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Another Las Bragas track recorded about 3 years ago (posted coz we did a great gig last weekend and the music's still buzzing around my head).
As is often the case with our stuff it's a melting pot of styles. The title is a sort of pun - there's a style of music from South Africa known as township jive and the bass line here has got that feel. The fiddle sounds a bit cajun in the first section and then breaks in to Lark in the Morning (an Irish Jig) so there's two time signatures going on simultaneously. All in all a rather rumbustious number.
KK
Personnel:
Electric fiddle - me
Guitar and keyboards - Eddie Parry
Bass - Gaz Phillips
Percussion - Jim Rutter
Drum kit - Darren Collett-Mills
Image: Ted Brewer Vivo electric violin - just like mine!
© 2004 Martyn Kember-Smith/Las Bragas
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Ah yes! &mdash 06/18/07 - 06:51:58 AM
I'm envious of you being able to do stuff like this live Martyn. Closest music to this in my experience would be cajun, but I can hear a touch of South African music for sure.
Nice playing all round, and well recorded.
Neil [ Reply to This ]
Sadly... &mdash 06/20/07 - 11:22:29 AM
...Las Bragas don't get to play live that often and there have been times in the last couple of years when I've thought the band had ceased. However there seems to be a renewed buzz these days and we even did a practise recently - the first in about 4 years!
KK
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very nice &mdash 06/18/07 - 06:52:07 AM
Very cool the way pop and traditional music blend together.
Great job. Is there any chance of maybe adding vocals to something like this? [ Reply to This ]
Las Bragas... &mdash 06/20/07 - 11:28:02 AM
...tends to be an instumental only band which doesn't float everyone's boat I know but generally we're quite tight live and seem to win people over. We do have one vocal number and I'm thinking of adding one or to more but as we rarely rehearse it might take some time before they're actually part of the set!
Many thanks for listening and commenting.
KK
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Latest track: <a href="http://www.macjams.com/song/32764"> Township Jig </a> [ Reply to This ]
fun &mdash 06/18/07 - 01:42:02 PM
I've never been sure... &mdash 06/20/07 - 04:52:03 PM
...why we do what we do in Las Bragas but we do and it seems to make sense!
Thanks for listening and commenting
KK
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Latest track: <a href="http://www.macjams.com/song/32764"> Township Jig </a> [ Reply to This ]
very nice &mdash 06/18/07 - 04:59:53 PM
being a metal head, i would love to hear you distort that thing and give us an absolutely meltdown shredd solo....i know you can do it!!!!!!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!
i digress... great tune, not my usual fare, but the talent cannot be denied! [ Reply to This ]
Actually... &mdash 06/22/07 - 07:04:18 PM
...we do do quite a heavy track live (hasn't been recorded yet) and there's lots of distortion on that, come to think about it, the effects unit gets well used in a lot of numbers we play live these days...
Thanks for braving another genre, listening and leaving a great comment!
KK
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Latest track: <a href="http://www.macjams.com/song/32764"> Township Jig </a> [ Reply to This ]
I'm imagining... &mdash 06/18/07 - 08:21:05 PM
...Fairport Convention (with John Kirkpatrick) trying out for Paul Simon's Graceland-era band...
You're getting a very nice tone from the electric fiddle...again... I continue to be impressed with that tone, having tried to get a good tone from electric fiddle years ago and never quite got the sound to my satisfaction...
I love this sort of playing. I can hear Lark In The Morning, and I can hear the township jive influence in the bass at the beginning... I can also hear a lot of fun...
Ed [ Reply to This ]
Like your notion... &mdash 06/22/07 - 06:58:03 PM
... of Fairport and JK trying out for Gracelands - of course it they had been part of the band there probably would have been a morris dance number on the album as well.
It was a great session when this track was recorded - I was on a roll improvisationally and found myself having to learn the sponteous bits for when we played live.
KK
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Ahhhhhhh....... &mdash 06/19/07 - 10:54:42 PM
This is refreshing... :)
Thanks for sharing this bit of joy here at MJs! [ Reply to This ]
Thanks Mysti... &mdash 06/26/07 - 03:14:02 PM
...glad to be imparting joy (although I think most of my next tracks are going to quite miserable!)
KK
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hi there &mdash 06/20/07 - 11:31:38 AM
your page is very intimidating! I see you're quite the musician and have collabed with many. I just wanted to say hello and tell you i like your song. The fiddle makes me happy :-) [ Reply to This ]
Thank you for your lovely comment &mdash 06/27/07 - 05:32:40 AM
I'm glad the fiddle makes you happy - usually I think I'm better at making people feel sad!
KK
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Latest track: <a href="http://www.macjams.com/song/32764"> Township Jig </a> [ Reply to This ]
What &mdash 06/20/07 - 11:37:24 AM
a fun, lively, and enjoyable listen. - midway through in the percussion break, could almost fit a Jamaican aspect to it, maybe that's the African bit you refer to?
Anyway, this is a great listen. Did I say enjoyable? very much so.... Thanks
. - Harold [ Reply to This ]
Well we do get a bit reggae-ish... &mdash 06/27/07 - 12:11:42 PM
...from time to time but really the township jive/African thing is more to do with a style of music originated by displaced native South Africans in what are known as the townships. Music from the Carribean has however had a significant impact on many African musicians and quite possibly 'looped back' into the music of the townships and helped give rise to the style.
