Merrie Melodias #6 - That's All Folks?
Uzbekistan-based DJ and boss of the experimental ТОПОТ label Eugenie Galochkin presents rare vinyl rips from the Soviet Melodia label. Melodia has released music from all around the world: from obscure Baltic electronica and free jazz from Siberia; to synth-pop from Tajikistan and academic avant-garde from Ukraine. The series will explore how national and cultural characteristics are embedded in musical language.
Merrie Melodias is back with a new series and new rubrics! And that means new digger discoveries are waiting for you from the bottomless catalogue of the Soviet major label Melodia. As is good tradition, we start with an episode about folk music. This episode features melodies from Central Asia, the Lesser Caucasus, the Baltic States, Africa and South America and other countries of the world.
This episode highlights the intersection of the sound of the world's three main musical instruments - the lute, the lyre and the reed pipe - with each country having its own modification and name. This is the story of how the sound of a Burundian funk band's electric guitar transforms into the trill of an Uzbek dutar, the sigh of an Azerbaijani zurna turns into the moan of an Armenian duduk, and the tinkling strings of a Paraguayan harp turn into the dreamy chords of a Madagascar valiha.
Tracklist
Ансамбль «Амабано» - Говорящий Попугай (Burundi, 1987)
Абрам Толмасов - Гуландом (Uzbekistan, 1987)
Национальный Ансамбль Песни и Танца Мозамбика - Танец «Мганда» (Mozambique, 1980)
Unknown Ensemble - Этенраку (Japan, 1974)
Национальный Ансамбль Песни и Танца Туниса - Фрагмент из Нубы (Tunisia, 1982)
Кямиль Джалилоглы - Песня Аршина Мал Алана (Azerbaijan, 1991)
Владимир Смбатян и Вреж Асикян - Круговой Танец (Armenia, 1981)
ქართულ ხალხურ საკრავთა ორკესტრი - მთიელ კალთა საცეაკაო (Georgia, 1986)
Вунинавуку - Ивундру (Madagascar, 1983)
Ансамбль Народных Инструментов Туркменского Телевидения и Радио - Бике Халан (Turkmenistan, 1972)
Ансамбль Дударів та Сопілкарів БК с. Криворівня - В'язанка Гуцульских Мелодій (Ukraine, 1973)
Pétõr Damberg - Karjaselugu III (Estonia, 1989)
Думитру Блажин и «Фолклор» Оркестра Де Музикэ Популарэ Молдовеняскэ - Ла ватра жокулуй (Moldova, 1984)
Лос Парагвайос - Белая Лошадка (Paraguay, 1970)