Lane Visitor Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 Anyone know of any good medieval music or inspired stuff? I've searched for it on yt but cant seem to find too much and most of it is a bit cartoonish. Looking for real music from the middle ages or modern day but dedicated to serious imitation of the era... And pure, not like the hipster baroque pop stuff, no vocals either. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YangYing Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 is this correct? I'm not sure what exactly falls under that label Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lane Visitor Posted July 10, 2018 Author Share Posted July 10, 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D2VLQr4kBg is this correct? I'm not sure what exactly falls under that label Oh yeah this is great, thanks! I've never listened to much Bach but it doesn't get more authentic lol Just discovered this bad boy too https://deaf-knight.bandcamp.com/album/radiant-ages There's a whole movement called dungeon synth that I'd heard before but never really explored. I guess just midi interpretations of the era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YangYing Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 ;) https://forum.watmm.com/topic/95072-dungeon-synth/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YangYing Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 I'm curious on more genuine stuff from the middle ages though, i dont know much besides bach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iococoi Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 sorry guys, but bach is baroque..roughly 200 years later.. its more like guillaume de machaut ..chants, dances, songs, instrumental pieces..and mind you, "medieval" in the western music world spans over almost 1000 years..basically everything "reasonably well documented" before the renaissance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YangYing Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 lovely, thanks for the clarification Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvatorin Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 get your european cultural history right, come on. Papa Peterson would be ashamed of you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon Sumbitches Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 Yeah, Bach's a bit later than medieval. I can't find a decent-sounding version but 'Sumer is icumen in' is fairly legit medieval music, 13thC or thereabouts: Lots of very beautiful choral music from this period (although there's a bit in Alan Partridge where he sings this and I can't hear it anymore without hearing him sing it): ^ That's not a good example but in the medieval period we start to see people really playing with polyphony and the possibilities of multiple voices moving against one another. Jumping ahead to the Reformation, Thomas Tallis made some really beautiful music. This was a fairly hectic time in England, and I remember reading somewhere (possibly in the comments of this video? can't remember) that there's a real elegaic quality in his work, a sense of loss for the passing of the Catholic church and the certainty provided by that worldview, in contrast with the various competing doctrines of Protestantism. Fucking sublime music whatever way you want to interpret it: And then a little bit later, on the late medieval/Renaissance borderline, we've got guys like Orlando Gibbons, court music for geezers in ruffs and hose: Haven't even scratched the surface of this stuff and I'm very ignorant about medieval music from non-Western cultures, unfortunately. Loads to explore... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eryngi Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 (i don't know anything much about this, just something i found somewhere sometime and liked) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YangYing Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 get your european cultural history right, come on. Papa Peterson would be ashamed of you. *procrastinates intensly* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t yst r Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 Also somewhat post-medieval. Such beauty... I really have to explore this man's work some more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soloman Tump Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 http://www.folkradio.co.uk/2016/04/the-food-of-love-project/ I picked up this album last year which was covers / recitals / inspirations from Shakespeare's works. Probably on Spotify / youtube etc if you want to listen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingformung Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 funny genre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon Sumbitches Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 There's a whole bunch of early music ensembles that might scratch your itch, OP: Possibly also stuff like this: It's not mediscriptkiddy (actually fuck it, it might be for all I know) but Bulgarian close-harmony singing *adjusts glasses and tweed jacket* is totally ancient and otherworldly-sounding and might be up your street (skip to 14.08 to see what I mean): I went through a period a while ago of recording weird medieval-sounding stuff but it's definitely not authentic/legit (hasn't been mixed properly either, and couldn't resist throwing in a few cheesy manoeuvres): https://soundcloud.com/tanizaki_uk/sanctuary-serpent-prow-rough-mix Edit: that's supposed to read 'medieval' above, not 'mediscriptkiddy', watmm autoreplaces it with that for some reason (in that one instance only), bizarre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olo Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 This thread needs more Friday night at ye' local pub medieval. Get the lassies moving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YangYing Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 It's not mediscriptkiddy (actually fuck it, it might be for all I know) but Bulgarian close-harmony singing *adjusts glasses and tweed jacket* is totally ancient and otherworldly-sounding and might be up your street (skip to 14.08 to see what I mean): jeez fuck, how many wonderful things are there to hear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iococoi Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 This thread needs more Friday night at ye' local pub medieval. Get the lassies moving. https://youtu.be/r4y7HNW972M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingformung Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 It's good to take a look at some ancient instruments: Hurdy-gurdy, 12th century in Europe Santur, ~1000 A.D. in Middle East Saung, ~200 A.D. (pre-medieval) in Myanmar Metal Mbira, ~700 A.D. in Central East Africa: Qanun, ~950 A.D. in Middle East Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lane Visitor Posted July 11, 2018 Author Share Posted July 11, 2018 Wow thanks for all these great suggestions, have a lot to listen to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingformung Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Yeah it's a characteristic of Arab music to make use of quarter tones, I want them in my piano roll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceiling Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Alfonso X is really powerful stuff, sounds so modern. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nj5Bc8zwwU0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lane Visitor Posted July 11, 2018 Author Share Posted July 11, 2018 Yeah it's a characteristic of Arab music to make use of quarter tones, I want them in my piano roll Totally agreed. Would be a nice workflow instead of having to play with cent knob or automate pitch bends lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TubularCorporation Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 I like Project Ars Nova's Ars Magis Subtiliter. Secular Music of the Chantilly Codex a lot, especially the (allegedly) hasish or opium songs. The beginning of that second one one's not a very traditional interpretation but it's still great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braintree Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Yeah it's a characteristic of Arab music to make use of quarter tones, I want them in my piano roll Totally agreed. Would be a nice workflow instead of having to play with cent knob or automate pitch bends lol FM8 does microtuning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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