Looking for REAL Armenian music

HyeJinx1984 · 07-30-2004, 02:45 PM

I've been wanting to expand my collection of Armenian music but it's been a while since I've followed the genre. The thing is, I don't want pop music with a bad key board synthisizer which happens to be 90% of "Armenian Music"... just pop music with Armenian lyrics. No, what I want is really ancestral sort of stuff, like folk music and stuff that uses the kind of instruments that DON'T need to be hooked up to a socket. Any suggestions?

Genuine_Stud · 07-30-2004, 03:52 PM

What you're looking for is probably classical Armenian music with traditional instruments that they use in the dance groups (If I take it correctly that you don't want Armenian music that requires instruments to be plugged into the electrical socket).

Browse this website and see if you find something you like:

Narek's Music Section

OR

If you want to download music like that go to the link below and you'll probably find what you're looking for in the instrumental sections if not the others:

Hayastan.com - Music Section

HyeJinx1984 · 07-30-2004, 04:13 PM

Thanks man *browses through the website*Hmm, hmmm... *eyes pop* !!!!!!There's a rap section?!?!?!?! oh God... should I bother clicking this? I'm scared to...

Genuine_Stud · 07-30-2004, 04:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HyeJinx1984

Thanks man *browses through the website*Hmm, hmmm... *eyes pop* !!!!!!There's a rap section?!?!?!?! oh God... should I bother clicking this? I'm scared to...

Your welcome.

Hahaa.... rap section.... I actually didn't see that until you pointed it out.

I don't know, the FBI said that there are uncertain things lurking in there.

Aww what the hell..... just go in there.

HyeJinx1984 · 07-30-2004, 04:30 PM

*comes stumbling out crying* My ears.. Oh God, My ears!!!! *whimpers* Why...? Why was "Tzavet Danem" the chorus of a rap song??? Oh God...!!

HyeJinx1984 · 07-30-2004, 04:44 PM

What I'm really looking for is music that had lyrics to Jivan Gasperyan-type music.

Crimson Glow · 07-30-2004, 05:17 PM

Try searching for some Hrant Kenkulian (aka Udi Hrant), or Hovhannes Badalian.

HyeJinx1984 · 07-30-2004, 05:34 PM

will do, thanks.

Darorinag · 07-30-2004, 05:37 PM

lol. Armenian rap is an oxymoron.

HyeJinx1984 · 07-30-2004, 08:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Darorinag

lol. Armenian rap is an oxymoron.

Not necessarily, but the guy who wrote this is definately an ox AND a moron!

Darorinag · 07-30-2004, 08:40 PM

Wrote what? Who? lol..

xBaron Dants · 07-30-2004, 09:11 PM

If you want the real traditional stuff...

Buy these CD-s
http://narek-store.com/shop/SearchRe...xid=85R533Z6HO
http://narek-store.com/shop/SearchRe...xid=85R533Z6HO

The recordings of Hovannes Badalian, Ophelia Hambartsumian, Rouben Matevosian (the early stuff....sadly, the best is only on tape) and Varduhi Khachatrian should give you a taste of REAL Armenian music.

Then there is the other kind of REAL Armenian music...the koosanagan genre, which is the songs of the ministrels, the most famous of them being of course Sayat Nova. I'd recommend this CD.

http://narek-store.com/shop/SearchRe...xid=85R533Z6HO

xBaron Dants · 07-30-2004, 09:13 PM

If you use MSN messenger, I can send a few Badalian songs to you (and one Matevosian). Most of my music is not on computer though.

angelik22 · 07-30-2004, 09:44 PM

try sayat nova, some nune- she has alot old folk music on her cd's, and alla levonyan too..

xBaron Dants · 07-30-2004, 09:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by angelik22

try sayat nova, some nune- she has alot old folk music on her cd's, and alla levonyan too..

Yea, but Nuné will use non-traditional instruments also, in most of her songs actually. Same with Alla.

I like em both anyways.

