Here’s another track from what, to these ears, is the best band in Ireland today. Girl Band sound something like a violent crashing of The Birthday Party, early Nirvana, with touches of This Heat.
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[Music] Ruşen Alkar – Qîzê Bê Dê
All thanks and respect to my friend Sarp Keskiner for turning me on to some absolutely lovely Kurdish music from Ruşen Alkar.
[Music] Kara Üzüm Habbesi – Kardeş Türküler
Kardeş Türküler are a project I’d not come across before. They play a fusion of Anatolian, Thracian and Mesopotamian music, according to their bio. It’s a powerful fusion for sure.
[Music] Esfahan Ensemble – Sinay
I can’t find a thing on the band, but the Esfahan Ensemble produce lovely Persian music.
[Music] Svitlana Nianio – Spotkanie
This is a very charmingly weird slice of avant-pop from a Ukrainian singer and songwriter, Svitlana Nianio, whose one album, Китиці (Kytytsi), was released on the Polish indie label Koka Records.
[Music] Guillaume de Machaut – La Messe de Nostre Dame: Kyrie
Day after day, week after week, I get to scroll through my feed and finding some of the ugliest, most obnoxiously mean-spirited posts from people who wouldn’t know civility if it swatted them in the rump. A good aural cleansing is in order, courtesy of 14th Century poet and composer Guillaume de Machaut.
[Music] Alessandro Cortini – Passatempo
Alessandro Cortini is an Italian composer and keyboardist based in Los Angeles. He’s an occasional member of Nine Inch Nails, and makes quite a good company man working with Trent Reznor in a style reminiscent of the 1980s Belgian Hard Beat scene, but on his own, he veers off into Kosmische Musik territory, reminding one of artists like Klaus Schulze in this track.
[Music] Dead Can Dance – Fortune Presents Gifts Not According to the Book
The lyrics of this track by Dead Can Dance, off their 1988 album titled Aion, can be found in the words of the Spanish lyric poet, Luis de Góngora.
Click here to read an article in Spanish on the poet’s influence on the band.
[Music] Sara Ayers – This Is What I Wanted
Sara Ayers is an electronic musician from England whose works deserve a heavy reappraisal, considering she’s almost forgotten out of England and maybe Germany.
[Music] Bp. Service – Hangtérképet nyomnak a gépek
Bp. Service were one of Hungary’s finest Industrial bands. I had the pleasure of working with the members many years ago.
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