International music?

[sdschwendener]

a thread to talk about all music. Anyone like music from east asia in particular?

http://www.yoshikinet.com/xjapan/xjapan4.jpg
http://www.chinaherald.net/uploaded_images/Ayumi-777212.jpg
http://www.nautiljon.com/images/clip/boa/boa-valenti.jpg
http://www.nautiljon.com/images/clip/asian_kung-fu_generation/rewrite.jpg

I doubt there is much interest in this topic here but maybe..

[ZiggyPastorius]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dir_En_Grey

Kind of an interesting band, to say the least.

[Much Ado]

It's a stereotype I'm sure, but I was badly scarred by 'Canto-pop' during my time in China. Guess it's just not my scene :o

My mother likes Il Divo, if that counts as international... :)

[Counterfit]

Yoko Kanno is a god.

[sdschwendener]

Yoko Kanno is a god.

Word. I wish I could say that unfortunately I have only been listening to foreign music for a year and I had no real clue who yoko kanno is.

[rockosmodurnlif]

Having been in Japan for the last two years I picked up Ayumi Hamasaki, High and Mighty Color and this awesome Okinawan band called Bleach. High and Mighty Color is Okinawan too though.

Ayumi is pop and the rest are rock.

[FullCollapse]

i'm a big fan of sigur ros. i can't say i'm into any asian music.

[Oirectine]

Hmm some of my favorite international musicians and bands are...

Iceland:
Mum
Sigur Ros

UK:
Amon Tobin (or would he be considered Brazilian?)
Autechre
Boards of Canada
Mogwai (Ireland)
Radiohead
Stereolab
65daysofstatic

France:
Air
Maurice Ravel

Canada:
Godspeed You! Black Emperor/A Silver Mt. Zion

Japan:
Yoko Kanno
MOSAIC.WAV (a guilty pleasure)
Pretty much every version of this song (and there are MANY): http://youtube.com/watch?v=XmaltChJnV0

[Duff-Man]

Duff-Man says....I listen to lots of different "international" music, to name a few recent faves:
Inna Zhelannaya
Sergey Starostin
Varrtina
Amiina
Annbjorg Lien
Yungchen Lhamo
Severa Nazarhkan
Garmarna
Paatos
Aviv Geffen
...I could go on and on......oh yeah!

[nnick]

Rebuilding the Rights of Statues from Beijing are great!!

http://www.myspace.com/rebuildingtherightsofstatues

[OwlsAndApples]

I won't mention UK and USA...too well-known but:

Tokyo Police Club
Rodrigo Y Gabriella
Tinariwen

Are all great :)

[foidulus]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dir_En_Grey

Kind of an interesting band, to say the least.

I saw them at M'era Luna in Hildesheim, and I had never heard of them before. They were...interesting...to say the least. nothing quite like a band of Japanese dudes pretending to cut themselves in front of a sea of European goths....

[toolbox]

The only international Bands that i listen too are

Bee Gees
Rammstien
The Streets