Africa

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Many of you know my love & appreciation for World Music, especially from India & Africa.

Now a little while ago an already renowned african musician named Msafiri Zawose (@mafirizawose , http://msafirizawose.com/) somehow noticed me & asked me if I want to collab & eXPeriment a bit with his music. So here are my first tries....ENJOY! :-D


I feel very much honoured to be thought worthy to contribute to the continuation of this ancient Tanzanian "GoGo" music & hope you like it! :-)

My collabs with Msafiri Zawose

WORLD INSPO [BEATS OF THE ANCIENTS]

My Favourite Tracks of SC Friends #10

Since I prefer not to be a "premium member" of SoundCloud anymore, here is my own "Spotlight" with original compositions an collaborations through the years.

Spotlight

Sitaar ❤️

She Splits Me Up - Crocodiles (Christine Gee Cover)

I was so glad when Jinx Jones allowed me to add some Jungle Atmosphere & Jungle Percussion to his great track which you can find here:

http://hearthis.at/jinx.jones.7/campfire-dance-2013/

THAT WAS GREAT FUN :-D
THANK YOU JINX!

Please also visit his cloud: @jinxjones

Campfire Dance (Jinx Jones with Hjerlmuda)

Anissu - Mamani Keïta

Many of you know my love & appreciation for World Music, especially from India & Africa. 

Now a little while ago an already renowned african musician named Msafiri Zawose (http://msafirizawose.com/) somehow noticed me & asked me if I want to collab & eXPeriment a bit with his music. So this is my first try on one of his tracks from his last album "Mbotela" called "Ilima" (Original here: http://msafirizawose.bandcamp.com/track/ilima-2)

I feel very much honoured to be thought worthy to contribute to the continuation of this ancient Tanzanian "GoGo" music & hope you like it! :-)

This is what others write about him:
"Msafiri Zawose is renowned for his traditional Gogo style music, which relies heavily on the zeze & limba in combination with distinct lyrical harmonies. This rich musical tradition is from the Wagogo people Dodoma in Central Tanzania. Msafiri Zawose, son of the late Dr. Hukwe Zawose, continues this musical tradition while fusing with more modern styles, creating a truly distinct and unique sound."

Msafiri Zawose: Ilima (hjerlmuda remix - please click title for description)

Now this is my second collaboration with @msafirizawose (http://msafirizawose.com/), a fabulous musician from Tanzania, as you will be able to hear also on this track: http://soundcloud.com/experimentator/ilima-hjerlmuda-remix.
It is a great joy & honour for me to have him sing & play on my track https://soundcloud.com/experimentator/2012-jungle-disco

I always wanted to produce an eXTended version, so here it is: ENJOY!!! :-D

If you enjoy this track, please give it a like, repost or comment to support us independent artists! Thank you :)


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Jungle eXTasy reloaded by hjerlmuda feat. Msafiri Zawose (original)

KAU KAU

A little while ago I created this Rhythm track trying to fuse some African Type of Drumming with a "normal" Drumset, and when @msafirizawose heard it, he spontaneously started some improvisation on it & sent it to me. When I heard his work it just blew me away; I had thought my track wasn't "African" enough......He just transformed it. Now I'm so happy, thank you so much Msafiri! :-D

If you enjoy this track, please give it a like, repost or comment to support us independent artists! Thank you :)

Yeah, I like world music very much, every culture has some musical gems to offer, and the roots can go very deep into the very origin of humanity itself. So for the sake of love & peace in the world I think we musicians should all try to unite in fellowship - kind of a huge Jam Session :-)

 So this is my 3rd collaboration with @msafirizawose, a fabulous musician from Tanzania, as you will be able to hear also on these tracks: https://soundcloud.com/experimentator/sets/my-collabs-with-msafiri-zawose


African Groove by hjerlmuda feat. Msafiri Zawose  (original)

A Private Investigation,  a dive into my inner elements of existence

Passage

Ballad in C major

Like a thunderstorm in the Jungle, so this "natural musical event" hits listeners right between the ears, passing by in a matter of minutes & leaving a spicy scent of the earth underneath in the air.....

