random tunes part 11

haven't played this game for quite a while
been distracted by the current obsession with searching out youtube videos
time to crank up the iriver jukebox and hear some old favourites
or at least see what gets tossed up off albums i have loaded into the iriver
good, bad or otherwise (though a good chance of leaning to the good)
mali sadio by toumani diabate's symmetric orchestra
this is a superb album of beautifully produced and rich west african music
on this one the master cranks up his kora and his voice
then introduces a slow but very strong handclap style beat
with a very meaty bassline, some electronica and ali farke toure style guitar
a long seductive rambling tune that no doubt has some strong political message also (?)
new feet by brian eno and david byrne
one of the better re-issues of the last few years has been my life in the bush of ghosts
loved it on release in the early 80's - love it even more in it's remastered form from last year
totally unbelievably contemporary electronica sounding from the future not nearly 30 years past
this one is just total random beats and some kind of sampled indian chant voices
old world meets new world - crazy stuff but also just so infectious
theme from mad flies, mad flies by the laughing clowns
this is why i love this random tunes nonsense game thing
it brilliantly puts tracks and artists together that otherwise may not be connected
in this case we're also talking about a tune from the early 80's since remastered
lots of stabbing, dischordant brass and a totally rhythmical bass line
ed's in there powering away on this absolute classic, futuristic, ageless piece of superb noise
this room by fat freddy's drop
this outfit totally deserves all the plaudits being laid upon them
best band out of nz, the pacific sound, world music savoiurs, etc, etc, etc
saw them live at womadelaide earlier this year in a mid afternoon spot - cook they did
ska meets reggae meets electronica meets crooning meets dance meets funk meets groove
this one is a smoking, beat laden, up-tempo tune once again featuring the smooth vocals of dallas tamaira
i wanna love, i don't wanna fight yeah yeah...repeat, repeat, repeat
the levee's gonna break by bob dylan
never thought i'd see the day that i actually listened to let alone rave about a bob zimmerman album
but last year's album titled modern times is an absolute pearl of an album
get the impression in one foul swoop he basically makes redundant a lot of his contemporaries efforts
this tune rocks along very nicely but as seems usual with b d there's meaning in them lyrics
if it keep on raining the levee gonna break, some people still sleeping, some people are wide awake
business woman by the church
off the hugely under-rated (aren't they all) album titled sometime anywhere
i tend to ignore, bypass, switch-off or otherwise switch to non-attentive mode when this one comes up on the album
it strikes me as one of a few church tracks that seems to be a result of auto-generate
but when listened to in isolation (as here) it takes on a life of it's own
and again demonstrates the absolute adherence of the church to always giving all in production
pila pila by not drowning, waving
sticking with the australian band theme born in the 1980's
another underrated outfit that certainly achieved their best without knowing it
confirmed by a full performance of the tabaran album at womadelaide a couple of years ago
this is a simple and short little ditty that blends an irish jig kind of feel
with reference to the papua new guinea lifestyle that formed the basis of the full album
wai by bonny price billy
curiousity got the better of me with this american based singer-songwriter
read many reviews about the strength of the album this is from titled the letting go
i'm still waiting to be hooked, won over, taken in, convinced
as with this tune he has a fine ear for production of his acoustic guitar based music
i think it may be a grower, a sleeper, a repeat-player - we shall see - ahem - the jury is out
woman of the world by double
another surprise re-mastered, re-issued. re-loved 80's classic album
this swiss based 'jazz' outfit burst forth with an album titled blue
had completely forgotten about it until it popped up somewhere somehow sometime ago
bought the remastered cd and now have it on high rotation
it's just so 80's but beautififully produced and damn catchy with it - as with this one
milonga de mis amores by the dino saluzzi group
a very nice seque into this similarly produced track from this outfit
which i actually do not know much about except they are on the eclectic ecm label
their bandoneon centred, electric jazz guitar based sound caught my ear a while ago
they hail from argentina which may explain the emphasis on the bandoneon
a very original and fine sound that would not be out of place in concert halls

damn fine fun had with this week's 10 random tunes
stay tuned (sorry 'bout that)