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psg
(Ottawa)
Posted: Mar 03, 2009 - 10:49
 

Just the opposite for me: A good example of Celtic-style music that just rubs the wrong way.

 
Blasserman wrote:
I've become a fan of Celtic style music, this is a good example of why...
 



Gartholamundi
(Gainesville, FL)
Posted: Mar 03, 2009 - 10:49
 

fredriley wrote:
This is in the same 'fusion' stable as Afro-Celt Sound System, a melange of world influences with a core of Celtic sounds. I can hear digeridoos and Middle Eastern and African rhythms in the background of this. 7 from the Nottingham jury, likely rising on further listening...


i'm all for world mixes, at least half of what i listen to falls in there, and i love Afro-Celt, especially the 3rd and 4th "volumes."

but i think its the manic instruments universally on the top of these tracks by Hevia that made me eventually sell back two of their albums. once again i find i love what's going on in the background with this one, but the foreground is like dragging a paperclip across my eyeballs.


(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Feb 15, 2009 - 21:22
 



I dig it...



chirpie
(olathe, kansas)
Posted: Dec 14, 2008 - 13:43
 

 Brestois wrote:
Wow, I love the album cover. It's so tastefully designed. You can see a lot of effort went into that one.
 
Now that's just mean. ^_^

I don't think there's enough variance in this genre to allow for too many acts. Afro Celt does this stuff better, and even a lot of their work sounds a little too similar at times...

FlamingLotus
(South Austin, baby!)
Posted: May 23, 2008 - 05:54
 

fredriley wrote:


This is in the same 'fusion' stable as Afro-Celt Sound System, a melange of world influences with a core of Celtic sounds. I can hear digeridoos and Middle Eastern and African rhythms in the background of this. 7 from the Nottingham jury, likely rising on further listening...


I'm all for world music, fusion, experimentation, etc.--but too many ingredients in this melting pot ruins this soup for me.
fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: May 23, 2008 - 05:49
 

Krow_Pie wrote:


A shocker...Something Michael Flattery would roller blade to.


This is in the same 'fusion' stable as Afro-Celt Sound System, a melange of world influences with a core of Celtic sounds. I can hear digeridoos and Middle Eastern and African rhythms in the background of this. 7 from the Nottingham jury, likely rising on further listening...
auburntigerrich
(Edge of the 'Verse)
Posted: May 23, 2008 - 05:48
 

ACSS, is that you?
Similar... but not quite there. Missing the building percussion. Still pretty good though.
boober
(KC,Mo)
Posted: Mar 21, 2008 - 06:13
 

The guy on the cover looks like Brad Pitt.
Phonedave
(Northeast NJ)
Posted: Mar 21, 2008 - 06:10
 

Sounds like the background music in EPCOT at Walt Disney World just before Illuminations begins.

For that reason I like it. Makes good background music.

-dave

jjbix
(san diego)
Posted: Mar 05, 2008 - 15:48
 

worth listening too!
Brestois
(Swords, Co. Dublin, Ireland)
Posted: Mar 05, 2008 - 15:04
 

Wow, I love the album cover. It's so tastefully designed. You can see a lot of effort went into that one.
AaronOfMackenzie
(Canada)
Posted: Jan 02, 2008 - 18:10
 

I think that there may have been several notes played there which normally would have pleased my ear, but unfortunately they were mis-arranged. No more than a 3 on a good day.
TheFriendlyCat
(Five Miles South of Nowhere)
Posted: Jan 02, 2008 - 18:03
 

Erk, I'm good with most of it except for that bassline :puke:

DjThirteenP wrote:
It's the mid-80's world music bassline that really ratchets up the cheese factor on this one. No, wait, it's the travel agency t.v. ad canned Ireland rif.

Krow_Pie
(Venice, California)
Posted: Jan 02, 2008 - 18:02
 

dcdog wrote:


Yes, a viscous glob of tasteless goo.


