Central Asia I

Volume
PP017
Album Title
Central Asia I
Description
Folk music in traditional style from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bashkir, Georgia and Kazakhstan. Featuring a great variety of ethnic instruments in Central Asian style and with Oriental ensembles.
Released
June 13, 2015
Tracks
20
Label
Perfect Pitch
Track Listing
Central Asian folk music, typical for Armenia. Melancholic duduk intro, taking off into driving percussion rhythm featuring davul and dchol hollo, blul-flute, button accordion and kanun. Busy, hectic and playful. 108 BPM. Full mix.
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Folk music from Armenia and Central Asia. Oriental ensemble with stringed instruments and percussion. Pastoral, pensive yet propulsive. 126 BPM. Full mix.
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Armenian folk music. Oriental ensemble with Accordion feature, rhythmic and nostalgic. 138 BPM. Full mix.
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Authentic folklore from Azerbaijan and Central Asia. Ensemble featuring upright violin-fiddle, with ud and percussion in typical 6/8 nagara-rhythm, driving and mysterious. 116 BPM. Full mix.
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Mystique and magical clarinet feature over groovy percussion-heavy 6/8 rhythm played by lively Oriental ensemble, typical for Azerbaijan. 127 BPM. Full mix.
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Groovy Oriental ensemble featuring saz lute lead. Mysteriously beautiful. 90 BPM. Full mix.
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Where europe meets Asia: folklore from the Bashkortostan region in the Russian Ural mountains, featuring jaw harp with Usun Kiu vocal style, kurai-flute; archaic, ancestral and meditative. 97 BPM. Full mix.
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Folk music from Bashkiria, the region between the Volga river and the Ural mountains. Accordion feature with kobys and cello accompaniment. Medium slow ballad, melancholic and nostalgic. 89 BPM. Full mix.
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Caucasian flute with ensemble featuring panduri, chonguri and accordion. Happy folk in the style of the mountains of the country of Georgia. 136 BPM. Full mix.
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Historical folklore from Georgia and the Caucasus region. Lively 3/4 rhythm with violin theme. Festive ancient and medieval feel. 126 BPM. Full mix.
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Caucasian accordion ballad in medium slow 3/4 rhythm. Nostalgic folk music from Georgia. 106 BPM. Full mix.
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Archaic music of the Turkic tribes of Kazakhstan: Central Asian upright fiddle accompanied by dombra, overtone singing, temir komuz jaw harp and zhetigen glissandi zither harp. 95 BPM. Full mix.
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Energetic Kazakh string ensemble. Fierce and untamed folklore from the steppes and taigas of Central Asia. 112 BPM. Full mix.
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Panoramic sounds of Kazakhstan. Magical ethnic flute and folklore ensemble. Nomads on the move. 98 BPM. Full mix.
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Solo saz lute improvisation from Armenia. Pastoral, sparse and folksy. 96 BPM. Full mix.
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Ferocious Azerbaijan solo saz lute workout. Free, improvised and emotional. 174 BPM. Full mix.
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Solo accordion from the regions of the Ural mountains. Religious and festive. 97 BPM. Full mix.
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Solo accordion from Georgia, in 3/4 rhythm, reflective and folksy. 157 BPM. Full mix.
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Solo saz lute feature, typical for the Eurasian region of Georgia. 112 BPM. Full mix.
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Sparse and pastoral Kazakh lute improvisation, Central Asian landscapes. 106 BPM. Full mix.
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