Fuck Yeah Flamenco Friday - Strunz & Farah - Heat of the Sun [1995]

In this weeks installment of Fuck Yeah Flamenco Friday, we will be looking into a much more deeper and traditional version of flamenco. Strunz & Farah form a different sound than the previous installment's Jesse Cook. They bring the inherently distinct traditional spanish guitar with the sex-bass and equally dangerous percussion. The difference from Jesse is quite obvious at first listen. The new age style is not as prevalent here as it is before. So what does that mean? This means you won't hear similar non-new-age styles playing at a lesbian massage parlor. I didn't find a mediafire link, but here is a sample of one of their songs.

Fuck Yeah Flamenco Friday - Jesse Cook - The Ultimate Jesse Cook 2 CD Collection

The first installment of "Fuck Yeah Flamenco Friday", I'll be shoveling Spanish sex beats and nasty guitar arpeggios down your throat like there's no tomorrow.

Now that the disclaimer is out of the way, you may be asking yourself, what the hell is flamenco anyways? Well, go look it up. This album here is a more new-age style of flamenco, and is a very calming and relaxing genre to listen to. Even now, when winter is approaching faster, and the leaves on the trees are falling, a few songs after this, and you might as well be walking down the streets of Barcelona with 5-8 chicas as your entourage. Or chicos, if you prefer. Here's the megaupload, and heres a link to a song. Jesus christ, just look at the guy's hair.

Toumani Diabaté's Symmetric Orchestra - Boulevard de l'Indépendance [2006]

One of the most important things anyone can learn while discovering music is that there are more genres in all different parts of the world than the ones our culture is more familiar with. This group is fronted by a Malian Kora player, Toumani Diabaté. His playing skill for the instrument is acknowledged around the world as phenomenal and mesmerizing. Through the recent years, he has collaborated with many other musicians to expand his style of playing to reach more audiences and genres, which range from Spanish-y Flamenco, to Folk, Blues, and Jazz. Originally I found this artist while looking for the OST to Little Big Planet, a Game of the year platformer for the Playstation 3, and just recently have been getting into the "world" genre. The myspace page has the songs from his only album released. I would give it a listen, as it is very active, inspirational (even if you have no idea what is being said), and it just flows.

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