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Posted: January 31 2022 at 16:04

This is just about as acoustic as it gets.

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Posted: January 31 2022 at 16:08

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I will take part again. Seeing the current theme, I will most probably go for the Swedish folk music trio Skäggmansl*g.t.

Welcome back Anders, we missed you and the Nordic flair here! How are you and how is your music project going? Smile

It has gone well, and so far I have five songs on YouTube and other platforms: Ingen tvivl (No doubt), Oktober (October), Jelling, 5:18 and Ikke min musik (Not my music).

That's great news, well done! Could you please post the link of your youtube channel once again? I can't find it right now.

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Posted: January 31 2022 at 16:21

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This is just about as acoustic as it gets.

THE PERCUSSION SHOW Presents : Body Percussion

Wow, these guys are awesome! One of my options was a poll about rhythm and percussion. This is exactly that! Smile

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Posted: January 31 2022 at 16:30

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That's great news, well done! Could you please post the link of your youtube channel once again? I can't find it right now.

Sure: http://youtube.com/channel/UCDCPW7xF9x16IPSWzha-0Kg

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Posted: January 31 2022 at 18:00

@Mila: I just noticed my first selection was 7 minutes, I'd not read your addded rule yet while working up the post. Should I substitute, or can it stand, as it isn't a prog song (which I think you were trying to avoid prog epics), and my other 2 are quite short (especially for me, lol).

Let me know.

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Posted: January 31 2022 at 18:14

Ayii yayii yayii, however to vote on these! All fantastic so far. Here we go with Page One, second half, plus one addition.

Kees: Die anarchistishe Abendunterhaltung (DAAU) “Werkend mieren (Working Ants)” Sounds fun already, with just the title. Syncopated accordion and plucky cello and violin start this out. Clarinet adds a nice smoothness to the clicky-clackies of the other instruments. Discordance comes in about halfway through. Then all dies back for a moment, while the clicky-clackies (the ants?) keep marching un-dissuadedly (if that’s a word) along. Fun, and my fave of yours here.

George: 16 Horsepower “Black Soul Choir: Begins with banjo picking and a mountain-style singer (makes me think of the eeriness of the Appalachian sound…or could be the inclusion of banjo). Interesting production with the echo and sparsity. Kinda gives me chills in a good way. Oddly charismatic lead singer. I like this one. Ak Dan Gwang Chil “Yeong Jeong Geo RI” I, too, enjoy the traditional instruments. Front people are all women, chanting in a round, then crashy symbols, drum and a bowed instrument, a zither-like one as well, then those discordant horns and flutes come blaring in. Absolutely fascinating sounds and hypnotic as heck. Dang! Jonas Hellborg “Saut-E Sarmad” Now a complete change of pace. Jazz combo sound, moving forward quickly with some fluent bass. Love the flowy whatever-it-is that comes in, underpinning the sound from time to time. Enjoyable, but the first two, hit my what-the-heck-was-that-wild-stuff spot.

timothy leary: Blue Effect “Little Wing” Trio of guitarists with a drummer, middle guitarist sings quite capably. Beautiful cover of one of Hendrix’s signature tunes. It certainly plays as well acoustic as electric, to me, indicating a stellar composition. Nice acoustic lead and they build the song perfectly. Well done! And welcome to these polls. Chris Rodrigues & the “Angels in Heaven” Another mountainy song, banjo and spoons, nice. This is Delta/Appalachian/blues kind of music, complete with raspy vocalist. Perfect setting on the porch, love watching the woman play along. Steve’n’Seagulls “Thunderstruck” Bluegrass madness here, with some more spoons, to boot. A train song, clicks right along, like going down those tracks. Love the anvil! I think for sheer inventiveness with the instruments and the tight vocals, this is my fave of yours.

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Posted: February 01 2022 at 00:56

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@Mila: I just noticed my first selection was 7 minutes, I'd not read your addded rule yet while working up the post. Should I substitute, or can it stand, as it isn't a prog song (which I think you were trying to avoid prog epics), and my other 2 are quite short (especially for me, lol).

Let me know.

Ok, I will.

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Posted: February 01 2022 at 01:17

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Thunderstruck by Stev'n'Seagulls

A cool version, indeed! Is this one of your submissions? Do these guys have any original songs or at least a cover of a less known song, since this is basically about artists who are performing their own music.

