I came across the 3 Mustaphas 3 on one of Riko's "Steal This Disc" collections. I became a fan very quickly. 3M3's essential albums are "Shopping," "Heart of Uncle" and "Soup of the Century."
In one of my very favorite movies, "The Fifth Element," I got a charge out of the music for the taxi chase scene. It was done by an Algerian fellow, Cheb Khaled, and his band. He is the leading proponent of a genre of music called Rai. I also found this gem of his:
I was wrong about Jim and Bertrand, for they were not my first exposure to world music, if by "world music" you mean anything/everything outside the US of A. No, it was the British folk band Pentangle, like so:
Oddly enough i only discovered Pentangle fairly recently. I was looking for a band called 'OUTBACK' from the 80s... and picked up 'PENTANGLING by PENTANGLE' at the same time.... i like them.... and folk is not my usual thing...most be getting more mellow as i age!
Whilst i am online Have you peeps heard 'OUTBACK' ?
Different and enjoyable for a small band! This is termed world music, i saw them live in the 80's at a free music festival in Bristol ( Aston Court ) - I purchased the cassette there and then...
Oddly enough i only discovered Pentangle fairly recently. I was looking for a band called 'OUTBACK' from the 80s... and picked up 'PENTANGLING by PENTANGLE' at the same time.... i like them.... and folk is not my usual thing...most be getting more mellow as i age!
Bonnie is something a bit like Marmite! Mrs PC does not like either.... Outback is much more easy on the ears.... However i really do like 'Morning Dew' which is an anti nuclear war song by Bonnie Dobson.....
Ha! And what an excellent light show to go with that tune... Great stuff Nando...
@ Miles - if you can 'Miles' some DISCO tunes.... that would be something else! But you would need to include some Boney M..... just to make it right!!