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Re: Best Non-English Speaking Country For Music

mickilennial — Fri, 11 Aug 2017 03:26:37 GMT

Author: mickilennial

Posted: 08/11/2017 07:26

Germany is also one of the most significant nations in the development of hard rock (heavy psych acts in particular) as well as heavy metal (traditional, power, speed, thrash -- you name it, its here).

Re: Best Non-English Speaking Country For Music

bobbyb5 — Fri, 11 Aug 2017 03:16:18 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 08/11/2017 07:16

Infinity183 wrote:

I'd probably say Germany. They're quite the gurus of quality electronic pop. First, you had the synthpop pioneers Kraftwerk, then came memorable 80s groups like Propaganda, Nena, and Alphaville; and finally, a good chunk of classic eurodance music came out of Deutschland.

Right. not just synth-pop and eurodance but just about every electronic music originated in Germany from electronic Rock to much techno to ambient right through to today with minimal techno, minimal house, the best examples of all these you could make a case are from Germany

Re: Best Non-English Speaking Country For Music

Liedzeit — Thu, 10 Aug 2017 22:13:52 GMT

Author: Liedzeit

Posted: 08/11/2017 02:13

Someone should mention France. There are, of course quite a lot of German Bands who have "made" it into the English speaking world. But we tend to judge a band by its success in the US/UK. The great thing about France is they don’t care a bit about how their music is received in non-French countries.

Re: Best Non-English Speaking Country For Music

Infinity183 — Thu, 10 Aug 2017 19:55:13 GMT

Author: Infinity183

Posted: 08/10/2017 23:55

I'd probably say Germany. They're quite the gurus of quality electronic pop. First, you had the synthpop pioneers Kraftwerk, then came memorable 80s groups like Propaganda, Nena, and Alphaville; and finally, a good chunk of classic eurodance music came out of Deutschland.

Re: Best Non-English Speaking Country For Music

Graeme2 — Thu, 10 Aug 2017 16:28:23 GMT

Author: Graeme2

Posted: 08/10/2017 20:28

DJTommy wrote:

Iceland has some remarkable music for being such a small country. Only about 300k people live there, yet such fantastic artists like Björk and Sigur Rós are from there. There's also Germany which was responsible for allot of revolutionary music (especially in the 1970's). Bands like Can and Kraftwerk were pretty much single handily responsible for the whole electronica genre, and you can see just how much of an impact they have left on a huge part of the industry ever since. Can were also a big influence on hip hop just to add to it all.

Iceland based on the population size. The number of decent to great acts from there is very impressive. Ok saying Germany but that's a fair size country. Same for somewhere like brazil. Iceland is tiny, about the same population as some cities in the uk. I love a bit Italian prog, so if prog is your thing then Italy 70s is for you.

Re: Best Non-English Speaking Country For Music

mickilennial — Thu, 10 Aug 2017 15:55:27 GMT

Author: mickilennial

Posted: 08/10/2017 19:55

I think the last time this came up I was still representing my belief that Japan is in my [subjective] runners for this question. I obviously have a very great appreciation for Poland, Germany, and other countries just the same but I still think Japan is still at the top of my list. I mean, I even made a chart and listening log about it.

Re: Best Non-English Speaking Country For Music

Hayden — Fri, 4 Aug 2017 18:40:08 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 08/04/2017 22:40

Fischman wrote:

I don't yet have enough exposure. I know one or two artists here or there, but not enough from multiple countries to pick one as an overall favorite.

There's a lot of countries in Africa!

Biltong & Mandazis by Hayden

Here's a tasting menu of sorts. Think I have 25-30 countries on that list... ish. Too lazy to count.

Recently, I've been trying to discover the music of Burkina Faso. Everything I've given a spin from there seems to be really intricate and quite beautiful.

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This completely, although a shout out for Cymru

Yeah, I've always hoped one day BEA would break the UK into the separate countries, but oh well. Would love to dive into a 50 greatest Welsh albums, or something along those lines.

Re: Best Non-English Speaking Country For Music

SleepDealer — Fri, 4 Aug 2017 17:08:04 GMT

Author: SleepDealer

Posted: 08/04/2017 21:08

Not sure about best, but I have a strong predilection for things Japanese at the moment.

Re: Best Non-English Speaking Country For Music

Fischman — Fri, 4 Aug 2017 16:51:53 GMT

Author: Fischman

Posted: 08/04/2017 20:51

I don't yet have enough exposure. I know one or two artists here or there, but not enough from multiple countries to pick one as an overall favorite.

