How do you say when one singer and his/her music ‘sucks’ all around feelings and attention and brings altogether in one flat circle all focus and physical density? Ye, that’s what happens when this track is played – greek metaphysics philosophy.
Je te tire mon chapeau.
Self-taught and multidisciplinary, Johan Papaconstantino is a global artist, sharing his feelings and drawing his inspiration from music and painting.
His music combines electronic influences with his Greek roots and oriental music background from his youth. A must to listen to and hopefully dance!
Istanbul’s Lalalar reminds me of my avorite 80’s cult show theme, and simultaneously sound like a delightful dumpster dive of spaghetti western-psychedelics, Anatolian funk, sampling and hazy electronics.
The one constant: Lalalar is the type of band you want to move to with abandon. The title of scorching debut single "Isyanlar" translates to ‘rebellions’, and that’s more or less the gist of how this bunch operates on stage.
Playing With little pictures that my mind sends Counting the moments 'til my world ends All I remembered are the bad times And its chewing away at my insides
Deshmi per suksesin e nje revival-i, te rilyer me boje, te viteve '80 (degjo te hershmit LCD Soundsystem apo The Rapture), muzika e kercimit [dance] u rikthya fuqishem me keto Holy Ghost!, ose amerikanet (Nick Millhiser dhe Alex Frankel) nga Bruklini (NY).
Pasi firmosen per etiketen e pavarur DFA Records, 'Do It Again' sherbeu si prelud per albumin e tyre te 2011 me te njejtin titull.
Nje mesim per sjelljen ne rastisje 'hipster-ash' apo 'normcore'. Cfaredolloj gjeje duan te thone keta terma sot!
Filloi te kendonte vone, kur ishte ne te tridhjetat, por dasem pas dasme u be nder me te famshit fale nje tastiere-mixer. Zona (jo e luftes!) ishte ajo ndermjet Turqise dhe Irakut, Jazeera; nje lloj toke e askujt, 12-ore me autobus per te shkuar ne Damask. Ketu te vetmit turiste jane ca arkeologe dhe puna e vetme qe mund te gjesh eshte ne agrikulture...
Omar Souleyman. Nje personazh mitik (me callmen/keffiyeh tipike mbi koke e syzet e detyrueshme!), jo vetem ne boten arabe e ne Lindje e Mesme. Po, sepse kohet e fundit ne web gjehet nje remix unik i tij me Bjork ('Crystalline') dhe kanadezi Caribou e fton regullisht per hapjen e seksioneve te tij elektronike dhe ne Berlin ka marre pjese disa here ne festivale elektrobeat. Adhurohet nga San Francisko e deri ne Frankfurt.
E te mendosh se nuk ka te beje shume me muziken syrian-pop te Sirise (jo ate tradicionale apo elite, te pakten). Eshte e shpejte ('Weli Weli'), mbani mend kete! Mjaft e shpejte, ritmika te kercyeshme, trupi pergjigjet gati ne gjendje vibracionesh trance, free-style per te rinjte perendimore... Punk i eger nga vendlindja!
E megjthate, te shoqeruarit e muzikes me mikrofon direkt nga Mr. Omar (kaseta prej dylekesh, cilesi low-cost), perjetesisht live, i jep nje ndjesi mjaft origjinale albumeve dhe show-eve te tij neper sheshe e klube. Te kercesh (techno-naiv?) behet automatizem i pelqyeshem...
'Eshte edhe seksi', - ka thene njehere nje mikesha ime!
Nuk numerohen regjistrimet e tij, edhe pse, per arsye copyright, ne Lindjen e Mesme nuk ka rregulla qe respektohen. Por zor se gjen ndonje, i cili e degjon dhe nuk i vjen per te kercyer keto mid-oriental beats. [Sfidoj cilindo te rri ulur ne vend pasi degjon edhe per nje minute Omar-in!].
Ritme aq te kerkueshme e te rralla ne skenat e Perendimit!
Pa me kufijte, jemi te barabarte.
Dhe 'tjetri, i panjohuri' ekziston.
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(...) Young dudes in football shirts, fat middle-aged men in suits and
ties, prim traditional dance troupes in the threads of yesteryear, old
men and women in jellabiyas and head-dresses, young girls in skin-tight
jeans or multi-coloured robes, Palestinians, Syrians, Lebanese,
Jordanians and Egyptians, all dancing the dabke, in a line, holding
hands, laughing, together...
FROM AN INTERVIEW:
What about your sound? It’s not really a sound you would file under Syrian pop music. It’s a mix. But a mix which is pretty often heard in the eastern region of Syria. Added with Turkish, Lebanese and Iraq influences. Not European. We call it fast dabke.
I’ve heard of it, but…
Dabke is an expression of love for us in eastern Syria, also of happiness and sympathy with others. Music and dancing are the traditions from generations ago. In eastern Syria we are fast and the whole world likes fast dancing. But it differs in every area from Aleppo to Homs to Deir ez-Zour and every area has its own style and tempo...
Generally upbeat, but the band's inherent musicality (acid-jazz, hip-hop, ska, funky), humor, and intelligence keep things afloat. The most interesting and warm tracks are the ones that carry the most Turkish influence, but generally this is less a World Summit than a Nu Kultural Flava..
Thjesht me ra neper duar nje cd kolone zanore e nje musical qe e kam shume perzemer: Lord Of The Dance.
