Foreign music

[Az]

The West is not the only source of music. Listening to Ayumi Hamasaki right now. So what other foreign bands do DUers listen to?

[Dookus]

1. Diana Krall

Canada is foreign, right?

[Az]

2. Yeah but was hoping for a bit more distant responses

We need to break out of the mold the marketers are trying to keep us in. Go beyond their charts and expectations. Find the great diversity there is in the world. Its a beautiful place out there.

[Telly Savalas]

24. This reminds of some Rolling Stone magazine list...

of their version of the 100 greatest albums of all time. All considerations of taste aside, I found it curious that not a single non-English language album found its way on that list. I guess if someone don't speak 'murkan, then they're incapable of producing quality work.

[Shredr]

3. I love Googoosh

I was the only dopey white guy at her Staples Center concert a couple years back, but I didn't care. I love her passionate, dramatic voice.

[trof]

4. In the right mood, Tommy Makem & the Clancy Bros.

With a glass of Guiness.
:toast:

[Shredr]

5. Also, occassionally...

I throw in a Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan cd. His music is so soothing and ethereal. Usually like it to wind down after a stressful day.

[HereSince1628]

6. Shooglenifty

They'd be rich and famouse but each set averages around 10 minutes, commercial stations can't play them because of the threat to lost advertising minutes.

[da_chimperor]

7. Rammstein and Die Toten Hosen

Good stuff :thumbsup:

[NightTrain]

8. My college radio station has a scheduling block called "One World Radio."

Thanks to those DJs, I've heard music from literally all over the globe. I often don't understand the lyrics as the singers perform in their native tongue, but I don't need to know the words to appreciate the quality of the music.

Among my favorite performers whose first language is not English: Yma Sumac, Fela Kuti, Nusrat Fata Ali Khan (sp?), Antonio Carlos Jobim, and Shoukichi Kina.

I also have a love for both Tango and Flamenco music!

[greendog]

9. Varttina and JPP...

...from Finland.

[tuvor]

16. I love Varttina's remix on Deep Roots and Future Grooves

Called "Vihmax (Fantastic Plastic Machine Remix)"

http://ubl.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,932057,00.html

But that's about all I know of them.

[NewHampshireDem]

10. Euro House/Electronica

Aphrodite, AK1200, Timo Maas, Paul Oakenfold, Faithless, etc.

A lot of hit probably hits the clubs here in the US, too, and isn't really 'unknown' ... it has something more of a cult following, though.

[NightTrain]

11. Wow! Is Ayumi Hamasaki's music as beautiful as she is?

:loveya:

[Swamp Rat]

12. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Fela Kuti, Fema Kuti, Luiz Gonzaga, Pixinguinha... I could go on, since I listen to more music from around the world than I do the corporate coca cola music from here.

[nytemare]

21. So sad he died

There is a song on Peter Gabriel's latest album that he was on. It is a very good song.

He had such a wonderful voice that transcended language.

[Maestro]

13. From down south

Café Tacuba, Maná, La Ley, Enanitos Verdes, Los Caifanes/Jaguares, Soda Estéreo, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Gypsy Kings (France/Spain), Aterciopelados, Molotov and Plastilina Mosh. I could go on. Suffice it to say that, despite what the Soutwest of the US makes you think, music sung in Spanish is not all that Norteña, Mexican polka crap!!!!!!!!!!

[Az]

15. Familiar with Thalia?

Don't know if she has penetrated the US market yet but she has a very tight style and a lot of energy.

[Maestro]

23. Yes I am

but she is a bit too "pop" for my tastes. The most "pop" in the above groups I mentioned is either Maná or La Ley.

[tuvor]

14. A few

Takako Minekawa



Pizzicato Five


Fantastic Plastic Machine


Dimitri From Paris


The Cardigans


ABBA


France Gall


The Cheeky Girls


And South Asian/Bollywood numbers!

ON EDIT: Oh, yeah, I used to work for a company that does English adaptation for anime, so I had to listen to a LOT of Japanese theme songs. Did you know that Neil Sedaka wrote the original theme music for Z-Gundam?

[biscotti]

17. I love Afghan

To me it mysterious and alluring.

[SmokingJacket]

18. Sigur Ros and Mum, from Iceland. nt

[Lydia Leftcoast]

19. I like Brazilian, South African, Japanese, and Balkan music

as well as an occasional dose of Arab and Indian-Pakistani.

[Menshevik]

20. DDT, Leningrad, Zemfira, Rammstein

I like Russian and German music

[nytemare]

22. Sheila Chandra-one of the purest voices I've ever heard

Her voice is just so clear.

[Telly Savalas]

25. Edith Piaf

[enigmatic]

26. My wife is a HUGE Umberto Tozzi fan...

She's got a show on my station and will be doing a special show on Tozzi's birthday..

[derby378]

27. Les Negresses Vertes

Here's their website (in French):

http://www.negressesvertes.com/

[frylock]

28. too many to list, but a couple of my favs..

Tosca, from Austria



Air, from France

[MrScorpio]

29. A lot of my stuff comes from Brazil, France, England, Italy, Holland,

Germany, Norway, Jamaica, Australia, India, Belgium, Canada and Africa.

But I also have some great stuff from Japan:

Here's a taste:

Kazumi Watanabe
Casiopea
DJ Krush
Ryuichi Sakamoto (Formerly of the Yellow Magic Orchestra)
Toshinori Kondo
DJ Matsuoka
The Fantastic Plastic Machine
Yukihiro Fukutomi
Kyoto Jazz Massive
Miho Hatori
Hirosuke, Amore & Love Machine
Yukimi Nagano
Mondo Grosso
Shinju Gumi
Shiba
Sunaga T. Experience
Electric Sheep
Grooveman Spot
Chari Chari
Takayuki Shiraishl
United Future
Calm
Pizzicato 5
Yoshinori Sunahara

[sakabatou]

30. The Black Mages

Long live Uematsu-sama!