There's a lot of countries in Africa!

Re: Best Non-English Speaking Country For Music

Tha1ChiefRocka — Fri, 4 Aug 2017 16:41:50 GMT

Author: Tha1ChiefRocka

Posted: 08/04/2017 20:41

Quote:

I love lots of African music, but it's scattered across the continent, not attributable to a single country

If I had to pick one from Africa it would be Mali, or Senegal.

Elsewhere would probably be Brazil or Japan.

Re: Best Non-English Speaking Country For Music

Jimmy Dread — Fri, 4 Aug 2017 16:17:28 GMT

Author: Jimmy Dread

Posted: 08/04/2017 20:17

Hayden wrote:

And, honestly, my previous joke aside, I don't think anything comes close to Brazil. France and Japan are certainly up there, but Brazil's music scene is just way too strong.

This completely, although a shout out for Cymru 😄

Re: Best Non-English Speaking Country For Music

Hayden — Fri, 4 Aug 2017 15:28:20 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 08/04/2017 19:28

Fischman wrote:

I love lots of African music, but it's scattered across the continent, not attributable to a single country.

Yeah, Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa would all be up there, but their official language is English.

And, honestly, my previous joke aside, I don't think anything comes close to Brazil. France and Japan are certainly up there, but Brazil's music scene is just way too strong.

Re: Best Non-English Speaking Country For Music

Fischman — Fri, 4 Aug 2017 14:47:45 GMT

Author: Fischman

Posted: 08/04/2017 18:47

I'm a big fan of symphonic rock. so Northern Europe gets my attention. As the home of Within Temptation, After Forever, Epica, Ayreon, ReVamp, and Delain, Holland/Netherlands gets my vote.

Italy runs a close second with all their great progressive rock rock groups through the years, and the more current alt-metal group Lacuna Coil.

No shortage of great acts out of Germany as well.

I love lots of African music, but it's scattered across the continent, not attributable to a single country.

Re: Best Non-English Speaking Country For Music

bobbyb5 — Fri, 4 Aug 2017 14:31:53 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 08/04/2017 18:31

DJTommy wrote:

Absolutely. Its no exaggeration to say Germany was single-handedly responsible for electronic music in the 70s. Today it's still the best country for electronic music, in quality and quantity. And also probably responsible for starting progressive rock. a certain kind anyway.

Re: Best Non-English Speaking Country For Music

bobbyb5 — Fri, 4 Aug 2017 14:20:40 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 08/04/2017 18:20

Germany by a mile.

Re: Best Non-English Speaking Country For Music

Anonymous — Fri, 4 Aug 2017 12:14:22 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 08/04/2017 16:14

Oh, and there's also Scandinavia (somewhat proud Scandinavian here) which has had a big impact on the evolution of metal.

Re: Best Non-English Speaking Country For Music

Anonymous — Fri, 4 Aug 2017 12:07:35 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 08/04/2017 16:07

Iceland has some remarkable music for being such a small country. Only about 300k people live there, yet such fantastic artists like Björk and Sigur Rós are from there. There's also Germany which was responsible for allot of revolutionary music (especially in the 1970's). Bands like Can and Kraftwerk were pretty much single handily responsible for the whole electronica genre, and you can see just how much of an impact they have left on a huge part of the industry ever since. Can were also a big influence on hip hop just to add to it all.

Re: Best Non-English Speaking Country For Music

kickerofelves — Fri, 4 Aug 2017 12:06:11 GMT

Author: kickerofelves

Posted: 08/04/2017 16:06

Hayden wrote:

Not sure what language they speak in Canada, but it's gotta be up there.

French?

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L'Heptade by Harmonium

Re: Best Non-English Speaking Country For Music

Hayden — Fri, 4 Aug 2017 11:58:10 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 08/04/2017 15:58

Not sure what language they speak in Canada, but it's gotta be up there.

Also, I have a neato link in my sig.

Re: Best Non-English Speaking Country For Music

kickerofelves — Fri, 4 Aug 2017 11:56:14 GMT

Author: kickerofelves

Posted: 08/04/2017 15:56

Cool! I was just thinking of starting a thread for non-English speaking music.

As to your question I have no idea. I'm exploring Japanese stuff right now, inspired by the new Cornelius album:

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Mellow Waves by Cornelius

Also been playing this EP a lot (sadly it's too short to qualify for BEA). Taiwanese Math Rock, at it's finest (for all I know).

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