Kujtoj qe nje televizion lokal ne Shqiperi e trasmetonte shpesh kete mega-organizim teatral. Dhe sahere qe e shihja, ngulesha ne divan dhe dashurohesha me protagonistet 'e mire' dhe balerinat 'hyjnore' qe kercenin fill vetem... E me pas ne koken time humbja ne adhurime per vikinget, mistere te fabulave te Evropes se Veriut, magji pagane, dashuri platonike me vasha me fustane te gjate etj etj...
Vite me vone mesova qe ky Michael Flatley (amerikan me origjine irlandeze) kishte qene nje kampjon i vogel i tap-dance-it dhe i kercimit irlandez qe 11-vjec!
Ndihmuar nga kundervenia e Zoterise se Kercimit me Forcen e Keqe, frymezuar nga vallezimet tradicionale irlandeze, Michael Flatley's Lord Of The Dance perfaqeson edhe sot nje nga musical/spektaklet me popullore dhe me te kerkuar ne bote (shfaqur per here te pare ne 1996).
Me nje spektakel qe eshte pare rrallehere neper skena kaq gjigante (perfshire stadiumin Wembley ne Londer) shfaqja ilustron, me 21 akte (dramaturgji/koreografi/efekte speciale), ndjenjen e muzikes irlandeze, shpirtin kelt dhe folklorin nordik.
[pershtypje post-degjimi 'Aeons']
Shpejt e me shpejt. Shpejt e me shpejt. Cdo qellim i arsyes, dridhje gjymtyresh periferike, kujtime apo thellesisht ndjenja levizin me shpejt se mua keto kohe. Teori kjo. Me kalojne fizikisht perpara syve. Ikin vrullshem.
Nuk zhduken aspak sepse mbeten pergjithmone te pranishem brenda ne trurin e vogel, neper rruget e neuroneve, ne zemer, sidomos! Perpara retines se syrit.
Jam i mbaruar keshtu... 'Aeons' do te thote 'jete', 'pafundesi', miliarda vite nder supe, personifkime te Zotit ne persona, un-et e te gjitheve ne te deleguar, hyjne me fuqi te plota...
Lartesim i qenies qe jemi!
'This makes me feel epically dreamy and nostalgic, it's some of the most beautiful electronica i've heard'.
'I feel like I've been hearing this in the back of my head all my life.'
'Sonic orgasm'.
'Magic'.
'A Tangerine Dream track heard by Tuxedomoon'.
'I am in love with this song...'.
[post-hearing impressions from'Aeons']
Faster and faster. Faster and faster. Each aim, peripherallimbtremor, memoriesordeepfeelings move quickerthanmethese days.This is a theory. They pass physically right in front of myeyes. Just go away. But they do not disappearat allbecause theyremainforeverpresentwithinthecerebellum, the tight streets ofneuronsand heart, especially! Before theretinaof the eye. I'm done this way...'Aeons'means'life', 'infinity', billions of yearsbehind one'sshoulder, personalizationofGodinallpeople, our One's delegated, with full power...Sublimation of beingwho weare!
Fragments of "found" video footage from British nightclubs are spliced together, repeated and slowed down, while a perfectly edited collage of ambient sounds – snatches of rave tracks, crowd noise, men bellowing across provincial shopping precincts – filters in and out...
Tani ne Australi ben vape, ndersa ne ketu mblidhemi te gjithe me shall ngjyra-ngjyra.
Cut Copy vijne nga kontinenti i kangureve dhe na bejne neve te kercejme (te hidhemi se paku!) si kangure. Nuk eshte dhe aq e veshtire perderisa nxjerrin nje album si ky Zonoscope (2011). Vendosin ne mes te gjurmeve 'lloj-lloj' muzike, nga Moroder, tek Radiohead (mutacione), nga Brian Eno tek Talking Heads, pa harruar ne asnje moment ata qe rezistojne ne pisten e kercimit. Dhe ajri i kondicionuar nuk funksionon perhere!
Nuk ka maja ne asnje gjurme, por thjesht jane (ster)munduar te krijojne atmosfera, hije, momente. Nisin me nje 'Need You Now' qe te mbetet ne mendje per shume kohe: elektropop qe angazhohet ngadalesisht dhe perben ndoshta cilesine me te larte te albumit (bashke me 'Blink And You'll Miss A Revolution').
Album i pelqyeshem ('Take Me Over') per shume arsye: per peshen e lehte qe mban, per ritmet dance dhe elektropop qe imiton, per zerin e thelle, per artwork-un/kopertinen... Sepse vijne nga Australia (dhe per ne ngasin 'makine e kohes'), sepse bejne qe vitet Dymije te na duken si nje remix i pafundme!
Dhe nese muzika iu ben tani te kerceni neper dhome, prisni perseri veren dhe mendoni se cfare mund te beni jashte. Pa shallin qe iu mbron!
Nje nga kenget me revolucionare te viteve te fundit (viti i publikimit: 1977). Sic ka thene guru Brian Eno (se per ne eshte guru) 'do te ndryshoje pergjithmone boten e muzikes, mbi dhe nen pisten e kercimit'. Zhanri elektro alla-Kraftwerk (ka dore edhe Moroder ketu!) ben qe dansit, houzit e teknove te ardhshmet do t'i hapeshin rruget kollaj per t'i bere njerezit te kercenin (me klas mos harrojme!).
Kjo cover nga Black Strobes (jane ata te kolones sonore te filmit RockeNRolla) e 'I Feel Love' (fale dives Donna Summer) risjell edhe njehere disco-music ne nivele te larta.
