Disco from India? Doo-Wop from Malawi? Rap from Vietnam? Salsa from Scotland? With bagpipes? They’re all included here in the online version of Doug Schulkind’s 2004 marathon premium, Culture Shock. Dont pass up this amazing collection of jaw-dropping, mind jarring cross-cultural music hybrids. Eighty minutes of melodious map-melters that set the world on its ears.
My favourite track (so far) on this ecclectic collection is Do You Got Skills by The 524 – Equal parts Tang Dynasty and Wu Tang Clan, this Hong Kong crew drops rhymes in Cantonese, Teochiu, and Mandarin. English is also part of its arsenal. MC Chairman Plow explains his moniker: “The gun is my mouth and when I open it to rap, it goes plow! plow! plow!”
Visit the WFMU blog for more details on Culture Shock, or download the tracks direct using the links below:
- Salsa Celtica – Fuerte
- The King Elio Boom – El Fulo
- S.P. Balasubramaniyam – I Want To
- “Obeng Ungu & Alan Buntu” – Rabu: Sakit Tangani, Sabtu: Sakit Pantat
- Ly Ngua O – Vo Chong Lam Bieng
- The 524 – Do You Got Skills
- Gelongal – Cheikh Anta Diop
- Yoon Il-Loh – Guitar Boogie
- Ignace De Souza & The Melody Aces – Asaw Fofor
- De Ndirande Pitch Crooners – Elube
- Los Zafiros – Cuando Yo La Conoci
- Lalo Guerrero Y Sus Concos Lobos – Muy Sabroso Blues
- Manhattan Brothers – Marie
- Comedian Harmonists – Der Alte Cowboy
- Babba Maal – Bess, You Is My Woman Now
- Gal Costa – Tuareg
- Gerson King Combo – Mandamentos Black
- Yasukatsu Ohshima & Orquesta Bore – Ikawu
- The Fujii – Miss You / Midnight Train
- Kante Manfila – Kankan Blue
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Also be sure to download “Muy Sabroso Blues”, by Lalo Guerrero Y Sus Concos Lobos.