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  • ALTIN GÜN

    Interpreters of the Anatolian rock and folk legacy.
    A leading voice in the emergent global psych-rock
    scene. Explosive, funky and transcendent.
  • BRÌGHDE CHAIMBEUL

    An exhilarating weave of rich textural
    drones, trance atmospheres and
    instrumental folk traditions.
  • FAIZAL MOSTRIXX

    A lush sonic tapestry of polyrhythms, modern
    dancefloor styles, amapiano, Nile basin
    ceremonial chants and Pan-African field recordings.
  • KING AYISOBA


    Ghanaian legend creates a raw,
    emphatic sound that fuses kologo music
    with contemporary sonics.

  • GAYE SU AKYOL
     
    Gaye Su Akyol is at the forefront
    of the new Istanbul scene.
  • LIRAZ
     
    Shimmering electro-pop meets
    pulsing dance rhythms and retro
    Persian sonics.
  • AL-QASAR

    An explosive mix of heavy
    Arabian grooves, global psychedelia
    and North African trance music.
  • CATHERINE GRAINDORGE
    featuring IGGY POP

    A thrilling collaboration between the
    acclaimed Belgian composer/instrumentalist
    Catherine Graindorge and the ever-iconic
    Iggy Pop.

  • TAU & THE DRONES OF PRAISE

    Ecstatic folk-psych that full embraces
    the natural world and living ancestry,
    through joyful experimentation and
    deeply rooted sonics.
  • AVALANCHE KAITO

    A Burkinabe urban griot (vocalist
    and multi-instrumentalist Kaito Winse)
    meets a Brussels noise punk duo.
  • YANNA MOMINA

    Yanna Momina’s Afar Ways
    was recorded live in a stilt-hut
    on the horn of Africa when Grammy-
    winning producer & author, Ian Brennan
  • THE MASTER MUSICIANS OF JAJOUKA
    LED BY BACHIR ATTAR

    A collective of Jbala Sufi trance makers,
    committed to creating a contemporary
    representation of their centuries-old
    musical tradition.
  • ŠIROM
     
    A deep, resonant soundworld.
  • EL KHAT

    A careening orchestra of percussion, horns,
    strings, electricity and el Wahab’s own DIY
    instruments. Mesmerizing retro-futurist sounds.
  • PARK JIHA
     
    Inventive, elegant and transcendent.
  • TRUPA TRUPA
     
    Poland's otly tipped psych/experimental
    rock quartet delivers a potent, galvanizing album.
  • LUCIDVOX
     
    Incendiary mix of atmospheric psych-rock,
    heavy riffs and Russian folk mystery.
  • KUUNATIC

    A thrilling Tokyo based tribal-psych
    trio bolstered by diverse global sonics
    and powerful female vocals.
  • MONSIEUR DOUMANI

    A danceable fever storm of stringed instruments,
    multi-layered singing and trombone-driven low end.

     

  • CATHERINE GRAINDORGE

    Gorgeous and haunting, Graindorge
    uses strings, harmonium and electronic
    treatments to explore intimate corners
    and widescreen vistas.
  • DAL:UM

    Ethereal and otherworldly this is music that
    treasures the space between the notes.

     

  • SAMBA TOURÉ

    The legendary Malian singer/guitarist returns with his
    most personal and immersive album to date.
  • COMORIAN

    "We Are an Island, but We’re Not Alone”
    provides a vivid opportunity to hear unvarnished,
    original songs from Grande Comore island.
  • AMMAR 808

    Futurist syncopations meet hypnotic, timeless narratives.
  • USTAD SAAMI

    The roots of Saami's music go back to the 13th
    century - but it's message is contemporary and
    universal: “to sing is to listen.”
  • KRONONAUT

    Krononaut is a richly textured new
    ensemble helmed by guitarist /producer
    Leo Abrahams and drummer Martin France.
  • TOOTARD
     
    Retro funky meets hi-sheen contemporary.
  • TAMIKREST

    Music always is a borderline experience.
    Especially when not only stylistically
    boundaries are shifting, but the centres of
    musical creativity are moving.
  • fra fra

    Raw and celebratory funeral music from northern Ghana.
    Hypnotic kologo excursions.
  • EDIKANFO

    Highlife meets afro-funk.
    Spirited and horn driven.
  • ORKESTA MENDOZA

    Border music withut borders.
  • PULLED BY MAGNETS

    Forget type, genre or influence: this is the
    start of a brand-new trip by one of the most
    questing musicians at work anywhere.

  • LINA_RAÜL REFREE

    Lina_Raül Refree is fado for today,
    a sound that goes beyond geography.

