[hat and beard]

i seek recommendations for an upcoming trip to my neighborhood purveyor of recorded media.

here's the deal: i don't want to hear anything that could possibly be construed as indy rock, post rock, alt rock, avant rock or any other kind of rock. i'm particularly interested in hearing music performed on instruments that have names i probably can't pronounce from countries i probably can't locate on a map - music written/recorded long before any of us were born - unusual music of all stripes (except for the rocknroll one).

i look forward to your input.

-- hat