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Mich Gerber — Zumurud
Album: The Endless String
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Released: 2002
Length: 5:34
Plays (last 30 days): 3
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Gerber is bassed.
Posted 4 months ago by MassivRuss    [ Reply ]
 obispo wrote:

Yes.  And the first line there should settle the question of whether this is a "bolero" or not -- a classic bolero is in 3/4 time.  Zumurud is in 4/4.
The other question, whether this is some interpretation of Ravel's Bolero, is not as easily disputed, even though it's clearly not.  It may make you feel the same way when you listen to it, but it's just not Ravel's piece at all.

I don't care!  I like this tune.  EXCELLENT TUNE!!  I just listen to it.  I do not want to get over-analytical about it!   Thanx RP!  


Posted 9 months ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 Edweirdo wrote:

See here.

Yes.  And the first line there should settle the question of whether this is a "bolero" or not -- a classic bolero is in 3/4 time.  Zumurud is in 4/4.
The other question, whether this is some interpretation of Ravel's Bolero, is not as easily disputed, even though it's clearly not.  It may make you feel the same way when you listen to it, but it's just not Ravel's piece at all.
Posted 1 year ago by obispo    [ Reply ]
As far as I can determine, no one has referenced the similarity to Dead Can Dance...which is plainly obvious to me, but to no  one else clearly.  Weird stuff that...
Posted 1 year ago by sfoster66    [ Reply ]
 Azrica wrote:

Oh, nicely done set ! Delerium followed by Mich Gerber, only Jaël is missing to have complete collaboration circle,  



Same set 3 years later - and that is NOT a complaint. If its not broke why fix it?
Posted 1 year ago by hellsgardener    [ Reply ]
 RabbitEars wrote:



Totally Cool!
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Sauf
Posted 2 years ago by fmirka59300    [ Reply ]
 greiffenstein wrote:

Bolero by Ravel is not what "a bolero" is either.  Itself is the creative result of a man suffering from temporal lobe dementia, a specific type of dementia that makes its sufferers obsessed with repetitive patterns.  We are all the beneficiaries of someone else's madness.  

See here.
Posted 2 years ago by Edweirdo    [ Reply ]
EXCELLENT!!  RP introduced me to him, now I like a lot of his music.  Thanx RP!  
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Can't not see the Sufi Whirling Dervishes in my head whenever I hear this song.
Posted 2 years ago by the_jake    [ Reply ]
 greiffenstein wrote:

Bolero by Ravel is not what "a bolero" is either.  Itself is the creative result of a man suffering from temporal lobe dementia, a specific type of dementia that makes its sufferers obsessed with repetitive patterns.  We are all the beneficiaries of someone else's madness.  


It is great posts like this which remind me that I really don't know shit... 
Posted 2 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
Bill and Rebecca, I hope you have as much fun playing this music as we have listening!
Posted 2 years ago by Kajukenbo    [ Reply ]
 coppergarden wrote:
 
 Strangely, this made me smile.  I was concealed on the shore of one  of those narrow bends that afternoon as the boat  chugged by.  Tibi was at the helm surrounded by the three strangers as they all quickly exchanged clothing.  That was the day I resolved to find out more about Ab's uncle, Tibi.

I never did.


My nephew, he heard my stories about Ab and found my old maps when my sister cleaned out the cabin after the big burn. My nephew headed out to the Ucayali, promising he'd stay in touch. 

He did.
Posted 3 years ago by rezadent    [ Reply ]
i think its a little boring {#Boohoo}
Posted 3 years ago by Poopsey    [ Reply ]
 smackiepipe wrote:
As the boat slowly chugged up river and around the narrow bends, they drew ever further out of site of the dock, where Ab Baraki watched with resolve in his eyes. The steam from the small boat's funnel grew ever smaller, until it was no longer visible in the afternoon haze, Ab thought "I wonder if I'll ever see them again." 

He never did. That was the last that was seen of the three strange travelers and Ab's uncle, Tibi.
 Strangely, this made me smile.  I was concealed on the shore of one  of those narrow bends that afternoon as the boat  chugged by.  Tibi was at the helm surrounded by the three strangers as they all quickly exchanged clothing.  That was the day I resolved to find out more about Ab's uncle, Tibi.

