Rolling Outernational Non-West Non-English (Some Exceptions) 2016 Thread Once Known as World Music

Ah, it's actually Volume 3:

https://afrobeatmakers.bandcamp.com/album/nu-guinea-the-tony-allen-experiments

yeah i like it a lot

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Folk Roots magazine "world" and folk music critics poll is in their new issue, but is not on their website

that Dhafer Youssef album is growing on me, maybe a bit jazz for this thread but it does feature a Tunisian oud master.

Anyone hear some 2016 Congolese music you can recommend?

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

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

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

Pretty sure I listened to 4. Aziza Brahim Abbar El Hamada (Glitterbeat) but I have forgotten it

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.

glad to see shirley collins on that list!

Pretty sure I listened to 4. Aziza Brahim Abbar El Hamada (Glitterbeat) but I have forgotten it

― curmudgeon, Thursday, 29 December 2016 17:55 (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

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

Looks like Mordy liked Aziza Brahim more than we do, as I look back on the thread

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

it's v listenable imo

New thread for 2017:

Rolling Global Outernational Non-West Non-English (Some Exceptions) 2017 Thread Once Known as World Music

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

digging this https://nyegenyegetapes.bandcamp.com/album/afromutations

whole label is cool