This is the third track of my Jungle Series in collaboration with @msafirizawose from Tanzania

RockFire In The Jungle (hjerlmuda Feat. Msafiri Zawose)

A new collaboration done with Martin L. "Likewyse" :) A pleasure and honor to work with you Martin~ We are proud to present a new rendition of Martin's original orchestral track "Light in the Dark" 

Orchestral backtrack - Martin L. "Likewyse" @martinmusic-1
Violin solo - IceRequiem

Icon art done by my friend Yuuhiko - her gallery can be viewed here: 
http://yuuhiko.deviantart.com/

Thanks for listening! ^_^ <3

Light In The Dark - Collaboration with Martin L. --- "Likewyse"

This now is the fourth track of my Jungle Series in collaboration with @msafirizawose from Tanzania,
son of legendary Hukwe Zawose whose music you'll find on Peter Gabriel's @realworldrecords.
He is very keen on preserving the rich cultural heritage of his "Wagogo" tribe while also opening up to the modern music of the "West".
It is released on our first EP which you can find here:
http://hjerlmuda-msafirizawose.bandcamp.com/album/jungle-extasy-gogo

By downloading you directly support his MusicProject in Tanzania :-)

Tamasha (M.Zawose & Hjerlmuda)

Straighten the Rudder- Arctic Monkeys acoustic album

Feels Like We Only Go Backwards (Tame Impala)

Ustad wajid ali aka Wajo Khan Tabla Solo 2014 teen taal

Ustad Wajo Khan Tabla Solo 2014

4. LIVE MANDAPA RAAG MALKAUNS - DRUT New

Produit et enregistré par Antoine Villette
en association avec Ballet Liziba Buala et Baklawa Music
Tout droits réservés.
Nous sommes fier de vous présenter le premier morceau de l'album.

Bientôt la suite...

Juslin Likaka : Voix lead, coeurs, Percussions, Likembe
Alexandre Bellando : Guitare
Florent Doue : Basse
Robert Nsingi: Cœur
Talcky Talakaka : Cœur
Antoine Villette : Percussions

Enregistré aux Oudayas, Rabat, Maroc

Red Room Records/Baklawa music

Merci  à tous ceux qui nous soutiennent !

Liziba

"Mobembo"

Roberto Nsingi : Vocal
Juslin Likaka :Percussions
Alexandre Bellando : Guitares
Florent Doué : Basse
Antoine Villette : Enregistrement / arrangements / Percussions
Graphisme

Enregistré à Rabat, Maroc
Tout droits réservés
Red Room Records/Baklawa music 2015

www.baklawamusic.com
www.facebook.com/Red-Room-Records-1495986197283566


Kesho Ni Sisi feat. Roberto Nsingi / Mobembo

Tracklist:

Trikk, Wardance Dub
Pezzner, Right Place Right Time
Akio Nagase, Mbira Dub
Daphni, Light
Trikk, Florista
Nicola Cruz, Tzantza (SS Remix)
Alex Burkat and Rob Paine, Herbman (P.S. 118 Remix)
Dj Champion, Tawoumga
Konkoma, Handkerchief (Auntie Flo Remix)
Young Marco, Later Than U Think

Nicola Cruz: https://soundcloud.com/nicolacruz

i-DJ: nicola cruz

Llorona Records presenta:
Cerrero feat. Lucía Pulido - Pedacito de esperanza

Remix by: Nicola Cruz
Written and Produced by: Diego Gómez
Vocals by: Lucia Púlido
Mastered by: Felipe López at Ondaselecta Mastering

i. Original mix
ii. Nicola Cruz version
iii. Mitu version 

'Pedacito de esperanza' primer sencillo de Cerrero, nuevo proyecto de Diego Gómez, con la participación de la legendaria cantante Lucía Pulido. 
Sonido crudo, meditabundo, percusión ritual y bajo profundo mezclados con la conmovedora voz de Lucía en un ritmo hipnótico en donde la consola, las reverberaciones y los ecos son los instrumentos para crear en la tradición mas purista del dub. 

