I recounted and you're right for both regions. My bad.

1.1 (courtesy of Henrik)
Soli - Negar (Iran) fabulous 70s pop before the bearded men came

Sorry I found a much better one

1.1 Zia - Helelyos (Iran) youtube

nicolas/henrik 2nd round nominations

1.4 Bonga - Mona Ki Ngi Xica (Angola) youtube

2.3 Ry Cooder - A Canción mixteca (USA)

(Return of Ry, I love this song too much...)

3.2 Various Artists (by A.R. Rahman) - Ghanan Ghanan (OST Lagaan) youtube

My favorite Bollywood movie has excelllent music

3.3 Kwan Jai & Kwan Jit Sriprajan - E-Saew Tam Punha Huajai (Thailand) youtube
3.4 Danny Stewart - Les Femmes d'Amérique (Hawaii/Tahiti) spotify


Additional

3.3 Panbers - Haai (Indonesia) youtube
3.4 Warumpi Band - Jailangaru Pakarnu (Australia) youtube

Since there are already plenty nominations from Ethiopia and Congo you can omit Muluqen Mellesse and Bantous Jazz, and from the 2.4 section Joe Arroyo.
Also, can you please replace Carabao's Made In Thailand by the following song?

SUANG SANTI-Dub Fai Kui Gun (Thailand)


And another addition for 1.1 (not sure if this section is already complete):

HANAN BULU BULU-Arabian title (Sudan)

I can only accept that nomination from Sudan if nicolas is willing to give up Henrik's nomination.

Remaining:
1.4 - 1
3.2 - 1
3.3 - 1
3.4 - 4

Well, I'm embarrassed because I really like that Iranian song and we have nothing from Iran ....

Mindrocker, do you really want to add this song ? I can remove one of mine but it will be painful

In that case Stephan take out Slimane Azem - Algérie (my first choice)

PS Looks like the name of the Hanan Bulu Bulu song is Hagaa Kolen Kolen (in Western alphabet)

That Sudanese song is Mindrocker's first North African choice so it is fair that I remove one song.

Sure! Problem solved.

and for 1.4 I'm gonna replace my first choice Letta Mbulu

with

1.4 Danyel Waro - Banm Kalou Banm (La Réunion) youtube

Sorry but as I had time this week I've listened to a lot of music and rediscovered great things in the meantime

Stephan if it helps I'll post or send you my definitive lists when it is done (and it is almost done)

Bump

Looks like this game is stalling, and nominations aren't completely done.

There are still

1 song from region 3.2 (South Central Asia)
1 song from 3.3 (Southeast Asia)
4 songs from 3.4 (Oceania)

Stephan, what's your plan ?

I know it's not very easy to find music from these remote regions, but I'm posting many recommendations everyday in the recommendation thread

So is it time for a final round ? If you want I can nominate the rest of the songs. I'll try to post varied styles and not just folk stuff from before 1975

Sorry nic, I was just looking at this topic after not having a second of time this weekend. Since nobody has nominated any song over the weekend I'll let you fill the remaining spots; the alternative is likely one of us picking some of your recommendations.


I will try to get the first 8 songs uploaded today and get this thing going this week! I was thinking we should probably avoid running country to country as much as possible to get some distinctly different songs in each bracket. What do you think?

Edit: Or wait, we decided on 16 songs before. What do you think is better? It does distill things to 16 weeks rather than 32.

I can't find this song:

Abdel Aziz el Mubarak - Tahrimni Minnak

Greg?

3.2 Yashan - Ra Thun Yama (Sri Lanka) youtube electro-rap

3.3 Pan Ron - Jombang Jet (Cambodia) youtube

3.4 Fiji Phoenix Choir - Lutu Sobu Na Yakavi (Fiji)
3.4 Holonga Vava'u - Faikava Love Song (Tonga) 1978 youtube
3.4 Mantis - Island Suite (Fiji) (1973) youtube
3.4 Frank Yamma - She Cried (Australia) (2010) youtube


The last song is in English, but it is so Aboriginal that I think it's OK. If not I'll g ve you another

I think that avoiding country to country is better

And maybe you could do 1.1 then 2.1 then 3.1 ...
instead of doing Africa then America then Asia...
And why not do 8 songs a week ? It would give people more time to get into the songs (or post 16 songs every other week)

Yeah, that was my plan (1.1, 2.1, 3.1, etc.). I do think 8 is better than 16, it just makes for a rather long game. In any case, I'll just post the first 8 now while waiting for Greg to get back to me. I'll leave that song (and 7 others) for next week.

I'm not sure if that last song should be eligible to be honest; although it is gorgeous.

The complete list of songs can be found here. If you spot any mistakes, please let me know!

In case you turn it down, you can take this one But you already accepted the song "Australia" by Coloured Stone so that's why I thought it could pass


Other option : Tomas Tepano Tepano - Manu Reva (Easter Island) spotify

Very true. Unless someone is really opposed I think I'll include it then.

Thanks! I'd already noticed the Aicha mistake, but I do think it's Cheb Khaled, unless this is not the song?

Do you have Dropbox? If so, are you using the email I have for you from the film polls? If not, could you set up an account there using that email address?

Edit: Or, I guess if the file isn't too large, you could just mail it.

i have dropbox on a different email address, or yousendit under that one. the file's 13.4 MB

Let me know (here or by email) which email you're using for Dropbox and I'll invite you to the music folder nicolas is also uploading songs to.

Stephan, if it's not too late, I'd like to change one of my 2.4 nominations

Could you please replace Carlos Gardel's Mano a mano with

Melingo - Pequeño paria

So instead of 2 Gardel songs we have a common nomination with DanM who missed the 2d round because he was away

Done!