A shocker...Something Michael Flattery would roller blade to.
Blasserman
(Banning, CA (80 Mi. east of LA))
Posted: Dec 02, 2007 - 08:46
 

I've become a fan of Celtic style music, this is a good example of why...
dcdog
(washington dc)
Posted: Nov 16, 2007 - 11:44
 

DjThirteenP wrote:
It's the mid-80's world music bassline that really ratchets up the cheese factor on this one. No, wait, it's the travel agency t.v. ad canned Ireland rif. No, no, wait, it's the ethereal wave of cliches in the late-arriving vocal part. It's like aural fondue.


Yes, a viscous glob of tasteless goo.
CCinSB
(the west coast)
Posted: Nov 16, 2007 - 11:38
 


(former member)
(Land of the Long White Cloud)
Posted: Nov 01, 2007 - 00:29
 

nice sound. love the pipe.
Deadwing
(Cincinnati OH)
Posted: Oct 16, 2007 - 02:38
 

fun!
Deadwing
(Cincinnati OH)
Posted: Sep 14, 2007 - 16:35
 

For the first second i thought this was Bananarama.. clearly I was mistaken! :)


hehehhehhe
El_Monty
(West Bloomfield, MI)
Posted: Sep 14, 2007 - 16:34
 

This is used in the musical prelude to the Epcot fireworks show. I remember tapping my foot to the music.
shayborg
(Seattle, WA)
Posted: Sep 14, 2007 - 16:33
 

Meh.
reedifus
(The Dairy State)
Posted: Aug 14, 2007 - 06:38
 

what can one say, but, HUH?
nicolaluna
Posted: Jul 13, 2007 - 18:45
 

hmm, i was just logging in to say... this band sounds like a mellowed-down version of afro celt sound system.

does rp ever play them?

TerryS wrote:
Sounds a lot like Afrocelt.........which means that they are best seen live, but still vibrant and time well wasted, as they say elsewhere.

TerryS
(The other SW)
Posted: Jul 13, 2007 - 18:44
 

Agree with Ms Judi: sounds a lot like Afrocelt.........which means that they are best seen live, but still vibrant and time well wasted, as they say elsewhere.
Wizzuvvoz
(middle of the road in the groin of America)
Posted: Apr 26, 2007 - 08:17
 

DjThirteenP wrote:
It's the mid-80's world music bassline that really ratchets up the cheese factor on this one. No, wait, it's the travel agency t.v. ad canned Ireland rif. No, no, wait, it's the ethereal wave of cliches in the late-arriving vocal part. It's like aural fondue.
LOL! Too funny. I like fondue though.
Ichthyologist
(Dallas)
Posted: Apr 26, 2007 - 08:14
 

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
pannaramma
(Away)
Posted: Apr 10, 2007 - 11:49
 

alux wrote:
I agree. I tried out pandora and found it a BIG waste of listening time (and time in general). I'd much rather let Bill winnow the musical morass for me. Which reminds me, I need to send RP another check....
I totally agree. But you should do automatic monthly payments for RP. I do - no money better spent. Wish I could contribute more.
ps. so weird to see my name all over the place


LizDeines
(Where it always snows)
Posted: Feb 22, 2007 - 14:18
 

I don't know why, but I love it!
Cornelia
(Arlington VA)
Posted: Jan 23, 2007 - 11:30
 

For the first second i thought this was Bananarama.. clearly I was mistaken! :)
alux
(atop the pyramid)
Posted: Dec 10, 2006 - 20:07
 

I agree. I tried out pandora and found it a BIG waste of listening time (and time in general). I'd much rather let Bill winnow the musical morass for me. Which reminds me, I need to send RP another check....


Cynaera wrote:
LOL! That was my thought! Very similar styles. Still good stuff, though. Hey, I live in Nosepick, Nevada, and we're only now coming into the present.

I haven't been here (at RadioParadise) for awhile - I discovered www.pandora.com and have been playing with building my own radio stations. Funny, though - what I hear there, I've already heard here, numerous times.

RadioParadise, you're still cutting edge. Thanks for all your hard work, and for all the great music. You rock... and sway, and swim, and fly, and transcend...

