halc Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 could name 25 people on OCR that are more talented and interesting. talent is subjective. i could probably only name 5 people on OCR that are, in my opinion, more talented and interesting than ratatat. i dont know if anything i list would be "obscure" enough for you guys... but Cornelius, Chairlift and yes, Ratatat, stand out as obscure in my mind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evilhead Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 I love biwa music, especially music of the Satsuma biwa. It's usually played accomanied by the chanting of old tales, usually war stories from the Tale of the Heike but there are many topics. Until fairly recently there were very few examples of good biwa playing on YouTube, but a wonderful young player uploaded a few of her performances abroad. Here she is playing Dan no Ura, the climatic sea battle that results in the complete annhilation of the Heike clan. The full song is too long to put on YouTube unfortunately, and after the cut the sound is a bit off, but the first seven minutes are so are amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red9 Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 ^Agreed on biwa Personally SKA, kinda reggae, kinda jazz, kinda punk, kinda rock, kinda thrash, kinda awesome. It fits my life for most of the day (except sleeping). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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