I never did.

Posted 3 years ago by coppergarden    [ Reply ]
True musical genius.  

This may be the tune that plays in the heads of Brady, Mahomes and Rodgers as they assess opportunity downfield. Zen masters ignore chaos and focus on the task. 
Posted 3 years ago by DW4554    [ Reply ]
 RabbitEars wrote: Istanbul Galata Mevlevihanesi
 

Posted 3 years ago by aratkaytaz    [ Reply ]
Posted 3 years ago by aratkaytaz    [ Reply ]
start about 6.30
Posted 4 years ago by RabbitEars    [ Reply ]
Riveting every time I hear it!
Posted 4 years ago by Tjerome    [ Reply ]
I wonder if Mich and Zoe Keating would ever collaborate, that might be interesting. 
Posted 4 years ago by Triquel67    [ Reply ]
I like this more every time I hear it.
Posted 4 years ago by RabbitEars    [ Reply ]
Sounds like Lorena McKennitt
Posted 4 years ago by Oldest_City_Dude    [ Reply ]
Geil
Posted 4 years ago by xxMediumxx    [ Reply ]
Haunting music, great bass
Posted 4 years ago by bsmith1    [ Reply ]
!)
Posted 5 years ago by Rockit9    [ Reply ]
Just heard this and thought it was a "remix" of Ravel's Balero for a while. It's not but it has the same relentless pace. 
Posted 5 years ago by duanemx    [ Reply ]
Fun and games this morning.  First the lyrics to Harry Manx "Your Sweet Name" don't match, now the Wiki link to this artist is for Bajka Pluwatsch.  Are you broken or is it me, do you think?
Posted 5 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
It always great to hear Mich, I just wonder how he sounds live ? 
Posted 5 years ago by Azrica    [ Reply ]
Oh, nicely done set ! Delerium followed by Mich Gerber, only Jaël is missing to have complete collaboration circle,  
Posted 5 years ago by Azrica    [ Reply ]
Very enjoyable Bolero variation!
Posted 5 years ago by Tjerome    [ Reply ]
hauntingly beautiful . can't wait to see what will be played after this
Posted 6 years ago by pontfarrer    [ Reply ]
Posted 6 years ago by RabbitEars    [ Reply ]
Nice :)
Posted 6 years ago by Maddin    [ Reply ]
That's great!!!!!{#Heartkiss} a mystic swissman
Posted 6 years ago by peter.gerzner    [ Reply ]
Good for the blood pressure (much needed these days). Gives me the sensation of being on a camel back, swaying slightly to a leisurely pace, hot sun but by some strange happenstance I have a frosty glass of lemonade in my hand. Go figure.
Posted 6 years ago by mediamarv    [ Reply ]
As the boat slowly chugged up river and around the narrow bends, they drew ever further out of site of the dock, where Ab Baraki watched with resolve in his eyes. The steam from the small boat's funnel grew ever smaller, until it was no longer visible in the afternoon haze, Ab thought "I wonder if I'll ever see them again." 

He never did. That was the last that was seen of the three strange travelers and Ab's uncle, Tibi.
Posted 6 years ago by smackiepipe    [ Reply ]
Awesome!
Posted 6 years ago by suej    [ Reply ]
So beautiful,
so hypnotic {#Music}
Posted 6 years ago by Noé    [ Reply ]
 3 times in one month is not a lot.  Much less than what you get with other stations.  I guess you must have RP on at all times!
Ashloh wrote:
Please please play some new stuff, it's all getting so repetitive it's unbelievable, even my wife has stared to make sarcastic comments, like.... Oh I've heard this before.
Why repeat so much? 

 


Posted 6 years ago by Livingston    [ Reply ]
love this tune; trippy and lovely. Right before Harry Manx? Brilliant. Love RP. 
Posted 7 years ago by hissingsiskin    [ Reply ]
 jbuhl wrote:
At first, thought this that McKinnet girl.

