One time about a year & a half ago, Zer0_II over at Digital Meltd0wn, another blog that I help out on, had the idea for a Musick around the World project. We were going to attempt to post at least one album from every country in the world. It was a massive undertaking & we elicited the help of numerous other friends & bloggers to help out. The project never got off the ground & died what to me was a sad, sad death. I had accrued musick from at least half of the countries myself, so I felt I had invested a great deal of time & effort into a project that never happened. I did however keep most of the files, so lately I have been mulling over the prospect of rebirthing, to a lesser degree, this crazy plan.
Throughout the month of February I challenged myself to post one post per day. I chose February because it is the shortest month, granted, but here it is March & well, I succeeded. This gave me the confidence I needed to attempt this resurrection of Musick Around the World. With apologies to Zer0_II, whose idea it was, I think I’ll begin.
From Zer0_IIs original proposal, some notes…
“The primary goal of the project is to post at least one album from every country
in the world. The music we post will be obscure, & either out of print, issued
under a creative commons license, or otherwise commercially unavailable. We
aim to make the project seem like a "journey around the world", rather than simply
taking the easy route & covering countries according to alphabetical order. The
plan is to start in Northern Europe, & follow a route that would take us through
each continent, covering every country located within it before moving on to the
next continent. “
I believe this is the countries list we finally agreed upon:
EUROPE
Greenland Iceland Norway Sweden Finland Russia
Estonia Latvia Lithuania Belarus Poland Germany
Denmark Netherlands Belgium England Wales
Scotland Ireland Portugal Spain Andorra
France Luxembourg Monaco (City Nation) Switzerland
Liechtenstein (City Nation) Austria Czech Republic Slovakia
Ukraine Moldova Romania Bulgaria Greece Cyprus (Island Nation)
Albania Macedonia Kosovo (Disputed Territory) Montenegro Serbia
Liechtenstein (City Nation) Austria Czech Republic Slovakia
Ukraine Moldova Romania Bulgaria Greece Cyprus (Island Nation)
Albania Macedonia Kosovo (Disputed Territory) Montenegro Serbia
Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Hungary Slovenia
Italy San Marino (City Nation) Vatican City (City Nation)
Sicily (Autonomous Region of Italy) Malta (Island Nation)
AFRICA
Tunisia Libya Algeria Morocco Western Sahara Mauritania
Cape Verde (Island Nation) The Gambia Senegal Guinea-Bissau
Guinea Sierra Leone Liberia Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Mali
Burkina Faso Ghana Togo Benin Nigeria Niger Chad
Central African Republic Cameroon Equatorial Guinea Gabon
Sao Tome & Principe(Island Nation) Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo Angola Zambia Zimbabwe
Botswana Namibia South Africa Lesotho (City Nation) Swaziland
Madagascar Comoros (Island Nation) Mayotte (French Territory)
Réunion (French Territory) Mauritius (Island Nation) Seychelles (Island Nation)
Democratic Republic of the Congo Angola Zambia Zimbabwe
Botswana Namibia South Africa Lesotho (City Nation) Swaziland
Madagascar Comoros (Island Nation) Mayotte (French Territory)
Réunion (French Territory) Mauritius (Island Nation) Seychelles (Island Nation)
Mozambique Malawi Tanzania Burundi Rwanda Uganda
Kenya Somalia Djibouti Ethiopia Eritrea Sudan Egypt
MIDDLE EAST
Israel Palestenian Territory Jordan Saudi Arabia Yemen Oman
United Arab Emirates Qatar Bahrain (Island Nation) Kuwait Iraq
Syria Lebanon Turkey Armenia Georgia Azerbaijan Iran
Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan
Afghanistan Pakistan
ASIA
India Nepal Bhutan Bangladesh Sri Lanka Maldives (Island Nation)
Indonesia East Timor Malaysia Brunei Thailand Burma (Myanmar)
Laos Cambodia Vietnam China Free Tibet Tuva (Federal Subject of Russia) Mongolia North Korea South Korea Japan Taiwan
Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region) Philippines AUSTRALIA
Australia Papua New Guinea New Zealand
PACIFIC ISLAND NATIONS
Palau Northern Mariana Islands (In Political Union with the United States) Guam (US Territory) Federated States of Micronesia Solomon Islands Vanuatu Fiji Tuvalu Nauru Marshall Islands Kiribati Western Samoa Tonga
Cook Islands (self-governing parliamentary democracy) French Polynesia
SOUTH AMERICA
Chile Argentina Uruguay Paraguay Bolivia
Peru Ecuador Colombia Brazil French Guiana (French Territory?)
Suriname Guyana Venezuela
Suriname Guyana Venezuela
CARIBBEAN ISLAND NATIONS/TERRITORIES
Aruba (Netherlands) Curaçao (Netherlands)
Trinidad and Tobago Grenada Barbados St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Lucia Martinique (French Territory) Dominica
Guadeloupe (French Territory) Montserrat (British Territory) Antigua and Barbuda
Saint Kitts and Nevis St. Martin/St. Maarten Anguilla
British Virgin Islands (British Overseas Territory) US Virgin Islands (US Territory)
Puerto Rico (US Territory) Dominican Republic Haiti
Bermuda (British Territory) The Bahamas Cuba
Cayman Islands Jamaica
Guadeloupe (French Territory) Montserrat (British Territory) Antigua and Barbuda
Saint Kitts and Nevis St. Martin/St. Maarten Anguilla
British Virgin Islands (British Overseas Territory) US Virgin Islands (US Territory)
Puerto Rico (US Territory) Dominican Republic Haiti
Bermuda (British Territory) The Bahamas Cuba
Cayman Islands Jamaica
CENTRAL AMERICA
Panama Costa Rica Nicaragua Honduras El Salvador
Guatemala Belize
Guatemala Belize
NORTH AMERICA
Mexico Canada United States
Well, you get the idea how crazy this is---225 countries on this probably less than accurate list. I guess if I’m going to do this thing, I better do this thing.
Starting now…
Greenland
Hi,
ReplyDeleteIhank you so much for enlightening me about this blog. This is one of the coolest projects I have ever seen! I have a hunch I will be visiting often!
cat
www.eclypso.com
Luxembourg is missing in your list... Very nice work !
ReplyDeleteThanks. My bad. I did, however, feature music from Luxembourg on March 25.
DeleteI have corrected the list.
Hi :) Could You upload albums Basang (one of her song is Heavenly Road) and Gege (Back To The Grassland,Xue Lian,心之寻) myspace.com/gegeyinyue/music/albums
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry. I don't have either of these. Maybe someone else can come up with a link.
DeleteThanks for your interest.
okej
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