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Posted: February 01 2022 at 12:59

Okie dokie, here we go with Page 2 and the first up on Page 3:

Mila: Tumi Mogorosi “Gift of Three” Moving on to an acoustic jazz combo, there are some very high (vocals?) notes atop laid back horns and drum, a steady bass underneath it all. Sax comes to the fore, for a solo that continues to the end, with the shrill vocal thing returning, and taking it out on a deeper note at the end. Danay Suárez ft. Roberto Fonseca “Preguntas” Swirlies at the front, and a vocal sound, then piano. Plaintive sort of sound to the tune. Not sure what it’s about, but I like the wistful and reflective tone. Alexej Gerassimez ft. Nicolai Gerassimez “Piazonore” Jazz here, with vibes and piano. Picks up the pace after a short intro. Vibraphonist quite adept with the mallets, I love the piano parts to this. Mostly fast-paced throughout. Danay was my favourite of yours here.

Christian: William D. Drake “To My Harpsichord” As expected, the lovely sounds of harpsichord along with some other trad instruments (def a hurdy gurdy, not sure what the others are in the vid, maybe an oboe there?) As you know, I have a soft spot for this kind of stuff. This is in a Baroque sort of style, with everyone joining in on the lalalas. So very ornate and pretty. The break into a more Renaissance style and get avant with it, about halfway in. Trilok Gurtu “Vignola” Indian fusion sort of sound, from the opening. Chanting, steady beat and some whistles come in, very hypnotic, with also some bowed instruments. Very, very pretty indeed. So far, I like both, but prefer the first.

Greg (Dark Elf): Right off the bat, I am familiar with all three of your choices, but probably not the pieces. Lots of fireworks here. Rodrigo y Gabriela “Diablo Rojo” More fast-paced music here, jazzy/Flamenco styling, adept as all heck, which this pair are known for. Percussive center section., then back to the main melody. No overdubbing here, folks, it’s live! Excellent choice! Leo Kottke Definitely a king of guitar. “The Train and the Gate/Vaseline Machine Gun Medley” Another lightning-fast player, here on 12-string slide guitar. Always enjoyable, and perfection in motion, Mr. Kottke. I do remember the second part, but never heard the first part of the presentation here. Michael Hedges “Ragamuffin” Here in his signature style, with lots of percussive work on the guitar body. Never got the chance to see him live, thankfully there are lots of live recordings to enjoy, RIP. He makes something very hard and inventive look easy. This is my fave here.

Anders: Ryttarpolskan efter Erik Ljung "Kusen" Here is upbeat and complex fiddles starting off in unison. You can just see the glaring white snows and feel your face getting red from the cold! Polska från Enviken efter Röjås Jonas Here is another in similar vein, but darker in tone. Maybe they are getting close to a deep forest in the snow. This one I prefer over the first, but both are lovely. And good to see you back!

JD: The Percussions Show Presents “Body Percussion” Very fun video, the way they all join in and are having so much fun! Very cool when they add in the chanted vocals. Love it!

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Posted: February 01 2022 at 16:06

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timothy leary wrote:

Thunderstruck by Stev'n'Seagulls

A cool version, indeed! Is this one of your submissions? Do these guys have any original songs or at least a less known one since this is basically about artists who are performing their own music.

Thunderstruck is song with no boundaries it seems. I had a post a few years back of different versions (including Steve 'n' Seagulls), but not all acoustic. Here are a few others, out of competion. to skim through.

Got to have the 2Cellos version.

And bagpipes with Gordon Duncan.

Fingerstyle guitar with Luca Stricagnoli.

"Lounge metal" from Hellsongs.

And I could go on.

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Posted: February 01 2022 at 17:26

I don't think we've had anything of the spectacular Urban Sax yet (I think Logan mentioned them at some point), here's from when they were still 100% acoustic.

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Posted: February 01 2022 at 19:26

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Okie dokie, here we go with Page 2 and the first up on Page 3:

Thanks for your comments, Nickie! Always appreciated.

As for the vibraphone/piano duo, I guess that you liked the piano parts because they are in fact closer to classical music than jazz. Nicolai G. is basically a classically trained pianist, whereas the work of his brother Alexej, the vibraphonist and composer is influenced by various genres esp jazz and minimal music.

Tumi Mogorosi, on the other hand is clearly assigned to jazz although he too is quite experimental. The suggested piece is from a conceptual album, it is a suite for jazz musicians and opera vocalists. Donald Byrd and Max Roach f.e. also experimented with these seemingly opposing musical genres.

I'm glad that you liked this young Cuban artist, Danay Suarez. Unfortunately there is no English translation of that song but let's see, maybe I can do it.

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Posted: February 01 2022 at 19:35

LAZULI - 9 HANDS AROUND THE MARIMBA

Christoph Sietzen - Emmanuel Séjourné's Attraction

And just for the shear bliss of it...

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Posted: February 02 2022 at 06:36

JD wrote:

LAZULI - 9 HANDS AROUND THE MARIMBA

Christoph Sietzen - Emmanuel Séjourné's Attraction

And just for the shear bliss of it...

