Name: Oromo Sounds: Cassettes and Early Synth from Ethiopia (RIAFC079) by RADIO IS A FOREIGN COUNTRY
Duration: 58 min 36 s
Description: Oromo cassettes and early synth from Sheba Sound, a music digging collective and record label based in Addis Ababa. Check out their field recording mission and archives here: http://shebasound.com.

Tracklisting can be found here: https://www.mixcloud.com/Shebasound/oromo-sounds-ethiopian-vaults/

Immersive & hypnotic, this mixtape features (mostly) manipulated field recordings of obscure sounds & music from Tanzania to Borneo.

Photo credit: Andreas Mass

Exploding Suitcases from Radio Palestine: Sounds of The Eastern Mediterranean (Sublime Frequencies) 
Fade from Air Tapes – Excavation Series (Power Moves Library) 
Izeze (Iwawa) from Echoes of the Unquantized World 01 (Duckfood) 
Chibeu (Mae Hong Son, Thailand) – Lisu Mix – Kink Gong (Discrepant) 
Laos 2000 from Early-Century Sound Recordings – Mark Gergis (Discrepant) 
Dhvāni – Budhaditya Chattopadhyay from Anthology of Exploratory Music from India (Unexplained Sounds Group) 
Excerpt from Cho Oyu 8201m (Field Recordings From Tibet) – Geir Jenssen (Ash International) 
Raft 29 - Honey Hunters – Mike Cooper (Room40) 
A Fistful of Stardust from Archeophony – Raed Yassin (Akuphone) 
Syria 1998 from from Early-Century Sound Recordings – Mark Gergis (Discrepant) 
Excerpt from Volume One – Naujawanan Baidar (Radio Khiyaban) 
Excerpts from Orange Twin Field Works - Volume I – Jeff Mangum (Orange Twin Records) 
Excerpts from Sounds of Urumqi and Under a Dim Crescent Moon, Shirley & Spinoza Radio 
Excerpt from Suling Pereret cassette (Bali 886, Year Unknown) 
Balia – Saprin Ojo Lalove Ensemble (Gugus Gema, 2020) 
Excerpts from Asian Radio Environments, Jesse Paul Miller 
Nadaswaram Tannoy (Amba Vilas Palace, Mysore, India) from A Distant Invitation - Jesse Paul Miller (Sublime Frequencies) 
Titi Mati & Nocturnal Soundscape from Kwangka: Funerary Music of the Dayak Benuaq of Borneo – Vincenzo della Ratta (Sublime Frequencies)

Gonzo Ethnomusicology (RIAFC073)

Buddhist prayer machines and Hindu mantra or chanting machines are small plastic boxes resembling transistor radios that play various Buddhist and Hindu prayers and short music loops used for meditation. Found throughout India, China and Tibet, these portable, usually battery-powered, low-fi electronic devices are popular across the region. This mix features samples from these devices and the FM3 Buddha Machine brand, as well as a number of artists who manipulate them to create new sonic textures.    

TRACKLIST
17 – Chang Fo Ji - Buddha Machine Loops from China (Discrepant)
3 Hani Pipa – Kink Gong – Voices (Discrepant)
18 – Chang Fo Ji - Buddha Machine Loops from China (Discrepant)
Dry Valley – Sun City Girls (Staubgold)
16 – Chang Fo Ji - Buddha Machine Loops from China (Discrepant)
Bp Simple – sunnO))) (Staubgold)
10 – Chang Fo Ji - Buddha Machine Loops from China (Discrepant)
Center Of Excellence - Buddha Machine Commercial (Staubgold)
1 – Chang Fo Ji - Buddha Machine Loops from China (Discrepant)
Little Yellow – Blixa Bargeld (Staubgold)
21 – Chang Fo Ji - Buddha Machine Loops from China (Discrepant)
A Dragon Lies Listening – Alog (Staubgold)
24 – Chang Fo Ji - Buddha Machine Loops from China (Discrepant)
3 Tietä Valojen Taa – Es (Staubgold)
Winged Life – Minit (Staubgold)
23 – Chang Fo Ji - Buddha Machine Loops from China (Discrepant)
Layer 02 – Robert Henke (Staubgold)
12 – Chang Fo Ji - Buddha Machine Loops from China (Discrepant)
Random selections from Hindi mantra/chanting boxes

Buddha Machine Radio (RIAFC075)

Duckfood invites you to the music of Tunisia. This mixtape features different styles of music but consists predominantly of Mezoued, a genre of popular traditional music based on North African Amazigh scale rhythms. It incorporates Tunisian Darbouka drums and a bagpipe called a mizwad/mezoued. Originally the music of the countryside and the working classes, it is often played at weddings and parties. The themes of Mezwed are typically social: immigration, racism, family and love. Nowadays with electronic influences traditional sounds get stretched into new fusions. Some of the artist on this mixtape include Abeltif El Ghozzi, Saïda Ennablia, El Mensiyat, Abeltif El Ghozzi and Hèdi Tounsi. For more, check out https://duckfood.bandcamp.com.