Mari
(île de lesvos)
Posted: Nov 26, 2006 - 05:25
 

Get it right boys'n'girls


kismet700
(over valleys of endless seas)
Posted: Nov 11, 2006 - 15:09
 

Tim55 wrote:
joyfull


It sounds like Hindu kirtan which is always uplifting.
Tim55
(Conesus Lake, New York)
Posted: Nov 11, 2006 - 15:03
 

joyfull
Gribnif
Posted: Oct 13, 2006 - 08:53
 

Ick.
tony99
Posted: Aug 01, 2006 - 04:04
 

Urgh
MojoJojo
(Indianapolis, IN USA)
Posted: Jul 17, 2006 - 11:53
 

Feh!
handyrae
(Zero Point Field)
Posted: Jul 17, 2006 - 11:50
 

Egads! I feel like I should be shopping for shoes or something.
Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Jun 03, 2006 - 14:56
 

MsJudi wrote:
Holy shit, I thought this was gonna be the Afro-Celts!
LOL! That was my thought! Very similar styles. Still good stuff, though. Hey, I live in Nosepick, Nevada, and we're only now coming into the present.

I haven't been here (at RadioParadise) for awhile - I discovered www.pandora.com and have been playing with building my own radio stations. Funny, though - what I hear there, I've already heard here, numerous times.

RadioParadise, you're still cutting edge. Thanks for all your hard work, and for all the great music. You rock... and sway, and swim, and fly, and transcend...

Glockman45
(undisclosed)
Posted: Apr 20, 2006 - 21:22
 

fire the missles!
noelbarnes
(Santa Cruz)
Posted: Mar 22, 2006 - 13:57
 

oral fondle

DjThirteenP wrote:
It's the mid-80's world music bassline that really ratchets up the cheese factor on this one. No, wait, it's the travel agency t.v. ad canned Ireland rif. No, no, wait, it's the ethereal wave of cliches in the late-arriving vocal part. It's like aural fondue.

DjThirteenP
(Tampa)
Posted: Mar 07, 2006 - 19:11
 

It's the mid-80's world music bassline that really ratchets up the cheese factor on this one. No, wait, it's the travel agency t.v. ad canned Ireland rif. No, no, wait, it's the ethereal wave of cliches in the late-arriving vocal part. It's like aural fondue.
Clobyn
(the Netherlands)
Posted: Jan 08, 2006 - 04:58
 

MsJudi wrote:
Holy shit, I thought this was gonna be the Afro-Celts!

Indeed!
xkolibuul
(Green Mountain state of mind)
Posted: Dec 24, 2005 - 17:33
 

Y'all're a buncha grinches here on Christmas Eve. This is good stuff. Play on, Bill.


RosieRedfield wrote:
Way too long, especially because it's pretentiously incomprehensible much of the time. How about some real Bollywood music?

RosieRedfield
(Vancouver)
Posted: Dec 24, 2005 - 17:26
 

Way too long, especially because it's pretentiously incomprehensible much of the time. How about some real Bollywood music?
Platypus
(here, now)
Posted: Oct 27, 2005 - 08:24
 

drekar wrote:
It feel so... contrived.



yep. nuttin new here. sounds just like all the rest of the "world beat" easy-listening-electronica bunk to me - Delirium, Lost at Last, Enigma, Deep Forest, ACSS, etc etc etc... the whole schtick has been old and played out since the early 90s.
mojoman
(Rocky Mountains, Colorado)
Posted: Oct 12, 2005 - 16:18
 

psycholynx wrote:
BOW BEFORE THE DIDJERIDU !!!



... or the giant bong, as the case may be.
rKokon
(Colesville, MD)
Posted: Aug 29, 2005 - 09:36
 

Is this Celtic and Middle Eastern instrumentation with Hindu-chant words from India (thought I heard Rama repeatedly)?

I like the Celtic/Middle-Eastern instrumental liaison. I am still deciding about the lyrics--maybe that makes it too eclectic . . .
rKokon
(Colesville, MD)
Posted: Aug 29, 2005 - 09:36
 

Is this Celtic and Middle Eastern instrumentation with Hindu-chant words from India (thought I heard Rama repeatedly)?

I like the Celtic/Middle-Eastern instrumental liaison. I am still deciding about the lyrics--maybe that makes it too eclectic . . .
MsJudi
(Houston, TX)
Posted: Aug 29, 2005 - 08:24
 

Holy shit, I thought this was gonna be the Afro-Celts!