¡Tenemos local! Lo encontré en un pueblecito de la costa de Castellón :)

Zap Mama – Brown

Gotan Project – Mi Confesion

Zap Mama – Wadidyusay?

Zap Mama – Yelling away

David Byrne – My fair lady

Gotan Project – Queremos paz

So I’ve been invaded with some sort of Middle Eastern bug… I just can’t seem to get enough of those beautiful Turkish/Arabic/overall Middle-Easter tunes. It all began thanks to my dear friend Funda from the beautiful city of Ankara, Turkey… gee thanks Funda… now I can’t stop listening to the CD you sent!

Well, now that Squashed has refused to provide me with the brand new musical obsession he promised me oh so long ago, I had to go along by my little self and find some new material to obsess over. Fortunately, that obsession didn’t take long to impose itself on me, Funda introduced me to Emre Aracý and Rabih Abou-Khalil, I then found out I had some Mohammed Rafi stuff lying around in my computer! And while snooping around other blogs such as Undomondo I came across 2/5bz, a real treat *wink wink*.

I’m going to have to be brutally honest here… I know almost nothing about Emre Aracý, I tried to google him, but alas… all the sources I found were in Turkish….and I do not speak Turkish. All I know is that his music is right out amazing! He works the classical ottoman music very bravely, making it sound a tad erie in some points and in others a bit magical. While listening to is CD “Boðaz Ýçi Mehtaplarý” I sit back and imagine stories of dancing sultans, love scenes under olive trees and that famous Turkish sunset over the Maidens Tower in Istanbul. Once again, thank you Funda.

Emre Aracý – Cemile Sultan
Emre Aracý – Osmanlý Saltanat Marþý

Ok, so next up is Rabih Abou-Khalil. This Libanese musician/composer takes an interesting approach on Libanese folk music, adding a jazzy twist to the concotion. Just listen!

Rabih Abou-Khalil – Snake Soup
Rabih Abou-Khalil – Bat Dance

Next, 2/5bz. These Turks put an edge on classic Turkish music and add a twist of electronic beats and bobs. I passed this song on to Funda, and she told me that they use parts of very famous classical Turkish songs, add some culture humor and mix it all up into one big song. I wish I could speak Turkish to fully get it…*sigh*…. (For better literature on these guys, visit Undomondo)

2/5bz – Karabesk

Last but certainly not least Mohammed Rafi. Rafi was probably one of the most famous playback singers in the Bollywood scene in the 70′s. Rafi was a multifacetic artist, his songs ranged from religious to patriotic to just plain fun. This song is definetly on the fun side.

Debe ser la ominosidad de los tiempos que se vienen, pero de veras que qué ganas de fiesta nos dan por estas fechas. A los niños no les queda más remedio que fumarse un camello o atragantarse de diversas bebidas para soportar el placer. Al final solo quedan sonidos, vibraciones, recuerdos, quizá algun ligue y polvo, mucho polvo. El censo “clubber” no acaba de tener el encéfalo de un Hegel pero a la prensa les da por rebuznar tanto sobre el estigma de “lo psicotrópico” que ponen a los dancers a la altura intelectual de un Chomsky. Les confirmo que el cuenco de vitriolo no es un arma precisa. Palabra de una conciencia y venas limpias, a mí solo me gusta ver como parpadean las luces.

Moviendo el tema unos grados, el día de hoy les ofrezco unas joyas de retachas de cosmic y house minimalista (no me explico como este año me han salido tantas adicciones a los sintetizadores y a los bpm) que me han hecho las últimas noches insoportablemente deliciosas. Disfruten su fin de semana.

John Tejada – everything will be ok
Lee Douglas – same changes
Losoul – you know
Fischerspooner – emerge (DFA version)
Junior Boys – in the morning
Cosmo Vitelli – delayer (quiet village project remix)

Imagen: Potatoland

01 jake mandell_i won’t lie
02 mr.projectile_pug times
03 kid606_don’t sweat the technics (lexaunculpt style)
04 multiplex_area to area
05 CiM_disco alta
06 funkstorung_test
07 e.o.g._bulb
08 kettel_cattlelack mobile
09 spark_eopi
10 arovane_tascel 7

If you like a mix of wurlitzer in psychedelic indie rock, you probably know Rogue Wave and their drummer Pat. Well time to spread the words, donate, or attend their San Francisco concert, they are doing a benefit because Pat need a second liver transplant. (boo to insurance company)

Their last album “Descended Like Vultures” is a mix of up tempo power pop with light texture here and there. Think happy California sun. They are afterall from SF. … etc. go click some stuff already.

- The Benefit Concert : September 30th 2006, San Francisco.

- for more information and donation go Rouge Wave webpage.

Rogue Wave – Every Moment
Rogue Wave – 10:1
Rogue Wave – Endless Shovel
Rogue Wave - Publish My Love

see also: subpop. crossposted at music is art.
image: subpop