JD, are these your suggestions for the poll or is it rather an inspiration you had through my vibraphone/piano duo that I have submitted? And what about your percussion act that you posted earlier? A very original act and video by the way! Smile

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Posted: February 02 2022 at 08:05

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Thanks for your comments, Nickie! Always appreciated.

I'm glad that you liked this young Cuban artist, Danay Suarez. Unfortunately there is no English translation of that song but let's see, maybe I can do it.

Makes sense, I lean more to classical than jazz. No problem if you don't have time to translate, I don't mind not knowing what a song is about if I enjoy the melody/setting enough. Smile

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Posted: February 02 2022 at 10:11

Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Perpetuum Mobile

Mike Dawes - Somebody That I Used To Know

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Posted: February 02 2022 at 10:17

Mila-13 wrote:

JD wrote:

LAZULI - 9 HANDS AROUND THE MARIMBA

Christoph Sietzen - Emmanuel Séjourné's Attraction

And just for the shear bliss of it...

Except for the last "Interesting instruments' video which was just for interest sake, sure they can be my other options to choose from. I won't post any others.

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Posted: February 02 2022 at 18:24

And here we go, getting caught up on Page 3, with some additions:

Christian: Here we have Urban Sax “Part Three” I am familiar with a bit of their repertoire, via friend Archie Patterson, who is a huge promoter/reviewer/fan, but not enough to “know,” any pieces. This begins with whomping repetition, which builds, as advertised, with plenty of sax sounds. This gradually becomes much more complex and the sound washes over and throughout itself. Variations keep interest up. Very meditative, in it’s odd way. It fades out with almost a harshly-whispered vocal sound, but don’t think it’s a vocal. All three very intriguing, Christian.

JD: Lazuli “9 Hands Around the Marimba” Very light-hearted, almost ends up sounding like steel drums, with so many playing it at once. Hypnotic and a great performance piece. Christoph Sietzen “Emmanuel Séjourné's Atraction” Marimba and vibes here, both played by a single person. Tablas mark the time. Becomes very ethereal and then, somehow, more of a cityscape in my mind’s ear. I enjoyed all three of your “main events.” Out of competition (from what you wrote to Mila , but your last one is pretty fun, too. Those rocks with mallets sounded a lot like Lazuli. Love the kalimba and the next instrument, like a kalimba on steroids. I’ve seen many of these before, usually in longer videos focusing on the individuals/acts. Anything can become an instrument!

George: Thank you for the several covers of “Thunderstruck.”. Shows the versatility of a song in different hands.

Ronstein: Penguin Café Orchestra “Perpetuum Mobile” I used to have their first record, I remember them as being pretty cool. And this is, yes, lovely, and how I remember their general sound. Small ensemble presenting a richly layered classical-style piece of music. Mike Dawes “Somebody That I Used To Know” Cover of popular song, here played beautifully on acoustic guitar, with some percussive tapping, etc. I’ve seen a couple of Mike Dawes videos, but not this one. Gary Green & Ray Shulman “Acoustic Duet” Very familiar with this piece, love Gentle Giant. I may have this on DVD, not sure, haven’t watched it in a few years. But excellent choice!

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Posted: February 03 2022 at 07:10

Mila said that with this poll you can post the songs of the artists we prefer, so .... yes, I still propose Guccini! Actually, I only nominated two songs of him, at the time of the first polls, the others I proposed were out of competition (and often they would have obtained a greater consensus than the ones I mentioned).

Now I propose three of his songs that are unlikely to have anything to do with the prog songs that many of you nominate. I know that the competition is difficult when you oppose prog songs with songs by a cultured singer-songwriter who, basically, is a storyteller (and in fact I attach the lyrics, translated with the automatic translator, I've corrected only a few errors).

I know it will be difficult to get a lot of votes with Guccini but I am interested in offering you something different, far from prog.

1) Francesco Guccini: Primavera di Praga (1970)

The first song is a Dylan-style protest song, acoustic guitar and vocals. It is the most linked to the text but I hope you will appreciate the melody, The Italian folk style singing and the lyrics. Note that it was published two years after the Soviet repression of the Prague Spring

The square dressed in ancient splendor

Gray looked at her new life,

As every day the night came,

Usual phrases on the walls of Prague,

But then the square stopped his life

And shortly the lost crowd shouted

When the violent and atrocious flame

She broke off screaming every sound of voice ...

Those chariots are like hawks,

There are words on the reddened faces,

It runs the pain by burning every street

And shouts every wall in Prague.

When the square stopped her life,

The wounded crowd sweated blood,

When the flame with its black smoke

She left the earth and rose to the sky,

When each had dyed his hand,

When that smoke spread away,

Jan Hus again burned at the stake

On the horizon of the Prague sky ...

