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Wow, more Sublime Frequencies in the Other Music update today. These look just as remarkable as the last batch. If SF continues at this pace I'll never keep up. Anyone heard these? Thoughts?

http://www.othermusic.com/images/home_nicotine.jpg
Princess Nicotine

http://www.othermusic.com/images/up_morocco.jpg
Radio Morocco

http://www.othermusic.com/images/up_palestine.jpg
Radio Palestine

http://www.othermusic.com/images/up_syria.jpg
I Remember Syria

― scott m (mcd), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 19:44 (twenty-one years ago)

What are these? They look tempting.

― Rockist Scientist, Wednesday, 11 February 2004 19:50 (twenty-one years ago)

It's Alan Bishop from Sun City Girls label. There was another thread I think, the website is http://www.sublimefrequencies.com/. Truly wonderful and out there stuff from what I have heard so far.

― scott m (mcd), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 20:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Someone on rec.music.arabic was just asking about the Tuareg. Now I will have something to tell them.

― Rockist Scientist, Wednesday, 11 February 2004 20:16 (twenty-one years ago)

I'll be reviewing these for Pitchfork...v. interesting so far.

― Richardstone, Wednesday, 11 February 2004 20:27 (twenty-one years ago)

can anyone who's heard these (and that includes the first batch) recommend any one or two in particular? i've got roughly $28 to spend and no known predilection for arabic pop over burmese folk over javanese disco, etc. but i'm interested in checking a couple out.

― a spectator bird (a spectator bird), Thursday, 12 February 2004 03:31 (twenty-one years ago)

The Princess Nicotine is the best of the batch I think if you're looking for more pure songs/pop tracks compiled, the others are more freeflowing radio recordings taken from various locales. The I Love Syria one was actually recorded by this guy Mark aka Porest, the others were recorded by the Bishop brothers. Self-serving plug dept: the Sun City Girls broadcast that was culled from my WFMU show is also finally out on the Carniv. Folklore series as Volumes 11/12, all never-released SCG material; but in super-limited edition of 400. Suncitygirls.com is the site where they are selling it and the newest Sublime Frequencies stuff is there too; the first batch is amazing too, especially the Night Music of Bali and Radio Java discs. Supposedly new DVDs on the way too...

― Brian Turner (btwfmu), Thursday, 12 February 2004 04:48 (twenty-one years ago)

I love the Porest record 'Prude Juice for the Heritage Swinger'.

― (Jon L), Thursday, 12 February 2004 05:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Spectator Bird - check out the DVDs first

Then Night Music from Bali.

but...as the kids say, "it's all good..."

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Thursday, 12 February 2004 05:38 (twenty-one years ago)

I taped that Sun City Girls WFMU show when it was on originally and drove around with it in my car for weeks. After awhile I am convinced I was hallucinating right there in the driver's seat. The 'FMU broadcast is a lot like these Radio ______ discs, come to think of it. The SF discs are like being stuck in gridlock traffic in the city on a hot day, each block with different sounds coming out of stores, other car radios, houses. It's pretty amazing.

― scott m (mcd), Thursday, 12 February 2004 16:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Mike McGonigal on SF + the Goodbye, Babylon box: http://www.seattleweekly.com/features/0403/040121_music_labels.php

― Matos W.K. (M Matos), Thursday, 12 February 2004 19:20 (twenty-one years ago)

Looks like theve got 3 DVDs -- Tuareg, Morocco and Burma. They all look great.

― christoff (christoff), Thursday, 12 February 2004 19:33 (twenty-one years ago)

just ordered "night music from bali" and "princess nicotine" for starters. thanks for the advice.

thanks also for the sf link - on a related note, i'd heartily recommend this: http://www.oldhatrecords.com/Releases.html#1004 to anyone who can't scrape together the cash for the goodbye babylon box. the music's great and the presentation is charming.

― a spectator bird (a spectator bird), Thursday, 12 February 2004 20:24 (twenty-one years ago)

asb: http://www.seattleweekly.com/features/0340/music-cdreviews.php (third review)

― Matos W.K. (M Matos), Thursday, 12 February 2004 20:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Will check this out. thanks!

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Friday, 13 February 2004 00:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Wouldn't it be more cost-effective to just buy a short-wave radio?

― Rockist Scientist (rockistscientist), Friday, 13 February 2004 00:12 (twenty-one years ago)

b-but don't you wanna check out the editing skilXOrs?!

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Friday, 13 February 2004 00:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Those two reviews are great. I covet Goodbye, Babylon in a big way.

― scott m (mcd), Friday, 13 February 2004 00:23 (twenty-one years ago)

I think I have a tape with part of an Iraqi broadcast on it. (It's not particularly good though.)

― Rockist Scientist (rockistscientist), Friday, 13 February 2004 00:37 (twenty-one years ago)

The Princess Nicotine is the best of the batch I think if you're looking for more pure songs/pop tracks compiled, the others are more freeflowing radio recordings taken from various locales.

Indeed -- I got my copies here today and I've been having an enjoyable day listening to them. The cutup nature of most of them is actually a bit distracting in that many times something will really catch my ear and then it's off to something else, but as a collage those radio discs do work well.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 03:54 (twenty-one years ago)

eight months pass...

Can anyone point me to a positive online review of I Remember Syria? It can be your own. I want to get this into my library, but I want to be able to cite a review.

― Rockist_Scientist (rockist_scientist), Saturday, 6 November 2004 14:36 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=1946

― Ian John50n (orion), Saturday, 6 November 2004 16:37 (twenty-one years ago)

I did find that one (sorry), but it doesn't have a punchy one or two line blurb that I can use.

― Rockist_Scientist (rockist_scientist), Saturday, 6 November 2004 17:09 (twenty-one years ago)

cite away:
http://pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/comp/sublime-frequencies/morocco-palestine-syria-burma.shtml

― Beta (abeta), Saturday, 6 November 2004 18:55 (twenty-one years ago)

four months pass...

I'm listening to samples from this stuff and I had no idea that Sumatran music was so close to Arabic music in some cases. I'll have to pick some of this up. I think one of these songs may be a cover of a Farid el Atrache song. The Cambodian one sounds especially appealing to me too.

― RS £aRue (rockist_scientist), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 01:01 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, since I started this thread, I have not kept up with the pace at all. They just keep coming, each one seemingly as interesting and cool as the last.

― mcd (mcd), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 03:05 (twenty years ago)

RS, I think Western Sumatran music as being the most Arabic-derived.

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 03:40 (twenty years ago)

nineteen years pass...

^^^gygax! otm

Spent some time with the catalog and the following were my POX:

Radio Java
Bush Taxi Mali
Group Doueh: Guitar Music From the Western Sahara
Molam: Thai Country Groove From Isan vol. 1
I Remember Syria
Phương Tâm: Magical Nights – Saigon Surf, Twist & Soul (1964-1966)
Omar Souleyman: Highway to Hassake
Singapore A-Go-Go Vol. 1
Baba Commandant: Juguya
Brokenhearted Dragonflies: Insect Electronica from Southeast Asia

― Mrs. Ippei (Steve Shasta), Monday, 24 June 2024 17:23 (one year ago)

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