best non-english language albums?

pappyodaniel · 07-11-2010 08:23AM

From the brilliant Vietnamese sampled instrumental hip-hop album Chinoiseries, this is The Anthem by Parisien producer Onra

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJBI4ckmB2M

I love this album

Up-n-atom! · 14-11-2010 11:10PM

Noir Desire supposed to be good - they were recommended to me anyhews - I've been trying to get into Jaques Brel lately to improve my French:) Marianne Faithful does a good cover of one of his songs. Nialler9 had a link to a mixtape of Japanese stuff a week or 2 ago, think it was curated by Adebisi Shank

Birneybau · 15-11-2010 04:19PM

Up-n-atom! wrote: »

Noir Desire supposed to be good - they were recommended to me anyhews - I've been trying to get into Jaques Brel lately to improve my French:) Marianne Faithful does a good cover of one of his songs. Nialler9 had a link to a mixtape of Japanese stuff a week or 2 ago, think it was curated by Adebisi Shank

Check out "Scott Walker Sings Jacques Brel", one of my favourite albums of all time!

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

pickarooney · 15-11-2010 06:05PM

Birneybau wrote: »

Check out "Scott Walker Sings Jacques Brel", one of my favourite albums of all time!

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

Have you heard Neil Hannon Sings Scott Walker Singing Jacques Brel?

Sivski · 22-11-2010 01:24PM

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Firehen · 24-11-2010 10:13PM

Off the top of my head, Ta det lugnt by Dungen is an impressive album in Swedish.

fillmore jive · 26-11-2010 10:14PM

There is a band in Rosario who cover songs by the magnetic fields in spanish, they have an album out its brilliant

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oeoWGkxUBw

Twee. · 29-11-2010 10:45PM

I got a mix of tunes by Supercar and am quite enjoying it. It was a good bit into the first song when I realised they weren't singing in English, I was just enjoying the tunes

eljono · 30-11-2010 01:09PM

Great thread, thanks to the suggestions here I've gotten into Camille, Dengue Fever and Onra. Really loving Dengue Fever's album Venus on Earth and this video of theirs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gty6a6_kO-0

My contribution is Deichkind, a German Hip-Hop/Electronic group. Got into them in 2008/2009 when they were announced to play Roskilde '09. One of the band members then died early that year but they still played the festival. Most of their stuff is tongue in cheek and humorous as can be seen from their videos

Komm Schon

Electric Superdance Band

eyeball kid · 07-12-2010 02:30PM

I don't think Ali Farka Toure from Mali has been mentioned yet, he had some great albums.

smokedeels · 07-12-2010 05:06PM

came across these guys recently....

Garage/Psychedelic band from Ghana with cool afro-beat percussion.

tbh it's a little scarce on vocals and I'm not sure what language it's in.... some local-dialect probably.

It's pretty amazing stuff imo

pavb2 · 12-12-2010 09:36PM

Les Negresses Vertes

Lt. Palumbo · 16-02-2011 11:27PM

There's a bunch of great Klezmer bands I'd like to rant about. But seeing as I was listening to them all day today, here's some Hanggai instead:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H2bOoCIXaM

This is becoming a party tradition for a few of us!

TwoCanDan · 17-02-2011 08:57PM

Haven't seen Juana Molina mentioned yet...very nice, folky, chilled out electronica from Argentina...
Have patience with this...it takes a while for her to get the loops set up, but she hits her stride about 1:30 in...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhmWeiWB6HE&feature=related

rebel10 · 17-02-2011 09:08PM

Saw someone else already commented on them, but I love, love, love Tinariwen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcqlOq1cjjc

And Ali Farka Toure
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FO9ILi-Rt8

And also Habib Koite & Bamada. Possibly one of my favourites.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-ZiZnycnWY

leakyboots · 18-02-2011 04:49PM

Jacques - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY6nWkoDRAk

Thomas - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29fq3jmuxJg

eljono · 23-03-2011 10:59PM

rebel10 wrote: »

Saw someone else already commented on them, but I love, love, love Tinariwen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcqlOq1cjjc

And Ali Farka Toure
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FO9ILi-Rt8

And also Habib Koite & Bamada. Possibly one of my favourites.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-ZiZnycnWY

Good call on Tinariwen, listening to them now on YouTube, cool vid in the link you posted

Dan_Solo · 23-03-2011 11:50PM

Anything by The Cocteau Twins. It's not really English...