07-30-2004, 02:45 PM	#1
HyeJinx1984 Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Inside your lower intestine!!! laughs maniacally Posts: 2,156	Looking for REAL Armenian music I've been wanting to expand my collection of Armenian music but it's been a while since I've followed the genre. The thing is, I don't want pop music with a bad key board synthisizer which happens to be 90% of "Armenian Music"... just pop music with Armenian lyrics. No, what I want is really ancestral sort of stuff, like folk music and stuff that uses the kind of instruments that DON'T need to be hooked up to a socket. Any suggestions? __________________ "All I know is I'm not a Marxist." -Karl Marx

07-30-2004, 04:13 PM	#3
HyeJinx1984 Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Inside your lower intestine!!! laughs maniacally Posts: 2,156	Thanks man browses through the websiteHmm, hmmm... eyes pop !!!!!!There's a rap section?!?!?!?! oh God... should I bother clicking this? I'm scared to... __________________ "All I know is I'm not a Marxist." -Karl Marx Last edited by HyeJinx1984; 07-30-2004 at 04:23 PM..

07-30-2004, 04:30 PM	#5
HyeJinx1984 Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Inside your lower intestine!!! laughs maniacally Posts: 2,156	comes stumbling out crying My ears.. Oh God, My ears!!!! whimpers Why...? Why was "Tzavet Danem" the chorus of a rap song??? Oh God...!! __________________ "All I know is I'm not a Marxist." -Karl Marx

07-30-2004, 04:44 PM	#6
HyeJinx1984 Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Inside your lower intestine!!! laughs maniacally Posts: 2,156	What I'm really looking for is music that had lyrics to Jivan Gasperyan-type music. __________________ "All I know is I'm not a Marxist." -Karl Marx

07-30-2004, 05:34 PM	#8
HyeJinx1984 Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Inside your lower intestine!!! laughs maniacally Posts: 2,156	will do, thanks. __________________ "All I know is I'm not a Marxist." -Karl Marx

07-30-2004, 03:52 PM	#2
Genuine_Stud Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 1,214	What you're looking for is probably classical Armenian music with traditional instruments that they use in the dance groups (If I take it correctly that you don't want Armenian music that requires instruments to be plugged into the electrical socket). Browse this website and see if you find something you like: Narek's Music Section OR If you want to download music like that go to the link below and you'll probably find what you're looking for in the instrumental sections if not the others: Hayastan.com - Music Section

07-30-2004, 05:17 PM	#7
Crimson Glow Now with 33% more glow! Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: 100% Crimson concentrate, no fillers! Posts: 1,077	Try searching for some Hrant Kenkulian (aka Udi Hrant), or Hovhannes Badalian.

07-30-2004, 05:37 PM	#9
Darorinag Arafat <3 Wall + Money Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Where dumbasses worship Yasser "I'm proud to have killed Lebanese babies" Arafat Posts: 2,369	lol. Armenian rap is an oxymoron. __________________ Arafat liked ordering his men to shoot Lebanese babies, because their govnt accepted the Palestinian refugees with open arms, instead of giving him an excuse to send his suicide bombers on the Lebanese too.. "Either you're against us, or against us."

07-30-2004, 08:40 PM	#11
Darorinag Arafat <3 Wall + Money Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Where dumbasses worship Yasser "I'm proud to have killed Lebanese babies" Arafat Posts: 2,369	Wrote what? Who? lol.. __________________ Arafat liked ordering his men to shoot Lebanese babies, because their govnt accepted the Palestinian refugees with open arms, instead of giving him an excuse to send his suicide bombers on the Lebanese too.. "Either you're against us, or against us."

07-30-2004, 09:11 PM	#12
xBaron Dants Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Tratsi-in bardeze Posts: 2,909	If you want the real traditional stuff... Buy these CD-s http://narek-store.com/shop/SearchRe...xid=85R533Z6HO http://narek-store.com/shop/SearchRe...xid=85R533Z6HO The recordings of Hovannes Badalian, Ophelia Hambartsumian, Rouben Matevosian (the early stuff....sadly, the best is only on tape) and Varduhi Khachatrian should give you a taste of REAL Armenian music. Then there is the other kind of REAL Armenian music...the koosanagan genre, which is the songs of the ministrels, the most famous of them being of course Sayat Nova. I'd recommend this CD. http://narek-store.com/shop/SearchRe...xid=85R533Z6HO

07-30-2004, 09:13 PM	#13
xBaron Dants Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Tratsi-in bardeze Posts: 2,909	If you use MSN messenger, I can send a few Badalian songs to you (and one Matevosian). Most of my music is not on computer though.

07-30-2004, 09:44 PM	#14
angelik22 banned Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 949	try sayat nova, some nune- she has alot old folk music on her cd's, and alla levonyan too..

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