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Duckfood Presents Tunisia (RIAFC 078)

Oromo cassettes and early synth from Sheba Sound, a music digging collective and record label based in Addis Ababa. Check out their field recording mission and archives here: http://shebasound.com.

Oromo Sounds: Cassettes and Early Synth from Ethiopia (RIAFC079)

Killer early synth cumbia and sonidero, and a few oddball novelty recordings thrown in to keep you on your toes.


TRACKLIST
Organización Santa Martha - Cumbia Coqueta (Colombia)
Organizacion Santa Martha - Amor de Primavera (Colombia)
Organizacion Santa Martha – Bajo-la-Lluvia (Colombia)
Los Plebeyos - Caballo Loco (Mexico)
Ekos Tropiales - Cumbia Con Sabor (Colombia)
Ekos Tropicales - Cumbia Arabe (Colombia)
Ekos Tropicales - Camino a Colombia (Colombia)
Grupo Siglo XX De Rioja – Mayoruna (Peru)
Manuel Gonzalez - El Borrachito (Ecuador)
Los Dinners - Cumbia Sampuesana (Colombia)
Lucho Gavilanes - La Danza del Mono (Mexico/Colombia)
Junior y su Equipo – Bien Bailadito (Ecuador)
Los Modernistas de Morelos – Cumbia a Belgica (Mexico)
Grupo Terremoto – La 2da de la Cumbia Millonaria (Mexico)
Los Angeles Azules - El Nuevo Sonido De La Cumbia (Mexico)
Los Angeles Azules - Cumbia de los Boliches (Mexico)
Juan Manuel Polo – Bati Cumbia (Mexico)
Grupo Kual - Cumbia en la Playa (Mexico)
Grupo Kual – Negra, Ron y Velas (Mexico)
Grupo Karos – Ingrata mujer (Mexico)
Agrupacion Marilyn – Bonita (Mexico)
La Gallina – Roberto Moron y su Atentado Internacional (Mexico)
Solo Me Quede – Los Llayras (Mexico)

Early Synth Cumbia and Sonidero (RIAFC082)

The audio presented here was lifted from a VHS tape posted online, then broadcast during our weekly show on a local LPFM, and recorded from home using a GRUNDIG AM/FM/shortwave radio on the night of SUNDAY, AUGUST 7, 2022. It features the legendary RAFIG "REMISH" HUSEYNOV, the GODFATHER OF AZERBAIJANI ELECTRIC GUITAR, and one of the great GUITAR GODS FROM THE MIDDLE EAST, performing a blistering set at a wedding in the town of AGHDAM in 1991. The entire performance, as Ben Wheeler and Anna Harbaugh note on the CAUCASCAPADES BLOG, is an orgy of insane electric guitar ornamentation using trills and bends, as well as some heavy analog delay and overdrive. There are also unpredictable tempo changes and shifts between major and minor 3rds, impromptu exchanges with a clarinetist and accordionist, and some slide guitar using a glass bottle. Remish smokes cigarettes throughout and, at one point, plays with one hand while drinking vodka with the other.

AGHDAM WEDDING – RƏMİŞ (RIAFC094)

Madrotter presents a selection of rare Sundanese records & cassettes. 

TRACKLIST
01 Darso & Euis Kuraesin Sriwenda - Si Ka'i (calung)
02 Iyar Wiarsih & Jugala Group - Oray Welang (jaipong)
03 Nyai Sumiati & Jugala Group - Dermayon (jaipong)
04 Ciung - Mojang Priangan (Pergosi Odong Odong)
05 Imal Kurnia & Hare Hare Group - Satyam Shiuam (jaipong India)
06 Wahyuni & Ujang Suryana Group - Kecik Kecik (jaipong)
07 Herlin Radjiman & Ujang Suryana Group - Jembatan Merah (jaipong krontjong)
08 Ipah Gebot, Tati Herawati & Darsita Group - Arjuna Rayungan (jaipong)
09 Yoyoh Komsiah Dadi - Entog Mulang (pencak kawih)

Sundanese Mixtape (RIAFC095)

My first introduction to Sound Reporters was the mysterious and beautiful Amazonia 6891, a lush sound collage of field recordings and experimental electronic sounds, echoes, and waves, which we featured on an earlier mixtape (RIAFC025). Much later, quite by accident, I came across a spectacular field recording of frogs calling for rain in Mae Hong Son, Thailand (also featured in an earlier mixtape – RIAFC090). The field recording was made by Fred Gales, co-founder of Sound Reporters. We began corresponding and, thanks to good fortune (mine and yours), he agreed to put together a compilation of Sound Reporters recordings for Radio is a Foreign Country.

