WORLD Music Thread (Non-Western/Non-American)

[AK'z]

Let's start with a highly Islamic track from the Senegal maestro Youssou N'Dour. There's nothing like a good test of people's prejudice on the right off. :-)
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJgl4hvESYE[/media]
(it's not 15 minutes long, it's dumb youtube extending the video out disproportionately.)

[url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/rock/ndour-04.php]He refused to tour America in 2003 because Bush declared war on Iraq.[/url]

It's a tough world out there, and for world music you'll find it TOUGH to get the good stuff because a lot of it is confined to those countries and even worse, they are confined to their langauge only meaning that you'll only have hope if you actually know the damn language.

[url=http://rateyourmusic.com/list/erikfish/best_world_music_albums_of_all_time___8_lists_combined]WORLD MUSIC ALBUMS - 8 LISTS COMBINED[/url]

^great starter list of albums.

[h2]LET'S EXPLORE MORE[/h2]

[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnFfKbxIHD0] CUBAN JAZZ[/url]
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mxJKb4Kquk]WORLD FUSION - Qawalli[/url]
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHOTGt0amOQ]PETER GABRIEL - PASSION (cheating a little bit because he's western, but he's the godfather of immigrating styles to us western noobs[/url]
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmcPDi_W0BU]GREEK FOLK[/url]
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pJoPDsOoCs]BRAZILIAN SAMBA SOUL[/url]
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQmT89440D8]AFRICAN AFRO-FUNK/FOLK[/url]
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7UoRdxT4cM]GERMAN PSYCH FOLK[/url]
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPvEGBBo7us]SPANISH FOLK (Catalan Folk Music)[/url]

[editline]27th October 2012[/editline]

please don't flood this thread with media tagged videos, [h2]use [url="video"]"Words"[/url][/h2]

[AK'z]

some arabian pop:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRT7L3913BU[/media]

Lovely voice.

[AK'z]

ok woah, jazz fused with qawalli music
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSqa2hId9kA[/media]

amazing.

[Herr Sven]

[I]*cracks fingers* Let's do this...[/I]

[B]Non-Western Metal[/B]

[B]폐허[/B] (Ambient Black Metal from South Korea)
[video=youtube;8ltjNXuaOhY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ltjNXuaOhY[/video]

[B]3,14...[/B] (Melodic Doom Metal from Azerbaijan)
[video=youtube;EfpDEUfAurA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfpDEUfAurA[/video]

[B]Aeternum Sacris[/B] (Funeral Doom Metal from Japan)
[video=youtube;SHEPndJ1jPU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHEPndJ1jPU[/video]

[B]Falling Leaves[/B] (Melodic Death/Doom Metal from Jordan)
[video=youtube;VaeiH1xLang]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaeiH1xLang[/video]

[B]Heartless[/B] (Depressive/Suicidal Black Metal from China)
[video=youtube;GvQzTxCGN9Y]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvQzTxCGN9Y[/video]

[B]Crackdust[/B] (Death Metal from Botswana)
[video=youtube;hzEUdZz4RhU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzEUdZz4RhU[/video]

[killerteacup]

World music huh

Well who could forget the great spot of history led by the french ocora label, bam

[url]http://www.forcedexposure.com/labels/ocora.france.html[/url]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph3sVw0wUXM[/media]

Hello korean world music

[Ibby]

no geinoh yamashirogumi?

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVmZjEJ03Rc[/media]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP835Ez6Hbo[/media]

[editline]31st October 2012[/editline]

thanks for all that, Herr Sven

[OctopusGuy]

Tibetan Bon drone chants performed by Russians.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g4z1tkrCD0[/media]

[UberWarri0r]

Post-Rock from China
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ-dp22hOhA&feature=player_embedded[/media]

Folk from Honduras
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jelfZufzpJ0&feature=channel&list=UL[/media]

Post-Punk From Russia
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPcNutKBFR4&feature=channel&list=UL[/media]

Black Metal from around the world.
[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6OMDK2YJDw&list=UUIrQ5Oohf24tDmxZMn5_3fQ&index=30&feature=plcp"]Zuriaake from China[/URL]
[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6I9LKa6zx9Y&list=UUIrQ5Oohf24tDmxZMn5_3fQ&index=10&feature=plcp="]Conrad From Barbados[/URL]
[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDXNFYtTrlY"]Sovereign from Brazil[/URL]
[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yM-SfqseGzM"]Sigh from Japan[/URL]
[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yZOa_GFnQM"]Taarma from Pakistan[/URL]

[AK'z]

why do I have to be banned when this thread gains some speed. :(

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TuGynDTfFI[/media]
Latvian Folk Rock.