OOC: Sythyry Music?

[sythyry]

I've got a decent playlist for Sythyry-writing.  But I'd like to expand on it a bit.

So, can you recommend music that you think would encourage me to write more Sythyry?

Tracks tend to work well if:

• They don't have English lyrics.  
• They are fairly upbeat and energetic.
• They suggest Sythyry (or World Tree stuff), or a mood you'd like to see more of in Sythyry, or something like that.
• They are available as MP3s on Amazon or iTunes, or you can send them to me, or something.

I've got the LJ handle of the person who told me about a track attached to the name of the track in my playlist, so I kind of think of them as "Scorpion Frog from otter3" and so forth.

Thanks very much!

Comments

[barberio.livejournal.com]

The Paprika original sound track might serve well.

[bloofox.livejournal.com]

Magma has an album that's all up-beat jazzy choral music in a made-up language.

[rowyn]

I am listening to classical music performed by Joshua Bell this morning. I'll let you know if I like any of the tracks in particular for Sythyry. :)

[xolo.livejournal.com]

Focus: The Hamburger Concerto

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ma-OhbZuRW0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hms9jwba_V4

[jenett]

Adiemus, if you haven't already discovered them, might be interesting: they use various musical forms from various musical traditions (a lot of Western common practice period stuff, but not just) but use melody and harmony from a more contemporary model (somewhat New Agey, but not just that - Enya, McKennitt, etc. are in the same ballpark.)

Some songs have language, but it's deliberately nonsense syllables that sound like they ought to mean something, but don't. The first CD of theirs is my favorite, but the dances CD might be a better fit for Sythyry

[sythyry.livejournal.com]

Good idea! I had barely discovered them; I now can discover them more!

[tugrik.livejournal.com]

Have you sampled either of the last two Michael Cretu (aka CurlyMC, aka Enigma) albums? "A Posteriori" and "Seven Lives, Many Faces".

[sythyry.livejournal.com]

[Bard gobbles down A Posteriori]

[waywind.livejournal.com]

I'd like to know what music you do already listen to for Sythyry? I'm curious about the extant soundtrack of these stories.

[sythyry.livejournal.com]