As you will hear in this curated mix, Fred is not only a prolific field recordists and musician, he is also an avid collector and student of the world’s music. (He does an amazing show called Klankbron on Concertzender Radio – Amsterdam, the Netherlands). It begins with Sail 85, a stunning 14-minute orgy of foghorns (recorded in the harbors of Amsterdam) combined with a thick atmosphere conjured up by synthesizers and other electronic sounds. This is followed by a series of raw field recordings from West Papua, Suriname, East & Central Africa, and southeast Asia. Enjoy!    

TRACKLIST
1. Sail 85, Plompentorengracht & Secret Journey – Fred Gales/Sound Reporters (Amsterdam)
2. Love Song of the Zongonau clan (West Papua)
3. Pieriemja tiero notamore panong – Yamore (Surinamese Caribs)
4. I am innocent – Wat Mon and group (North Uganda)
5. Ngbindi – Ngbanda and friends (Central African rainforest) 6. Teum Luang Namtha – Khammu Villagers (Laos)
7. Flirting – Tüpo (Northern Thailand) 8. Love song – Nai Lu Pang Le (Burma/Myanmar)   9. Winwong Sawet – Mae Buason Mueng Prao (Chiang Mai, Thailand)
10. Suffer and worry – Nang Sün Nay Lang (Northern Laos)
11. Luuk Kam Pla – Taw Bun, Taw Keo, Nang La (Laos) 12. A New Year Song and Talk with a Lady – Ha Paa (Northern Thailand)
13. Akha Love Song – Nang Meu Se, Nai Seto vocals (Northern Laos)

Sound Reporters, 1985-2022 (RIAFC098)

An immersive and head-spinning collage of radio broadcasts and field recordings made on location in Syria in 2007 by Jahmorinz. You’ll hear street and market sounds, muezzins, local radio transmissions, local dabke bangers, cats and frogs, a killer Omar Souleyman recording, the eerie groans of a noria or hydropowered wheel, and more.

Suonds from Sourya (RIAFC099)

"Son Sistem Tsiftetelli Vol.1 (1933-1969)” by Souma Records is the first part of a selection of Greek and Turkish tsiftetéli – or çiftetelli – songs and instrumentals, some in Greek Rebetiko and Laikó style, others in the oriental folk tradition of Greece and Asia Minor led by Roma musicians.

For Greeks dancing tsiftetéli is a social thing, sometimes performed by couples. During the 60s and 70s in Greece and the US, live Laikó bands and oriental ensembles were often accompanied by a belly dancer, although this was not the case when the style first crept into the Greek repertoire when the repatriated musicians from Asia Minor expressed their pain and loss through this music. Mainly during the 60s the gloomy lyrics disappeared from the tsiftetéli and it morphed into a beguiling dance. Modern belly dancers hardly ever dance to tsiftetéli anymore but prefer instead the typical dance routines (raks sharqi) from the Middle East. The magic of tsiftetéli lies within its hypnotic grooves, intoxicating melodic scales and the extreme musicianship of the performers.
 
The term tsiftetéli derives from the turkish word çifte-telli, which means ‘double-stringed’ (diplóchordo in Greek) and refers to an authentic violin technique (cfr tracks 4,11,16 & 17) of running two strings through the same nut slot of the instrument creating tautophony (two strings playing at the same pitch) or tuning them an octave apart. This spaced-out effect generates a more oriental and sensual feel.

All tracks are recorded from Fred Kramer's (Souma Records, BE) collection of shellac and vinyl records he excavated over the last 10 years in Greece, Egypt and the US.

Tracklist in the comments below. 

Check out more from Souma Records here:: https://soumarecords.bandcamp.com/ and here: https://soundcloud.com/soumarecords

Son Sistem Tsiftetelli Vol.1 (1933-1969) - Fred Kramer (Souma Records) (RIAFC100)

A winding journey through the catalogue of All Night Flight's Stockport record store, spanning from modern classical and free-flowing jazz to a wide soundscape of dark ambient, folk and techno... with All Night Flight, anything goes!

https://www.nts.live/shows/all-night-flight/episodes/all-night-flight-16th-july-2023

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