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Mbira Queen of Zimbabwe. DAMIR IMAMOVIĆ'S SEVDAH TAKHT One of the most inspiring forces behind the rebirth
TRUPA TRUPA
Poland's otly tipped psych/experimental
rock quartet delivers a potent, galvanizing album.
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.
ALTIN GÜN
Interpreters of the Anatolian rock and folk legacy.
A leading voice in the emergent global psych-rock
scene. Explosive, funky and transcendent.
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.
dal:um
dal:um create a compelling soundworld
that treasures subtle dynamics and the
space between the notes.
LIRAZ
Shimmering electro-pop meets
pulsing dance rhythms and retro
Persian sonics.
LUCIDVOX
Incendiary mix of atmospheric psych-rock,
heavy riffs and Russian folk mystery.
GAYE SU AKYOL
Gaye Su Akyol is at the forefront of the new Istanbul scene.
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.
ŠIROM
A deep, resonant soundworld.
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.
PARK JIHA
Inventive, elegant and transcendent.
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
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.KING AYISOBA
Ghanaian legend creates a raw,
emphatic sound that fuses kologo music
with contemporary sonics.
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.
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.
