Tonight it's all music that doesn't appear in the CKCU search history... so nothing that has been played in the last five years at least. Most of the artists tonight mix together more than one culture in one way or another.
| Michel Séguin was a member of several 1970s ensembles, including VEBB and Toubabou, and also played with Contraction and Cousineau. This solo album features the contributions of Miroslav Vitous (bass, keys), Mamadou Ndiaye Rose, and Ibrahima Gueye. |
| Bon Gris Gris Michel Séguin - Esprit des Vents - JAM 
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| Babushkin Michel Séguin - Esprit des Vents - JAM
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| Centaur Michel Séguin - Esprit des Vents - JAM
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| Lion Man Michel Séguin - Esprit des Vents - JAM
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| Procession Michel Séguin - Esprit des Vents - JAM
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| Défoulement Michel Séguin - Esprit des Vents - JAM
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| Next up we continue the same vibe with Italian artist Aktuala, featuring Lino "Capra" Vaccina on drums and percussion, and the German group Emma Myldenberger (who later evolved into Radio Noisz Ensemble), both groups adept at mixing folk styles into their music. The Emma Myldenberger and Radio Noisz Ensemble catalogs got lavish reissues a few years back by the Garden of Delights label, although I still have them on vinyl. |
| Alef's Dance Aktuala - Aktuala - Artis |
| RAA Emma Myldenberger - Tour de Trance - Minos & Stelis |
| Serenade Central Radio Noisz Ensemble - Yniverze - Ubu Muziek |
| Now for a couple of Polish bands who reached beyond their national borders for inspiration. |
| Forest of Karma Atman - Personal Forest - Drunken Fish |
| Rozdzial I Osjan (Ossian) - Ksiega Chmur Tom I - Muza |
| Rozdzial II Osjan (Ossian) - Ksiega Chmur Tom I - Muza |
| Jan A.P. Kaczmarek and the Orchestra of the Eighth Day (Orkiestra Osmego Dnia) created several compelling orchestral rock releases before Kaczmarek moved full-time into soundtrack work for several movies, including Finding Neverland. The album names below translate to "Music for the End" and "Waiting for Halley's Comet". |
| Piesn Zalobna Orkiestra Osmego Dnia - Muzyka na koniec - Savitor |
| Spadanie Jan A.P. Kaczmarek - Czekajac na komete Halleya - Savitor |
| Brzeg Jan A.P. Kaczmarek - Czekajac na komete Halleya - Savitor |
| Oriental Wind was a collaboration between Turkish musicians (including Okay Temiz) and Swedish musicians (including Bobo Stenson of Fläsket Brinner). There was an earlier group in this vein as well, involving Temiz and other Turkish and Swedish musicians, called Sevda. Oriental Wind uses ideas from a number of cultures, even taking a traditional Bulgarian melody on one track (interestingly, each track also lists its time signatures). A band well worth checking out. |
| Sari Kiz Oriental Wind / Okay Temiz - Oriental Wind - Sonet |
| We conclude this week with a Hungarian folk outfit. Initially called Kolinda, they were situated in France in the late 1970s where they put albums out on the French Hexagone label, making them stable-mates with the great Breton folkrock group Malicorne, and in the same way they mined traditional material and instrumentation, maybe also in the tradition of Béla Bartók. Relocating to Hungary, they merged with the group Makam and made two more albums as Makam es Kolinda before breaking up again for over a decade... |
| Szélcsend / Szélcsend után Makam es Kolinda - Szélcsend Után - Hungaroton |
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