Around the World (23)

Hello, Around the World music is still in pagan /medievil mode, another great 2 parts sampler, Cryptichon for depth and background of how current day 'pagan' bands bring back the spirit of party music from ages gone by. After last weeks Spanish contribution (L'ham de Foc) we're back up north to the Netherlands, at least Omnia are based there. Bandleader Sic has a lot in common with one Richard D. James(Aphex Twin) as both grew up in an area surrounded by wyld moors, the standing stones and the craggy cliffs of Cornwall. Inspirational nature, but Sic went completely the other way as his band's music is 100% acoustic - no synthesizers, no electric instruments, no programming.

In 1994, while working as a slave and gladiator in a historical theme park, Sic met the ethnomusicologist Walter Maioli. They became good friends and for about a year they worked together, making reconstructions of prehistoric, shamanic, and ancient Roman and Greek music, doing countless performances and one CD recording. All this time he was also working with Luka in the Temple of Chaos. In 1996 they went on to found Omnia, a Gallo-Roman historical theater group, in which Sic was able to carry on making historical music, however putting the focus more on the indigenous Iron-Age sound of the Northern Celtic and Germanic tribes. Rediscovering, reconstructing and inventing the instruments necessary to play this kind of music over the years, this has evolved into the Pagan Folk' music'. This hands on (DIY) approach was extended to OMNIA, a completely self-managed independent and free-spirited band which has survived and prospered in the harsh music business. They write their own material, and record, produce and print their own cd's on their label "Pagan Scum" (distributing through RoughTrade). All their costumes and stage decoration, as well as many of their instruments, have been made or decorated by the bandmembers themselves.


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Omnia - Pagan Folk (05 * 99mb)

Omnia (didgeridoo expert Luka Aubri-Krieger (East-Indies), the virtuoso harp, hurdy-gurdy and bodhran playing of Jennifer Evans-van der Harten (Holland), the unmistakable "DADGAD" guitar-groove of Joe Hennon (Ireland) and the flutes, bouzouki, drums, and ironic dialogue of front man Steve "Sic" Evans-van der Harten (England)). are a self-described "neoceltic paganfolk" band based in The Netherlands. They play mostly self-composed music, with a sprinkling of traditional music from places like Ireland, Brittany and Afghanistan. Their music is 100% acoustic – no synthesizers, no electric instruments, no programming . They sing in English, Gaelic, Breton, Finnish, German, Latin and Hindi and play Celtic harp, mouth harp, hurdy-gurdy, bodhrán, guitar, bouzouki, didgeridoo, flutes of all kinds, bagpipes, various drums and percussion instruments. Dressed in graceful black neo-Celtic clothing adorned with the bronze age holy symbols of our Celtic/Pagan heritage and surrounded by an amazing amount of hand made beautifully decorated traditional instruments. Thusfar they've released 8 albums; Sine Missione (2000), Sine Missione 2 (2002), 3 (2003) (mini cd), Crone of War (2004), Live Religion (2005), PaganFolk (2006), Cybershaman (2007), Alive! (2007), History (2007) (American sampler)



01 - Tine Bealtaine (3:41)
02 - The Well (4:50)
03 - Pagan Polska (5:52)
04 - En Avant Blonde (1:39)
05 - Entrezomp-ni Kelted (3:58)
06 - Teutates (3:48)
07 - Twa Corbiez (4:27)
08 - An Dro (3:53)
09 - Lughnasadh (6:20)
10 - Dil Gaya (5:53)
11 - Sidhenearlahi Set (Live) (5:14)

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VA - Cryptichon I (00 * 99 mb)



101 - Subway To Sally - Alle, Psallite Cum Luya (1:07)
102 - Stella Maris - In Circle (2:10)
103 - Ayreon - Valley Of The Queens (2:27)
104 - Sarband - Gloria In Sielo (3:40)
105 - Triakel - Oräntad Bröllopsgäst (Voc.Emma Härdelin) (3:56)
106 - Ataraxia - Marcia Ceremoniale (4:12)
107 - Chassalla - Spirit (4:16)
108 - Court - The Songs Of Omniscient Dwarf (6:11)
109 - Freiburger Spielleyt - Quantas Sabedes Amar Amigo (4:44)
110 - In The Nursery - Thorns (4:53)
111 - Spilwut - Knöterich (5:40)
112 - Mila Mar - H' M Ba (6:06)
113 - Moors, The - Belen-Gaard (8:51)

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