bach on the dancefloor

anjelika akbar - orkide I, orkide II

i couldn't resist posting more because never mind my head, this is what it sounds like... in my body

anjelika akbar - orkide:


anjelika akhbar - orkide II:


you can find this album here

related to this:

• anjelika akbar - çöl gülü
  
• uakti - minimal 13 m1
  
• hanine y son cubano - arabo-cuban improvisation
  
• peter gabriel - with this love
  
• nina simone - sinnerman
  

bach to bellydance to

anjelika akbar - çöl gülü

turkish classical pianist anjelika akbar brings together diverse musicians from her homeland to create bach à l'orientale. everything from the composer's famously dark toccata to st. matthew's passion to the well-tempered clavier and concerto for viola and orchestra are showcased here... with a lot more than a little turkish delight layered on top.

on çöl gülü, or "desert rose" anjelika caresses the keys beautifully conveying bach's little prelude in c-minor. starting off without a care in the world, the piece slowly grows in intensity. passion mounts. a doumbek (turkish hand drum) enters the soundscape, then another, then a second set of keys, all swirling. a man cries out. the keys pound out the melody as if possessed. so good you close your eyes and drown in it.

ah the melodrama.

anjelika akhbar - çöl gülü:


related to this:

• uakti - minimal 13 m1
  
• hanine y son cubano - arabo-cuban improvisation
  
• peter gabriel - with this love
  
• nina simone - sinnerman
  

uakti

i fell asleep to this and it permeated my being...

uakti ("wak-ke-chee") is a mythic amazonian legend - a musician whose body was filled with holes, making him an effortlessly beautiful wind instrument. he charmed all the women who he enountered with his stunning melodies. jealous, local men killed him. the palm trees which sprouted from his burial ground were used to make enchanted flutes that echo uakti's captivating melodies.

the classical quartet that goes by the same name make their own instruments from glass, water, wood, metal, PVC pipe tubes, and everyday objects. the result?

fall asleep to this and it will fill up all the little holes in you and make you sound like heaven.

uakti - minimal 13 m1:

(taken from the soundtrack to the film, blindness)

related to this:

• yonderboi - riders on the storm / pink solidism
  
• peter gabriel - with this love
  
• heliocentrics - once upon a time
  
• heliocentrics - sirius b
  
• mc 900 ft jesus - the city sleeps
  

with this love...

i am paralyzed by this song.

a decade ago, the soundtrack it belongs to, passion - music from the last temptation of christ, was the last thing i'd hear every night before i closed my eyes and drifted off to sleep.

it would fill my head and my body with sound and make me feel like i was enclosed in enough amniotic jelly that i could accept the dreamland that awaited me. just incredible.

the song has chosen me. following me around for weeks and weeks. i simply can't get it out of my head.

so it's only fair of me to share this one with you tonight.
my only criticism is that it ends.



you can buy it on amazon

nina's sinnerman

nina simone - sinnerman

there is nothing like truth.

some people live by it. others shout it from the rooftops.

schooling the ignorant masses who have erroneously bestowed on them their given "class", their "status", their "place" and their "lot", a few people had the guts to tell it like it is, in their own skin.

this was one such woman. even when she whispered, she belted out the truth. that yes, she had class. she had status. she had important places to go and she had a lot to teach the world. and no one's fear could keep her truth locked up. and the world is better for it.

like the woman behind it, this track is an epic. spanning styles and influences like classical piano, jazz infused bass, gospel wails, flamenco-echoed hand claps, funky blues guitar, and not to mention a be-bop inspired scat to top it all off... this is what music is made of. truth. this woman had something to say. and i'm glad she did, because i doubt anyone could sing the truth they way nina sang it.

nina simone - sinnerman: