Dream Weapons present: WHAT IN THE WORLD C90

UPDATE: I noticed I had two versions of the same song: Ali Beirut's Orientales - Chifti and used one on Age of Gold, and the other on this. So I uploaded an alternative / similiar song for you (with the same songlength). Just press download, prove that you're not a robot and replace Chifti with: Anastacios Smirniotis Orchestra - Zeus Nitsi (Sultan's Dream) (with edited/updated cover art attached to the songfile)

 

An Asian/African/Eastern European mixture of songs and tunes that I think complement each other. The main ingedient that somehow make it work, is always the folk element. Local traditions from around the world is the unifying theme. In times like these, isn’t that kind of nice to think about? And the actual music is all kinds of lovely as well -Moahaha

1 Alessandro Alessandroni - Orient
2 Seta Hagopian / سيتا هاكوبيان - Shauki / شوكي
3 Boo & The Boo-Boos - Oriental Boo
4 Nasiba Abdullaeva / Насиба Абдуллаева - Танҳо
5 Ali Beirut's Orientales - Chifti
6 Titiek Puspa - Disudut Bibirmu
7 Nakajima Yaku / 中岛雅乐 - Guzhengwei / 古筝颂
8 Qin Jin / 秦晉 - Nocturne on the River of Love / 爱河夜曲
9 Tsui Wing Siu Music Team / 徐永兆樂隊 - Mann Lee / 蔓莉
10 Tuty Daulay - Seruling Sendja
11 Kazi Aniruddha - Momer Putul
12 Khurmo Shirinova - Dubora Zindi Kardi / Дубора Зинди Карди
13 Eldar Shoshitashvili's Ensemble «Qsovrelebi» - Kalakuri Popuri
14 Ansis Betin˚ & Arturs Cukurs - Тихо над річкою

15 Artie Barsamian and his Ensemble - Shev Acher
16 Noviciat des Soeurs Missionnaires de Notre-Dame d'Afrique - Tantum
17 Toni Frangieh & Setrak Sarkissian - Telly Dhakilo Ya Sabiye
18 Elly Kasim bersama Zaenal Combo - Indang Singguling
19 Guzheng / 古筝 - Autumn River Night Moon / 秋江夜月
20 Mei Dai / 美黛 - Banana Girl / 香蕉姑娘
21 Ziad Rahbani - Al Tahiya / ألتحية
22 Yaseen & Party - Nimepata Mwana
23 Akira Ishikawa & Count Buffalos - Tsugaru Folk Song / 津軽よされ節
24 Hasna El Becharia - Koul Chi Al Oualidine
25 Angelo Francesco Lavagnino - L’Oasi
26 Taroub / طروب - Ya Bayaa El Ward / يابياع الورد
27 Port of Suez - Harem Girls
28 Vasilija Radojčić I Ansambl Dušan Radetić - Dimitrio Sine Mitre
29 Narodni Ansambl Nasko Džorlev - Vesela Gajda

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Dream Weapons present: ILHA FORMOSA C60

Ilha Formosa means Beautiful Island. Portuguese sailors gave the island now known as Taiwan its former name in 1542. Formosa was actually the commonly used name for Taiwan up until the 1960-1970’s. Anyway here’s a collection of female singers and male instrumentalists - all originating from this beautiful island. At least according to my information. My selection contains music spanning over 15 years, from 1968 to 1983. I recognize plenty of both Chinese and Japanese material and influences. Some (or quite a few) of these melodies are based on well known South East Asian traditional songs, but presented with an «updated» westernized approach. Which was typical for this era of Asian popular music practically everywhere, except for in North Korea. This hour of 21 tunes still feature a few peculiar surprises. For instance Taiwan had their own «moogsploitation»-like scene named after Yamaha’s electronic organ series «Electone»*. A pretty amazing discovery for me personally. Full of life, lovely and charming. Enjoy! -Moahaha

*The song in the video underneath is a perfect example of that "scene"

 

1 Hua Xuanxuan / 華萱萱 - Today is Tomorrow / 今天過去是明天
2 Jenny Tseng / 甄妮 - First Meeting / 第一次見面
3 Chen Yingjie / 陳盈潔 - I'll Never Love You Again / 永遠不再愛你
4 Lam Mei-Man & Yang Zhaorong / 林美滿 & 楊昭榮  - Rain of Love / 慕情时雨
5 Yang Yan / 楊燕 - Apple Flower / 蘋果花 (song edit)
6 Di Si Nai Band / 年 狄斯奈大乐队 - 4 (unknown title)
7 Huang Shu Fen / 黃淑芬 - Manli / 蔓莉
8 The Telstar Combo / 電星樂隊 - Cherry Blossom Moon / 月桃花
9 Lin You Mei / 林友梅 - The Swallows Fly Apart / 燕分飛
10 Chan Ming Yang / 杨灿明主 - The Moon Over the Ruined Castle / 廢堡上的月亮
11 Zhao Bei Yu / 趙倍譽 - Cultivate / 耕耘

