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Xavier Rudd — Mana
Album: Food in the Belly
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6.7

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Released: 2007
Length: 2:08
Plays (last 30 days): 0
(Instrumental)
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Anyone else getting notes of Norwegian Wood?
If you don't get a song like this, try drumming to it or dancing to it
Then the trance sets in and those 2 minutes can feel like super tight 30 seconds
I had the pleasure of meeting Xavier Rudd at a folk festival. Really nice fellow. But experiencing his performance (he's a one-man band, did you know) under the right influence during a warm summer night was unforgettable. Some of his politically-bent songs are quite moving.
burping through a paper towel tube...

I really do like this , though. 8
You should really check out San Francisco local band Trance Mission.  Very much like this but even better.  Listen to  the"A Day Out of Time" album.
"Hey Mana, yo-yo-yo-yo, hey Mana yo-yo, yo, yo..."
the very beginning of this sounds like Kate Bush's "meteorological mix" of The Big Sky
Reminds me of the time we had in the rotorooter
 AtlantaGeek wrote:
Really? You'll play this but reject Drivin' N Cryin'?

 
wtf have these two bands got to do with each other?
 ch83575 wrote:
I cant help but feel like he is spitting on me.

 
Sounds like sniffing at first....
Really? You'll play this but reject Drivin' N Cryin'?
 msymmes wrote:
I did not know that Kangaroos could do Kraftwerk?
 

 
Or Black Sabbath
{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Dancingbanana_2}
I did not know that Kangaroos could do Kraftwerk?
 
Bloody hell,three Aussie songs in a row.Better go and skol a Fosters eh?
Isn't that opening borrowed from Jefferson Airplane's Crown of Creation?  Then the song transitions to Jingo by Santana.
I think of David Gulpilil during the first 10 seconds. 
The didge of Stephen Kent with Trance Mission from San Fransisco would also match perfect in a flow like this. Not one Trance Mission song on RP!?
Love it.  My son is in Australia now and getting to experience this wonderful culture and people!
This got better and better
didgerid'ooh!
No thanks.  PSD to the rescue
 Cynaera wrote:

Sometimes a visual can totally discredit a comment. I liked the music, but seeing this pic of Xavier Rudd, I love it. All the naysayers can naysay all they want - in my opinion, anyone who can sit behind a rig like that and make it create music like I just heard is worthy of at least an 8.  Thank you, as always, Calypsus_1.

 
miss you so much, Cynaera...

everybody in my homeless camp loves this song... 
 mikec09 wrote:
I'm kinda world music tolerant, but anything that features a didgeridoo . . . PLEASE . . . NOOOOOOOOO!

 
The fact that you describe "world music" as a genre means you're not really tolerant.  World music might have made sense as a label briefly in the 1980s, but it is utterly meaningless now.
Looks like someone has mastered the art of circular breathing......I like.
saw him at the Petaluma Music Festival, stood right in front of the speaker and let the sound fully envelope my body {#Group-hug}
amazing. sublime. no other words.
Love the didge - gonna jam tonight with some percussion buddies - WooHoo! {#Dancingbanana}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Bananasplit}
I cant help but feel like he is spitting on me.
Nice! I really like this.
gotta love the didge!!! But I am Australian..... any of you doubters out there, please take a listen to a traditional Aboriginal song, I find this sound so incredibly haunting.  Especially when you consider they were only recorded last century. This sound is so much of the landscape, haunting and energising... IMHO
Not bad...but I found myself expecting it to 'go somewhere'.
Love global music with unusual and unique instruments — this didgeridoo and drum mix is awesome. Peter Gabriel, AfroCelt, Paul Simon - love the tribal!
oh man, when these artists are performing on a sidewalk, park or subway station with those didgerees and plastic pail-drums its totally cosmic!
Gets me throbbing along in a positive vibe, love it!!! 
Cool sounds. Don't listen to the miserables.
God this is awful, really!
Please, no more !
 mikec09 wrote:
I'm kinda world music tolerant, but anything that features a didgeridoo . . . PLEASE . . . NOOOOOOOOO!

  Yup , it kinda sounds like some weird throat disease .


Pretty pointless.
I'm kinda world music tolerant, but anything that features a didgeridoo . . . PLEASE . . . NOOOOOOOOO!
Love. Makes me want a jungle adventure!
BROWN NOISE!

The digeridoos caught my attention right away! 