 
Same here. Nice, though.
Posted 7 years ago by smackiepipe    [ Reply ]
One of the first songs we heard after we discovered Radio Paradise in 2011/12, still love it (and RP!)!
Posted 7 years ago by jocelynsart    [ Reply ]
Hypnotic, just right for a surreal day here in Maine.
Posted 7 years ago by zenhead    [ Reply ]
 thewiseking wrote:
What if you took a Bolero, drained all of the energy out of it yet kept the droning. Voila! Ambient Bolero Lite

 
Bolero by Ravel is not what "a bolero" is either.  Itself is the creative result of a man suffering from temporal lobe dementia, a specific type of dementia that makes its sufferers obsessed with repetitive patterns.  We are all the beneficiaries of someone else's madness.  
Posted 7 years ago by greiffenstein    [ Reply ]
At first, thought this that McKinnet girl.
Posted 7 years ago by jbuhl    [ Reply ]
What if you took a Bolero, drained all of the energy out of it yet kept the droning. Voila! Ambient Bolero Lite
Posted 7 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
Playing in our coffee shop and rather enjoyable.
Posted 8 years ago by fredandlarrys    [ Reply ]
Please please play some new stuff, it's all getting so repetitive it's unbelievable, even my wife has stared to make sarcastic comments, like.... Oh I've heard this before.
Why repeat so much? 
Posted 8 years ago by Ashloh    [ Reply ]
Ah shit, way too short....
Posted 8 years ago by Michael_Dean    [ Reply ]
Running out the door turned to an excellent excuse to slow down for a while.  Thanks Bill ! !
Posted 8 years ago by Michael_Dean    [ Reply ]
I love a bit of Ravel!
Posted 8 years ago by trevc    [ Reply ]
I am from Switzerland, so it is nice to hear Mich Gerber - who lives in the same city as I - here on Radio Paradise. I like his music, and I like this radio :-)
Posted 8 years ago by woody_woodstock    [ Reply ]
Ugh. from Hooverphonic to this grating noise.  Bill, when you're playing light rock, please don't segue it into 5 minutes of Middle East violin stuff. 

..my soul could rest on these notes, slip through a starry night and pass galaxies to the edge


Give me a break, this song goes on wayyy too long.
Posted 8 years ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
{#Sunny} What a nice tune! Thanks for that!
Posted 8 years ago by VH1    [ Reply ]
Still looking it!
Posted 8 years ago by CascadianPDX    [ Reply ]

Mich Gerber and Zumurud, I can only thank you for such a wonderful ride ….{#Hearteyes}


Posted 8 years ago by Azrica    [ Reply ]
I love this tune
Posted 9 years ago by Frankd    [ Reply ]
'Endless String' - key word: endless. simply too long, got tedious. PSD was my saviour. ;-)
Posted 9 years ago by torino390    [ Reply ]
I t sounds like snake charming music. I must admit I m charmed by it. I m going to check out the album. Rating: 7.8
Posted 9 years ago by jimtyrrell    [ Reply ]
Bibaboffel wrote:

exactly, it's a little too long

 
Lounge, background the kind of music you don't listen, you feel :)
Posted 9 years ago by Audreytelles    [ Reply ]
 
Ostar wrote:
30 seconds should do it, no need to repeat that single sample for what seems like ages. Yawn, PSD.
 
exactly, it's a little too long
Posted 9 years ago by Bibaboffel    [ Reply ]
pffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff....
Posted 9 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
Most excellent.
Posted 9 years ago by mread    [ Reply ]
 wgsu_1978 wrote:
Good waiting in line music. I'd be swaying to this while checking into a hotel or waiting for my salad.
 
Hehehehehe....
Posted 9 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
 midreaming wrote:

..my soul could rest on these notes, slip through a starry night and pass galaxies to the edge where this universe is bursting at the seams.  lovely it is


Exactly!
 

Posted 9 years ago by Tjerome    [ Reply ]
There are some timbres and resonances that only wood instruments can propagate...and I gotta dig the mind &hands that create them!
Posted 9 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Cool song.  {#Guitarist}
Posted 9 years ago by MentalWedgie    [ Reply ]
Good waiting in line music. I'd be swaying to this while checking into a hotel or waiting for my salad.
Posted 9 years ago by wgsu_1978    [ Reply ]
A song that rewards repeated listenings - the variations are subtle.