12 The Devil's Fantasy Band / 魔鬼奇幻樂隊演奏
 - Blues (from Seashore) / 藍調 (斯從 海邊)
13 Lily Chao / 趙曉君  -  Why Are You Hiding / 你何必躲避
14 Dreamy Music / 昨夜夢中  -  White Sun / 白色太陽
15 Bao Na Na / 包娜娜  -  Wedding Wishes / 婚禮祝福
16 Tsui Wing Siu Music Team / 徐永兆樂隊  -  Crimson Lotus / 紅睡蓮
17 Little White Rabbit and Little Yingge /  小白兔 & 小莺歌
 - Pinky Finger Memories / 小指の想い出
18 Wong Ngok Sang / 王粵生 - Song of the Fisherman / 漁夫之歌
19 Jin Jing / 金晶 - Taipei Nights / 臺北之夜
20 Yeung Chan Ming / 楊燦明  -  Kaworu / 川流
21 Chen Fen Lan / 陳芬蘭 - Tears of Flowers / 淚的小花

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Anyone who enjoys this, or any kind of vintage Asian music, has got to check out the one of a kind and truly amazing madrotter-treasure-hunt blog. 

+ if you prefer your mp3 cover art with a correctly spelled title, just download this image and replace the file (I originally wrote "ihla"):

 

Dream Weapons present: THE TREE HUGGERS C90

 

 

Reading about the origins of the term «tree hugger», I ended up compiling a tribute of sorts to the Chipko Movement in India*. Speaking in musical terms, it’s ninety minutes of instrumental acoustic «eastern-sounding world-vibes» of light and dark. A celebration of the good in mankind while mourning the evil deeds of the wicked, simultaneously. But that’s just me and how I tend to think about these things, I suppose. Music for both meditation and contemplation -Moahaha 

*& the 364 Bishnoi villagers who sacrificed their lives to save trees - whom that movement were originally inspired by

 

1 Adam Rudolph's Moving Pictures - Ourobouros
2 Roman Bunka - Egypt Eyes
3 Hossein Farjami - Jahromi
4 Kanguru - Ras Lila
5 Orexis - Anthraxis
6 Lothlorien - Duet for Sarod and Alto Flute
7 Rabih Abou-Khalil - Dawn

8 Giacomo Dell'Orso - La Fame Nel Mondo
9 Om - Aguni
10 Braen - Danse de la Mort
11 Light Rain - Beautiful Friend
12 Turgun Alimatov - Куйгай
13 Nouthong Phimvilayphone - Lam Tanvai
14 Ahmed Abdul-Malik - Magrebi
15 Stenio Mendes - Sonata Perdida
16 Seagram - Night King

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Dream Weapons present: MONDE À PART C60

 

 

Its been quite some time since I last unleashed a multifarious around-the-globe-in-an-hour song&dance-ride* upon our listeners. Soo... I guess its time for another sprawling collection of finely aged melodies that you’ve never ever heard before - originating from somewhere either east or south of… me. My semipretentious Godard-paraphrasing title aside, I really just hope my selection of songs will lift your spirits -Moahaha 

1 Salwa - Tcharrafna
2 Elisabeth Waldo - Balsa Boat
3 Khurmo Shirinova - Didam Ingori - Дидам Ингори Худро
4 The Silvery Boys - O Amanhecer
5 Taroub - Wahawi Ya Wahawi وحوي يا وحوي
6 Suns of Arqa - World Peace A.D.?
7 Farida Parveen - Pakhi Kakhan Ure Jay
8 Ade Suparman - Marudah

9 Lilis Suryani - Tobt Gusti
10 Rita Rose - Mozo Dhir Adar
11 Giacomo Dell'Orso  - Sud-Est Asiatico
12 Toubabou - Mon Tambour
13 Naif Agby & His Orchestra - Aine El Kahla
14 Exotic Oriental Dances - Om Hasan  ام حسن
15 Sumitra Sen - Aaji Jharer Raate Tomar Abhisaar
16 Eddie "The Sheik" Kochak -  Floor Work
17 Göygöl Ensemble with Şahnaz Haşımova - Низами Душунжэлэри (Думы О Низами)

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*...my similarely themed earlier ones (but most mixes tagged with "world" are somewhat related): Sun Moon Stars, Earth’s Orbit, A Traveller’s Tale, Faraway Dances and One Last Dance.