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Hevia — Son Del Busgosu
Album: The Other Side
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6.3

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Total ratings: 463









Released: 2000
Length: 3:10
Plays (last 30 days): 0
(Instrumental)
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 psg wrote:
Just the opposite for me: A good example of Celtic-style music that just rubs the wrong way.

 
 




Same for me.   I do not enjoy bagpipe music as a rule.   All due respect to the artist, who clearly has talent, but this is like fingernails on a blackboard to me. 
Could be interesting but I find the whole thing too busy and fast.🐨
 Rockit9 wrote:
 
Dude, stop spamming. Send it in as a song submission and cross your fingers.
Just the opposite for me: A good example of Celtic-style music that just rubs the wrong way.

 
Blasserman wrote:
I've become a fan of Celtic style music, this is a good example of why...
 


fredriley wrote:
This is in the same 'fusion' stable as Afro-Celt Sound System, a melange of world influences with a core of Celtic sounds. I can hear digeridoos and Middle Eastern and African rhythms in the background of this. 7 from the Nottingham jury, likely rising on further listening...


i'm all for world mixes, at least half of what i listen to falls in there, and i love Afro-Celt, especially the 3rd and 4th "volumes."

but i think its the manic instruments universally on the top of these tracks by Hevia that made me eventually sell back two of their albums. once again i find i love what's going on in the background with this one, but the foreground is like dragging a paperclip across my eyeballs.

 Brestois wrote:
Wow, I love the album cover. It's so tastefully designed. You can see a lot of effort went into that one.
 
