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Post by jenny4dulc on Sept 29, 2007 13:38:54 GMT 1
I'd be interested for this forum to build up a list of dulcimer use in contemporary popular music. I've had one sighting, reported from a local techno music enthusiast, of dulcimer-techno fusion - I'll get names and more info when I next meet him. The new Super Furry Animals from Wales feature dulcimer on their newest album 'Hey,Venus' - check out the track entitled 'Carbon Dating' to get a flavour.
Any others to add to this small sample?
Jenny4dulc.
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Post by Dick Glasgow on Sept 29, 2007 14:39:02 GMT 1
Interesting idea Jenny. I'll keep this at the top here & see what folks can come up with.
I'm not sure if many members here actually listen to much in the way of techno fusion music though! 
Still, I'm sure we'll all be checking with our kids & grandchildren to see how they can help! 
Anyway, here's the link to the sound file:Carbon Dating |
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Post by jenny4dulc on Sept 29, 2007 15:13:43 GMT 1
Another track - 'Suckers' , also from 'Hey,Venus', has dulcimer featured picking out the melody of the song, rather than just sustained tremolo effects in the intro.as in 'Carbon Dating'.
Jenny4dulc.
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cooper
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Post by cooper on Oct 1, 2007 15:31:33 GMT 1
I believe the last CD from Beck had a dulcimer toward the end of the song "Farewell Ride."
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Post by Nikita on Oct 14, 2007 11:06:49 GMT 1
Hi Cooper,
here in in Switzerland we have a hackbrett improvisation group, called Tunex : only impro, with from 3 to twelve hackbrett ;D big sound... But one of the guys playing with us did a few experiences with techno music : he's called Remo Crivelli, and I think you'll find the link to his site on the hackbrett links thread of this forum. You can also look for Tobi Tobler : wonderful jazz player.... on hackbrett !
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cooper
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Post by cooper on Oct 16, 2007 16:49:45 GMT 1
Thanks for telling me about that! I am going through his web site right after I type this.
There was hammered dulcimer in part of the sound track for the TV show Firefly too.
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Post by Nikita on Oct 18, 2007 9:24:59 GMT 1
Sorry< Jenny, I was too quick to answer, and didn't see you were the one who started the thread.
ther's also a chap in Germany called Rudi Zapf : the first virtuoso student to come out of the Richard Strauss Konservatorium in Munich, plays a lot of classical music on hackbrett (Bach, Bartok...). but he used to play in a group called "Never Been There", where he plays a (quote) electroacoustic modified chromatic pedal hammered dulcimer". and that was in 1989. I don't know what he does now, but maybe if you google his name, you'll get more infos...
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Post by Dick Glasgow on Nov 17, 2007 12:06:22 GMT 1
Speaking of Hammered Dulcimer in popular music Jenny, you might like to know that Irish Eurovision Song Contest winner Eimear Quinn has just released her new CD O Holy NightI was lucky enough to be asked, so I'm actually playing my Hammered Dulcimer on three tracks.
It is good to see ye olde H-D getting an airing in lots of different music & not being pigeon holed.
Cheers
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Post by dulcimike on Nov 24, 2007 23:08:40 GMT 1
Speaking of Hammered Dulcimer in popular music Jenny, you might like to know that Irish Eurovision Song Contest winner Eimear Quinn has just released her new CD O Holy NightI was lucky enough to be asked, so I'm actually playing my Hammered Dulcimer on three tracks.
It is good to see ye olde H-D getting an airing in lots of different music & not being pigeon holed.Cool! Which 3 tracks did you play on? Also, how can one buy one of the CDs in NI? Is it all online purchases? |
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Post by Dick Glasgow on Nov 25, 2007 1:22:04 GMT 1
The three tracks are: Silent Night, O Come O Come Emmanuel & The Season Has Come, but remember Rick, the H-D is used very much in the background of these tracks, but you can hear it.
Rick, I haven't looked in the Record shops for it yet. In any case, I'm sure I won't be going with Eimear Quinn, on her next World tour.
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Post by giles on Aug 19, 2008 9:15:31 GMT 1
Sour Times by Portishead has a hammered dulcimer sampled from Lalo Schifrin's Danube Incident. Makes the song!
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Post by wglmb on Feb 1, 2009 19:15:51 GMT 1
If any of you have seen the film Gladiator, you may have noticed that the song played of the final credits has hammered dulcimer in it. The song is called Now We are Free, and is written by Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard. Lisa plays Yangqin and sings in it. See this video: uk.youtube.com/watch?v=PsVLOa1x3zo&feature=related |
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