Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Teeme Muusikat


One of my favorite records. This little ep might appeal to fans of Carl Orff/Gunild Keetman Schulwerk records, or the Estonian jazz-folk-pop group Collage. A man with a neck beard named Veljo Tormis is at the helm. I don't think the record explicitly follows Orffian principles, but it sounds very similar -- lots of mallet instruments and singing in rounds. Cool medieval Baltic folk for the bellbottom set. Teeme Muusikat translates as something like "let's play music."
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7 comments:

  1. alphabetFebruary 23, 2010 at 3:24 PM

    Nice!!! I'm loving ur blog...

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  2. BenFebruary 23, 2010 at 11:10 PM

    Thanks for the feedback!

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  3. ReimerMarch 19, 2010 at 3:58 PM

    Tremendous blog you have. I look foRWARD to hearing this, since I rate Tormis highly (I know him in his 'serious' composer mode)

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  4. M—April 23, 2010 at 7:39 AM

    Ooh, cool. Tormis' epic double album of Baltic folk songs on ECM is a particular favourite.

    Stefan M—
    friendsound.wordpress.com

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  5. Jo/NoDecember 11, 2011 at 2:34 PM

    Looks interesting indeed, thanks! I'm a big fan of Collage. Will try to check out that ECM release, thanks for the recommendation, Stefan!

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  6. BenFebruary 15, 2012 at 9:32 PM

    http://www.mediafire.com/?b5fm8y9bfdzj8tz

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  7. AnonymousFebruary 23, 2012 at 11:37 PM

    thanks very much for reupping these

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