Are all digeridoos yidakis?

Xavier Rudd (2009) live in Geelong, Australia.
this guy is amazing live. Home sounds
the album cover is pretty cool.
Cool. Gotta love someone who can do this. Funky. I once went to a diger concert and it felt like my heart was vibrating.
I once asked a friend if she could play the didgeridoo -she replied "No, I didgeridon't"
TURNING THIS UP LOUD! 
 ch83575 wrote:
At least it was short.
 
Agreed.


Funky like chocolate monkeys
Love this and the instrument period.
 Pyro wrote:
Damn, I wish I knew how they make those high barking sounds on the didg....I can play one, but have never been able to figure that high bark technique out. Xavier is GOOD....
 
Pyro, you can play a didgeridoo? That's rather awesome... How'd you learn? Where'd you get one on which to practice? Sorry for all the questions, but I love exotic instruments and the sounds they create. (I'm stuck with guitar and piano. And occasionally, my own nose-whistle, although I'm trying to unlearn that one.)

I agree - Xavier Rudd is extremely talented! (And sorta cute - I like his macramaed ankle-bracelet.)

 calypsus_1 wrote:

Xavier Rudd by ~erinbit
©2005-2010 ~erinbit

Floyd Fest - Day 2

I sat on stage to watch Xavier Rudd. He is an amazing, multi-talented performer.

 
Sometimes a visual can totally discredit a comment. I liked the music, but seeing this pic of Xavier Rudd, I love it. All the naysayers can naysay all they want - in my opinion, anyone who can sit behind a rig like that and make it create music like I just heard is worthy of at least an 8.  Thank you, as always, Calypsus_1.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta9m2Sct8jY
Listen closely and you can hear him humming a melody while he's playing.
 MojoJojo wrote:
Most blokes named Xavier don't pronounce it eggs-avier.  Just a thought.  (think Z, not X)
 
I knew a guy pronounced it(his own name) Hahv-ee-ay.
Most blokes named Xavier don't pronounce it eggs-avier.  Just a thought.  (think Z, not X)
Xavier Rudd comes from my local town. I was shocked to hear him on an great, worldwide radio station such as Radio Paradise.
Although his music isn't really to my taste, I can still appreciate it - because he's amazing at what he does.
At least it was short.
After that Gogol Bordello travesty, not sure I've ever dished out back-to-back 2s during my decade of listening to Radio Paradise. I know some people love the didj, but it's an automatic cringe from the Asheville jury. (Which is ironic if anyone knows about the Asheville culture).

Oh, I like this.  And I love the album name!
I appreciate didjeridoos. They tell me when to turn my volume off or switch to my iTunes playlist. Thanks annoying wooden sticks!
 ThePoose wrote:
I want a didgeridoo app for my iPhone!
 
But if you start blowing into one end of your iPhone, what will all the people around you start thinking?


Xavier Rudd by ~erinbit
©2005-2010 ~erinbit

Floyd Fest - Day 2

I sat on stage to watch Xavier Rudd. He is an amazing, multi-talented performer.



That song would be the best song ever if I had just taken enough LSD to send an elephant to the moon.  Minus chemical alteration...  interesting but not something that I'd seek out.
There is something so primal and cool about the music of a didgeridoo.  And circular breathing is always fascinating.
 Sjaaks wrote:
Saw Xavier last week live in Eindhoven (the Netherlands). He had a bass player and a drummer with him, boy o boy, it was great!! Really tight and professional performance while still maintaining that laidback and party-like atmosphere... What a show!!

 
I just saw them play WOMadelaide. What a great rhythm section! They were so tight. They're called Izintaba and they're from South Africa.

Saw Xavier last week live in Eindhoven (the Netherlands). He had a bass player and a drummer with him, boy o boy, it was great!! Really tight and professional performance while still maintaining that laidback and party-like atmosphere... What a show!!

It's like the teacher from Charlie Brown...singing
This is just such great fun, I can't rate it less than an 8
I want a didg app for my iPhone!
 Pyro wrote:
Damn, I wish I knew how they make those high barking sounds on the didg....I can play one, but have never been able to figure that high bark technique out. Xavier is GOOD....
 
You basically yell into the didg while playing. That is the basics of it. What Xavier does is the art!!!!

The didg is one of the most difficult instruments to play. You have to be able to breathe in and out at the same time. Try it.

