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Noted! I'll RYM them tomorrow - ta for the heaRAB-up :thumb: I've got this Peruvian acid folk album from the early 70s by this bunch called El Polen, but it's not really my thing, so I don't think I'll bother flagging it here.

There's some pretty well-acclaimed, similar kinda stuff from Uruguay (ie garage/r'n'b) which I should have a good look into as well while I'm at it.
 
Gonna check out Matata album sharpish, been meaning to check out more African music after a few Youssou n'Dour and Ali Farka Toure albums and really enjoying them.

Looking forward to the next entry, especially the SA one, whenever that does come. :)
 
Around the World In 80 Posts
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Well, it may or may not turn out to be that long. Anyway, apart from showing off my image-posting skills, what's the point of this thread?

There are a few sides to this really. Firstly, this last few weeks I haven't really been feeling as good about getting new music as I should be, so it occurred to me that there isn't really a much more exciting and reinvigorating way of hunting for new music than looking for it in areas you're totally unfamiliar with. In this case, for me, this is the big wide world that exists outside of the Anglosphere.

Secondly, there's plenty of music that ranges from truly fantastic to noteworthy which wasn't spawned in the UK, Ireland, US, Australia, New Zealand or Canada, as this thread should end up proving.

Thirdly, I need something to do when I don't really feel like contributing anywhere else on the boarRAB, and as a kinda side-project from mine and Zarko's thread here.

And fourthly, this is more or less guaranteed to keep me busy around here for a while, which is always a good thing.

Because of the fact that a lot of these albums are gonna be pretty obscure and, therefore, I don't exactly know a lot about them, all these reviews will be quite short - in the sort of one or two paragraphs area. There'll be two of these per every post I make here, those being a fairly brief little look at each album. Most of these'll be from the pre-2000s, just so reviews don't conflict with mine and Zarko's thread that's already in this forum. Needless to say, if anyone here has any such albums they'd like to share with the MB populus, feel free to share them here as well. As I say, reviews don't have to be anything spectacular.

I'm out tonight, and I'll probably be too busy working on various uni-related crap tomorrow, so the first few reviews'll probably go up at the weekend. Just thought I'd get this out in the open here and now.

So, yeah, stay tuned!
 
Great thread, can't wait to start checking the stuff you post. Between this Conan's Indian Music Journal I should be getting a tad more into world music then I have been. Looking forward to this. :D
 
Yossou N'Dour could very well get the spot for Senegal. As I said earlier though, one of my favourite singers of all time is also Senegalese, so it's gonna be a tough choice. Ali Farka Toure's a great one too, but again there are so many truly great Malian artists I can think of of the top of my head.

Either way, I'll actually update this thing properly again tomorrow - between waking up and my last night out in Bolton 'til January, I'll have quite a bit of time on my hanRAB.
 
I promise I haven't ripped your journal off here :D

As it happens, indigenous Indian music is an area I'm very thin on the ground with myself. I've got a lot more of Latin American, Carribbean, mainland European and African musicks than a lot else, but nonetheless I'll be trying to keep the scope of this thread as evenly-spread as possible, one way or the other.

Either way, as I say, it'll keep me occupied for a bit, which is never a bad thing eh.

I'm a bit tipsy of cheap wine at the minute, and therefore in no state to think about music in an analytical sense, so keep an eye on this thread over the next few days!
 
Ta! Caifanes are one of the best banRAB from Latin America, so you can't go far wrong with that album. I know it's not really what you'd call part of Latin America, but Venezeula's another place that's pretty rich with good, contemporary-ish sounRAB. I'll be getting round to them a bit later.
 
About time I got this off the ground. Plus, I'm still trying to think of a good album to review for mine and Zarko's thread here (so don't think for a moment that I've forgotten about it) - that one'll be going up after I get back from uni tomorrow evening, maybe even tonight if I get bored enough. Anyway, in the mean time...

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Not sure if I'm doing this right, but you should check out Icelandic music. I've really gotten hooked into that stuff lately, and I love not being able to understand the worRAB, it gives it a more deep feeling and forces one to focus on the instrumental music rather than the lyrics.

Here's a nice beautiful song by a female group called Amiina. It's so relaxing.

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Another band from Iceland. You've probably heard of them before, Sigur Ros.

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Sigur Ros- Hoppipolla (I would've embedded that one if I could.)
 
Don't worry, I'm open to suggestions. This thread isn't just for me, but if anyone else has any artists they know of who could do this thread good, post a few videos, a short review or whatever if you like.

I'll confess that I don't really like Sigur Ros, but those Amiina songs you posted sound absolutely beautiful. The only Icelandic music I've got is an album by a band called KUKL - one of Bjork's old banRAB. And, of course, a few Bjork albums as well.

Cheers for the recs - I'll definitely check out Amiina when I can (probably tomorrow if nothing comes up).
 
Damn straight. There's plenty of music from outside the Anglosphere which easily stanRAB up alongside side, in some cases beats some of the music I've heard from inside of it, as a quick glance at my top 100 may or may not suggest!

Might have to take you up on that offer as well. There are a few areas of the world I'm having a bit of trouble finding good stuff from, and the central Mediterranean's one of them! Feel free to drop me a PM if you have any recommendations eh.
 
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