World Music... oops, I mean, music that is perhaps unfamiliar to western listeners because it's from underrepresented places..

basesix started the topic in Thursday, 13 Feb 2025 at 11:50 am

not to everyone's taste.
so to keep the tunes thread punky and cool, here's a thread for music from cultures who's music may be unfamiliar to western ears.. no real term for it.. 'world music' is like the term 'foreign films'.. depends where you're from/very USA-centric. 'music from many cultures' sounds forced, bland and over-manufactured.

Anyway. Cool music from around the world.

57 Wednesday, 2 Apr 2025 at 01:53 am new

tearymasseuse wrote:

parents would dance to this one threw the night for sure

57 Wednesday, 2 Apr 2025 at 01:56 am new

tearymasseuse wrote:

parents use to dance to this one, when I was kid so good.

basesix Friday, 4 Apr 2025 at 09:42 pm new

When life's a drain and Autumn falls
Take a breath, forgive them all.
When life's insane and all else fails
Fuck on off and fill your sails..
.
(telly off, maybe candles.. good thing on very low vol, fill your home)

(proper easy listening, beautiful and real, but the guy rates this,
his biggest seller, lower than his real work in preserving heritage )
https://open.spotify.com/album/3XRepPhs3JVUlwQSe7W8Sp

farquarson Monday, 7 Apr 2025 at 06:36 am new

Amadou just passed away this week , great duo.

truebluebasher Monday, 16 Jun 2025 at 11:33 am new

Twin cone of double dip Sci Fi Exotica with extended mix of day-glow mushie sprinkles on top! Please!
Fair enough...Yer mushies kick in at [3:30] So does yer Ambo Ramp...you'll be needing that!
[4:30] Speaking with yer relatives about turning yer machines off...Now yer tripping...
Keep tellin' yerself I just cued a harmless '70's techno cover song...it's not some Voodoo chant...right!

Senor Coconut Y Su Conjunto with El Baile Aleman on Mushies - Autobahn

dandandan Monday, 16 Jun 2025 at 12:24 pm new

I've been a listener of Radio is a Foreign Country for years now. It's fantastic for discovering new music from around the world. Some great mixtapes there too.

https://www.radioisaforeigncountry.org/

I've also been a sucker for all kinds of music across Indonesia since I first started going decades ago, and come back with dozens of tapes each trip. Sitting in my car listening to Javanese gamelan has driven many past girlfriends insane. Lots of fantastic stuff from across the country from this bloke:

https://www.instagram.com/auralarchipelago/

basesix Monday, 16 Jun 2025 at 05:11 pm new

dandandan wrote:

I've been a listener of Radio is a Foreign Country for years now. It's fantastic for discovering new music from around the world. Some great mixtapes there too.

https://www.radioisaforeigncountry.org/

wow, shit hot, cheers!

truebluebasher Wednesday, 18 Jun 2025 at 03:55 pm new

Here's Pope Leo's Band covering a more hip ancient chant
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/r4VOe1AkeRM

basesix Sunday, 6 Jul 2025 at 07:14 pm new

one for @seeds.. no-one's cuppa, I'm sure,
but Lark Ascending from The Year My Voice Broke..
filmed in @seeds country, this Qld Orch clip..
(flipping the bird, heading north, etc.
@AW adventure appropriate, too.)

basesix Monday, 10 Nov 2025 at 08:49 pm new

you can still find Gheorghe Zamfir et Marcel Cellier – Flûte De Pan Et Orgue on vinyl at op-shops for $1

(Gheorghe Zamfir's - Flute De Pan et Orgue Full Album)

truebluebasher Monday, 10 Nov 2025 at 11:30 pm new

Who requested the most despicable reverse hostile cross national sickly song about world's #1 arsehole!

Think tbb should first warn the crew that he's reluctantly gonna cue that ghastly pro-Trump parody by Tirso Páez, a Cuban-American, who spoofed a Cuban song with anti-Trump lyrics to create a pro-Trump version titled "Yo voy a votar por Donald Trump" which went viral in 2020....(You did not just say that tbb!)

How can you live with yerself tbb....you fuckin' disgust me you #@!*
...bet it's the most sickly ickiest song ever recorded that's likely to rot our brains out....(Gulp!)
Well say somethin'...OMG...we're all gonna die aren't we...(Well that much you know is true!)