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Terre Differenti Homepage, electronic, jazz and world music band. An independent record label aiming to explore new musical worlds extending to worldbeat, jazz and new instrumental music. Also featuring information on the musical project conceived and developed by Fabio Armani, an Italian composer who lives in Rome.
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Mar 16, 2006
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1. worldbeat
The term worldbeat refers not to one specific style of music, but to a certain sensibility — namely, the fusion of disparate musical styles in ways that are only possible from a globalized, multicultural perspective. The results can range from Westernized pop or dance music to wild, genre-hopping experimentalism, but the central, unifying feature of worldbeat is that it's a conscious attempt to bring world music to a wider audience. Frequently, this involves modernizing traditional sounds with up-to-date technology, or borrowing the most relevant elements from Western pop and rock, which have spread all over the world and affected other nations' pop-music scenes to varying degrees. At its best, worldbeat can produce utterly unique hybrids and amazing eclecticism; other times, worldbeat artists have been savaged for uprooting traditional styles and diluting them for mass consumption. Although the rock world was by no means closed to outside influence, the Western audience for world music really started to take shape in the mid-'80s, when rock artists like Peter Gabriel, Paul Simon, Mickey Hart, and David Byrne began to incorporate ethnic sounds into their recordings, and enthusiastically pursued high-profile collaborations with world-music artists. With the commercial possibilities presented by a greatly expanded potential audience, some artists began to tailor their music for international appeal. Although there were many exceptions, the majority of the worldbeat artists who achieved a measure of popularity in the West came from Africa, a continent whose music — to make a broad generalization — had already exerted a tremendous influence on Western popular music throughout the 20th century ...
History and description, key artists, essays, and other resources on the music genre from the All Music Guide.
History and description, key artists, essays, and other resources on the music genre from the All Music Guide.
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Terre Differenti Homepage, electronic, jazz and world music band. An independent record label aiming to explore new musical worlds extending to worldbeat, jazz and new instrumental music. Also featuring information on the musical project conceived and developed by Fabio Armani, an Italian composer who lives in Rome.
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Different Lands Homepage, Vertical portal devoted to world fusion music and visual arts.
world fusion music independent label.
We would like to create a community for the exchange and the meeting among artists and users - in which the concepts of experimentation and of saving of ancient and 'different' cultures will produce a big Synergy.
Different Lands would represent for the world fusion artists and fans one of the most important on-line and off-line reference point.
Portale verticale dedicato alla world fusion (Music, Arts, Visual, Experimentation).
Creare una comunità di incontro e scambio tra artisti e fruitori in cui i concetti di sperimentazione e di salvaguardia di culture antiche e 'diverse' producano una forte spinta sinergica.
Rappresentare per gli artisti e gli appassionati di world fusion uno dei principali punti di riferimento on-line ed off-line.
world fusion music independent label.
We would like to create a community for the exchange and the meeting among artists and users - in which the concepts of experimentation and of saving of ancient and 'different' cultures will produce a big Synergy.
Different Lands would represent for the world fusion artists and fans one of the most important on-line and off-line reference point.
Portale verticale dedicato alla world fusion (Music, Arts, Visual, Experimentation).
Creare una comunità di incontro e scambio tra artisti e fruitori in cui i concetti di sperimentazione e di salvaguardia di culture antiche e 'diverse' producano una forte spinta sinergica.
Rappresentare per gli artisti e gli appassionati di world fusion uno dei principali punti di riferimento on-line ed off-line.
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Global Fusion Catalogue: Details and sound samples from a variety of traditional world, classical world, and world fusion music ranging from acoustic English folk, to Latin jazz, to cutting edge dance remixes.
Traditional World Music, Classical World Music and World Fusion Music ranging from acoustic English folk, to Latin jazz, to cutting edge dance remixes.
Traditional World Music, Classical World Music and World Fusion Music ranging from acoustic English folk, to Latin jazz, to cutting edge dance remixes.
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World Fusion Music: Links page for the world music and dance movements. Includes traditional and contemporary global music resources. Compiled by Ancient Future, the #1 Net World Music Band, who in 1978 coined the term "world fusion" for music that combines ideas from the musical traditions of the earth.
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