First of all, today is le quatorze juillet, so HAPPY BASTILLE DAY, French people and francophiles! Joyeux Fete Nationale.
And now something completely different. Part of the reason I like having friends is that they introduce me to all sorts of new things. Their obsessions and interests become mine, and thus I expand and enhance my horizons. My favorite actor, Ben Whishaw (hot), is into this composer, Veljo Tormis (photo above). He says of him, "I'm enjoying this Estonian composer, Veljo Tormis. It's strange choral music based on Baltic folk melodies. It's very intense, pure and hypnotic."
Listen to a clip of this haunting, epic, spectral music here. The song is "Raua needmine / Curse Upon Iron," from the new CD "From the Baltic Coast." Reminds you of something from the soundtrack of Baraka, yeah?
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