UKWardruna – Runaljod: Ragnarok (Norse Music) | NorwaySteve Lehman – Sélébéyone (Pi) | US & SenegalThe Eternals – Espiritu Zombi (New Atlantis) | USMelt Yourself Down – Last Evenings On Earth (Leaf)Luisa Maita – Fio de memória (Cumbancha) | BrazilHorse Lords – Interventions (Northern Spy) | USThe Dwarfs Of East Agouza – Bes (Nawa) | EgyptLaraaji & Sun Araw – Professional Sunflows – Professional Sunflow (W.25th) | USShabaka and the Ancestors – Wisdom Of Elders (Brownswood) | South AfricaIdris Ackamoor & The Pyramids – We Be All Africans (Strut) | US
― Fastnbulbous, Friday, 16 December 2016 21:05 (seven years ago) link
Ah, it's actually Volume 3:
https://afrobeatmakers.bandcamp.com/album/nu-guinea-the-tony-allen-experiments
― Fastnbulbous, Friday, 16 December 2016 21:10 (seven years ago) link
yeah i like it a lot
― Mordy, Friday, 16 December 2016 21:10 (seven years ago) link
They sound different-- the "Too Much Info" single is faster-tempoed and more funky goes clubbing while that album is dub. They both have their virtues.
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 17 December 2016 04:59 (seven years ago) link
César Lacerda & Romulo Fróes – O Meu Nome é Qualquer Um (google translate says that means in English): My Name is Anyone
Nice, quiet & folky yet bossa-samba-mpb inflected duo effort from Brazil
― curmudgeon, Saturday, December 3, 2016 6:23 AM (two weeks ago) Bookmar
This is really growing on me. Froes wrote a song (or more) on the Elza Soares album that gettting lots of love. He and Lacerda can do straight-ahead Brazilian samba stuff with nice melodies, and sometimes they add rock aspects to it.
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 18 December 2016 16:44 (seven years ago) link
I was just thinking in terms of it's a single 7:13 track (no one seems to be including the Rainy City Music Version) released in 2015, whereas the dub album is a full album from this year.
― Fastnbulbous, Sunday, 18 December 2016 16:57 (seven years ago) link
The Folk Roots magazine "world" and folk music critics poll is in their new issue, but is not on their website
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 21 December 2016 16:29 (seven years ago) link
that Dhafer Youssef album is growing on me, maybe a bit jazz for this thread but it does feature a Tunisian oud master.
― calzino, Wednesday, 21 December 2016 16:44 (seven years ago) link
Anyone hear some 2016 Congolese music you can recommend?
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 29 December 2016 16:27 (seven years ago) link
Was kinda underwhelmed by Brazilian rock group Meta Meta album on only listen, but I see it got nominated on ilx poll. Maybe I should give it another shot
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 29 December 2016 16:32 (seven years ago) link
this was a great podcast about congo music and NGOs: http://www.afropop.org/26411/congo-goma-music-conflict-and-ngos/
this Tswe song is pretty cool: https://soundcloud.com/thesongwriteredition/tswe-feat-patexx-we-let-it-flame-c-imsgllc
also the new Konono N1 meets Batida album: http://open.spotify.com/album/0dz2NmWVZ6XaFtFIGxQ0Lc
― Mordy, Thursday, 29 December 2016 16:50 (seven years ago) link
Thanks.
Oh, in another news I see that the fRoots crit poll is now on their website:
1. Shirley Collins Lodestar (From Here)2. Kristi Stassinopoulou & Stathis Kalyviotis Nyn (Riverboat)3. Jim Moray Upcetera (NIAG)4. Aziza Brahim Abbar El Hamada (Glitterbeat)5. The Gloaming The Gloaming 2 (Real World)6. Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker Overnight (Rough Trade)7.= Maarja Nuut Une Meeles (Maarja Nuut) Refugees For Refugees Amerli (Muziekpublique)9. The Furrow Collective Wild Hog (Hudson)10. Leyla McCalla A Day For The Hunter, A Day For The Prey (Jazz Village)11. Elza Soares A Mulher Do Fim Do Mundo (Mais Um Discos)12. Calypso Rose Far From Home (Because)13.= Leveret In The Round (RootBeat) Noura Mint Seymali Arbina (Glitterbeat)15. Afro Celt Sound System The Source (ECC)16. Bombino Azel (Knitting Factory)17.= Lady Maisery Cycle (RootBeat); Lakou Mizik Wa Di Yo (Cumbancha)19.= Kris Drever If Wishes Were Horses (Reveal) Orkesta Mendoza ¡Vamos A Guarachar! (Glitterbeat)
runner-ups are also listed
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 29 December 2016 16:54 (seven years ago) link
Pretty sure I listened to 4. Aziza Brahim Abbar El Hamada (Glitterbeat) but I have forgotten it
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 29 December 2016 17:55 (seven years ago) link
Kristi Stassinopoulou & Stathis Kalyviotis' Nyn has some good things going for it, but it doesn't quite seal the deal for me. I think they need to intensify the guitar and bouzouk lines. It sounds like they could put more tension into the music by cutting loose a bit more (?). Worth checking out though. YMMV.
― _Rudipherous_, Thursday, 29 December 2016 18:00 (seven years ago) link
glad to see shirley collins on that list!
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 29 December 2016 18:07 (seven years ago) link
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Ha same, I went back to it the other day to see whether it was EOY-worthy and it's definitely nice while it's on but it didn't make much impact on me
― my hangover is a time machine (seandalai), Friday, 30 December 2016 03:10 (seven years ago) link
Looks like Mordy liked Aziza Brahim more than we do, as I look back on the thread
― curmudgeon, Friday, 30 December 2016 15:33 (seven years ago) link
Listened again to Brazilian Carlinhos Brown's latest (on Spotify)-- it's uneven. Some songs start strongly with Carnival like drumming and then change gears; others use guest vocalists including kids; there are ballads that work and some that incorporate too much melodramatic American pop-rock movie flavor
― curmudgeon, Friday, 30 December 2016 15:41 (seven years ago) link
it's v listenable imo
― Mordy, Friday, 30 December 2016 15:42 (seven years ago) link
New thread for 2017:
Rolling Global Outernational Non-West Non-English (Some Exceptions) 2017 Thread Once Known as World Music
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 1 January 2017 17:23 (seven years ago) link
Cleaned up playlist and added some 100+ tracks; mostly via these year-end roundups but plenty of stuff just switched onto the service over time. It's finalized for the year.
ILM's Rolling Global Thread 2016 Spotify Playlist
― A big shout out goes to the lamb chops, thos lamb chops (ulysses), Friday, 3 February 2017 21:10 (seven years ago) link
digging this https://nyegenyegetapes.bandcamp.com/album/afromutations
whole label is cool
― Mordy, Monday, 23 October 2017 01:02 (six years ago) link