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Results In Group G, Japan won the most tightly-contested group of the tournament so far. Japan finished with the lowest vote percentage (67%) of any winning nation. A late rally by Algeria came up a vote short, while Italy faded as the match went on to in turn end one vote shy of tying Algeria for s...

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Welcome to match two for groups C and D. Listen to all of the songs at least once and select the two in each group that you most prefer. If there is a problem with any of the links (e.g., region locks, dead links), please mention it in a post below and do not vote for that group until you have heard...

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Group A: Nigeria and Brazil Going with the crowd on this one. Fela's Fela and I admire the eclecticism of Amon Tobin. The others are nice too, but only two can get votes. Group B: United States and Spain This is the first voting session that does not feature and of the three songs I added to each du...

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Results In Group E, Portugal wins a tightly-contested group, narrowly edging out Indonesia by a single vote. Zimbabwe finished slightly out of reach of the top-two teams, but easily outclassed the hapless Mexican side to take third. Mexico becomes the second nation to go voteless in a round. Portuga...

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Welcome to match two for groups A and B. Listen to all of the songs at least once and select the two in each group that you most prefer. If there is a problem with any of the links (e.g., region locks, dead links), please mention it in a post below and do not vote for that group until you have heard...

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I missed the songs poll, but I just sent in my albums list (the upshot of being trapped indoors by a winter storm). I even created a new gmail address to make sure that it's obvious that it's from Jeff.

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Group G: Colombia and Japan Very tough group, but I'm opting for the livlier tracks from Colombia and Japan over the smokey voices of Algeria and Italy. However, if I listened these four in a different mood I could easily be voting for the opposite two. I assume the weather here is partially respons...

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Voting for this group ends tomorrow evening. Aside from Mexico, all of the nations still have a decent chance to win (or tie) the group with a few votes.

Jeff

Results: In Group C, Ghana's fluid playing style was more than the other teams could handle, winning by a comfortable margin to become the second team in the tournament to have a 100% vote percentage. Russia was able to withstand a late surge by Israel to take second, forcing Israel to settle for th...

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Welcome to match one for groups G and H. Listen to all of the songs at least once and select the two in each group that you most prefer. If there is a problem with any of the links (e.g., region locks, dead links), please mention it in a post below and do not vote for that group until you have heard...

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Voting for these groups ends in 25 hours.

Jeff

Jeff, many thanks for running this great game! Like JamieW the last world music tournament is probably my favorite forum poll ever. Still, I didn't even open the discussion/nomination thread. :( I simply had too many other things to do. But now I looked at these matchups and saw surprisingly a Swed...

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Baby Boomers (1956-1975)
Sun Ra - The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra (1965)

Generation X (1976-1995)
Arthur Russell - World of Echo (1986)

Millineals (1996-2015)
OutKast - Aquemini (1998)

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Group E: Zimbabwe and Indonesia Gamelan basically gets an automatic vote from me. It's easy to see why so many Western musicians have been enchanted with it over the last century. The other goes to the 'Lion of Zimbabwe' and his lovely mbira players (an instrument that would not sound entirely out o...

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Results In Group A, Brazil takes first in dominating fashion, doubling the number of votes received by the second-place team. However, the race for second through fourth was much tighter with Belgium pulling ahead thanks to a late vote to snatch second from Nigeria and Turkey, who finished tied for ...

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Welcome to match one for groups E and F. Listen to all of the songs at least once and select the two in each group that you most prefer. If there is a problem with any of the links (e.g., region locks, dead links), please mention it in a post below and do not vote for that group until you have heard...

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Reminder that voting for these two groups ends in about 28 3/4 hours. Only Brazil's position looks secure at the moment; a single vote could alter the position of any of the others.

Jeff

Group C: Ghana and Russia I like all of the songs in this group. I hate voting for my own 'team,' but have to if I'm being honest about which of these I prefer. The other vote goes to Russia in an upset, its strings winning me over (I assumed I would be picking Jamaica constantly in this group and I...

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This is just of the top of my head; I expect it to change considerably if we do an artists poll this year. I tend to prefer solo artists to groups. I have included several duos, so depending on your definition of group, they might not be what you're looking for. There also a couple of borderline sol...

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Welcome to match one for groups C and D. Listen to all of the songs at least once and select the two in each group that you most prefer. If there is a problem with any of the links (e.g., region locks, dead links), please mention it in a post below and do not vote for that group until you have heard...

Jeff

I'm swooping in to make sure there's (another) electronic song in the jukebox. Johnny Young - Stealin' (nicolas) Stereolab | The Noise Of Carpet (Bang Jan) Wipers | Youth of America (Bang Jan) Django Django - Storm (Maschine_Man) Janelle Monáe - PrimeTime feat. Miguel (Maschine_Man) David Bowie - Ya...

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Please tell me if either of the links lead to an incorrect song. USA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJQ17v0v4ug Iran: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUwqRHIsl44 Thanks Luney. Those are the same recordings, except that the Navajo one is edited (only by 43 seconds though). I'm putting them in the ...

