not sure how it equates to a ‘lesson’ for electronic musicians. it’s awesome. there are many examples of acoustic instruments being ‘techno-like’
these patterns make me think of techno… or squarepusher.
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From time to time we have vocalists that can sound almost electronic too.
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I’m hardly a shamisen expert, but I guessed correctly that this is Tsugaru style. One distinguishing feature is the percussive tone of the plectrum striking the body.
“Year Tsugaru Shamisen World Tournament, Women’s A-class champion, Ai Shibata’s performance”
I learned a little bit about Tsugaru shamisen from watching this film, which is set in Aomori, where this style originated, and looking up stuff related to the film
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I saw King live, she’s great.
I guess one lesson is holding the listeners interest with a single contrained instrument, rather than needing a pile of gear. Picture going up there with a mono synth and doing something like that.
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…wooooow…i hear heaps of super nice next new little sample snippets here… 
time to heat up some utube sources again…
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yeah… i hear ya… have seen people get it done w/one machine. a drum machine or a synth… just wreck it in a great way.
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this reminds me of autechre’s LP5 and EP7 a little bit. perhaps Peel Session 2.
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Yes there is.
I listened years ago to an album called “the demons of bali” which was if I remember correctly, composed by two Swiss or German and played by Balinese. They also made me feel Ae. I tried to find them on YT without success.
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I had a similar thought on the AE comparison.
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Oh great, that’s it.
My deviant mind had changed the title in my memory …
Thank you.
Another in bonus
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I think Elektro Guzzi deserve a mention here:
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I love Gamelan music. Many happy memories of various islands in Indonesia.
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A performance of “Aiya Bushi” which is part of the Tsugaru shamisen repertoire. The rhythm has a distinctive, halting quality about it. Could sound interesting layered with a hip hop beat.
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Killer stuff above here… but what about this -
Not really techno but quite a very mechanical guitar playing
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And this:
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that was some maggot brain funk
I was reminded of So Percussion
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