A polyrhythmic and polysyllabic flight of wild fancy. From Wordnik.com. [Readers recommend: songs about anniversaries] Reference
The 8 Ohms and Tosin join in the polyrhythmic funk party. From Wordnik.com. [Nightlife Agenda: Pool parties, rooftop parties and Black Pride] Reference
It lacks the polyrhythmic complexity of sub-Saharan Africa. From Wordnik.com. [Mulatu Astatke's 'Ethio-Jazz' Gets A New Edge] Reference
RumbaTap is not just a polyrhythmic explosion of Afro-Cuban sounds. From Wordnik.com. [Modiba: Max Pollak's RumbaTap: A Polyrhythmic Explosion Of Afro-Cuban Sounds (VIDEO)] Reference
Bozzio is a polyrhythmic genius and was 30+ years ago when I was starting to play. From Wordnik.com. [More on Music] Reference
I had this feeling that a nice visualisation of polyrhythmic structure would be to plot patterns in a spiral. From Wordnik.com. [Hackpact documentation (week 2) « Alex McLean] Reference
A highly textured polyrhythmic piece, the melody of this feverish, throbbing vision is played entirely with the right thumb. From Wordnik.com. [Chopin's Small Miracles] Reference
Drummer Omar Hakim is a powerhouse player, but lacks the polyrhythmic fluidity Stewart Copeland uses to lighten The Police sound. From Wordnik.com. [The Dream of the Blue Turtles] Reference
You can hear what these leviathans get from the polyrhythmic energy in Cuban orchestras, even when the material is not officially Latin. From Wordnik.com. [The Charles Tolliver Big Band Marches On] Reference
On the other, the explosive, polyrhythmic celebration of music and dance traditions, firing up all kinds of narratives with a mythic charge. From Wordnik.com. [Touching Lives (but Not the Hair)] Reference
The performance of each song is delivered in a unique fashion involving spontaneous embellishment of the tune and polyrhythmic hand clapping. From Wordnik.com. [The Bushman Way of Tracking God] Reference
Not just a great dancer, Hines acts through his dancing-his dazzling tapping becomes a polyrhythmic telegraph transmitting jazz to the world. From Wordnik.com. [A Folk Hero's Hot Odyssey] Reference
Or you could make a pattern out of pulses out of different lengths, and arrange all the possible polyrhythmic patterns along a single dimension. deafbybeheading says. From Wordnik.com. [Rhythm space « Alex McLean] Reference
It works beautifully, though; the only complaint here is that they won't be able to stretch out and play their polyrhythmic dance music for hours, as they do overseas. From Wordnik.com. [Summer Sounds, Outdoors and Outside City Limits] Reference
In one corner, slinging sludgy polyrhythmic riffs is. From Wordnik.com. [ARTISTdirect.com] Reference
They combine the slow tempos and polyrhythmic riffing of. From Wordnik.com. [All Updates @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com] Reference
Groovy, polyrhythmic and smart without being pretentious. From Wordnik.com. [Riverfront Times | Complete Issue] Reference
They bumped into polyrhythmic wunderkind Jeff "Woody" Woodruff. From Wordnik.com. [Rochester City Newspaper] Reference
The finale, a polyrhythmic perpetual-motion rondo, showcased the virtuosity of both musicians. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page]
Fire Away, their fifth full-length, Ozomatli pay that debt forward with a polyrhythmic vengeance. From Wordnik.com. [Cleveland Scene] Reference
The Rochdale two's decision to drown intricacy under a polyrhythmic, at-random bass drum just didn't work. From Wordnik.com. [Virtual Festivals] Reference
Oddly enough, it sounds not unlike the polyrhythmic, wordly pop Gabriel popularized over the last couple of decades. From Wordnik.com. [! Exclaim.ca - News] Reference
In particular, the polyrhythmic solo on "Rocket Launcher," full of complex, cascading notes, is especially mesmerizing. From Wordnik.com. [Kootenay Rockies - News]
His albums often placed surprisingly rootsy covers of old chestnuts alongside his groundbreaking polyrhythmic workouts. From Wordnik.com. [Zinhof] Reference
Even worse, when Newman starts with the polyrhythmic drumming and cultural swatches, he seems to be trying far too hard. From Wordnik.com. [PopMatters] Reference
A newly discovered veteran musician from Burkina Faso, moves from polyrhythmic West Africa griot music to brooding blues. From Wordnik.com. [Roots, Rock and Reggae] Reference
Pattern Is Movement - If you like unorthodox polyrhythmic pop music that pushes back, then Pattern is Movement deserve your worship. From Wordnik.com. [Johnny Brenda's] Reference
Move On Up with a bubbly, polyrhythmic intensity (not to mention cameos from Bono and John Legend) and turning Aretha Franklin's Disclaimer. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
Much as I love the majority of his work (dense polyrhythmic Synclavier stuff aside), the mid-seventies-era Frank is the Frank I always return to. From Wordnik.com. [Word Magazine - Comments] Reference
Serebrier excels in polyrhythmic writing for the woodwinds, and his battery section bursts out flamboyantly, like a monstrous South American macaw. From Wordnik.com. [Audiophile Audition Headlines] Reference
Disorienting as it might be, Lizzie Bougatsos 'spaced-out yelp, buried in a mix of polyrhythmic racket, focuses the band's Casiotone hallucinations. From Wordnik.com. [Flavorpill San Francisco Events] Reference
With this piece, the artists render punchy unison choruses and frantic interplay as they gravitate towards a zenith, accelerated by Brat Oles 'polyrhythmic solo. From Wordnik.com. Reference
He was well known for his use of impressionist harmony, his inventive interpretation of traditional jazz repertoire, and his syncopated and polyrhythmic melodic lines. From Wordnik.com. [Waldo's Virginia Political Blogroll] Reference
"Runaway," with an electronic, polyrhythmic score by Jonathan Melville Pratt, takes advantage of a cast of sixteen to reconfirm Keigwin's rare gift for clockwork traffic patterns. From Wordnik.com. [The New Yorker] Reference
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