KK
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Latest track: <a href="http://www.macjams.com/song/32764"> Township Jig </a> [ Reply to This ]
you ROCK &mdash 06/20/07 - 11:44:06 AM
Go on wit' yer bad fiddlin' self! You make it sound too fun. Pass me a Guinness. Such a treat to hear your stuff. [ Reply to This ]
Well it was fun! &mdash 06/27/07 - 05:38:29 PM
...and still is as Las Bragas seem to be gigging more these days - hell we'll have played 2 gigs this month (I think we managed 2 in the whole of 2006!) and we even practised the other weekend (first time in 4 years!) I'm hoping Las Bragas might do some more recording in the not too distant future.
Hope you enjoyed the Guinness!
KK
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Latest track: <a href="http://www.macjams.com/song/32764"> Township Jig </a> [ Reply to This ]
Fun! &mdash 06/21/07 - 05:21:18 AM
(left a comment for this as soon as it appeared, but got frozen out when I clicked on "post comment," so here's an abbreviated version of that comment!)
Tremendously infectious; sounds like everyone is having a wonderful time. Violin tone is really good. Fun! [ Reply to This ]
I seem to remember... &mdash 06/27/07 - 05:43:15 PM
... that most of the band (including me) were bleary eyed when we recorded this (on a Sunday morning) and I'd had a black coffee transfusion! I guess the music took over...!
KK
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Latest track: <a href="http://www.macjams.com/song/32764"> Township Jig </a> [ Reply to This ]
Happy Happy &mdash 06/21/07 - 03:18:14 PM
This music makes me so happy! Great song, and equally great performance. The recording is very clean, well done! DL'd. [ Reply to This ]
Las Bragas don't do anything but... &mdash 06/27/07 - 06:37:57 PM
...happy. Well okay we have one bittersweet number but even that turns into a psychedelic jam so people forget how it started. My natural tendency is to do sad reflective stuff so perhaps I find playing with Las Bragas an antidote!
Cheers
KK
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Latest track: <a href="http://www.macjams.com/song/32764"> Township Jig </a> [ Reply to This ]
komrade BRILLIANT!!!! &mdash 06/21/07 - 03:18:21 PM
my windows are still shaking of the maximum of volume i played your tune on. i see my self sitting in the cosy corner of cosy "the small bridge bar" in dingle, just in the epicenter of fantastic irish music storm smashing all the pub completely with wild crushing waves of flaming irish jig! and in the middle komrade and his glowing red fiddle! brilliant! [ Reply to This ]
Hey diddle Fiddle &mdash 06/21/07 - 06:36:47 PM
Enjoyed your exuberant fiddling. Makes me want to run off an get a Guinness and listen again.
Hey, you might enjoy this guy too from our neck of the woods:
http://www.jeremykittel.com/
Thanks for sharing your tune. [ Reply to This ]
That jig aint no jive. &mdash 06/22/07 - 08:43:43 AM
This would be fun to dance to. Ive got to catch one of your live gigs someday. Good work. Peace out.
Rene [ Reply to This ]
Perhaps when we tour America... &mdash 06/27/07 - 05:36:40 AM
... otherwise it's that substantial body of water thing...
KK
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Township Jig &mdash 06/22/07 - 12:15:42 PM
what a joyfull jig ...this is so marvelous
the band set so wonderfull the whole work
in ablast of pleasure ..thank you my friend
for sharing such joyfull music here with us !!
peace !! [ Reply to This ]
It is fun... &mdash 06/28/07 - 04:05:05 AM
...to play with Las Bragas, musically we're all into different stuff but as musicians we jell really well. Maybe it's that diversity of musical background and interest that makes it work. Also we've been playing together for years, the band's been going for about 15 years but I've only been with them for 10 so I'm a newbie!
KK
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wow! &mdash 06/23/07 - 01:14:14 AM
sounds like you guys had fun while doing this. green w/ envy. great work! [ Reply to This ]
Wonderful &mdash 06/23/07 - 04:18:33 AM
I would of danced the jig... &mdash 06/24/07 - 06:21:30 PM
at this show, if I would have been there.
Very lively and fun.
I think you are an amazing fiddle/violin player! [ Reply to This ]
I can tell you... &mdash 06/28/07 - 04:10:10 AM
... some people have done some very strange dances at our gigs but it would be great to see someone dance a proper jig.
KK
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A fun &mdash 06/24/07 - 08:52:31 PM
catchy jig. Like how the percussion snaps in time with the fiddle.
Like the almost steel drum effect and the list goes on. Nice bass licks too. [ Reply to This ]
Impossible... &mdash 06/29/07 - 01:20:36 AM
...to stop your foot from tapping. Must be great fun at your gigs, will try to get to one. Perfect production and very accomplished playing.
Cheers
Len
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Wow - &mdash 06/30/07 - 08:46:33 PM
Great Saturday Night Music! The great thing is, you could dance just about any way to this, and it would fit. I like it just like everyone else here. [ Reply to This ]
Oh man! &mdash 07/07/07 - 08:01:26 AM
Great! Great! Great!
I love it when anyone mixes any two wildly different styles together, but you've done it with two of my favorite styles in the world- township jive and Celtic. Very Cool! I love it!
Favorited, downloaded, voted high!
~Brian Weiland [ Reply to This ]
A whole &mdash 10/03/07 - 12:05:52 AM
whack of fun, this is. You guys sound great. Love the SA influence. Makes me want to get my bodhran and bang along... Thanks for sharing!
Doug [ Reply to This ]
It was fun... &mdash 10/05/07 - 12:13:39 PM
... Las Bragas gigs tend to be a bit of a riot and somewhat unpredictable! Thanks for listening.
KK
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Great! &mdash 06/07/08 - 11:34:48 AM
Great... amazing piece my friend! Stunning performance and an excellent composition on all levels!
Take Care
- Yeman A. Al-Rawi [ Reply to This ]
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Nice playing all round, and well recorded.
Neil
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