http://geoffhawryluk.com Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 12 Dec 2008 01:08:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Bachata is as much a latin american staple as salsa, merengue or these days, reggaeton, but I've noticed that many people are unaware of the genre, and in some cases have never heard it before. If you frequent latin clubs this is likely of no interest to you, but I ... http://geoffhawryluk.com/cassette-blog/2008/bachata-radio/ There haven't been any updates for a while, but here's what you can expect over the next 6 months or so: - acoustic performance at Pushpins annual X-mas bash - Three or Four mini-EPs of new rock songs available for digital download - long-overdue updates to the Cassette blog - new music and film ... http://geoffhawryluk.com/news/2008/2009/ Here are 3 MP3s of Malaysian lounge music which I captured on the daily "National Classics" AM radio broadcast in Kuala Lumpur. If anyone has information on Malay lounge music, any names for these songs/artists, please contact me. SONG 1 SONG 2 SONG 3 http://geoffhawryluk.com/cassette-blog/2008/incredible-malay-lounge-music/ Haling Vol. 3 - Song 1 MP3 There are a very limited number of locally produced cassettes available, each released as a "volume" or an artists work. Haeng, Haling, Ester and Ataratu are the most well known throughout Waingapu and the surrounding provinces of East Sumba. In many of the recordings, ... http://geoffhawryluk.com/cassette-blog/2008/more-jungga-music-from-east-sumba/ I found this cassette simply labelled "Pa'badong" in a vegetable market in Rantepao, Sulawesi. The origins of the tape is unknown to me. This vocal style has been documented before, but this is interesting because it is a locally produced cassette of their own traditional style. Enjoy. Pa'Badong Section 4 MP3 http://geoffhawryluk.com/cassette-blog/2008/torajan-pabadong-funeral-vocal-trance-music/ Kenyo Gyi has been a favorite of mine for a number of years, and I was able to find this cassette in Mandalay this past year.  I don't have the song titles translated yet, but in the meantime, enjoy 2 great tracks from the cassette. KENYO GYI SONG 1 MP3 KENYO GYI ... http://geoffhawryluk.com/cassette-blog/2008/kenyo-gyi/ I am putting the finishing touches on my latest album entitled The Dogherder Tapes Vol. 1, and am planning to release it September 1, 2008. I'm very proud of how it's turning out, and I'm excited to share it with everyone. It's an entirely different world than Eau or ... http://geoffhawryluk.com/news/2008/dogherder-tapes/ My favorite radio stations in the world are in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. All day and night, every station seems to play a never-ending assortment of absolutely mind-blowing songs. The AM program "Classic National" broadcasts all sorts of Malay lounge music, seemingly flamenco-influenced ballads, bit-crushed jingles... There are stations that exclusively ... http://geoffhawryluk.com/cassette-blog/2008/kuala-lumpur/ I don't know much about rap/hip-hop, but one of the primary focusses in my musical search in Burma was to find urban youth-oriented music, how it's made, distributed, performed, etc... and how something like a Hip-Hop scene might exist in a city like Yangon or Mandalay. The first rapper everyone ... http://geoffhawryluk.com/cassette-blog/2008/myanmar-hip-hop/ A few songs that didn't end up making it onto the album for various reasons, but which I wanted to share. CHILDREN MALE DUET SHAKIRA COPY SONG MALE COUNTRY SONG BURMA CLASSIC ROCK COMMERCIAL These were recorded March-April 2007 in Yangon, Myanmar. Visit the MUSIC section for links to purchase the disc from Sublime Frequencies. http://geoffhawryluk.com/cassette-blog/2008/radio-myanmar-b-sides/