Nice to hear something from this talented musician on RP! (Though I'd recommend other tracks - when he sings and there's less didgeridoo.)
 daveesh wrote:
george: "bollocks. i can't figure out how to light this thing!"
 
{#Lol}{#Lol}{#Mrgreen}{#Clap}{#Mrgreen}{#Lol}{#Lol}
 Excelsior wrote:
Didg = automatic 1 and channel change.
 
Automatic fail.

I LOVE the didgeridoo!  Please, play more songs with them, and let them last longer.
 CoYoT51 wrote:
I do the same with my butt... very technical thing and many practice but only if I had much food in the belly.
 

{#Mrgreen}
Didg = automatic 1 and channel change.
Damn, I wish I knew how they make those high barking sounds on the didg....I can play one, but have never been able to figure that high bark technique out. Xavier is GOOD....
Boda wrote:
I love me some Xavier Rudd! Play more! And please, some of his songs with his singing and guitar work as well. Thanks!
It's a good album; Harry Manx shows up on a least one number as I recall.
CoYoT51 wrote:
I do the same with my butt... very technical thing and many practice but only if I had much food in the belly.
Our resident Pepe Le Pew
CoYoT51 wrote:
I do the same with my butt... very technical thing and many practice but only if I had much food in the belly.
I dig the doo. I even do the dew, but not the poo. Please never record your musical talents. Thanks
slartibart_O wrote:
daveesh wrote:
george: "bollocks. i can't figure out how to light this thing!"
*Picking self off of floor and wiping tears while still giggling hysterically*
daveesh wrote:
george: "bollocks. i can't figure out how to light this thing!"
I love me some Xavier Rudd! Play more! And please, some of his songs with his singing and guitar work as well. Thanks!
CoYoT51 wrote:
I do the same with my butt... very technical thing and many practice but only if I had much food in the belly.
You are truly talented
I do the same with my butt... very technical thing and many practice but only if I had much food in the belly.
wally42 wrote:
Bill, Dig a little deeper and play more Xavier
Yes, this motion has a 2nd! Actually, this song is one I don't care much for because there aren't any lyrics...the Paul Simonesque vocals are worth hearing.
My son brought a dij back from Aust, he can do it, I sure cannot!
Verpeiler wrote:
Bill surely loves his daily dose of dij
I am going to a crafts festival this weekend and plan to buy a didj for my daughter's 17th birthday. She's been craving one.
Bill surely loves his daily dose of dij
Nice use of the dij
slartibart_O wrote:
george: "bollocks. i can't figure out how to light this thing!"
This is great! Not sure how many more tracks of the owld didgi I cud tike, thow!
After looking at posted photos of the Beatles with digeridoos, I couldn't help but hear "Norweigan Wood" in this tune.
Cool stuff:)
slartibart_O wrote:
LOL, how strange... ontopic: sounds great and reminds of fullmoon-parties in the south of thailand.
buckskin wrote:
Have you a clue as to the significance of a dididgeridoo
Indeed I do!
ThePoose wrote:
didgeridont!
Have you a clue as to the significance of a dididgeridoo
Didg trance. Kind of like it.
good to hear xavier here on rp!
Bill, Dig a little deeper and play more Xavier
wow! such an amazing song!
I just saw him on Philip Island playing a New Year's festival. Hearing him live is something you gotta do if you have the chance.
favourite instrument, hands down
Nice didg....
alkhem wrote:
Recordings just don't do this justice. If you get a chance see him live. One man, way to many instruments.. One of the best concerts I've see in ages. So much energy coming out of one guy, I'm surprised he can stand up at the end of the set.
Now someone speaks the truth!!! That is a cool piece, but he has many great songs as well as the didj jams.
ThePoose wrote:
didgeridont!
Obiviously you've not seen one played live. It's visceral! Amazing!
Now that's something you don't hear every day. I like it! Not that I'd want to listen to that kind of stuff all day, but sounds good all mixed in with the other goodies.
Recordings just don't do this justice. If you get a chance see him live. One man, way to many instruments.. One of the best concerts I've see in ages. So much energy coming out of one guy, I'm surprised he can stand up at the end of the set.
Very Good RP! Nice add to the playlist. I've seen Xavier Rudd several times, simply amazing. All at altitude as well. You should see him blow the didgj. Good work!!!!!
ThePoose wrote:
didgeridont!
Preach on brother
didgeridont!