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Question: collapsing folk melodies

Benjamin Nushmutt — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:05:48 -0800

What are the sources used in Einstürzende Neubauten's Armenia and Armenia II?

Armenia is built around a sample of a choral rendition of an Armenian folk song . Armenia II features a (live? sampled?) duduk, playing a few melodic lines, presumably from another folk song.

Any background information on these songs would also be appreciated. Thanks!

By: londongeezer

londongeezer — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:37:45 -0800

Where can we hear these online?

By: crinklebat

crinklebat — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:05:53 -0800

I don't know the songs but would love to hear them. I'll try and dig them up tonight and maybe I can give you a little more information. I've heard a lot of Armenian music in my time on this earth, hopefully I'll be able to shed some light...

By: mykescipark

mykescipark — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:06:01 -0800

Per this Armenia blog, "This track is called Armenia because it includes a sample of the song, "Toun en kelkhen imastoun yes," though don't expect to sing along to it!

By: Benjamin Nushmutt

Benjamin Nushmutt — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:01:11 -0800

Armenia identified, thank you mykescipark! I will mark your answer later, so more people can weigh in on Armenia II. The Neubauten version is here (NSFW-ish noise, unless you work in a factory), and here is a folk version, about 40 minutes into a radio show.

One down, one to go.

Here are some clips of Armenia II from the album Strategies Against Architecture II, Disk 2-- hopefully it's enough to help. One clip is towards the beginning of the song, the other around the middle.