  • JON HASSELL
     
    Hassell’s soundworlds have been varied
    and bold and their influence on contemporary musics,
    discernable and ongoing.
  • BABA ZULA
     
    Dub, Turkish psych-rock, Anatolian folk music,
    Krautrock
    and the experimental beyond.
  • LOS PIRAÑAS
     
    Retro-futurism at its finest.
  • AZIZA BRAHIM
     
    Aziza Brahim’s is a contemporary sonic
    poet and an eloquent spokesperson for
    the Saharawi people and their struggle
    for recognition and justice.
  • BANTOU MENTALE
     
    A dark, thundering Kinshasa meets Paris soundworld.
  • 75 DOLLAR BILL
     
    Raw electric blues, Arabic modes
    and entrancing folk minimalism
    back to the streets of New York.
  • IFRIQIYYA ELECTRIQUE

    Sufi trance musicians and rituals –
    from the depths of the Tunisian desert –
    in conversation with post-industrial sonics.
  • NOURA MINT SEYMALI
     
    Born into a prominent family of griot
    and choosing from an early age to embrace
    the artform that is its lifeblood.
  • FOFOULAH

    Slippery West African beats, dystopian
    electronics & echoing, shamanic chants.
  • BIXIGA 70

    This ten-piece, Sao Paulo based combo,
    unleash a ground-breaking fusion of
    African and South American rhythms and
    sounds.
  • STELLA CHIWESHE

    Mbira Queen of Zimbabwe.

  • YONATAN GAT
     
    Yonatan Gat is a guitarist, producer
    and experimental composer based in New York City.
  • SONIDO GALLO NEGRO

    Sonido Gallo Negro is a stunning 9-piece,
    instrumental combo from east Mexico City
    (Aragon) that channels both the mystique
    and mysticism of 1960's Peruvian cumbia.
  • DIRTMUSIC
     
    Dirtmusic return for their fifth album,
    a full-scale collaboration with Turkish-psych visionary
    Murat Ertel from Baba Zula.
  • SAZ'ISO

    The joys and sorrows of Southern Albanian song.
    Assembled by veteran producer Joe Boyd.
  • JUPITER & OKWESS
     
    Jupiter and Okwess transcend the Congo’s
    unexplored musical heritage and dive into
    a pool of modernity.
  • BARGOU 08

    Bargou 08 deftly combines the little-known soundscapes
    and rhythms of the Tunisian highlands with driving electronic
    and rock textures.
  • ABATWA (THE PYGMY)

    Rough-hewn, tribal sonics from
    the Rwandan borderlands.
  • JOSHUA ABRAMS & NATURAL INFORMATION SOCIETY

    Mesmerizing and explorative.
    A nexus of non-western traditional musics,
    minimalism,
    krautrock textures and jazz.
  • AFRO-HAITIAN EXPERIMENTAL ORCHESTRA
     
    An unheard and unholy mixture of Haitian voodoo
    rhythms, afrobeat drumming and Krautrock
    experimentation.
  • DAMIR IMAMOVIĆ'S SEVDAH TAKHT

    One of the most inspiring forces behind the rebirth
    of the traditional style of sevdah (also known as sevdalinka).

  • M.A.K.U. SOUNDSYSTEM
     
    A visceral, politically charged 8-piece band based
    in New York City, with most of its members hailing
    from Colombia.
  • KHMER ROUGE SURVIVORS
     
    Sublime and unheralded sounds from Cambodia.
    Heartbreaking and inspiring.
  • CHIMURENGA RENAISSANCE

    Otherworldly sonics, Zimbabwean beats,
    Congolese guitar ambiance and political resistance.
  • BASSEKOU KOUYATE & NGONI BA
     
    Distortion and wah wah are now at the heart of his sound
    and the heat lightning vocals of his wife Amy Sacko
    serve as the perfect foil.
  • CHRIS BROKAW

    Boston-based Chris Brokaw has made an indelible
    mark on rock music both on his own as well as
    with his iconic bands Codeine and Come, and as
    a collaborator with Thurston Moore, Evan Dando,
    Stephen O’Malley and many others.
  • HANOI MASTERS
     
    Un-mediated “field” recordings of lesser-known global
    music traditions.
  • SACRI CUORI
     
    The music of Sacri Cuori is a kaleidoscopic road trip
    through imaginary 60/70’s soundtrack music
    and post-folk sonics from Italy, Europa and beyond.
  • DENNIS BOVELL
     
    Dub 4 Daze: Classic dub.
    Classic reggae.
    Classic Dennis Bovell.
  • HAYVANLAR ALEMI
     
    The flashpoint where dub music
    and global psych-rock melt together.
  • BEN ZABO
     
    A string of firecrackers igniting on the
    dance floor of a midnight party.
  • LOBI TRAORÉ


    Lobi Traoré was a true African original,
    a guitarist of profound depth and originality,
    a singer and songwriter with universal appeal.

  • BOMBINO
     
    The last couple of years have been an
    exhilarating ride for Bombino. In late
    2004, he recorded nine acoustic songs
    in the Ténéré desert, which became his
    first real album.
  • REFREE

    Mesmerizing acoustic and electric guitar explorations
    meet sampled street recordings,
    haunted voices and hushed electronics.

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Al-Qasar – Who Are We?

Middle Eastern psych-rock collective Al-Qasar’s debut album is an explosive mix of heavy Arabian grooves, global psychedelia and North African trance music. Guests include Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth) & Jello Biafra (Dead Kennedys). The band calls it “Arabian fuzz.” Brazenly electric and deeply connected.

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