Interactive Poll: Sounds of Asia

Cristi wrote: Don't know much on this topic, I know prog, metal and fusion from Japan, but not much else.  One of the best albums I've heard this year comes from Iran (of all places) - Atravan - The Grey Line.  One of my favorite progressive metal bands in recent years - Skyharbour - consists of musicians from India and UK.  I may post a song or I may not

I knew a couple of songs by Altin Gün. Great band.


Edited by The Anders - August 29 2021 at 11:32

For my first nomination, I'm going to do something different. Instead of nominating a piece of music, I'm going to nominate a scene from a movie that I think conforms to the spirit of this poll. As such, I think the visual is as important as the audio.

^ Kees, very interesting stuff. Both sterile and organic, authentic and alienating. I'm impressed. A real trip! I'll check out their further stuff.

Tatlı Dile Güler Yüze is a very well known traditional Turkish folk song. Neşet Ertaş is a real legend. Both as a person and as an artist. Şad Olup Gülmedim of his is in a style called "uzun hava". (It means "long air", literally. It is said for the songs where the singers sing long and continuous tunes.)

Süpürgesi Yoncadan sounds very familiar, but there's a slight possibility that it is very much like to another Turkish folk music song. I know that people who are deep into Turkish folk music see all the songs in the genre as different, or very different from each other, but I'm not one of them. 99%, I already know this tune, though. BTW, I'm horrible in memorising song titles. Some Turks might condemn me and say: "How can you not be sure about hearing of Süpürgesi Yoncadan?" 

Yüce Dağ Başında is again a very popular traditional Turkish folk song. It is a very uplifting song. I love it!

Thanks, really.  

My selections are more within the framework of the "arabesk müzik", belonging to the Turkish culture, and yours are of the "Türk Halk Müziği". Anyway, goods tunes are good tunes, irregardless of the genres; I believe.

Edited by Shadowyzard - August 29 2021 at 06:57

TCat wrote: Next is an amazing band from Korea that mixes a lot of amazing traditional Asian styles and instruments to make a very unique sounding post rock.  This song is from an album that I listed in my top 20 releases for 2019.  Be prepared to be blown away with this one....and please listen to all of it for maximum effect.  This will most likely be my nomination to be voted on. Jambinai - "Prelude/Onda"

Great suggestion with Jambinai, Mike!

That album was also one of my favorites from 2019. Someome had posted in the forums their recent Tiny Desk performance about a month ago, which included ONDA. Opened with Time of Extinction from an earlier album. I recommend watching this as well.

^ Yes, I believe it was at a world's fair where Debussy encountered Indonesian music for the first time. This event is well documented in music history books.

Edited by Lewian - August 28 2021 at 15:39

Here are some Turkish delights for you all.

These songs are live performances from some Turkish TV programmes.

My nomination is from one of our national treasures: the multi-instrumentalist and vocal master Fatih Erkoç. The song has many colours in it (it is a cover of an arabesk song); and definitely don't miss the ending part!

Fatih Erkoc - Emmoglu



Another song. This is our vocal virtuoso Haktan Canevi. He can sing like playing the violin. A rare talent!

Haktan - Beddua



And finally... This is from a singing competition programme. The guy here had not been known before, but now millions know him thanks to his splendid performances in the TV show!

Erkan Gümüşsuyu - Yıllar



Hope you'll enjoy my picks!




Edited by Shadowyzard - August 28 2021 at 15:23