Nicola Cruz, lider del movimiento de 'Andes step' que se toma el mundon desde Ecuador, y Mitú, proyecto de tecno selvático liderado por Julian Salazar y el percusionista palenquero Lamparita, se unen al proyecto con dos versiones únicas de 'Pedacito se esperanza'.
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'Pedacito de esperanza' is the first single of Diego Gómez's new project Cerrero. Featuring legendary Colombian singer Lucía Pulido with an striking performance, this raw explororation of ritual percussión, poetic haiku style lyrics, processed flutes and heavy bass, mixed in the purest dub tradition, creates an hipnotic groove that  reveals a new side of future roots sound.

Nicola Cruz, leader of the ecuatorian 'Andes step' movement and Mitú, colombian jungle techno project led by Julian Salazar and Palenquero percussionist Lamparita, provide two incredible and unique remixes for their first appearance in a Llorona Records project.

Cerrero feat. Lucía Pulido - Pedacito de esperanza  (Nicola Cruz remix)

https://soundcloud.com/sleepingnacho

mastering by Nico Bruschi a.k.a. @SidiRum

<a href='https://theartistunion.com/tracks/9ee23a'>Download for free on The Artist Union</a>

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San Ignacio - Derrumbe | NachtEin.TagAus

Must have been the Autumn Atmosphere that inspired me in this Organ improvisation, spiced  with eastern & western ingredients. Enjoy :-)

Video here: http://youtu.be/QsvbXa9-eNc

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Dance of the falling leaves (VideoLink, free Download)

On Dec, 11, 2012, The GodFather of Sitar & WorldMusic left this world's stage to play with the heavenly orchestra. This is a little tribute to him who was an inspiration to so many, and to me to get hold of a sitar & try to play it. May he live & be blessed forever...

http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/weekend/ci_22187123/steve-smith-springsteen-gaga-black-keys-join-stones

"Indian sitar master Ravi Shankar, who was responsible for bringing classical Indian music to the masses in the Western world via Beatle George Harrison's interest in Shankar, his instrument and his Hindu religion, died at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla last week. He was 92.

Shankar had been given heart-valve replacement surgery. A message on his website said, "Though the surgery was successful, recovery proved too difficult for the 92-year-old musician."

The three-time Grammy winner's final performance was Nov. 4 in Long Beach; it was a celebration of his 10th decade in music.

In 1952, Shankar began a musical collaboration with Western classical violinist Yehudi Menuhin but their work, while highly lauded, didn't bring about mass exposure to a Western audience. That would come a decade-and-a-half later.

In 1965, Harrison developed a fascination with the sitar and Indian music. The Beatle bought a secondhand sitar in a London shop and improvised a sitar part on John Lennon's "Norwegian Wood," marking the first time the instrument was used in a Western pop song (months earlier, The Yardbirds recorded a version of their hit, "Heart Full of Soul," with a sitar as the lead instrument, but that version wasn't released until much later).

In June 1966, Harrison met Shankar and asked to be his student. Shankar accepted. Interest in the sitar and other Indian instruments and the music spread through rock music like a wildfire.

His appearance at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival provided his introduction to a young generation of music fans eager for diverse sounds and blending of musical forms. He also performed at Woodstock and in August 1971, he convinced his friend Harrison to stage rock music's first major benefit, the Concert for Bangladesh, that raised international awareness of the plight of refugees following a devastating cyclone and civil war in the south Asian nation. Shankar opened the two concerts (afternoon and evening) at Madison Square Garden.

Eventually, Shankar became mostly critical of rock's incorporation of the sitar because of its connection to drugs. He and Harrison remained the best of friends and collaborated often until Harrison's death from lung cancer in Los Angeles in November 2001. Harrison was 58.

Among Shankar's survivors are his wife Sukanya and two daughters, acclaimed sitar player Anoushka Shankar Wright, whose husband, Joe Wright, directed the recently released film, "Anna Karenina," and Shankar-Wright's half-sister, adult contemporary singer-songwriter Norah Jones."

