Transpacific Sound Paradise with Rob Weisberg | WFMU

Kal - "Duj Duj" - Kal [0:00:00] Balkan Taksim - "Orhideja" - Acide Balkanique [Acide balkanique is the second album by the Romanian band Balkan Taksim. It is the result of a hypnotic meeting between several geographical and cultural spaces. - PR] [0:05:36] Light in Babylon - "Sal Sal" - On Our Way [Led by the powerful voice of singer and songwriter Michal Elia Kamal, the album delves into her Hebrew-Persian heritage, providing a unique and authentic perspective on Orientalism. - PR] [0:10:32] Yasmine Hamdan - "I Remember I Forget" - I Remember I Forget [0:14:37] Shantel & Cümbüs Cemaat - "Adimiz Miskindir Bizim" - Istanbul [Shantel is always mistaken for Balkan Pop, but his old love is Greek and Turkish music. And today he lets the Saz rattle! - PR] [0:18:44] Yasak Helva - "Imansiz" - Atamba [The musicians transform their knowledge of genres such as rock, funk, disco, pop, and jazz into 8 original songs accompanied by new generation traditional instruments such as çağlama, cümbüş, fretless guitar, and fretless bass. - PR] [0:24:26] Saha Gnawa - "Bacha Hamou (feat. Nels Cline)" - Saha Gnawa [GIG: Friday night @ LunAtico. SAHA GNAWA brings North African futurism to new audiences, pairing Moroccan Gnawa with NYC jazz and contemporary music to explore spirituality through sound. - PR] [0:32:43] Hamid el Gnawi - "Hyana Why" - Gnawa Fusion, Vol. 1 [0:37:41] Aziz Sahmaoui & University of Gnawa - "Ganga Sound of Mbirika" - Poetic Trance [Aziz Sahmaoui,co-founder of the Orchestre National de Barbes and faithful acolyte of late Joe Zawinul, is a gimbri and n'goni virtuoso with a spellbinding voice, adept at alterning between the inflections of a bluesman, a muezzin and a crooner. - PR] [0:46:08] Gnawa Njoum Experience - "Byrika / Red Eyes" - Boom Ba Clash [Narration by Black Sifichi] [0:52:19] Aris San - "Mish Mash" - Memorial Collection [Greek singer and guitarist who made his name in Israel, singing in multiple languages.] [1:02:08] Omar Khorshid - "Arrissassa" - Various Artists: The Modern Lebanese Sounds of the Voix De L'Orient Label [Omar Khorshid was an Egyptian guitarist, musician, composer, accompanist and actor. Born in Cairo, he was a well-known guitarist who accompanied many singers, including Farid Al Atrash, Umm Kulthum, Mohamed Abdel Wahab and Abdel Halim Hafez. - wiki] [1:04:47] Omar Souleyman - "Allishiryan" - Erbil [1:10:50] Bedouin Burger - "Dabkeh" - Ma Li Beit [1:17:59] Al Andaluz Project - "Dezilde a mi amor" - The Songs of Iman Kandoussi - Traditional Arabic Andalusian [Reviving the music of the Jewish-Sephardic, Christian and Arabo-Andalusian cultures, as they were in Moorish-ruled Spain in peaceful and mutually beneficial coexistence, the band recorded four studio and one live album between 2006 and 2013. - bandcamp] [1:22:11] Natik Awayez - "Aden" - Manbarani [1:28:12] Manu Sequera - "Cruz de Almonaster" - Mestranzo [Manu Sequera collects and recreates forgotten music from the oral tradition and infuses it with a fresh scent, like mestranzo . This aromatic plant with healing properties, found throughout much of Iberia, is what inspires the creation of this xanadu of sounds and images that evoke times past and remind us of people, moments, and emotions. - surefolk.es] [1:38:19] Kingdom Molongi - "Esengo Eleki" - Kembo [1:43:30] Famo Mountain - "My Struggles to Survive (I Refuse to Join a Music Gang)" - For Those Left Behind [1:48:53] The Bongo Hop, Nidia Gongora - "La Pata Coja" - La Pata Coja [1:56:40] Stella - "Caravan" - Adagio [2:01:58] Dom Salvador, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad - "Safira" - Dom Salvador JID024 [2:05:04] Jean Emilien - "Maitso Malama" - Various Artists: Madagasikara 1 [Jean Émilien (1963-2017), author, composer, singer, guitarist, harmonica player and kabosy (Malagasy guitar) player. - YouTube] [2:10:53] Loko Gasy - "Mama" - Mifankatiava [LOKO GASY has pioneered "ANTSABEKO," a captivating new musical style. This innovative sound is a masterful fusion of...

