[TOXIC WAR] 刘芳 - 声声醉 4

That artist bears the same name as the 琵琶 virtuoso also called 劉芳! but they are different persons, and of course plays different genres! but both of these 刘芳 have their style anchored in rather Chinese tradional music! the one here is on the vocal side and i just love her melodies, ...and above all her voice which is so sweet that it has the power to soothe you away! ah ah! i suppose she sings about love mainly or that kind of things,... though i hardly get a word!lol anyway, the perfect artist to relax at home while taking care of your loved one! =)

刘芳 - 声声醉 4
Genre: Chinese
Traclist:
01 纸飞机
02 无声的雨
03 东南西北风
04 月亮惹的祸
05 七月初七
06 吻别英文版
07 我是不是该安静地走开
08 飘摇
09 单身情歌
10 七里香
11 醉清风

Ancestral hallucinogenic

宋飞 - 清明上河图

As i have some time right now, i take advantage of it to play some more stuff! =) i discovered 宋飞 some time ago (a year or so) and i just kept listening to her music more and more often...indeed when it's over i usually feel like it was to short, as if i only listened to her for a few minutes!lol Her style is very traditional of course but i definitely love it! perhaps in Taiwan she's well known ...no idea, but in China i was surprised to find out that she's not that famous! what a shame!... hope you enjoy it as much as i do, cause this is as powerful as death metal to me! ah ah! i'd like to hear some cover from her by a good death band like Necrophagist as a matter of fact! i'm sure you'll have to scrape me off the wall if that happened!lol have a nice trip back in the olden days!


宋飞 - 清明上河图
Genre: Instrumental, Traditional, Classical
Tracklist:
CD1

01 序曲
02 商队图
03 田园图
04 惊马图
05 汴河图
06 迎客图
07 纤夫图
08 乡情图
09 搏浪图

CD2

01 盛世图
02 思乡图
03 远航图
04 看命图
05 寺庙图
06 赏鱼图
07 城关图
08 抬轿图
09 尾声!

Riders from benighted times!

Renaud Garcia-Fons - Oriental Bass - 1997

Here's an album that is to me a masterpiece in his category! I heard it once at a friend's while sitting around a fire and was pretty much stunned (not by alcohol or anything else but by the music i mean! lol) as a consequence i couldn't help rushing to a store to get it a few days afterwards!lol Renaud Garcia Fons is double-bass player from France but he is from Spanish origin (Catalonia) and that explains the somewhat oriental aspect of his music, though it's likewise very much influenced by classical/jazz music. There are a number of instruments on that album that is certainly as impressive as the virtuosity and profiency with which they are used! just to name but a few, there are flutes, accordion, guitar, lute, derbuka ...and so on and so forth! ah ah! well this guy isn't especially famous to my knowledge but once you'll have listened to him he'll have you in his grip and power forever!

Renaud Garcia-Fons - Oriental Bass - 1997
Genre: Instrumental, Jazz, Traditional, Oriental
Tracklist:
01 Oriental Bass
02 San Juan
03 Goodjinns
04 Oryssa
05 Ghazali
06 Jullundur
07 Hommage A Ostad
08 Bajo Andaluz
09 Jam Buleria
10 Djani

open-minded jazz!

Ilgi - Saules Meita 1998

Ilgi, like 大A兄's recent play Skyforger comes from that little place called Latvia! But unlike Skyforger they do not use big saturated guitars and lightning fast double bass, indeed they only use acoustic instruments like guitar, fiddle, bagpipes...etc... As they sing in their native tongue i have no idea what they are talking about in their song but it's certainly about the folklore, lore, and myth that are to be found in their culture... whatever, the music is pretty cool and entertaining so on your feet, let's dance!ah ah!

Ilgi - Saules Meita 1998
Genre: Folk, Traditional
Tracklist:
01 VissBija.
02 Tautesami roku devu.
03 Sej, braliti, kanepites.
04 Es tev ludzu.
05 Skait mamena.
06 Bur man' buri.
07 Dieva deli, Saules meitas.
08 Mate mani audzedama.
09 Tumsa mani tautas veda.
10 Upe saka tecedama.
11 Teku, teku pa celinu.
12 Klana kapu skatities.

Sprite ceremonial!