Iancee wrote: Tue Apr 08, 2025 5:53 am At its core most traditional folk music is super reductionist just because it has to be…

One of the Ethiopiques CDs was all this sort of thing.

zircona1 wrote: Tue Apr 08, 2025 1:30 pm Would Beat Happening fit? Didn't they use a cardboard box for a drum?

Not when I saw them. The drum kit was maybe a three- or four-piece kit, with cymbals.

But I agree that choosing constraints can be a creative act, and can send the art in a new direction.

Just remembered this one from feedtime - one chord gets the job done

Golem Mecanique

France

Check out the other GM and the other France records for comparison's sake.