KeanSeenan · 24-03-2011 06:44PM

Dan_Solo wrote: »

Anything by The Cocteau Twins. It's not really English...

I would've said the same about Deerhoof, weird mix of english/japanese.

Bodhisopha · 24-03-2011 07:02PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx4cRw6TIIg

languagenerd · 27-03-2011 01:39AM

Allison from Mexico - can't quite describe the genre (Media Player classifies em as "Alternative"), some songs are much heavier than others, vocals in v clear Spanish

. The album Memorama is great, check out Algo Qué Decir or 83-87 if you're interested.

Also Oreskaband from Japan. Ska. Happiest music I have ever heard in my life. "Hana no Ska Dance" for those who want to hear them!

dan185 · 28-03-2011 12:54AM

Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu - Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bawDFY8G-o4

csastres · 01-04-2011 09:49PM

The Catalan music band Manel has released their second album "10 milles per trobar una bona armadura" (10 miles to find a good armour). This album has become the top 1 in sales in Catalonia and in Spain. "Boomerang" and "Aniversari" (Birthday) have been the most successful songs of this album, specially the latter. Below you can watch the music video of "Aniversari" and "Boomerang".

NOTE: I recommend you to watch "Aniversari"'s video: it has been successfully reviewed by critics:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOQeH38a2Mo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uw3IoBlJ6Nw

Scubadevils · 02-04-2011 01:23AM

Dan_Solo wrote: »

Anything by The Cocteau Twins. It's not really English...

Yes I thought of the Cocteau Twins the minute I saw this thread...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oespMmWnDo

csastres · 02-04-2011 09:47AM

csastres wrote: »

The Catalan music band Manel has released their second album "10 milles per trobar una bona armadura" (10 miles to find a good armour).

Sorry, I made a mistake. The album is called "10 milles per veure una bona armadura" (10 miles to see a good armour).

Kendannedy · 09-04-2011 12:14AM

I'm rather partial to a collection of songs by the Russian Bard singer Vladimir Vysotsky I downloaded called "Ya lyubil i zhenshchin i prokazy". He was a famous actor in Soviet times but was well known for his popular underground recordings, which have compiled in variety of different albums now. I rather like this song of his: "Pesnya pro stukacha" (Song for a snitch).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Up_sGFk5f_M

Setun · 11-04-2011 09:02PM

Any of Ali Farka Touré's records are masterpieces, but one I highly recommend is his collaboration with slide guitar master Ry Cooder. Fascinating music!

Other than that for those of you interested in diving off the deep end, check out Kraig Grady's Music From the Island of Anaphoria album. Unbelievable stuff! Basically he created his own fictional island with imagined tribes, and started "recording and documenting" the indigenous music of the people from various parts of the island in languages I don't understand (and possibly fictional!) He puts a lot of his out of print stuff up for free online. He may sound slightly delusional and insane, but he's actually very well-respected!

eljono · 12-04-2011 10:55PM

Kendannedy wrote: »

I'm rather partial to a collection of songs by the Russian Bard singer Vladimir Vysotsky I downloaded called "Ya lyubil i zhenshchin i prokazy". He was a famous actor in Soviet times but was well known for his popular underground recordings, which have compiled in variety of different albums now. I rather like this song of his: "Pesnya pro stukacha" (Song for a snitch).

Reminds me a bit of Paolo Conte

I guess most people have heard Via Con Me so check out Dragon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59D5pvbyFS8

InTheTrees · 14-04-2011 09:17PM

Bomba Estereo.

They're from Columbia.

Latino Electronica? Thats how they describe themselves. maybe. Different certainly.

I've been listening to them the last few days and really enjoying them. Be patient, it may sound at first like eurodisco but there's some real depth there.