Musical discovery

At Friday’s Viennese Ball (which was, incidentally, beautiful and fun), Decadence performed a fusion dance piece combining Bhangra, an Indian dance from the Panjab region, and Schottische. It was very energetic and entertaining, and what made it work for me was the music, which was incredibly lively and catchy and rhythmic. So I poked around on Amazon and iTunes and discovered that “Bhangra” also refers to the musical accompaniment of the dance of the same name. More recently, it has come to refer to a pop or dance style fusing traditional Bhangra with modern beats from techno, reggae, and disco. I’ve found a couple of fun songs and decided this will do quite nicely for a new musical obsession. In other musical news, I was introduced to a band called Ratatat by my sister – they do what one person described as “mamba electronic music with some processed guitar thrown into it.” I kinda like their lyricless electronic rock. Addtionally, I was inspired by the preview for the upcoming remake of The Shaggy Dog (which doesn’t look worth seeing at all, by the way) to dig up “Atomic Dog” by George Clinton. Gotta have that funk…

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