#2714: Arabesques

New Sounds | May 24, 2010
For this New Sounds program, take a taste of some Western works with a Near-Eastern Tinge, including music from the likes of Berlin's jazz-rock-pop-classical band, 17 Hippies. Featuring ukulele and a Persian hammered dulcimer—played by a former heavy metal drummer—together with an acoustic Turkish take of the hip hop classic “Apache," their whirling, crashing, diving mixture of music, loosely bobs and weaves into and out of the Balkans, Eastern Europe and beyond. There are also works by the fast, fierce and classically trained musicians of DAAU, along with works by 17 Pygmies. And more.

PROGRAM # #2714, Arabesques - Western Works with a Near-Eastern Tinge
(First aired on Monday, 9/17/07)

ARTIST(S)

RECORDING

CUT(S)

SOURCE

DAAU

We Need New Animals

No Rule [4:30]

Sony Classical #60674** www.sonyclassical.com

17 Hippies

Heimlich

Teschko [3:30]

Hipster #012 www.17hippies.com

DAAU

We Need New Animals

Gin & Tonic [6:30]

See above.

17 Hippies

Heimlich

Apache [3:00]

See above.

DAAU

We Need New Animals

Traag [4:30]

See above.

Sussan Deihim & Richard Horowitz

Desert Equations: Azax Attra

Desert Equations [7:00]

Made To Measure #MTM-8 www.crammed.be

17 Pygmies

Jedda By the Sea

Moment in Ceylon [3:00]
Jerusalem by the Sea [3:00]

Lazy Dog #806 myspace.com/17pygmies

Benjamin Lew & Steven Brown

Apropos D'Un Paysage

Une Telle Richesse [4:00]
Au Sujet D'Un Paysage [4:00]

Made To Measure #16 www.crammed.be

17 Pygmies

Jedda By the Sea

Nocturne [2:00]

See above.

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