Now that's just mean. ^_^

I don't think there's enough variance in this genre to allow for too many acts. Afro Celt does this stuff better, and even a lot of their work sounds a little too similar at times...
fredriley wrote:
This is in the same 'fusion' stable as Afro-Celt Sound System, a melange of world influences with a core of Celtic sounds. I can hear digeridoos and Middle Eastern and African rhythms in the background of this. 7 from the Nottingham jury, likely rising on further listening...
I'm all for world music, fusion, experimentation, etc.--but too many ingredients in this melting pot ruins this soup for me.
Krow_Pie wrote:
A shocker...Something Michael Flattery would roller blade to.
This is in the same 'fusion' stable as Afro-Celt Sound System, a melange of world influences with a core of Celtic sounds. I can hear digeridoos and Middle Eastern and African rhythms in the background of this. 7 from the Nottingham jury, likely rising on further listening...
ACSS, is that you? Similar... but not quite there. Missing the building percussion. Still pretty good though.
The guy on the cover looks like Brad Pitt.
Sounds like the background music in EPCOT at Walt Disney World just before Illuminations begins. For that reason I like it. Makes good background music. -dave
worth listening too!
Wow, I love the album cover. It's so tastefully designed. You can see a lot of effort went into that one.
I think that there may have been several notes played there which normally would have pleased my ear, but unfortunately they were mis-arranged. No more than a 3 on a good day.
Erk, I'm good with most of it except for that bassline DjThirteenP wrote:
It's the mid-80's world music bassline that really ratchets up the cheese factor on this one. No, wait, it's the travel agency t.v. ad canned Ireland rif.
dcdog wrote:
Yes, a viscous glob of tasteless goo.
A shocker...Something Michael Flattery would roller blade to.
I've become a fan of Celtic style music, this is a good example of why...
DjThirteenP wrote:
It's the mid-80's world music bassline that really ratchets up the cheese factor on this one. No, wait, it's the travel agency t.v. ad canned Ireland rif. No, no, wait, it's the ethereal wave of cliches in the late-arriving vocal part. It's like aural fondue.
Yes, a viscous glob of tasteless goo.
fun!
For the first second i thought this was Bananarama.. clearly I was mistaken! :)
hehehhehhe
This is used in the musical prelude to the Epcot fireworks show. I remember tapping my foot to the music.
Meh.
what can one say, but, HUH?
hmm, i was just logging in to say... this band sounds like a mellowed-down version of afro celt sound system. does rp ever play them? TerryS wrote:
Sounds a lot like Afrocelt.........which means that they are best seen live, but still vibrant and time well wasted, as they say elsewhere.
Agree with Ms Judi: sounds a lot like Afrocelt.........which means that they are best seen live, but still vibrant and time well wasted, as they say elsewhere.
DjThirteenP wrote:
It's the mid-80's world music bassline that really ratchets up the cheese factor on this one. No, wait, it's the travel agency t.v. ad canned Ireland rif. No, no, wait, it's the ethereal wave of cliches in the late-arriving vocal part. It's like aural fondue.
LOL! Too funny. I like fondue though.
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
alux wrote:
I agree. I tried out pandora and found it a BIG waste of listening time (and time in general). I'd much rather let Bill winnow the musical morass for me. Which reminds me, I need to send RP another check.... I totally agree. But you should do automatic monthly payments for RP. I do - no money better spent. Wish I could contribute more. ps. so weird to see my name all over the place
I don't know why, but I love it!
For the first second i thought this was Bananarama.. clearly I was mistaken! :)
I agree. I tried out pandora and found it a BIG waste of listening time (and time in general). I'd much rather let Bill winnow the musical morass for me. Which reminds me, I need to send RP another check.... Cynaera wrote:
LOL! That was my thought! Very similar styles. Still good stuff, though. Hey, I live in Nosepick, Nevada, and we're only now coming into the present. I haven't been here (at RadioParadise) for awhile - I discovered www.pandora.com and have been playing with building my own radio stations. Funny, though - what I hear there, I've already heard here, numerous times. RadioParadise, you're still cutting edge. Thanks for all your hard work, and for all the great music. You rock... and sway, and swim, and fly, and transcend...
Get it right boys'n'girls
Tim55 wrote:
joyfull
It sounds like Hindu kirtan which is always uplifting.
joyfull
Ick.
Urgh
Feh!
Egads! I feel like I should be shopping for shoes or something.
MsJudi wrote:
Holy shit, I thought this was gonna be the Afro-Celts!
LOL! That was my thought! Very similar styles. Still good stuff, though. Hey, I live in Nosepick, Nevada, and we're only now coming into the present. I haven't been here (at RadioParadise) for awhile - I discovered www.pandora.com and have been playing with building my own radio stations. Funny, though - what I hear there, I've already heard here, numerous times. RadioParadise, you're still cutting edge. Thanks for all your hard work, and for all the great music. You rock... and sway, and swim, and fly, and transcend...
fire the missles!
oral fondle DjThirteenP wrote:
It's the mid-80's world music bassline that really ratchets up the cheese factor on this one. No, wait, it's the travel agency t.v. ad canned Ireland rif. No, no, wait, it's the ethereal wave of cliches in the late-arriving vocal part. It's like aural fondue.
It's the mid-80's world music bassline that really ratchets up the cheese factor on this one. No, wait, it's the travel agency t.v. ad canned Ireland rif. No, no, wait, it's the ethereal wave of cliches in the late-arriving vocal part. It's like aural fondue.
MsJudi wrote:
Holy shit, I thought this was gonna be the Afro-Celts!
Indeed!
Y'all're a buncha grinches here on Christmas Eve. This is good stuff. Play on, Bill. RosieRedfield wrote:
Way too long, especially because it's pretentiously incomprehensible much of the time. How about some real Bollywood music?
Way too long, especially because it's pretentiously incomprehensible much of the time. How about some real Bollywood music?
drekar wrote:
It feel so... contrived.
yep. nuttin new here. sounds just like all the rest of the "world beat" easy-listening-electronica bunk to me - Delirium, Lost at Last, Enigma, Deep Forest, ACSS, etc etc etc... the whole schtick has been old and played out since the early 90s.
psycholynx wrote:
BOW BEFORE THE DIDJERIDU !!!
... or the giant bong, as the case may be.
Is this Celtic and Middle Eastern instrumentation with Hindu-chant words from India (thought I heard Rama repeatedly)? I like the Celtic/Middle-Eastern instrumental liaison. I am still deciding about the lyrics--maybe that makes it too eclectic . . .
Holy shit, I thought this was gonna be the Afro-Celts!
This almost sounds Irish. Like Irish on craic!
It feel so... contrived. :roll:
This is not a didj, but he does play it on another track - "Busindre Reel"
BOW BEFORE THE DIDJERIDU !!!
gotta love the Spanish bagpipes - and this reminds me of Kila, as well...
This one'll get your heart pumping!
Fun!
Dancin Leprechauns !
WoW!
shari wrote:
This is fantastic! I'd like to know more about the history and roots of this particular genre and musician. I'm getting the CD! (I love celtic music and this is particularly interesting and rocking too!) Thanks to you for introducing me to this musician. --Shari
Shari, you HAVE checked out Afrocelts (a.k.a. Afrocelt Sound System), I hope. If you like this genre, you will like them. Also check out Kila. I really like the Celtic stuff, too, and am a BIG fan of Afrocelts.
camarkim wrote:
Thought so too, myself.
Me, too.
New, and I love it. Added to the "Must listen to more of this ..." list
Love Hevia!
" Son, does bus go ZOOM?" Wha? Less subtitles, please. A 2.
mikedill wrote:
i could've sworn this was afro celt sound system. i like it even though it's not :)
Thought so too, myself.
cool. Different and interesting. I like it. This is eclecticity (?) in action
SonOfSam wrote:
Sorry to say that Hevia is not a very good example of the Celtic tradition, since he became famous for introducing some kind of "electronig-bagpipe-sound" instrument into his music. Weird, isn't it? Carlos Nuñez is an interesting Celtic bagpiper, if you want to check it out.
Thanks for the tip, although I realize Hevia is "celtic" in a similar way to AfroCelts, just one element in a bright eclectic world fusion weave. It may start on a Headland in Spain, but moves on to Mountains in Morocco and on around the world, and further back in time, with the didg echoing a Stone age sound from one of the few cultures to preserve one.
philarktos wrote:
Since I uploaded it, thought I might introduce it. Hevia is Jose Angel Hevia Velasco, a Spanish bagpiper from the rather little known Celtic tradition of Asturias. I tend to think of it as "rockin'-out-around-a-fire-on-a-headland-or- mountaintop" music. :)
Sorry to say that Hevia is not a very good example of the Celtic tradition, since he became famous for introducing some kind of "electronig-bagpipe-sound" instrument into his music. Weird, isn't it? Carlos Nuñez is an interesting Celtic bagpiper, if you want to check it out.
i could've sworn this was afro celt sound system. i like it even though it's not :)
It's strange to hear this in an american radio, but much better than many other spanish music you use to hear (Macarena, Asereje,...)
This is fantastic! I'd like to know more about the history and roots of this particular genre and musician. I'm getting the CD! (I love celtic music and this is particularly interesting and rocking too!) Thanks to you for introducing me to this musician. --Shari
This leaves me twitchy.
Veddddddddy Interesting!! and good, too
Pretty good, thanks philarktos. I like Busindre Reel better though.
Originally Posted by philarktos: 8< snip >8 I tend to think of it as "rockin'-out-around-a-fire-on-a-headland-or- mountaintop" music. :)
Great description, and cool song. Thanks.
Since I uploaded it, thought I might introduce it. Hevia is Jose Angel Hevia Velasco, a Spanish bagpiper from the rather little known Celtic tradition of Asturias. I tend to think of it as \"rockin\'-out-around-a-fire-on-a-headland-or- mountaintop\" music. :)