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In recent years, the vibrant London jazz scene has become a major source of inspiration for me. Shabaka Hutchings is one of their leading exponents, here present with his The Comet Is Coming combo who I have indroduced in one of George's earlier polls, let me call it "the pandemic discovery trip poll". Then we have several pieces influenced by psychedelic or oriental sounds. In my view, the track that I'm going to share brings many of these elements together.

Sarathy Korwar ft. Zia Ahmed & Aditya Prakash: Bol (Album: More Arriving, 2019)


Sarathy Korwar is an Indian percussionist and bandleader, now based in London. He works predominantly in the jazz and Indo jazz field but also incorporates elements of hip-hop and other fusions.- For this track he joined forces with London based slam poet and writer Zia Ahmed and Aditya Prakash, an Indo jazz fusion ensemble from Los Angeles. This is a short version; the original length of the track is about 10 min.- The lyrics are available on genius.com. Can I post the link here? Otherwise you can find them by  using the search feature on that website.Type: sarathy-korwar-bol.

Another track from the same album is this one. Because of the sax and its driving dynamics it comes quite close to the sound of The Comet Is Coming or Sons of Kemet, me thinks, despite the fact that we have some rap in Hindi language here. Thus I picked that other track, "Bol" where the sound of Indian raga music is more present. Moreover, the lyrics contain a socio-political message which, in terms of content, could be seen as a complement in relation to the recent Royal Platinum Jubilee celebrations. :P https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRq3IC-GBCs



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Is this where the mutual inspiration ends? In terms of an interactive approach, for me this is the best poll theme ever! Clap



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I have been busy, but plan to catch up tomorrow if I can. This is definitely an awesome poll!
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I'm looking forward to it, keep them coming! Clap
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It might seem a strange leap from the last song, but the first song I thought of as I was listening to the Sarathy Korean was “Boomtown” from The Adults’ second album, “Haja”.


Jon Toogood might be white, but the second Adults album was a tribute to the musical heritage of his wife. “Haja” is inspired by a form of Sudanese folk music known as aghani-al-banat, which Toogood encountered during his wedding in Khartoum. The music is traditionally performed exclusively by women and as such, unlike the debut album, the vocalists are mostly women, several of whom are Kiwi artists of African descent. What could too easily have come across as cultural appropriation is instead a glorious celebration. What could so easy have been filed as “world music” instead was celebrated as a great Kiwi rock album. On songs like Boomtown, and the title track, the aghani-al-banat takes centre-stage, but it’s always in the mix.

While there is a male voice in Boomtown, it is the rapping of Raiza Biza - a Rwandan Kiwi, from within the the African-Aotearoa diaspora. Through his music and lyrcis, Biza’s own music comes from his striving to bridge the gaps of understanding and his experience as a Rwandan in Aotearoa.

“We, the African diaspora, we are no longer toddlers in the places we immigrated to. We have an identity and a growing presence.”
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Also inspired by "Morphine"... Blurt are active since 1979 to this day (Ted Milton now aged 79 but still pretty wild), and they never ever had a bass player.
Here's Tube Plane, from the very early days.

Cool stuff in this poll, once more, by the way. Well done you! The The Comet Is Coming track could've inspired the same thing I realise.


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Originally posted by nick_h_nz nick_h_nz wrote:

It might seem a strange leap from the last song, but the first song I thought of as I was listening to the Sarathy Korean was “Boomtown” from The Adults’ second album, “Haja”.

Wow, there's a lot going on here, a very interesting project! It is inspiring in many ways. I don't know yet which direction I shall take, Oceania, Africa? Let me see.



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I've been busy and haven't had much time to listen, but did put together a playlist of what has been posted so far. It's here and also been added to the first post.
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@ Nick, I guess you won't be 'amused' about these Aussie guys, but they crossed my mind when I listened to your The Adults track. Pnau have released an entire album a few years ago where they blend electronic music with African sounds. But since they are very well known and are doing clearly dance music - which hardly anyone here is interested in, i guess - I will share one of their songs but out of competition. But hey, it can't hurt to hear for once what's going on out there, outside the PA bubble. :P

Pnau: Go Bang (Album: Changa, 2017)

> out of competition.

@ George, thank you for the playlist!



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The Adults - Boomtown inspired me in two different ways. I might break my rules and post the second, but the first was just the name of the band. Made me think of this one which got I got back in the late 80. Catchy/humorous rock tune produced by Todd Rundgren. It got some decent radio airplay back then. I hadn't listened to in years.

The Pursuit of Happiness "I'm an Adult Now"



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Here's the other song inspired by the Adults - Boomtown, and it was the opening rhythm and vocals made me think of this Korean song. I had posted this in Greg's (Logan) one YouTube video thread.

Coreyah - How Far You've Come
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@ Mila,while Pnau - Go Bang isn't much for me musically, that video is great.
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Ow, this is all becoming too dancable... Tongue

I've brought this band forward before, but the percussive aspect of the Blurt track led me immediately to this one.

The Nits - A Touch of Henry Moore:

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Originally posted by suitkees suitkees wrote:

Ow, this is all becoming too dancable... Tongue
It's summer, you rusty old man, time to get off your couch and dance! LOL
You guys encouraged me to bring what I like. Nick's The Adults track is pretty dancable plus it is a fusion with African sounds. So is the track by my Aussie combo, maybe a bit more poppy but +/- pretty much the same and both tracks are quite recent stuff tg. Tongue



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Thought of this when listening to The Pursuit of Happiness... and as it happens, it also is connected to the title of the Nits song.
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Originally posted by Mila-13 Mila-13 wrote:

Originally posted by suitkees suitkees wrote:

Ow, this is all becoming too dancable... Tongue
It's summer, you rusty old man, time to get off your couch and dance! LOL

Gosh, what an indecent proposal... My couch and I have a long standing and thorough relationship, especially when it comes to music. It supports me always in those times, but especially when I'm not dancing! Approve

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Originally posted by suitkees suitkees wrote:

Originally posted by Mila-13 Mila-13 wrote:

Originally posted by suitkees suitkees wrote:

Ow, this is all becoming too dancable... Tongue
It's summer, you rusty old man, time to get off your couch and dance! LOL

Gosh, what an indecent proposal... My couch and I have a long standing and thorough relationship, especially when it comes to music. It supports me always in those times, but especially when I'm not dancing! Approve

But it does depend on the season, doesn't it? For me summer is festival time. I'm open to listening to almost any kind of stuff. You always discover something new. Clap



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^ Oh yes. There are some great small festivals nearby to enjoy these coming months, and sometimes they lead to great discoveries... Thumbs Up
(But still, no dancing for me! Tongue)

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It seems that those dance tracks did have a certain impact, after all. The 'percussive aspect' of the last couple of tracks, esp. the Blurt and the Nits ones encouraged me - despite all opposition - to suggest another dance song, well sort of. lol Btw. as mentioned before, my previous song by the Australian dance music trio Pnau was meant to be out of competition.

Ben LaMar Gay ft. Ohmme: Sometimes I Forget How Summer Looks on You


Ben LaMar Gay is an American experimental jazz/fusion musician (multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, composer). Here he teamed up with art rock band Ohmme from Chicago, formed by Sima Cunningham and Marcie Stewart. The song is from LaMar's album 'Open Arms to Open Us' (2021).



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It looks like nobody has time to comment on the songs suggested so far, unfortunately including myself. Shall we start the nominations, George?



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