Airship Pirate /// shaddragon 1 of 10 4:02 Abney Park Lost Horizons International 45 1/6/11 12:21 PM
Ameno - originally by Era /// otter3 1 of 15 4:41 Studio Group Nature Voices Part 3 Soundtracks 59 1/4/11 12:37 PM
Beni Beni /// chipuni 1 of 9 4:29 Niyaz Nine Heavens International 59 1/6/11 11:58 AM
The Blue Traveler /// aprivatefox 14 of 20 3:29 Oneup Studios Xenogears Light an Arranged Album Soundtrack 52 1/6/11 1:12 PM
Chanbara Boogie 4 of 15 2:09 Mayumi Tanaka (Kanna Kirishima) Sakura Taisen Song Box Soundtrack 58 1/4/11 12:08 PM
Come Tenderness /// flyingrat42 3 of 13 3:29 Lisa Gerrard The Silver Tree Alternative Rock 50 1/4/11 12:46 PM
Ddiamondd /// shaterri 3 of 11 2:34 Battles Mirrored Alternative 49 1/5/11 12:26 PM
Disse Mi /// flyingrat42 1 of 18 5:18 Estampie Best Of Estampie (1986-2006) Alternative Rock 51 1/6/11 1:17 PM
Exaelitus /// shaterri 7 of 23 4:00 菅野よう子 & ORIGA CM Yoko Soundtrack 68 1/6/11 12:39 PM
Geki! Teikokukagekidan 1 of 17 3:02 横山智佐(真宮寺さくら) & 帝国歌劇団 Sakura Taisen Song Box Soundtrack 62 1/6/11 1:23 PM
Ghost Dance /// otter3 1 of 10 5:37 Cusco Apurimac III - Nature Spirit Pride New Age 60 1/6/11 12:04 PM
Hùg Air A' Bhonaid Mhòir /// kobolds 1 of 12 2:58 Julie Fowlis Cuilidh Singer/Songwriter 69 1/6/11 1:20 PM
Imperator Rex Graecorum /// flyingrat42 3 of 18 5:10 Estampie Best Of Estampie (1986-2006) Alternative Rock 59 1/6/11 12:35 PM
Land of Make Believe /// stormydragon 10 of 12 5:26 The Cast Blast! Soundtracks 51 1/6/11 12:54 PM
Lily 9 of 13 5:22 Tourbillon A Tide of New Era J-Pop 74 1/4/11 12:33 PM
March of Cambreadth // ysabet 11 of 14 4:47 Heather Alexander Midsummer New Age 54 1/5/11 12:14 PM
Master Builder /// shatterstripes 4 of 9 6:20 Gong You Rock 55 1/4/11 1:19 PM
Matatakuyouni 10 of 13 6:24 Tourbillon A Tide of New Era J-Pop 67 1/6/11 12:49 PM
Merey Mathay /// zyngasvryka 2 of 10 4:42 Kiran Ahluwalia Wanderlust (digital) International 43 12/30/10 12:53 PM
Nightlife /// shatterstripes 5 of 12 6:30 Amon Tobin Permutation Electronic 50 1/6/11 12:11 PM
Omakase Guardian 1 of 5 3:23 Guardians4 Omakase Guardian - EP J-Pop 33 1/6/11 12:14 PM
Scorpion Frog /// otter3 7 of 10 8:00 Infected Mushroom Converting Vegetarians Dance & DJ 48 1/6/11 12:29 PM
Shango /// Vik-thor 5 4:03 Lunacy Hand of Desire Pagan 47 1/6/11 1:08 PM
Shine (Chiaro Di Luna) [Extended Version] /// dracosphynx 9 of 12 5:17 Rose Speed Evolution, Vol. 2 Dance 74 1/6/11 1:04 PM
Summer Has Come! 3 of 5 3:36 Guardians4 Omakase Guardian - EP J-Pop 51 1/4/11 3:39 PM
Tokyoteki Kyuujitsu 6 of 17 4:00 Yuriko Fuchizaki (Koran Ri) Sakura Taisen Song Box Soundtrack 60 1/6/11 12:43 PM
A Tree in the Dark /// chipuni 5 of 13 1:26 Susumu Hirasawa Paprika Soundtracks 44 1/4/11 12:09 PM
Vogelfluc /// flyingrat42 3 of 15 5:39 Qntal IV - Ozymandias Alternative Rock 57 1/3/11 12:11 PM
Watashino Natsu 10 of 15 4:28 Maya Okamoto (Soletta Orihime) Sakura Taisen Song Box Soundtrack 56 1/6/11 12:59 PM

[ladyperegrine.livejournal.com]

Inner Universe keeps coming to mind, though it does have a few lyrics in English here and there.

It doesn't appear to be readily available in mp3 format (at least on Amazon), but I can send you the mp3 if you like it.

[sythyry.livejournal.com]

That's really nice. I can't find it on iTunes either, alas.

[zeeth_kyrah]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurra

[jacel]

Welcome Home from the Cave Story Remix Project springs to mind. That's a youtube link, but if it suits the whole album (which has a few other nice bits to it) is available from the project page.

[chipuni.livejournal.com]

I highly recommend:

Anything by A. R. Rahman, but especially his later work. (Film composer from India.)
Alabina. (Singer in Arabic and French, mostly, with a Spanish Gitano band behind her.)
Azam Ali (Singer in Farsi)
Bajofondo Tango Club (Tango / Electronica)
Banco de Gaia (Electronica.)
Cheb Mami (Rai singer in Arabic, with many European influences.)
Christopher Tin (Composer)
Hossam Ramzy (North African drummer.)
Jay Chao (Chinese superstar)
Manoogh High (India, mixes multiple genres)
Niyaz (Singer in Farsi)
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (Qabbali singer. Yes, you have heard him.)

[rowyn]

Meditation from an Aliverian Refugee, by Matthew Ebel, from "Songs from the Vault 1". It's vaguely Asian in feel and puts me in mind of Hanija. :)

[rowyn]

Oh, and you can get it from Amazon. :)

[chipuni.livejournal.com]

By the way, did you get my CD?

[sythyry.livejournal.com]

We did! Vicki said she liked it. I haven't heard it yet, but I will soon!