Assimilation of local music in prog and rock...

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   70's bands here in denmark, especialy those bording prog did infact incoporate some elements
from "local" traditions.
Today the music scene has changed, and the "traditions" continues more in a "mainstream" danish language" pop/rock, than in the more experimental music

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tamijo Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: January 06 2009 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 4287	Posted: January 08 2009 at 08:34
	70's bands here in denmark, especialy those bording prog did infact incoporate some elements from "local" traditions. Today the music scene has changed, and the "traditions" continues more in a "mainstream" danish language" pop/rock, than in the more experimental music
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prog4evr Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: September 22 2005 Location: Wuhan, China Status: Offline Points: 1455	Posted: January 08 2009 at 06:22
	They say there are prog bands here in the Philippines, but I have yet to hear what they produce. On Mindanao, where I live, there is a gong-xylophone instrument (similar to the "gamelan" in Indonesia). Mixing the percussive sounds they get out of that instrument with prog-esque style music I think would find an audience - and not just in Southeast Asia...

Dean Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Retired Admin and Amateur Layabout Joined: May 13 2007 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 37575	Posted: January 08 2009 at 05:41
	From Norway there is Hardingrock - a mix of metal and traditional Norwegian Harding fiddle
	What?

Toaster Mantis Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 12 2008 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 5898	Posted: January 08 2009 at 05:29
	Well, in Denmark there's a band that combines folk music with post-punky electronic stuff. I can't remember what they were called, but I remember them being a bit similar in mood (if not actual style) to something Nick Cave could come up with. There's also the Hellacopters, that Swedish rock band I'm a fan of... they're very far from progressive and so proudly lowbrow they make Motörhead look like Magma, but even though most of their inspiration is American - specifically, Michiganite - hard rock from the sixties and seventies I find something about their music very Swedish.
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Dean Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Retired Admin and Amateur Layabout Joined: May 13 2007 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 37575	Posted: January 08 2009 at 02:18
	The only band in my country to do it with any finesse was Gryphon, who incorporated traditional instruments and musical style.
	What?

Jozef Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: June 17 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Status: Offline Points: 2204	Posted: January 08 2009 at 01:28
	I'm American but my family is from Italy and Ecuador. I've never really noticed any native influences in American prog for the most part but as far as Italian goes, Francesco Giacomo of Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso has a very powerful operatic voice. I haven't heard any Ecuadorian prog bands. My grandparents have a large collection of Ecuadorian music but I've never really listened to it.


Trademark Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: November 21 2006 Location: oHIo Status: Offline Points: 1009	Posted: January 08 2009 at 00:31
	Being from the US I know of only one real prog Banjo record and it is really great. The Tony Trischka Band put out an album called Bend back in 1999. Saw them live a couple of times around then too, waaaay better than any Bela Fleck. Kinda like Jean-Luc Ponty & Dixie Dregs mashed together with a banjo. The line up has Banjo, Guitar, Saxophone, Bass & Drums. I-tunes store has it if you want to check out the samples. HIGHLY recommended to anyone with an interest in fusion.

Turion Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Groupie Joined: July 06 2005 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 93	Posted: January 07 2009 at 23:56
	Harmonium est selon moi TRÈS évidemment québécois! C'est loin de sonner canadien! Harmonium is in my opinion VERY quebec-ish. It doesn't sound canadian at all.
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Bern Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member VIP Member Joined: September 22 2005 Location: Québec Status: Offline Points: 11746	Posted: January 07 2009 at 23:47
	Well, I can think of an example inspired by the Québec's folklore (Québec isn't technically a country but the folklore is really different than from the rest of Canada). Conventum is prog band with strong influences from the local folklore. It can be heard in the singing style and lyrics, the story telling and the violin reels. It's pretty good too. Can't think of any others for now.
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The T Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 16 2006 Location: FL, USA Status: Offline Points: 17493	Posted: January 07 2009 at 23:19
	This will mostly apply to people from countries other than the US and UK, though both can also participate and claim folk credentials. It's not really about folk rock but something similar. The question starts with my comment about my situation. My country (Ecuador) has a kind-of emerging metal scene and somewhat of a rock-scene (both kind of suck in quality but at least they exist now) but I've yet to hear ONE single band that incorporates any kind of traditional element in their music. Not in instrumentation (nobody that I know has dared to incorporate a rondador, a wooden wind instrument), not in actual rhythm or stylistic assimilation (nobody has made a fussion with genres like pasillo - a depressive thing that actually sucks but it's loved in the country, especially to drink to it - or dances like san juanito ). It's like the closest they go is by adding instruments from other places!!! Showing complete lack of identity, they copy other countries' styles and can't create something assimilating their own... Even in metal, not even the best bands (prog ones too) decide to do that extra thing.... What about your country? Has rock, metal and prog assimilated the popular music of your country? This is not about folk prog but about giving examples and recognizing how artists have added elements of your countries' traditional dances and songs in their music. My country sucks in this. What about yours?