I know I sound like a Tzadik fanboy sometimes because half of the shit we feature on here is from Tzadik, but I really admire their constant output of noteworthy stuff. Koby Israelite’s new album on Tzadik’s Radical Jewish Series is a genre breaker. In his bio he mentions that he likes music that [...]

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Ok, I’m still going through the ethnic folk stuff, I’ve got some more incredible stuff from around the world here.

Let’s begin with an absolutely epic song by Karim Baggili. He’s of Jordanian and Yugoslavian origin and he’s born in Belgium. His Jordanian identity shines through his music as his music is greatly influenced by [...]

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Lasairfhiona aka Raicin Alainn is a contemporary celtic songwriter, this song is a traditional celtic song “Sí Do Mhamó Í” meaning “She’s your granny”, I don’t know how the traditional one sounds, so I can’t compare it, but her voice is so beautiful and expressive, even my mom was impressed.

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Well, after seeing Richie Hawtin and Sven Vaeth go homo @ a party, I am pretty heartbroken now. So no more electronic music for you guys/gals. It’s time to go roots folklore today, with a special selection by none other than me of course. (BTW, that was just my devious plan to give that link [...]

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How easy I get obsessed with songs these days. It seems after listening to lots of electronic / experimental / avantgarde music, I have been going through a phase of listening to more melodic and folkloric music.

Here is Turlu Tursu (means something like varied pickles in Turkish.) a band from Belgium with many traditional [...]

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2 exotic and eclectic songs for today.
The first is off a Tigersushi compilation. This is the only track I’ve ever listened from Tokow Boys, but surprisingly (or maybe not?) they’re a french techno-pop band from early 80s. Weird, hard to categorize exotic post-punk song with a strange vocal, that sounds like French mixed with Japan.

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Izmar is a Dutch artist on Monotonik . Although it’s nothing ground breaking, this is one of the
best produced netlabel EPs I’ve ever listened. The album is generally world music influenced downtempo, full of lush sounds and sitars a la Thievery Corporation. What’s striking is the completeness of the songs, they are not experimental tracks [...]

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Today i have two special world music songs from a rare and unique compilation on the CDHW label. Both of these songs have been engineered by Gerhard “Jeff” Nieckau, a German sound-engineer, who, in order to explore new music during the 70s set out on a journey to Peru and Trinidad & Tobago, and is [...]

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