honest jon's have surprised and delighted me with this: http://www.honestjons.com/shop.php?pid=36711
i thought it was going to remain just an amazing thing on youtube which i'd never be able to listen to in a better format. nor probably know much about. this is the only journalism on it i've found: http://www.thefader.com/2010/02/24/...yles-shangaan-electro-south-africa-road-epic/
do these tunes really really push anyone else's buttons? i've honestly decided it's some of the best music ever. i'm surprised there isn't already a post.
i'm not the kind of person who patronisingly thinks music is more wonderful because it doesn't come from a developed western nation, either.
ps is honest jon's giving anyone else fearsome cognitive dissonance with its recent activities? sorry but there's just something so repulsive and earthy/worthy/boring about the name and everything.
edit: this isn't intended to be a dig at listening to music from around the world or anything like that. it's just that if i hadn't heard any of the tracks i probably wouldn't be filled with desire after reading the blurb. and wrong as it may be i'd be more inclined to take the recommendation from someone who wasn't into it. i'm sure the idea and packaging of so-called world music is an old debate. and i'm sure honest jon's would deny that it's their deal, but to be honest i think the release is packaged like that a bit. almost like you're expected to find it cute, pretty horrible.
i thought it was going to remain just an amazing thing on youtube which i'd never be able to listen to in a better format. nor probably know much about. this is the only journalism on it i've found: http://www.thefader.com/2010/02/24/...yles-shangaan-electro-south-africa-road-epic/
do these tunes really really push anyone else's buttons? i've honestly decided it's some of the best music ever. i'm surprised there isn't already a post.
i'm not the kind of person who patronisingly thinks music is more wonderful because it doesn't come from a developed western nation, either.
ps is honest jon's giving anyone else fearsome cognitive dissonance with its recent activities? sorry but there's just something so repulsive and earthy/worthy/boring about the name and everything.
edit: this isn't intended to be a dig at listening to music from around the world or anything like that. it's just that if i hadn't heard any of the tracks i probably wouldn't be filled with desire after reading the blurb. and wrong as it may be i'd be more inclined to take the recommendation from someone who wasn't into it. i'm sure the idea and packaging of so-called world music is an old debate. and i'm sure honest jon's would deny that it's their deal, but to be honest i think the release is packaged like that a bit. almost like you're expected to find it cute, pretty horrible.
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