tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post1840103683265556736..comments2024-03-27T21:46:11.188+01:00Comments on Die or D.I.Y.?: Nasmak – "Nasmak Plus Instruments, Instruments Plus Nasmak" ( Plurex Records – Plurex 1800) 1980Jonny Zchivagohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09859740264284241032noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-69959196536827666492017-11-04T11:40:12.782+01:002017-11-04T11:40:12.782+01:00Yes in some parts of Wales, Belgium and/or Limburg...Yes in some parts of Wales, Belgium and/or Limburg the wheel has yet to be invented, and of course we look forward to the 2130's when they do. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-4969824757861836472017-11-04T07:43:48.263+01:002017-11-04T07:43:48.263+01:00Of course my comments only apply to the western wo...Of course my comments only apply to the western world.There will always be a time lag for the rest of the planet,which in some places are 50 years behind....which a good thing,because you can still revisit some music that is genuinely exciting and coming from an honest place.It may have been done before, but its pure.....like That Semen Angels person....very impressive.<br />There's a part of me that doesn't like the fact that these artists get to play in a New York art gallery like some kind of music zoo for the intellectual hipsters of manhatten....but they would be far more uncontaminated than the tired musics stomping the treadmill downtown.<br />I am of course playing the Devils Advocate ,and 1983 isn't a solid wall for musical innovation...there were and still are bubbles that rise and burst, like Hip-Hop.....which very quickly drove into a brick wall round about 1988.<br />Although I would never obviously call myself an intellectual hipster, i fit the profile, and would love to witness these Indonesian loonies in the flesh......bamboo guitar and all....one day!.....it can still be fun,and even exciting....reinventing the wheel is a phrase i forgot to use in my short rant!..but wheels are still the best thing we have to going forward. Jonny Zchivagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09859740264284241032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-63879216137415976272017-11-04T07:38:17.530+01:002017-11-04T07:38:17.530+01:00I had never heard of Nasmak until I saw this post....I had never heard of Nasmak until I saw this post. After listening to this album, I'm now wondering why I had never heard of them before. What an incredible bundle of fun this record is. Thanks for posting this!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-50820128571351427072017-11-04T04:35:08.258+01:002017-11-04T04:35:08.258+01:00After thinking about it I actually agree with you,...After thinking about it I actually agree with you, for the most part anyway. We had this discussion before, hip hop, for a while it was like punk but it bled out and became a caricature of itself pretty quick....<br /><br />I think a good example of what you're saying is this artist, Arrington De Dionyso from Olympus, Washington State, he first was in a band that has a bit of a cult status, Old Time Relijun, pretty good band and then he went solo doing songs where he sings in Bahasa Indonesia, really liked it too and it reminded me very much of Blurt... So when he came here and he visited my house I told him so, he had never heard of them and I played him some Blurt, I could see the surprise, he was not inventing the wheel so to say... He got himself some fame by the way, the whole Pizza Gate scandal, with all the pedophiles etc. ? He once did a mural in that Pizza club in Washington DC (removed years ago) and people started posting those murals on the internet and he got loads of death threats....<br /><br />Here, is this Blurt or not?<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKVm-BpWP6Q<br /><br />And that's where you are right, it's just re-inventing the wheel, it often seems like it's all been done now and I've been feeling like that for many years.... Then I start getting into the traditional music here in West-Java and I'm blown away, and after some 18 years in it I'm still being blown away, I wish I had a secret door through which you could pass and let me show you some shows here, I'm pretty sure you would be blown away by it too, it's just... wild, an energy that can only be experienced not explained, I don't care how cliche that might sound....<br /><br />And I wish you could be in Rotterdam the 18t of November where I'll be dj-ing )playing mainly Indonesian traditional music and Karinding Attack will be performing. It's guys like these and some others like for example Wukir and his crazy self-made bamboo guitar that make me think, yeah sure it's just mixing old stuff (by now) but it can still be great fun!<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gG8QUIyfQY<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gG8QUIyfQY<br /><br />Henk Madrotterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12733745439852366674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-33600147856234132962017-11-03T19:34:02.580+01:002017-11-03T19:34:02.580+01:00Never heard this one, and really totally different...Never heard this one, and really totally different from what I know from them :)Henk Madrotterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12733745439852366674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-66354613021133608532017-11-03T18:53:52.439+01:002017-11-03T18:53:52.439+01:00Well said!Well said!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com