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Ode to Ravi Shankar (who was my inspiration to try & play sitar), 12.12.12 (Free DL + Videolink)

Tame Impala - Elephant (Phantoms Bootleg Remix)

Since I have not been able to get this song out of my brain, I made an experiment in lo-fi-ness with it.

Original here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wycjnCCgUes

Tame Impala - Feels Like We Only Go Backwards (Chrome Canyon de-mix)

http://soundcloud.com/kinehjeldnes made this wonderful song & opened it for Remix a while ago, and I have wanted to do this for a long time. Hope you like it!
The video also is beautiful : http://youtu.be/B3pvWbjPWrA
http://soundcloud.com/kinehjeldnes/father-vocal-stem-remix

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Kine Hjeldnes Father (hjerlmuda Raga ReWork, Video Link)

Burrowed in deep through time and space
An endless rain for a thousand days
Swallowed by the cruelest of skies
So distant the sun, and light, and day

And then I saw her, a silhouette
Bring in the alchemist, hello again!
If God was around, he’d have a story to tell
Please let this be the end of my misery’s tale

God is an Atheist

She defies God, he doesn't smite her down
Removing the shackles of a broken dawn
I see hope shining bright in the sky
For light is truth and light is you

Ain’t no shame for you to fear,
This withering world will let you hear
This poison you breathe, it’s all in your mind
It’s the point of no return, which side are you on

God is an atheist



God is an Atheist is the final song of the album, a simplistic and minimalistic view of the concept of the album. It's views on independence and alienation summarizes the abstract frames of mind that we see everyday !

Farfetch'd - God is an Atheist

3 days ago @skye-milan produced the basic track which is here: http://soundcloud.com/skye-milan/flip-this-ship, and I thought 2 myself: Man, this cries out 4 some more drums, so here you are....enjoy :-)

Flip this Ship - Skye Milan & eXPerimentator hjerlmuda

Sona Jobarteh - Bannaya

Having started off as a drummer in a PopRock Coverband, passing through the eXPerimental & psychedelic stages of music of the 1970s, arrived in the New Millennium as a percussionist in the Berlin Band "Los Multikultis", privileged to play alongside brilliant musicians like Colin Bass of the Band "CAMEL", I now mainly produce WorldFusion music in my home studio in Berlin, Germany   
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I'm a Hobby Musician (various drums, sitar, guitar, vox, plus now VST's & loops), Sound- & ComputerEngineer from Berlin/Germany.
Initially having been somewhat forced to "enjoy" a musical education of sorts as a child (playing sheet music on a recorder) I really started enjoying music with the appearance of The Beatles. So I started off my "career" as a drummer in the mid - 1960s here:

http://soundcloud.com/blackbirds-berlin/sets/the-blackbirds-live-on-stage/
 
After the Band dissolved, and inspired by the upcoming of psychedelic & electronic music I got into SoundExperiments together with the BassMan of our group. Of course, there is no way these can compare to the intricate "symphonies" being created nowadays in the age of computer music.

http://soundcloud.com/experimentator/sets/experimental-sounds-of-the-1960s/

Further following the path of The Beatles, esp. George Harrison, I travelled to India in 1971, getting myself a Sitar there, and upon my return trying to teach myself to play on it:

http://soundcloud.com/experimentator/sets/sitar-music

Later I found out that I also was able to sing, and so I also learned some Guitar playing

http://soundcloud.com/experimentator/sets/vocals-28/

In the mid-1990's I met my friend the BassMan again who had moved to Bavaria and joined another Band. The "Bavarian Power Jam" Session came about very spontaneously around 1995. Credits for anything but drumming go to http://www.dbusk.de

http://soundcloud.com/experimentator/sets/bavarian-power-jam/

Now, having seen the vast possibilities at hand, I have got into "it" again...and with a little help from my newly found and amazingly lovely SoundCloud & FaceBook friends I feel I could succeed...

http://soundcloud.com/experimentator/sets/new-stuff-2011-3/