Tell me who those slow men are

With clenched fists and hatred between the teeth,

Tell me who those tired men are

To bow your head and carry on,

Tell me who it was that the body carried,

The whole city that accompanied him,

The whole changing city launched

A hope in the sky of Prague,

Tell me who it was that the body carried,

The whole city that accompanied him,

The whole changing city launched

A hope in the sky of Prague,

A hope in the sky of Prague ...

2) Francesco Guccini: Tango Per Due (1989)

The second song is a dance tango, to be danced in a smoky milonga like the one pictured on the cover. The violin is very folk, this is an Argentine tango contaminated with Italian taverns: I see couples dancing listening to this song. I tried to know which are the instruments involved: the sound is acoustic but I can't swear that there isn't something electric.

Couple standing silent, a little stiff and posing, dancing one evening:

Life is just a thing left behind is no longer there, but it was there;

Composed and undignified, fuzzy elegance achieved with difficulty

Today has changed its face, but I know about that past yesterday

How many could you tell and the memory softens and does not hurt

How many things and faces to tell that, as a novel is said, is not enough

Born with a quick "see you tomorrow", continue in days of "yes" and "no"

Lightning under suburban skies and burst the tango he presented to you ...

He connecting rod, piston, lever, muscles, determination, workshop, sun

She, she quiet, guitar, sail, secrets, woman, warmth, violets

He bars, booze, nicotine, hair back, tie, bike

She, she rayon, she miss, the perm with curls ...

Couple in front of a bianchino [white wine], anonymous anhydride sparkling wine:

Life what a funny thing, but if you say it no one laughs

Couple tied up by days, departures and returns, fortress and chain

Give me your memories, tell me it was worth it ...

Now the lights are out, people are leaving, greetings and noise

Tell me that you have in mind, as in the past, to make love

What has been a secret of a meadow or a riverbed, of the darkness of an avenue

That ardent and discreet game, ever different and the same ever since ...

Who knows if what is to look for, what you never know if you want or don't want

Be so trivial to find, both along every road, and alongside us

Lost in so many boxes of smells, nooks and crannies that I don't know

Footprints of landscapes and colors, a handful of a tango that accompanied you ...

He connecting rod, piston, lever, muscles, determination, workshop, sun

She, she quiet, guitar, sail, secrets, woman, warmth, violets

He bars, booze, nicotine, hair back, tie, bike

She, she rayon, she miss, she, she ...

3) Francesco Guccini Primavera '59 (1999)

The third song is an atypical tango based on double bass, violin, saxophone, piano and acoustic guitar. Maybe (I hope Mila will forgive me: maybe there's just barely a little electric guitar chord). It is my favorite song because it is unpredictable, it starts slowly, it changes melody, it changes tempo and rhythm (in fact it become a tango to the beat of mazurca), and in the ending there is a fast progression and a clear tempo change. The acoustic arrangement is in my opinion perfect and exceptional. Existentialist text on the passing of time. Who has time to listen to, tell me which of the three songs you prefer.

The Japanese laughed with seeds in hand

then, with a light gesture, she threw them in the air,

to the flight of pigeons that, gliding slowly,

with flight feathers open to the ground she spread out ...

The square of San Marco stopped for a moment,

Florence, in spring, almost disappeared

and you remained alone, there, in the disturbing

spring of twenty years that blossomed in the soul ...

And you went to wait for her with your heart in your mouth

and inside an ancient emotion it burned you ...

Girls swarmed out of school

filling that road that lit up

of voices, laughter, shouts, youth and calls,

but her clear voice called your name:

she ran to meet you on, she grabbed your hands,

you looked at each other silently and then tightly she hugged you ...

And did you believe that

that love would have been eternal,

that flower would never see winter,

that day would never turn into evening,

for you it would always be, always spring ...

Where are you now, baby back then,

with your sixteen and your smile?

Who knows if you feel that he thinks of you this autumn,

that now consumes even the memory of your face?

But young people delude themselves into being immortal

and that every story lasts for eternity;

they don't know how many threads, occasional wefts,

they weave or vanish randomly ...

One season dies, another takes flight,

you know when it starts, not if and when it will end,

but the illusion of a single moment is beautiful,

that light that dazzles you, even if it goes out ...

But then, at lunch in a restaurant,

anxiously scrutinizing the time that passed,

then a cinema, lost in the tunnel,

for a few kisses but that was enough ...

Rushing to the train for your return,

the last kiss along the sidewalk:

so fast flew away that day,

little time to spend together ...

Perhaps to return the sworn

while she was still, still in tears:

lost words, I know you didn't come back

by that woman then loved so much ...

And everything is just an episode one day

a closed door that will not open,

a departure that has no return

like the weather this fall,

that the fog will melt ...

... and I was left alone, there, in the disturbing

atmosphere of autumn, which this soul wounded ....

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