#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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