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It was sad music. But it waved that sadness like a battle-flag. It said the universe had done all it could, but you were still alive - Terry Pratchett, Soul Music
Well I thought it was fairly hilarious, being into the funny side of Kung Fu movies, and the band are having a good time. Pretty freakin' bizarre though!
Aaargh, I screwed up. I was wanting to move this to the other musical interests on youtube topic since it has more in common with that thread. Help! Workin' on it...
Later, phew, I successfully moved it to the right thread.
« Last Edit: March 30, 2012, 06:58:56 PM by Rivers »
Heard Jean Emilien from Madagascar tonight on KUT Austin World Music show and had to track something down to post here.
The man plays great understated diatonic harmonica as a lead instrument within the African music context. This clip is amped up and slightly overproduced(!) but stick with it and check out the instrumentation. Let's see we have 4 row button accordion swapping solos with a fabulous harp player, several weird instruments I don't recognize and everyone having a really good time. I hear a lot of different stuff in there, particularly what struck me as cajun sounds:
Holy Shit! That's some mad stuff John! That poor drummer! Going full tilt at a million miles an hour the whole time. Could easily be spliced into a Star Trek episode with a costume change.
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My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music. Vladimir Nabokov (1899 - 1977)
Yup, I agree, Phil. I saw this band a couple of times around twenty years ago, first at the Vancouver Folk Festival, where their set blew everybody's doors off. I literally took about twenty-four hours to come down from the excitement of their set. As is apparent, they are all ultra-virtuosos. Unfortunately, the bass player is not hot enough in the mix in the clip--he can and does play many of the super-fast, complex melodic lines in unison and harmony with the horns and accordion--how, I can't imagine. The drummer is a monster, too. If you listen to the clip a couple of times and just focus on him, he's changing up all the time, with tremendous dynamics. I would love to see this band perform with dancers some time, because, hard as it is to believe, they are playing dance music. I would love to have seen them on "American Bandstand" sometime. All best, Johnm