@NT_Tiger said in [What song are you listening to right now?](/post/1126320) said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8pfORc_cJ4
Where does the interest in foreign music come from NT? Noticed you're a fan of Zappa as well which is an acquired taste in itself but I appreciate how groundbreaking his approach to music was. Thought maybe you play the the sarod or something?
One of the bands I was in in the NT used to play at the top end folk festival. At one festival there was a mixed balkan folk band that played Romanian, Turkish, and Bulgarian folk. I thought it was fantastic and was hooked from there.
Quite a few balkan pieces are in compound time signatures or have complex rhythms. Zappa also uses complex rhythms and polyrhythms including xenochrony. I'm right into that. 4/4 bores me.
If you have any interest in hearing different music, a great place to start is the WomAdelaide folk festival (Womad). There are often very interesting bands and musical styles there from all around the world and it isn't all folk.
Bit of Bulgarian folk you reckon? I was huge on polyrhythms and all that when the Djent thing blew up but for whatever reason, I've just gone off it. Didn't even know what a polyrhythm was when I first tried to listen to Zappa so it makes sense that I found it jarring/confusing. Seems as though it's something you have to let your ears develop before you can hear it properly and appreciate it. I'll have to go back and give Zappa another try and a bit of this Balkan? stuff. Derek Trucks is the guy that got me looking around at different styles of music like Indian/Hindu classic music, which gets me a few funny looks from the neighbours.
Polyrhythms aren't for everybody and yes it took a long time to get my head around some of them. I'm still not particularly good at sorting some of them out, but some I can just hear straight away. I really like the way they can mess with your head, particularly the xenochronous ones. Zappa is by no means the only one to use polyrhythms. there is an Australian band (who's name escapes me) who perform some brilliant stuff. Not as frenetic as Zappa but top music.
With Zappas stuff yes I found it jarring like many others do. My mates all dropped it but I thought there was something there so I really started to listen. I tried counting it but found that really frustrating and eventually I just listened to it and felt the pulse rather than trying to define a beat.
I don't know alot about Indian music but I do know they use some interesting compound time signatures. As does some Irish folk and some traditional mexican folk. As far as funny looks go, if you get into Balkan and Roma music it's almost a guarantee.
I've never heard of Derek Trucks but I'm going to look him up.
Cheers
Sound like your a drummer but then the zappa influence throws me off? Maybe don't get too excited about Derek Trucks if your looking for polyrhythms but his guitar playing is out of this world. Trained with a couple of big name classical Indian Sarod players and it comes out in a weird way in his playing. Also the guitarist for the Allman bros for a while.
No drums, although i have played congas on a couple of songs. Sax, harmonica and vocals. I don't really play anything now (well and truly past it) except a bit of guitar and piano with the kids.
Do you play anything?