I'd love to see him live. 
Posted 9 years ago by nagsheadlocal    [ Reply ]
30 seconds should do it, no need to repeat that single sample for what seems like ages. Yawn, PSD.
Posted 9 years ago by Ostar    [ Reply ]
 This has been in rotation at RP for a while.  I once fell asleep listening to this song while in front of my PC.  My hands were on the keyboard at the time I drifted off.  I awoke to find me screen full of "Rs."
Posted 9 years ago by Egrey    [ Reply ]
 TerryS wrote:
Sitting on a Coney Island beach on a 75 degree night listening to this mix is way more than OK

 
Given a choice I Would pick Rockaway because it's got sand dunes, nothing wrong with Coney Island though.
Posted 9 years ago by jim1964    [ Reply ]
First time tuning in for a while (travelling) so now it's watching cruise ships slip their berths in another place, still perfect.
Posted 9 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
Sitting on a Coney Island beach on a 75 degree night listening to this mix is way more than OK
Posted 9 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
Always reminds me of this:
 
Allegro non troppo - Bolero (1977) by Cartoonzof2006

Sort of a film about evolution.  Remember watching it late at night as a filler for "premium" cable channels... Cinemax I think {#Wink}
Posted 9 years ago by mrtuba9    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

You drink beer from a glass?  Fancy.  {#Drunk}

 
An' it's clean too! 

grinning Goober from "Andy Griffith Show" 
Posted 9 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
Beautiful...
Posted 9 years ago by mattrettig    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of the movie "10" for som reason
Posted 9 years ago by Muddyman3019    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

{#Lol}  I'm not sure why I find that comment funny - maybe it's the visualization.

 
those Brits have such quaint (and evocative) expressions, don't they?  And the music?  I think it's fantastic trance and dance
Posted 9 years ago by Highspirits    [ Reply ]
 Sloggydog wrote:

Gabriel isn't fit to smell the undies of this song

 
{#Lol}  I'm not sure why I find that comment funny - maybe it's the visualization.
Posted 9 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
play loud! nice
Posted 10 years ago by laup    [ Reply ]
Played this hiking up Dades Gorge last month, it was in its element.
Posted 10 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
 CoYoT51 wrote:
Ambient... deeply shallow. You can't be another Peter Gabriel that easily.

 
Gabriel isn't fit to smell the undies of this song
Posted 10 years ago by Sloggydog    [ Reply ]
Ambient... deeply shallow. You can't be another Peter Gabriel that easily.
Posted 10 years ago by CoYoT51    [ Reply ]
 KaraokeVox wrote:
headache

this is paradise, not bedouin torture.

next! 
 
PSD...that's why it is there.
Very interesting instrumental.


Posted 10 years ago by ScottN    [ Reply ]
Another delay pedal lyrical miracle worker.     like a bigger Ed Allayne Johnson!

8
Posted 10 years ago by stunix    [ Reply ]
headache

this is paradise, not bedouin torture.

next! 
Posted 10 years ago by KaraokeVox    [ Reply ]
 TerryS wrote:

Played this on a lot of gnarly back roads, hikes, and solo bar escapades.

It plain does the job.



 
Played this sat in my office designing on the PC.  Works here, too.  Thanks RP
Posted 10 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]

Played this on a lot of gnarly back roads, hikes, and solo bar escapades.

It plain does the job.


Posted 10 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
 kcar wrote:
Interesting thread. I hear Ravel's "Bolero" but also (thanks to the glass of Sierra Nevada's Extra IPA Torpedo) "When They Begin the Beguine." 

Boo Yah. {#Boohoo} {#Drunk}

 
You drink beer from a glass?  Fancy.  {#Drunk}
Posted 10 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 Toke wrote:
P.S. So in view of your comment mread ALL Bolero compositions will sound exactly if not Identical to 'Ravels' as all waltzes and other forms of dance music will sound identical,  ?? 
  
mread wrote:

Nope.  'Course not.  Your original comment was:
It is 'Bolero'' and a very good rendition of it as well I doubt very much if Ravel would dislike it.

