Fans of odd/world/obscure music - help!

[swee'pea99]

The Ali Farka Toure + Toumani Diabete folder presumably has the album "In the Heart of the Moon". Well worth a listen.

We're off! Thanks.

 

[Fnaar]

Abba, Billie Holliday, Billy Bragg then Astrud Giberto.

 

[swee'pea99]

OK, I'm spectacularly wasting my working time here, but THIS (see pic) was on an old myspace page ... there was a music tab, but nothing came up

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Ah ha! When it plays on VLC, this is the image that comes up:

 

[swee'pea99]

What MP3 player do you have, most allow themselves to be filled completely by taking random tracks. That way you can sample a bit of everything and decide what you like. You might find that by excluding 2 Many DJs you can save a huge amount of space, they were quite prolific with their mix outputs.

How long have you got? I have about a dozen - Creative Zen, Philips and Sony. But they're all quite old & I don't think any of them lets you do that.

 

[swee'pea99]

Abba, Billie Holliday, Billy Bragg then Astrud Giberto.

I'm after obscurity! Good choices but...

 

[Milkfloat]

How long have you got? I have about a dozen - Creative Zen, Philips and Sony. But they're all quite old & I don't think any of them lets you do that.

Nothing from Apple? I know iTunes does it.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

The Ali Farka Toure + Toumani Diabete folder presumably has the album "In the Heart of the Moon". Well worth a listen.

...and AFT and Ry Cooder's Talking Timbuktu is one of the very, very best.

 

[Venod]

Afro Celt Sound System are worth a listen.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Afro Celt Sound System are worth a listen.

Agree. Of their time, but very good nonetheless

 

[swee'pea99]

...and AFT and Ry Cooder's Talking Timbuktu is one of the very, very best.

Afro Celt Sound System are worth a listen.

Thanks! Keep 'em coming!

 

[Bonefish Blues]

I'm just playing Talking Timbuktu now, so thanks to you, too!

Youssou N'Dour is always worthwhile too - I know he's far from obscure, but there's a reason for that (and it ain't 7 seconds...)

 

[ianrauk]

I love a bit of Baka Beyond.
Cameroonian/Celtic crossover... what's not to like?

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Some at random from my hard drive:

Afro-Cuban All Stars
The individual artists from the Buena Vista Social Club all made some great albums: Omara Portuondo, Ibrahim Ferrer, Rueben Gonzalez, Compay Segundo.
Orchestra Boabab made nothing but great music
Papa Wemba
Keb Mo
Baba Maal

More anon if desired.

 

[AndyRM]

I like Antony & The Johnsons. The word 'unique is much-overused these days, but the first time I saw him on Jools the hairs stood up on the back of my neck, and I knew I was listening to something seriously different. I even bought the album! To write off all the rest seems a tad extreme...

You saw her, not him.

That's an eclectic list. Highlights for me would be Air, Alabama 3 and Aphex Twin. What else is on there?

 

[swee'pea99]

You saw her, not him.

Oops - that's embarrassing. Has she always been a she?

What else is on there?

I thought you'd never ask...

Thanks for all suggestions. More please!