Radio Is A Foreign Country 14 – Stranger Things

Stranger Things (RIAFC 0014)

A sago beetle mouth harp from 1960s Papua New Guinea; beautiful night recordings from the forests of old Borneo ca. 1950s; a rare pareret orchestra from Bali; vintage Thai shadow music & Malaysian pop; amazing recordings made off the radio in India; a stunning field recording of what the Amazon, Gran Chaco & Patanal sounded like in the 1950s; and some great psychedelic chicha from Peru.

PLAYLIST

– “Live Beetle Jew’s Harp,” Mahisu. Recorded by Robert MacLennan [Papua New Guinea, 1963]

– “Joueur de Sampey.” Recorded by Guy Piazzini [Borneo, ca. 1956-1957]
– “Joueuses de Lotong” [Borneo, ca. 1956-1957]. Recorded by Guy Piazzini.

– “Kapeng Dateng” [Borneo 1953-1954]. Recorded by Pierre Ivanoff.

– “Pinakang” [Borneo, ca. 1970s]. Recorded by Guy Saint-Clair.

– “Sewagati (Bersama),” Suling Pereret [Indonesia, Year Unknown]

– “Jew’s Harp (Juring Rangguin) of the Temiar” Recorded by Hans Oesch [Malaysia, 1963)

– “Pone Tala Pone,” P.M. 7/Jupiter [Thailand, year unknown]

– “Sakura,” D’Venus [Malaysia 1968]
“Jog,

– ” Zia Mohiuddin Dagar [India, ca. 1996-1997]

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“Sote Sote Aadhi Raat,” Salma Agha [India, 1983]

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“Psychedelia,” X’lents [India, 1970/1971]
Excerpts from Radio India, Alan Bishop

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“Animaux Sauvages d’Amerique du Sud (excerpts). Recorded by Richard Chapelle [South America, 1963-1975]

– “Chinito en onda,” Los Mirlos [Peru, 1974]

– “El sabor de mi selva,” Grupo Selva [Peru, 1970s]

– “Bola bola en el tres,” Los Wemblers de Iquito [Peru, 1970s]