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If I could see it, I would expect that the US one is not in Native American ? Do the Spotify links not work either? Also, to others from outside North America, do the YouTube links (or the Spotify failing that) for the USA and Iran work for any of you? I assumed that the USA and Iran were losing so...

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spiritualized wrote:Group B : PS - the links for Iran and USA don't work for me - Spain and South Africa it is then !

It still works for me, so it might be a region lock. I've added Spotify links in case anyone else has this problem.

Jeff

luney6 wrote:I have to choose 2 songs from each group, right?

Yes.

Jeff

Group A Brazil and Nigeria I'm fairly certain that "Panis et Circenses" made my favorite songs list I submitted for last year's songs poll, so of course it gets a vote. I'm a sucker for pop songs with a good beat and a charismatic vocal presence, meaning that Nigeria gets my other vote. Gr...

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Welcome to match one for groups A and B. Listen to all of the songs at least once and select the two in each group that you most prefer. Voting for this session ends 17 January at approximately 11:59pm UTC / 6:59pm EST. After votes have been tallied the nation in each group with the most votes recei...

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Bumping to encourage song submissions for the dummy teams. Remember: anyone can submit songs for the dummy teams, regardless of whether or not you are managing a team. The game itself starts Monday. Based on the playlists and songs submissions I have seen so far, there looks to be lots of incredible...

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I expect a few of the recent critic's darlings to have a falling off in acclaim, as this is usually the case after a few albums in the spotlight. The question is who. I lean toward James Blake since most critics do not have a natural affinity for his genre in the first place, but then again he is on...

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I've read that DFA records (Murphy's record label) has been struggling since LCD stopped releasing albums. I wonder if that influenced the decision at all. His insistence that the reunion is about recording a new album rather than a "lame reunion tour" offers some credence to the idea sinc...

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As others have said, great work Honorio. My first thought is this is partially a reflection of the increasing diversity of the music press, at least in the US (not that familiar with other countries, so I do not know if this true for them as well). It is important to note that most of the canon albu...

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Shiina Ringo - Sōretsu

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This is probably a bit premature, but then again this would be the stuff that I was actually listening to in 2015 as opposed to the stuff released in 2015 I was catching up with in 2016. Albums 1. Sean McCann | Ten Impressions for Piano & Strings 2. Young Thug | Barter 6 3. Matana Roberts | Coin...

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Bumping this to encourage those who have signed up for a team (or teams) to submit playlists. There's also time for others to sign up for a team as well.

I am hoping to get the game started in mid-January (ideally January 11).

Jeff

Shiina Ringo - Souretsu ("Funeral")
Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno - Tank!

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BITUSSR wrote:I have been using AM for a long time now but haven't really ventured much into the forums, so I just registered because I wanted to participate in this tournament! Sounds like fun. If no one has taken it, I'll take Russia.

Russia's yours. Thanks for participating.

Jeff

Shiina Ringo - Souretsu ("Funeral")

Janelle Monae - Many Moons

Nicolas Jaar - With Just One Glance You

Bjork - Verandi
This one's for Arthur.

Jeff

Sufjan Stevens - Djohariah
Shiina Ringo - Souretsu ("Funeral")
Janelle Monae - Many Moons
The Doors - Touch Me
Nicolas Jaar - With Just One Glance You
Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno - Tank!
Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi - The Rose with a Broken Neck
Dinosaur - Kiss me Again

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Hi Jeff, I'll probably submit a song for most of these countries, but, as said before, it will definitely have a rock tinge to them. Up until when can I submit those ? That's fine so long as you stick to folk music for England, Canada, and the US. I have a soft deadline for submissions for December...

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Cortijo and His Time Machine - Gumbo
Nicolas Jaar - With Just One Glance You
Stromae - Alors on Danse
Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno - Tank!
Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi - The Rose with a Broken Neck
Bjork - Verandi
Dinosaur - Kiss me Again
Yasunori Mitsuda - Time's Scar

Jeff

We have stalled at 17 teams (which is more than I was expecting). 17 is a problem for this game as it is an awkward number for a World Cup-style tournament. However, I do not want to remove anyone's backup team from the game in order to get to a more manageable 16. To solve this problem, I have adde...

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@Jeff Don't you feel that a poll as large as the Village Voice annual roundup would eventually lead to a very middle brow, conservative, and somewhat mainstream outcome? Last year's VV poll included 600+ voters, and I highly doubt that all of them have eccentric or refined tastes. For example, last...

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Just curious, of all the major end-of-year polls and lists published, which ones are generally considered the most esteemed and respected? I mean it's safe to assume that some sources are 'better' or more high brow in nature than others. I am a big film fan and there are a certain group of EOY poll...

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To be fair, film lists work a little differently, as there are never going to be any "surprise" film releases come December. With the exception of "Star Wars," every film that stands a reasonable chance of making anyone's favorite list has already screened somewhere in the world...

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Since things have slowed down I'm going to consider everyone's first backup as a selected nation. If anyone has listed a backup and no longer wishes to do two nations, let me know and I'll remove it from the list. I am aiming for the end of the month to have the song lists done. This is a soft deadl...

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