Bagpipe Music

the bagpipe deserves more than this, so i am bumping with this info from the music nerd test thread

Over the weekend, I stayed at a campsite in Wisconsin. On Sunday morning, someone was walking around the campsite at like 8am playing the bagpipe. It was far away, and I could barely hear it, so it wasn't obnoxious or anything. Instead, it was really ~spooky~ and beautiful and I remembered how much I like the droney sound of the bagpipe. So today, with a little free time this morning, I wondered whether or not there is such a thing as experimental bagpipe music. You know, I like the sound of the instrument, but I want it to be less distracting/trad sounding.

I googled "avante garde bagpipe music" and the first result is http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandjazzmusic/3668768/A-haven-for-lovers-of-avant-garde-bagpipe-music.html

I think this means that I passed the test, but who knows. It was kind of disappointing because I can't say that I really found what I was looking for :-/

― Garyln (La Lechera), Tuesday, June 14, 2011 8:47 AM (48 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

― emil.y, Tuesday, June 14, 2011 8:51 AM (44 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I knew someone would come through for me! This is awesome. So massive! emil.y you are my people.

― Garyln (La Lechera), Tuesday, June 14, 2011 8:55 AM (40 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

― scott seward, Tuesday, June 14, 2011 8:56 AM (39 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

yow wow that is so good too! so hypnotizing, totally spiritual! scott seward, i knew i could count on you.

― Garyln (La Lechera), Tuesday, June 14, 2011 9:04 AM (31 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Yeah, I was in HMV OxfordStreet lunchtime, and they were playing something vaguely hiphoppy bagpipey as well...

― Mark G, Tuesday, June 14, 2011 9:10 AM (26 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i have added both of these songs to my personal library. if i ever have to explain why i love ilx, i will cite this thread.

― Garyln (La Lechera), Tuesday, June 14, 2011 9:13 AM (22 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Yeah, that Rufus Harley is great. Excellent find.

― emil.y, Tuesday, June 14, 2011 9:16 AM (20 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshi_Wada

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Look, it's A Love Supreme!!

― Garyln (La Lechera), Tuesday, June 14, 2011 9:20 AM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

There's also this: http://www.discogs.com/artist/Inside+Ov+A+Coffin%2C+The?anv=Inside+Ov+A+Rough+Trade+Shop%2C+The&filter_anv=1

But I doubt it'll be available for online listening.

― emil.y, Tuesday, June 14, 2011 9:20 AM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Ok, Yoshi Wada is exactly what I was looking for -- thanking u !!

Is there a lot of this stuff and I just didn't know about it? It's such an awesome instrument.

― Garyln (La Lechera), Tuesday, June 14, 2011 9:23 AM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

This is traditional, but different than the usual.

Oh, I was thinking Yoshi Wada, but I thought he only did stuff that sounds like bagpipe, and so, didn't count.

― Daddy Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (_Rudipherous_), Tuesday, June 14, 2011 9:32 AM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NthjtTm32Uw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPiO_G-DEHs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTOExHghKtE&feature=player_embedded

Nice clapping!

I have the Rufus Harley album on Atlantic, "Bagpipe Blues". Sadly there is quite a few tracks that he doesn't play the bagpipes but there's a couple of good ones on each side. It's worth having for the cover and the sleevenotes anyway, which explain why he does what he does.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=af0nTHhBsfE

Can someone recommend some specific albums with bagpipes + slow drums? The more plodding, the better.

Maybe a search for dirge + bagpipes? There ought to be funereal music for bagpipes lurking out there, since the military has used bagpipes for centuries.

They always play marches, though, and "Amazing Grace."

i have now seen Yoshi Wada perform and his bagpipes were identical (same manufacturer, I asked!) to the semi-professional player named Scott (Forgotten Surname) who is also a priest.
It was amazing!! He started with some kind of abrasive bells and then the reed organ (giant harmonium?) came in with the drone (played by son Tashi Wada) and then like magic this magnificent noise starts to grow from the back of the room and Yoshi Wada and this other guy (who was in full regalia btw, Yoshi was not) paced to the front of the room while playing. It sounded totally primordial, like the sound of the beginning of a planet or something. Amazing. I finally feel like I had the satisfying experimental bagpipe experience I was wishing for 5+ years ago.

awesome

I was sitting in the front on the floor, and when I turned around to look at the bagpipes as they paced to the front, the audience was full of people with borderline childlike expressions of wonder and happiness on their faces. It was also thunderingly loud.

that sounds amazing. hoping my satisfying experimental bagpipe experience is on the cards

discovered that another avant garde bagpipe player is coming to town on sunday! gonna try to go.
this guy matthew welch https://blarvuster.com/matthew/

i LOVE bagpipes and other shrill reeds.

i am an aficionado of the bagpipe and specifically piobaireachd or ceol mor (solo, slow, long pieces of music based around a theme and variations) but have never really listened to any experimental bagpipe music

strongly recommend yoshi wada!!
i too love bagpipes for volume and DROOOOOOOOOOOOOONE

this guy is a nice guy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2cru8MjYfY

irish pipes & fiddle from 1929 (maybe 1930?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxO2Yp31Ngw

Macedonian gaida!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyzZyCrYW8g

there's a new yoshi wada frkwys record with a group inc his son tashi.

that macedonian song is great -- is there a collection you recommend?

there's some good macedonian stuff on this comp:

http://www.topicrecords.co.uk/tscd930-bagpipes-of-greece/