#4387: New Music, Old Instruments and Bardcore
Who doesn’t love a lute, or a cittern, or a vielle? Hear new music made on old instruments, along with some “Bardcore” - 20th and 21st Century contemporary pop music re-worked on early and medieval instruments.
Listen to flutes and recorders, lutes, psaltery, cittern, vielles (medieval fiddle) and percussion in music by Ryuichi Sakamoto, lutenist Joz van Wissem, and Red Byrd in a work by Led Zeppelin bass player, John Paul Jones. Plus, music arranged by German producer Cornelius Link and Algal the Bard from the 2020 Youtube thing called “Bardcore.” Think of it as music out of the time of one plague, played in the time of a very different plague by folks with a lot of time on their hands.
German producer (and web developer) Cornelius Link is one of the main accounts posting Bardcore covers, and in an interview with Vice says, that he’s “always been enthusiastic about medieval music,” and that he “thought this could be a fun idea.” Indeed. Listen to his arrangement of the Foster the People song, “Pumped Up Kicks” – which might fail to take into account the longbow versus gun. There’s another “Pumped Up Kicks” arrangement by Hildegard von Blingin’ who is a “key player in the Bardcore movement,” (The Awesomer), whose videos happen to be in Olde English. Which does take into account bow instead of gun:
Also, hear Metallica and System of a Down as arranged by another of the players in the Bardcore movement, Algal the Bard, for lute, cittern, flute, and effects pad.
Then, listen to new original music on medieval instruments by lutenist Jozef van Wissem, who has done film scores for and with Jim Jarmusch. Also, hear work from Ryuichi Sakamoto and a medieval ensemble, Danceries. Then, dive into some neo-pagan Nordic folk music from Wardruna, along with music from Australian duo Dead Can Dance. And more.
Program #4387, New Music, Old Instruments (First aired 7/14/2020)
ARTIST: Cornelius Link
WORK: Astronomoia [1:30]
RECORDING: YouTube
SOURCE: youtube.com
INFO: soundcloud.com
ARTIST: Cornelius Link
WORK: Foster the People: Pumped Up Kicks [4:51]
RECORDING: YouTube
SOURCE: youtube.com
INFO: soundcloud.com
ARTIST: Ryuichi Sakamoto and Danceries
WORK: Dance [2:30]
RECORDING: The End of Asia
SOURCE: Denon #7077
INFO: Try Amazon.com
ARTIST: Algal The Bard
WORK: Metallica: Nothing Else Matters [5:10]
RECORDING: YouTube
SOURCE/INFO: youtube.com/c/AlgaltheBard
ARTIST: Jozef van Wissem
WORK: US Drone Strikes Again [4:42]
RECORDING: Simulacrum
SOURCE: BV Haast #0104
INFO: Out of print. Try auction sites or record fairs.
ARTIST: Algal The Bard
WORK: System of a Down: Toxicity [3:54]
RECORDING: YouTube
SOURCE/INFO: youtube.com/c/AlgaltheBard
ARTIST: Wardruna
WORK: Wunjo [4:18]
RECORDING: Runaljod Ragnarok
SOURCE/INFO: wardruna.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Estampie
WORK: Seigneurs sachez [3:12]
RECORDING: Crusades: In nomine domini
SOURCE: Christophorus #77183
INFO: estampie.de
ARTIST: Dead Can Dance
WORK: Sea-Borne [6:45]
RECORDING: Dionysus
SOURCE: Pias Recordings PIASR440
INFO: deadcandance.com
ARTIST: Red Byrd
WORK: John Paul jones - So elle encina [4:41]
RECORDING: Songs of Love and Death
SOURCE: Factory #336
INFO: factoryrecords.org
ARTIST: Hesperus
WORK: Salterello [4:02]
RECORDING: Neo-medieval
SOURCE: Dorian DIS-80155
INFO: hesperus.org
