Here’s a far-out and very fun Yodel in Hi-Fi Top 50 playlist from Bart Plantenga: Yodel in Hi-Fi explores the vibrant and varied traditions of yodelers around the world. Far from being a quaint and dying art, yodel is a thriving vocal technique that has been perennially renewed by singers from Switzerland to Korea, from [...]
Yodel in Hi-Fi from Bart Plantenga
Bart Plantenga, a friend of Alpendub from day one, has released Yodel in Hi-Fi as a follow-up to his first book on yodelling (Yodel-Ay-Ee-Oooo: The Secret History of Yodeling Around The World). As you can read in a separate post on this site, Alpendub and German yodeller Kutzkelina also feature in the book. Here’s the [...]
Alpendub featured in Yodel in Hi-Fi
Bart Plantenga’s oustanding new meta-book on yodelling (Yodel in Hi-Fi) features a bit on Kutzkelina, who together with Malcolm Arison, worked with Alpendub in previous incarnations. This is such a great book, it’s big and looks fantastic. Bart’s first book on yodelling (Yodel-Ay-Ee-Ooo: The Secret History of Yodeling Around The World) was already impressive in [...]
Alpendub Remix – Holding You Close – Dubblestandart & Marcia Griffiths
There is a new Alpendub remix out now for Holding You Close from Dubblestandart and Marcia Griffiths. We’re really happy with the results and it was very enjoyable to collaborate with these great artists! BTW, check out some of the other killer versions while you’re at it. Have a listen/download at Beatport: You can also [...]
Yodelling: why it’s time we learn to love it
Here’s a great read on why it’s time we learn to love yodelling from author Bart Plantenga courtesy of The London Guardian. Bart Platenga is the author of Yodel-Ay-Ee-Oooo: The Secret History of Yodelling and Yodel in Hi-Fi. Bart also hosts Wreck This Mess on WFMU and resides in Amsterdam, Netherlands. High on a hill [...]
The Rough Guide To Yodel
The Rough Guide To Yodel from World Music Network features Alpendub and a whole shebang of other yodelers. This is a nice package with excellent liner notes from Bart Plantenga … and fascinating music inside. Yodele-yodele-yodele-yo-hi-hu … Here’s the track listing: Cathy Fink – Yodeling Lesson Janet McBride – A Yodeling Addiction Christine Lauterburg – [...]
Alpendub Plays Entire Trans-Europe Express Album from Kraftwerk
Alpendub has been putting together a special project – a complete reworking of Kraftwerk’s classic 1977 album Trans-Europe Express. We are working on the English-language version of the album, but plans are also in place for a German-language variant, just like Kraftwerk originally did. If you are unaware of this brilliant concept album, here’s a [...]
Alpendub Relaunch
After several years of snow-blanketed calm, the Alpine Dub System has risen to retake the earth. Yodel-phobic aliens beware!
