There have been a couple of recent inquiries on RADP about the Illuminations preshow music. Steve Soares posted another incomplete list that had some new titles to investigate...
[pre]
Artist Song Country Origin
1. Yehuda Poliko Dancing Barefoot Isreal
2. Seelyhoo Folk n Hell (CD Title) Scotland/UK
3. Nakai Mo Combo Gumbo N. America
4. unknown
5. Barrage The Concertina Set Scotland/UK
6. unknown
7. Seelyhoo Bumely Brea Scotland/UK
8. unknown
9. Cusco Inca Dance S. America
10. unknown [/pre]
So far only one hit: "The Concertina Set" is not Barrage but rather the Scottish group Burach. I found an MP3 and it's a positive match for track 5 of the Illuminations preshow music (the one with the same traditional theme as "Strings of Fire"). It's on their CD "The Weird Set."
Google returns nothing for "Yehuda Poliko," but "Yehuda Poliker" seems to have a good catalog. His song titles aren't usually listed in English though, which makes it difficult to search (anyone know the Hebrew translation for "Dancing Barefoot"?).
I found a couple of samples of "Mo Combo Gumbo" and concluded that it's not the right track. However, it does sound like track 3 could be something else by R. Carlos Nakai. (Which possibly narrows it down to a couple dozen albums.)
I was surprised to see another Seelyhoo title listed as track 7. For one thing, track 7 in the current playlist is Cusco's "Montezuma," so let's assume this could be track 8. The title of the Seelyhoo track is actually "Brumely Brae," or to be complete, "Mick's Knitted Triplets/Brumely Brae/Jenny's Chickens," which is on "The First Caul" CD. The music in the 30 second clip on Amazon is much too fast for track 8. And last time CaptNemo posted that his "First Caul" CD contained no other pre-Illuminations tracks. So, this one doesn't seem too promising.
Anyway, here's the running tally:[pre]
1. unknown
2. "Superwasp/Along The Coast Of Norway/Neckbuster" by Seelyhoo
The First Caul (Seelyhoo 1996)
Folk N Hell: Fiery New Music from Scotland (various artists 1997)
3. unknown
4. "Flute Battle" by Cusco
Apurimac (Cusco 1988)
The Best of Cusco (Cusco 1997)
Higher Octave Collection (various artists 1994)
5. "The Concertina Set" by Burach
The Weird Set (Burach 1995)
6. "Imeland" by Groupa
Imeland (Groupa 1995)
Fifteen Years (Groupa 1998)
Nordic Roots: Northside Sampler (various artists 1998)
7. "Montezuma" by Cusco
Apurimac II (Cusco 1994)
Return to Ancient America (Cusco 1994)
The Best of Cusco (Cusco 1997)
Higher Octave Collection 2 (various artists 1995)
As in Music So in Life (various artists 1996)
The Best New Age, Volume 5 (various artists 1997)
Instrumental Moods (various artists 1998)
Pure Moods II (various artists 1998)
The Moods Series box set (various artists 1999)
8. unknown
9. "Inca Dance" by Cusco
Apurimac (Cusco 1988)
10. unknown[/pre]
Six down, four to go. Yehuda and Nakai seem like possible leads for tracks 1 and 3. Track 8 does sound similar to the Scottish vibe of Seelyhoo, but if not Seely then who? ;D No idea on track 10, which sounds sort of like a western movie score, orchestral in places (this track is the least familiar in my mind, and my recording of it is very poor).
Here's "The Concertina Set" for anyone who's interested:
http://mickeyavenue.com/files/mp3/Burach%2...rtina%20Set.mp3
Justin
[pre]
Artist Song Country Origin
1. Yehuda Poliko Dancing Barefoot Isreal
2. Seelyhoo Folk n Hell (CD Title) Scotland/UK
3. Nakai Mo Combo Gumbo N. America
4. unknown
5. Barrage The Concertina Set Scotland/UK
6. unknown
7. Seelyhoo Bumely Brea Scotland/UK
8. unknown
9. Cusco Inca Dance S. America
10. unknown [/pre]
So far only one hit: "The Concertina Set" is not Barrage but rather the Scottish group Burach. I found an MP3 and it's a positive match for track 5 of the Illuminations preshow music (the one with the same traditional theme as "Strings of Fire"). It's on their CD "The Weird Set."
Google returns nothing for "Yehuda Poliko," but "Yehuda Poliker" seems to have a good catalog. His song titles aren't usually listed in English though, which makes it difficult to search (anyone know the Hebrew translation for "Dancing Barefoot"?).
I found a couple of samples of "Mo Combo Gumbo" and concluded that it's not the right track. However, it does sound like track 3 could be something else by R. Carlos Nakai. (Which possibly narrows it down to a couple dozen albums.)
I was surprised to see another Seelyhoo title listed as track 7. For one thing, track 7 in the current playlist is Cusco's "Montezuma," so let's assume this could be track 8. The title of the Seelyhoo track is actually "Brumely Brae," or to be complete, "Mick's Knitted Triplets/Brumely Brae/Jenny's Chickens," which is on "The First Caul" CD. The music in the 30 second clip on Amazon is much too fast for track 8. And last time CaptNemo posted that his "First Caul" CD contained no other pre-Illuminations tracks. So, this one doesn't seem too promising.
Anyway, here's the running tally:[pre]
1. unknown
2. "Superwasp/Along The Coast Of Norway/Neckbuster" by Seelyhoo
The First Caul (Seelyhoo 1996)
Folk N Hell: Fiery New Music from Scotland (various artists 1997)
3. unknown
4. "Flute Battle" by Cusco
Apurimac (Cusco 1988)
The Best of Cusco (Cusco 1997)
Higher Octave Collection (various artists 1994)
5. "The Concertina Set" by Burach
The Weird Set (Burach 1995)
6. "Imeland" by Groupa
Imeland (Groupa 1995)
Fifteen Years (Groupa 1998)
Nordic Roots: Northside Sampler (various artists 1998)
7. "Montezuma" by Cusco
Apurimac II (Cusco 1994)
Return to Ancient America (Cusco 1994)
The Best of Cusco (Cusco 1997)
Higher Octave Collection 2 (various artists 1995)
As in Music So in Life (various artists 1996)
The Best New Age, Volume 5 (various artists 1997)
Instrumental Moods (various artists 1998)
Pure Moods II (various artists 1998)
The Moods Series box set (various artists 1999)
8. unknown
9. "Inca Dance" by Cusco
Apurimac (Cusco 1988)
10. unknown[/pre]
Six down, four to go. Yehuda and Nakai seem like possible leads for tracks 1 and 3. Track 8 does sound similar to the Scottish vibe of Seelyhoo, but if not Seely then who? ;D No idea on track 10, which sounds sort of like a western movie score, orchestral in places (this track is the least familiar in my mind, and my recording of it is very poor).
Here's "The Concertina Set" for anyone who's interested:
http://mickeyavenue.com/files/mp3/Burach%2...rtina%20Set.mp3
Justin
I agree that his music is most likely a part of the loop.