RY COODER LUAN SLIDE GUITAR - SIMBIOZA MIDIS MUZIKES DHE IMAZHEVE [FV LEGEND SERIES]

Ry Cooder mungon ne kete blog. Cfare fatkeqesie! 

Me te vertete, bera nje kerkim dhe nuk gjeta asgje pervec se ndonje referimi kinematografik fale kolones zanore. E pafalshme, mendova. 

E megjithate, ka qene i pranishem ne veshet e mi e mendje prej kohesh; me se afermi, kam degjuar albumin Talking Timbuktu (1994) si bashkepunim me kitaristin legjendar nga Mali - Ali Farka Touré.  

Ry Cooder-it i referohet si nje nga "krijuesit e tingullit" me te frymezuar ne te gjitha koherat. 

Ai e nisi karrieren i ndikuar fort nga nje revival blues, por shpejt u vendos si nje sajues/kompozitor i afte per te krijuar atmosferat me mbreselenese. 

U be i famshem me rindertimet tematike te epokave dhe stileve muzikore (marrim ketu tex-mex, swing, rock'n'roll etj...), veçanerisht ne albumet Paradise And Dreka (1974) dhe famemadhi Paris Texas (1985) – jehone nga filmi i Wim Wenders me te njejtin titull nje vit me pare. 

Pa motiv ta mbush post-in me shume permbajtje; hiqni corapet dhe uluni (ose shtrihuni) zbathur ne toke – udhetimi rrefyer nga nje “plak i mencur” fillon se shpejti! 

…Sure, you can always hear when someone's singing, "I'm happening, I'm young, I'm strong, I've got the thing", but [when people are older] you can also hear this weird transcendence. In one note.'… Ry Cooder, 2007

DAMIR IMAMOVIC'S SEVDAH TAKHT

Apart from fluency in sevdah and other musical genres this trio is characteristic for their readyness to open their ears and play everything they know...

"We’re trying to find these traces, for example, of the odd rhythms in Bosnian music and we didn’t bring them in from jazz: We found them in the very melody we play.

We are using the potential that is already there... We are reopening these processes that have already happened in this music and are trying to see what the other possibilities are." [Damir Imamović]

ELECTRELANE - 'GONE UNDER SEA' [THE POWER OUT, 2004]

A la belle étoile
J'ai vu ton visage gris
T'avais un chagrin d'amour
Les mensonges, c'est désespéré

Où est la cavalière?
Tu n'es plus brave
Je t'ai perdue dans la foule
Tu as coulé sous les flots

 

Brighton, United Kingdom (1998 – 2007) Electrelane were a all-female band from Brighton, England.

They were formed in 1998 by Verity Susman (keyboards, farfisa organ, lead vocals, guitar, saxophone, clarinet) and Emma Gaze (drums). 

Listening to them live, it seems like you are in front of a new college so-excited band, but the not-evident structures of tracks and the all-time really rough sound makes it lovely.

It reminds me, in particular, Stereolab or Sonic Youth...

Such nice things to hear, anyway!    

GABOR SZABO - THE ARTIST WHO NEVER GOT THE APPRECIATION HE FELT HE DESERVED

Not only Gabor was an amazing guitarist and prolific jazz musician, but first of all, he was an incredible innovator!
He started experimenting with eastern sounds (born in Budapest/Hungary in 1936) and innovating very early on. I got sucked into the Gabor world when I heard Spellbinder (1966). That was the first 'real, but late' Szabo ticket for me.

An LP rich with texture and feeling, stopping throughout the world to pick up varied influences (latino, jazz, funk). It began my 'branching out' into other areas, and I've gotta thank Gabor for that. Time to delve right into a nice Chai tea on a rainy day and peep a Fellini movie, or listening to a Buckley's 'Gypsy Woman'.
It seems like he was alwasy an open door to other worlds...
His eastern influences and Hungarian descent set his path and direction for virtually all of his magnificent career.

This tune 'Galatea's Guitar' (from LP Dreams, 1968) is a major mood setter.
Much of Gabor's music is this way. But, in particular this tune just seems to open up, right into an oasis of head nodding trippy jazz funk paradise. The intro is a bit long, the tune doesn't really start until about 1:44. But, like I said the mood is being set and the wait is well worth it. It is perhaps the closest to a 'dream' tune.