Interactive Poll: Sounds of Asia

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"

^ 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

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.

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


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

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

suitkees wrote: @Özgür: Thanks for your comments; I thought you might be able to give us some more info on the originals and their artists - thanks for that. I quite like the funky, electronic reinterpretation by Altin Gün while keeping that clear folk tradition of the songs, quite an achievement I think. Glad to make you discover them (and I was actually quite confident that you would like them ).

Thank you, man. BTW, our legend Neşet Ertaş passed away. I'm mentioning this lest there's no popular English resource mentioning it. He'll live forever for us Turks, though. 

Edited by Shadowyzard - August 29 2021 at 12:42

The Anders wrote: Shadowyzard wrote: The Anders wrote: I knew a couple of songs by Altin Gün. Great band. Oh you also mentioned that you know Dönence by Barış Manço. I'm a fan of your (Denmark's) Ludvig Holberg. Also, I'm a massive fan of the Danish musician Finn Zierler. Do these count?  Finn Ziegler, but close Baba Zula is another Turkish band I really dig. Not to mention an artist like Gaye Su Akyol.

Nice! But, I really meant Finn Zierler, not Ziegler. Yet, I know of him too!

Here's Finn Zierler:

^ His previous band Beyond Twilight are in the archives here. Though, you wouldn't like them, I guess. One of the moderately known prog metal bands. See my *only* review with this account (from my reviewer page), for their final album, if you're interested. 

Mila-13 wrote: 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  C'mon, don't be shy! The archives are open in order to encourage people to participate. I have f.e. never heard of your suggested bands. It's exactly the best time to introduce them and also to get to know some new stuff by the way!