This 4PICKS episode brings together albums from four different parts of the world, transmitting the heritage of traditional music to the orbit of the digital era.
1. Burd Ellen – A Tarot Of The Green Wood (2022)
🇬🇧 Let’s start with the third album by the duo of Debbie Armour and Gayle Brogan. This is a very extraordinary perusal of traditional Scottish songs and legends that seem to have lost their age. The musical component of these works is closer to avant-garde improvisation. There are voices of synthesizers and electronics, drone, noises and cries of bagpipes, trumpets, and seagulls flying from swampy lakes.
Get this album via bandcamp | spotify | deezer | apple | youtube
2. Myst – Apere Oredxer (2023)
🇷🇺 We are quickly moving to the Caucasus to listen to the legends of Adygea turned to today’s sound. It’s a collection of stories and tunes coming from the ancient epochs. They have received extraordinary arrangements and interpretations without attempts to preserve the folklore itself.
Get this album via bandcamp | spotify | deezer | apple | youtube | yandex
3. 우리음악집단 소옥 – Soak With Music and People (2023)
🇰🇷 The third reflection comes to us from Korea. Local collective Soak presents their debut work, a collection of picturesque soundscapes that immediately attract your sight. Traditional Korean instruments, such as gayageum or ajaeng, are wonderfully combined with the voices of modern keyboards, drums and percussion.
Get this album via bandcamp | spotify | apple | youtube
4. Sander Mölder & Rüüt – Lendas Meie Kopelisse (2023)
🇪🇪 Another example of the acoustic and synthetic sound unity. Here is the collaboration of Estonian project Rüüt and modern composer Sander Mölder. We’ll follow soft guitar plucks, pulsating electronics and touching vocals that connect the origins together.
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