Sourcing my library...
(I’m only scratching the surface really, since I have between 6k-7k songs on my iPod and 35k on a separate hard drive that I don’t even want to look at...)
But anyway, sourcing my library… I have several tags that are nation-specific. I didn’t tag stuff US, UK, or any other (primarily) English-speaking country (yet), but here are my favorite acts/albums by country:
ibiza – My
ibiza tag is pretty voluminous, so I won’t go there. I did go to
ibiza a few years back, and as seen on my dashboard, I love the
chillout,
cafe del mar-type music.
As far as
world music goes, my favorite artist is
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole. He passed the year I moved to Hawaii, and his life still is much celebrated over there.
I seem to listen to a lot of DJ-type music from
germany:
house DJ –
Timo Maas (I even gave him a tag:
maas)
trance DJ –
Paul van Dyk (tag:
pvd)
Honorable mention,
spanish guitar -
Ottmar Liebert
and
germany is also the birthplace of one of my favorite
classical composers -
Johann Sebastian Bach.
spain – Living in
spain got me way into the DJ culture and this is why some people I meet, that go to my Myspace page, or here, say I listen to weird music – It’s not weird, it’s eclectic! Or so my eclecto-meter says...
trance,
dance,
house,
chillout DJ –
DJ Sammy
latin pop,
electronica,
new wave –
Mecano
Also, those Gregorian
chant-ers,
The Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo De Silos are from
spain.
netherlands - Another laid-back country where a lot of different types of music originate (but mostly
trance, in my library)
trance DJ -
DJ Tiësto (tag:
tiësto)
trance DJ -
Armin van Buuren (tag:
avb).
france – Many different artists, my favorite would have to be:
alternative,
trip-hop,
pop-sters:
Autour de Lucie.
italy –
trance DJ –
Mauro Picotto
latin pop Artist –
Nek
classical Composer –
Antonio Vivaldi.
belgium –
“
bubblegum”
trance DJ –
Ian Van Dahl
trip-hop–sters –
Hooverphonic.
mexico –
rock en español –
Maná
rap-pers –
Molotov.
colombia – No Question, favorite Colombiana -
Shakira.
sweden –
The “Swedish
house Mafia” –
Axwell, including
Sebastian Ingrosso and
Eric Prydz.
alternative rock-ers –
The Cardigans
Honorable mention –
70s disco group
ABBA.
norway –
alternative trip-hop –
Flunk
dnb,
chillout, etc –
Röyksopp.
iceland –
alternative,
rock, etc –
Björk, (and
Sugarcubes)
alternative ambient -
Sigur Rós.
austria –
lounge DJ’s -
Kruder & Dorfmeister (tag:
knd)
classical Composer -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
greece –
new age–er –
Vangelis.
denmark –
bubblegum trance DJ –
DJ Encore (feat.
Engelina).
china – Seen on many a
soundtrack,
classical bassist
Yo-Yo Ma (yes, he's a Chinese-American born in Paris).
finland –
trance DJ –
Darude.
switzerland –
ambient,
chillout act –
Rue du Soleil.
brazil – Somehow related
bossa nova artists
Bebel Gilberto and
Astrud Gilberto (Bebel is the daughter of, and Astrud was a wife of
João Gilberto), however, Astrud is not Bebel’s mom… I think. Anyway, both are often remixed by Washington D.C.
lounge DJ’s
Thievery Corporation.
south africa –
rock-er
Dave Matthews.
japan –
house DJ –
Satoshi Tomiie
Honorable Mention:
alternative rock-ers –
Shonen Knife.
india –
ambient,
chillout,
lounge sitar player –
Anoushka Shankar (daughter of
Ravi Shankar).
turkey –
chillout,
trip-hop group –
Wax Poetic (led by Turkish-born
Ilhan Ersahin;
Norah Jones was once a member).
lebanon –
soundtrack artist –
Gabriel Yared (born in Beirut).
cuba – Famous
salsa singer –
Celia Cruz.
hungary –
ambient downtempo –
Gelka
classical Composer –
Franz Liszt
Honorable Mention:
world/
folk Artist –
Andrea Gerak (see her on last.fm, and my Friends List!).
portugal –
house,
trance DJ –
Rui Da Silva.
poland –
chillout,
folk -
Kayah & Bregović
classical Composer -
Henryk Górecki.
russia –
classical Composer -
Sergei Rachmaninoff.
indonesia –
alternative pop –
Anggun.
philippines –
freestyle –
Jocelyn Enriquez.
israel –
trance DJ –
Chakra.
palestine –
house DJ –
Sultan.
czech Republic –
classical Composer -
Antonín Dvořák.
croatia –
ambient,
chillout -
Ludvig & Stelar.
benin –
world jazz singer -
Angélique Kidjo.
mali/
guinea –
world pop singer -
Mory Kanté.
luxembourg –
alternative rock –
Placebo.
romania –
lounge,
trip-hop –
Damien.
algeria –
world chillout –
Enrico Macias.
iran –
world chillout –
Sina Vodjani.
yemen –
dnb chillout -
Shri.
ecuador –
folk song - La Vasija De Barro.
korea –
folk Song – Arirang.
taiwan –
folk Song – Diu Diu Deng.