Eddie Palmieri - "Pa' Huele" - Superimposition [Eduardo Palmieri was an American pianist, bandleader, musician, and composer and producer of Puerto Rican ancestry. He was the founder of the bands La Perfecta, La Perfecta II, and Harlem River Drive. - wiki] [0:00:00] Eddie Palmieri - "Sin Sabor Nada" - Echando Pa'lante (Straight Ahead) [Ismail Quintana, vocal] [0:06:16] Eddie Palmieri - "Azúcar" - Azucar Pa' Ti [Ismail Quintana, vocal] [0:11:42] Eddie Palmieri - "Vamonos Pa'l Monte" - Vamonos Pa'l Monte [Ismail Quintana, vocal] [0:21:26] Eddie Palmieri - "Bomba Del Corazón" - Lo Que Traigo Es Sabroso [Ismail Quintana, vocal] [0:28:43] Barbatuques - "Skarabush" - O Seguinte é Esse [Brazilian body percussion group.] [0:32:55] Tulegur - "The Morning" - Walk Away [From Yunnan, China.] [0:36:12] Puman - "Du" - Spring [Also from Yunnan.] Trebunie-Tutki & Orkiestra Kiniora - "Radosniki" - Goral-Ska Apo-Calypso [Polish highlands family folk band and electro outfit team up.] [0:46:32] Haris Pilton Balkan Voodoo Orchestra - "Last Train to Chaosville feat La Cherga" - Soon in Your Village [14-member musical congregation - a powerful, genre-defying collective that unites musicians from Alexandria, Tel Aviv, Beirut, Rajasthan, Shutka, Sofia, Skopje, Belgrade, Paris and beyond.] [0:50:01] Chotokoeu - "Boom" - Saír a Voar [From Galicia, Spain.] [0:54:38] Orchestre National de Barbès - "Chkoun?" - Rendez-Vous Barbès [Paris Algerian big band.] [1:02:48] Los Pirañas - "Con Mi Burrito Sabanero Voy Directo Al Matadero" - Una Oportunidad más de triunfar en la vida [Los Pirañas is an instrumental supergroup blending Colombian rhythms with bold experimentalism. The trio—Eblis Alvarez (Meridian Brothers), Mario Galeano (Frente Cumbiero, Ondatropica), and Pedro Ojeda (Romperayo, Sidestepper)—have spent decades pushing boundaries.] [1:07:58] Les Fils De Teuhpu - "Skapucra" - La Schnek [Parisian ska band.] [1:11:07] Džambo Aguševi Orchestra - "Arriba Macedonia" - Brasses for the Masses [From humble beginnings in the small Macedonian city of Strumica to conquering stages across the globe, the Dzambo Agusevi Orchestra has risen to the very top of the international music scene. - home page] [1:14:21] Antwerp Gipsy-Ska Orkestra - "Roma Project RMX" - Various Artists, Robert Soko: Balkan Beats Soundlab [Antwerp has, with its rich history and international port, always been a melting pot of cultures, a place where people from all over the world meet and exchange ideas and Antwerp Gypsy-Ska Orkestra wants to reflect that in its music for the last 23 years ! - bandcamp] [1:17:55] MItsuo Tokashiki - "Ska Kachashi de Yunta (Asadoya Yunta)" - Naha's Town Rhapsody [From Okinawa, a ska rework of an Okinawan folk standard.] [1:21:03] NST & The Soul Sauce meets Kim Yulhee - "East Sea (feat. Yun Seok Cheol)" - Single [Hailing from Seoul, Korea, NST & The Soul Sauce meets Kim Yulhee is a roots-music group that warms your heart and makes your soul dance. - bandcamp] [1:23:44] Squall - "The song before I go to see you" - Squall [Japanese ska band.] [1:31:10] Alamedadosoulna - "Nunca cambiaré" - Jaleo [Spanish dance band.] [1:34:17] Minino Garay - "Suite Gastro Cordobesa (Featuring Flaco Pailos & Cuchu Pillado)" - Asado [Minino Garay is a percussionist originally from Argentina but living in Paris since the 1990s.] [1:37:38] Son Rompe Pera - "Mi Vida sin tu Amor" - Batuco [Edgy Mexican punk-marimba band.] [1:42:49] Ska-J - "Brube" - Brube [Ska -J is a Venetian group that performs jazz music arranged in an Afro-Jamaican style.] [1:48:29] Edward the Second and the Red Hot Polkas - "The Walls of Butlins" - Polkasteady [Edward II are an English band which play a fusion of world music, English folk and reggae.] [1:51:40] Bagedai - "Deng La Jie" - Bagedai [From Yunnan, China.] [1:55:30] David Anthony - "Out Of My Mind" - Various Artists: Rock Steady Party [2:02:56] Lee "Scratch" Perry - "People Funny Boy" - Lee Perry at WIRL Records [Lee "Scratch"...