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what does it feel like to play such a magnificent instrument? yeah, it's very exciting because i can make any kind of music in here. and... the high pitch here. ooh! like birds. and the very, very low, we do have very, very low pipes. 0h. you can hear the entire house vibrating. how co—ordinated do you need to be? how many keyboards are there here? there are five keyboards, and 127 buttons, not to mention all these cords down the bottom. i do have to spend a lot of time to practise. this one is brand—new organ, and also i believe it is the biggest one in entire asia's concert hall. wow, the biggest pipe organ in asia.
in front of thousands before the day was over. so let's take a look at how he got on. that is new orleans, exactly how i imagined it — a brass band going down the street and a whole crowd following them, getting into the vibe. fantastic! now, the city might be best known for jazz, but you can also find a type of music here that i've never encountered before. chubby carrier is a grammy award winner and a third generation of a legendary zydeco—playing family. the music, zydeco. tell me about it. zydeco music — a lot of people get mixed up with cajun music, but if you hear zydeco music, you hear more of blues, r&b, soul and rock �*n�* roll, mixed into one.
look at that. it's our percussion in zydeco. you have the rhythm going like this. that's it! yeah? when you hit the board, you lose it. why? i don't know. laughter the streets are packed and there's a jubilant atmosphere here. # shake it, pretty lady. i feel lucky to have a ringside view. because when we point that camera to ya, i want you to shaking your booty like your mama gave it to you! cheering we're going to send this to monday and let �*em now how we do it in new orleans! yeah! and then, after my frankly disastrous ten—minute lesson, this happened. bbc travel here. london, england, y'all!
now, if you're still dreaming of packing a suitcase and heading off on your travels — although you probably can't do thatjust yet — stay with us for the next 30 minutes and hopefully we'll give you some inspiration as we take a look back at some of our favourite films and destinations here on the show from the past few years. and this week, our choice definitely has a musical note as the team attempts to play a tune or two. so let's kick things off with a trip rajan made to the deep south of america back in 2016. now, he was there to learn about a style of music called zydeco, but little did he know that he'd end up performing
can you hear that effect? amazing. then you can sort of play with it. i'm beginning to think i'm a bit of a natural! and then maybe you should just pull that in the front window. and then you can sort of — if you hit it with the hammer, and then you can, like, close the sound with your hand. another thing, if you take the — there's a small stick on the top of the... yeah, exactly. and you can use that for the ring over there, with the holes in it. 0h, 0k. banging drums that is so cool! you're making music! woo hoo! applause it's amazing. you have these hammers that are...
at a home without a snorkel. ethereal singing this is the group between music. their latest show is the first in a 4—part series called aquasonic, which aims to explore who we are human beings. and it begins with our time in the womb. we are so often divided between you and me, them and us, different religions, different cultures. but here is something that i think we can all know something about. we have our first in nine months, covered by this water filter. so i think somehow, the audience — i think they are there, at least on an unconscious level. they'll have a flashback
this is the group between music. their latest show is the first in a 4—part series called aquasonic, which aims to explore who we are human beings. and it begins with our time in the womb. we are so often divided between you and me, them and us, different religions, different cultures. but here is something that i think we can all know something about. we have our first in nine months, covered by this water filter. i think they are there, at least on an unconscious level. they'll have a flashback to hearing those sounds. so, as performers, how does it feel when you are underwater, performing to an audience?
i'm a bit of a natural! and then maybe you should just pull that in the front window. and then you can sort of — if you hit it with the hammer, and then you can, like, close the sound with your hand. another thing, if you take the — there's a small stick on the top of the... yeah, exactly. and you can use that for the ring over there, with the holes in it. 0h, 0k. banging drums that is so cool! you're making music! woo hoo! applause. it's amazing. you have these hammers that are... when you hit, you feel it resonate through the whole tank and you feel it in your chest
is the expression of louisiana's black creole community — that's a bit of african, a bit of french and some caribbean all mixed up. and apart from the accordion, chubby says the essential instrument in the zydeco sound is the one that evolved from his grandmother's washboard. this is my grandmother's washing machine! a washing machine? this was her washing machine back in the day! and you hear the rhythms? the buttons on your shirt would make a little sound, like this, and my grandmother was washing clothes at the time, and of course my daddy goes "hey! "that sounds good! it might fit with the accordion! bring it over here!" she said "you must be out of your mind — this is how i do my laundry!" you should try it, man, yeah. yes, yes, yes. look at that. it's our percussion in zydeco. you have the rhythm going like this. that's it! yeah? when you hit the board, you lose it. why? i don't know.
because i can make any kind of music in here. and... the high pitch here. ooh! like birds. and the very, very low, we do have very, very low pipes. 0h. you can hear the entire house vibrating. how co—ordinated do you need to be? how many keyboards are there here, there are five keyboards, and 127 buttons, not to mention all these cords down the bottom. i do have to spend a lot of time to practise. this one is brand—new organ, and also i believe it is the biggest one in entire asia's concert hall. wow, the biggest pipe organ in asia. what a privilege to play it. do you want to play it? 0k.. i haven't played in 20 years!