Perhaps I misunderstood your meaning.  You capitalized "Bolero" and attributed "it" to Ravel in the same sentence, implying that Zumurud is something like a cover version of Ravel's Bolero, which it is not.  I agree with you that it's a bolero (lower-case "b"), but it's not Ravel's... different melody, lacks the key change near the end, etc.

Toke wrote:


What I am trying to get accross is like a conductor of an orchestra he will interpret the peice which may be entirely different to another conductor who has interpreted the piece tottaly different, and yet both are reading from the same score sheet.

 
Interesting thread. I hear Ravel's "Bolero" but also (thanks to the glass of Sierra Nevada's Extra IPA Torpedo) "When They Begin the Beguine." 

Boo Yah. {#Boohoo} {#Drunk}
Posted 10 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
Its a beautyfull musik {#Boohoo}{#Boohoo}{#Music}{#Good-vibes}{#Boohoo}{#Boohoo}
Posted 10 years ago by Rofl_01    [ Reply ]
It's been awhile since I've listened to RP, but this one's a classic... lovin' it.
Posted 10 years ago by Vandy005    [ Reply ]
 Geecheeboy wrote:
A camel song for this Hump day!

 
bump.  Also feels warm in the frozen NE.
Posted 10 years ago by ronniegirl    [ Reply ]
yeah, this works WELL
Posted 10 years ago by kingfish2004    [ Reply ]
{#Heartkiss}
Posted 10 years ago by Peter_Bradshaw    [ Reply ]
This desert....is Making Me THIRTSTY!!!!
Posted 10 years ago by smackiepipe    [ Reply ]
{#Daisy}
Posted 10 years ago by shellbella    [ Reply ]
This is better than caffeine  {#Sunny}
Posted 10 years ago by TomJB    [ Reply ]
The really really goods have it.
Posted 10 years ago by ccjemmett    [ Reply ]
Really loving this to chill out to on a Sunday morning...memories of Egypt and and Morocco :-)
Posted 10 years ago by scottygirl    [ Reply ]
Really like this
Posted 10 years ago by norvell    [ Reply ]
Very nice!
Posted 11 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
Absolutely Gold
Posted 11 years ago by hendon    [ Reply ]
Love it!  Just has to put a wiggle on,  and think of far flung desert sands. Mniam mniam! {#Moon}8 -> 9
Posted 11 years ago by spiggy    [ Reply ]

..my soul could rest on these notes, slip through a starry night and pass galaxies to the edge where this universe is bursting at the seams.  lovely it is


Posted 11 years ago by midreaming    [ Reply ]
groovy
Posted 11 years ago by paisleydancer66    [ Reply ]

my day is beginning, what a way to go.. i love this, makes me shimmy in the office..


Posted 11 years ago by ralphyboy    [ Reply ]
what I like with this genre - the music takes you on a journey and feel you have been somewhere else.... must grab a copy of this and cancel that trekking tour! {#Lol}
Posted 11 years ago by MM_Oz    [ Reply ]
I rejoice that such a thing as RP exists every time I hear this amazing buzzy ode to String Theory! I really like how it sounds cranked, too!
Posted 11 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
 j1sey wrote:
Ah, yes.  I am back on the Silk Road....
 
Via Tor 
Posted 11 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
A camel song for this Hump day!
Posted 11 years ago by Geecheeboy    [ Reply ]
Trippy! {#Daisy}
Posted 11 years ago by toterola    [ Reply ]
Ah, yes.  I am back on the Silk Road....
Posted 11 years ago by j1sey    [ Reply ]
Nice!
Posted 11 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
 Bernd wrote:
Reminds me very much of Dead Can Dance's Into The Labyrinth...
 
A lost track from that album,..
Posted 11 years ago by Euskadita    [ Reply ]
For the first few moments, I was expecting St. Teresa, by Joan Osborne.
Posted 11 years ago by colt4x5    [ Reply ]
Reminds me very much of Dead Can Dance's Into The Labyrinth...
Posted 11 years ago by Bernd    [ Reply ]
Beautiful, though I thought it was Loreena.
Posted 11 years ago by LifeIsMusic    [ Reply ]