Oct 7, 2007 15:00
16 yrs ago
Italian term

l'Europa meticcia

Italian to English Art/Literary Music
from the album notes for the latest album by Radiodervish (may be a help in understanding the use of the term, as the group brings together a Palestinian and an Apulian musician).
It can be a derogatory term, but here it clearly is not...


"Il disco contiene canzoni che parlano innanzitutto d’amore e di vita, costruite su melodie di presa immediata e arrangiamenti che guardano indietro liberamente, ricomponendo una memoria personale e generazionale che si nutre dei ritmi regolari della disco music anni Settanta e del Battiato pop dei primi anni Ottanta, dell’onda araba del raï e delle tastierine giocattolo dell’elettronica povera, come dei nuovi ritmi sintetici *dell’Europa meticcia* che hanno cominciato a prendere forma nell’Inghilterra degli anni Novanta."

Proposed translations

3 hrs
Selected

multi-influenced Europe

I think "multi-influenced" could convey both musical ("contaminazioni") and cultural influences (thus the "meticcia").
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Yes, thanks, Claudia. I would never have even thought of that! Music is definitely your radar!"
+2
11 mins

Melting pot Europe

I think "melting pot" may avoid any derogatory reference...
Note from asker:
sounds good - I actually have a poster of "The Melting Pot" on my wall painted by a friend of mine
http://www.gerard-siena.it/america1.htm
Peer comment(s):

agree Alessandra Renna : Sono affezionata a questo concetto
44 mins
agree KayW
6 hrs
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15 mins

mixed cultural Europe

E' l'unica espressione che mi viene in mente ora e che non abbia un connotato negativo.

Buona domenica Anthony!
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+1
30 mins

multi-genre European musical scene/cross-cultural Europe/miscegenated European music

You can have a look at the Cambridge Companion to Singing and search for "miscegenated". The concept of miscegenated music links "world music" and the music of the late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan to western singers like Peter Gabriel, etc...

http://books.google.com/books?id=8T73OnRmIVIC&pg=PA9&lpg=PA9...


http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=off&sa=X&oi=spell&...

HTH
Peer comment(s):

agree Alessandra Renna : Sabato andrò ad ascoltare i radiodervish e crecherò di cogliere tutte le contaminazioni
26 mins
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1 hr

rainbow Europe

just another one
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2 hrs

intercultural Europe

another option
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