EDIT: I feel bad not writing anything about this one, but I'm just not sure what to say. It's traditional Albanian songs. Is what it is. Instrumentation's fantastic, varied, aaalmost somewhere between Arabic, Portuguese and Russian. Worth a listen if you're interested.
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I have Odbrana I Poslednji Dani in the queue btw... just haven't given it a spin yet YT link is bookmarked.
No pressure, we know you have a lot of stuff in the queue. I thought about translating several favourite songs from Croatian/Serbian/Bosnian bands to English, if you don’t mind me taking over this thread for a while Might do Rusija (Russia) from Odbrana tomorrow, since we’re covering Serbia now.
I should probably do this in my own thread, but since we're covering Serbia here (and I'm also tipsy)... what the hell
This one is a big deal. Odbrana I Poslednji Dani (Defense and the Last Days) is often cited as the best ex Yugoslavian album (not nearly the most well-known, but definitely the most respected among the fans and critics). Weird, experimental post-punk with a lot of progressive and artsy lyricism. The most well-known and also the most forward-thinking song is Rusija (Russia). The original is a classic, but I slightly prefer the remake by Vlada Divljan (Idoli leader, singer, guitarist and songwriter).
It's important to note that I'm not fluent in English, and it's very tough translating songs. But hopefully this makes some sense.
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As far as I'm aware, there hasn't been a definitive answer to what this song is about. There's numerous theories. My friend thinks that "her" is a trans person, which made the relationship special. That would be VERY controversial in socialist Yugoslavia, so I like this interpretation "She" had stronger arms than "him" and she's confused and she didn't let him overcome her (or master her). It's an unusual love story at the very least, with brilliant details. "At night I was reading her A. Fadeyev" was always such a fantastic line to me, and "the light of Vostok" which can mean several different things, maybe it's a distant light, a perfection which their relationship will never reach, and maybe it's literally them sitting somewhere and looking at the night sky. Maybe the song's an allegory?
Hopefully that makes sense, and if Hayden's ok with it (seems he is) I would do this kind of translation for a few other songs (Croatian and Bosnian). _________________ Finally updated the overall chart
These guys got some lazy lips. No idea what they're saying. Some okay-ish production from time to time, very Toronto-esque, but definitely needed some work. Male vocals are weak, whiney, etc... can't say I enjoyed it much.
Possibly the best reggae album I've heard released in the 2010s. Only came out last year, and I know the lead MC unfortunately died shortly afterwards, but this sounds like a solid record from the early to maybe mid 80s (with a cleaner overall sound maybe). No complaints here.
Post-bop from a dude named Toots. Belgian jazz is always worth giving a spin. It usually isn't as soulful or sharp as US jazz, but it does have this excellent diddliness to it.
Possibly the best reggae album I've heard released in the 2010s. Only came out last year, and I know the lead MC unfortunately died shortly afterwards, but this sounds like a solid record from the early to maybe mid 80s (with a cleaner overall sound maybe). No complaints here.
Possibly the best reggae album I've heard released in the 2010s. Only came out last year, and I know the lead MC unfortunately died shortly afterwards, but this sounds like a solid record from the early to maybe mid 80s (with a cleaner overall sound maybe). No complaints here.
Loving this!!! Thanks, brother!
Glad you like it
It's decent stuff. I'm going to keep an eye out for whatever else I can find by them. I find most reggae post '89-ish is... not good... but these guys had a great vibe. Slightly less groove, slightly more bite. Shame what happened.
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Hopefully that makes sense, and if Hayden's ok with it (seems he is) I would do this kind of translation for a few other songs (Croatian and Bosnian).
Course, course. All good. Still have Croatia and Bosnia up on the slate too
Not going to sugarcoat it, I went through three other Turkish records before deciding on this one. Just didn't really care for the others at all and figured I could dig up something better. This is better. A one-off record, I don't think Arman Ratip did anything else, but this is a stellar 4-track avant-garde jazz record. Plenty of life. Title track is a major standout.
A bonkers tasting menu of 35 unique and different Lithuanian (and other local) instruments played by this dude who likes to walk in blizzards. Dude plays a lot of instruments for short periods of time, but I can't say there's really any songs here or anything like that. It's just a platter. Charcuterie. Snowballs.
Leo (The Lion), cigar-smoking pianoman, does his jazz stuff. If you wander about Copenhagen long enough you'll find that you're walking on a street a jazz musician lived on. Duke Jordan. Thad Jones. Ben Webster. Kenny Drew. Stan Getz. Tchicai. Maybe even this fellow named Leo The Lion Mathisen. Jazz is as much of a Danish staple as perhaps the danish itself, which is not truly Danish, but the jazz is.
Hubro minus the Hubro. Freeform minimalistic... jazz? Classical? Ish. It's that Norwegian mishmush they've been doing the past few years. Record's a bit sparse, but still worth a listen.
I... don't know exactly what this is. It's kinda a mess. Dream... gaze... r&b folk metal?... deconstructed. Bizarre mix. It's like if a Bon Iver tape broke.... but maybe not as good, and if he felt like maybe he needed to half-rap some things overtop 90s sounding vibes. It's also got this understated smushing of Owl City and Sufjan Stevens somewhere in there. There's just way too much going on here.
Repeat artist, sorry. Solid live album. Spun this a while back, but I'm having a difficult time with Solomon Islands... regardless, this is pretty good, and I have no qualms giving it a rec.
(this is significantly better than the 20-years-dated cover would suggest). A lot more progressive than I figured it would be. Some fantastic compositions here.
One of the first releases from Habibi Funk (their #2).
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It took me until 2014 to find first infos about Fadoul and the news I got through members of another Moroccan band called the Golden Hands. They told me that Fadoul had passed away a long time ago. As sad as it was to hear this, it was the start of a hunt that started with a phone call to another Morroccan singer called Tony Day who knew where Fadoul’s family used to live in the 1980s. Another trip to Morocco, countless taxi rides, and numerous phone calls and street conversations later we were standing in front of the house of Fadoul’s family in central Casablanca. We ended up meeting one of his sisters who shared beautiful stories with us about her brothers life. A creative spirit who painted, played theatre and eventually ended up dedicating most of his energy to music. He spent some time living in Paris soaking up the music of James Brown, Free and other American bands, laying the foundation of his unique mix of arabic and western musical influences. After his recording career he kept on making music in the 1980s, exploring new musical grounds. One of the jingles of a big Moroccan orange juice brand is composed by him. He got married and had two children. Fadoul passed 1991 in Casablanca at the age of 50.
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YT link is bookmarked.
Might do Rusija (Russia) from Odbrana tomorrow, since we’re covering Serbia now.
