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Brao Gongs of Ratanakiri (Cambodia)
Tip! This is raw, unfiltered ceremonial gong ensemble music recorded on location by Laurent Jeanneau in Ratanakiri, Cambodia’s northeastern province, bordering Laos and Vietnam. Along with Mondolkiri to the south, it was once home to many of the coun…
Mekong Shellac: Cambodian Artifacts from the 78-rpm era
Tip! Mekong Shellac is an extremely rare collection of classical and popular styles of Khmer music from the 1930s to the 1950s. Restored from the few original remaining copies, this compilation reveals a remarkable world of early 20th-century Cambodi…
Gamelan Music of Bali: Field Recordings by Deben Bhattacharya, 1973-74
A first-time vinyl & cassette release for pioneering Bengali ethnomusicologist, filmmaker and radio producer Deben Bhattacharya's Bali field recordings, captured in the historic villages of Puri Karangasem, Tegaltamu, and Kayumas Kaja between Decembe…
Tarantismo: Odyssey of an Italian Ritual
**2LP + Book, limited edition in a custom-made silkscreen printed envelope** Flee is proud to present its new project: Tarantismo: Odissey of an Italian Ritual. Dedicated to Tarantism, this project tells the story of a centuries-old choreo-musical ri…
Tarantismo: Odyssey of an Italian Ritual (Book)
**Book only** FLEE is proud to present its new project: Tarantismo: Odissey of an Italian Ritual. Dedicated to Tarantism, this project tells the story of a centuries-old choreo-musical ritual from Southern Italy, mobilizing frenetic rhythms and mania…
Angels and Demons at Play
The Brussels-based collective re#encounter will release its debut album, Angels and Demons at Play, on September 18, 2026, via W.E.R.F. records. With gnawa grooves, cumbia, griot storytelling, Afro-Caribbean rhythms, and ecstatic jazz improvisations,…
You Never Were Much Of A Dancer
When I was about eight years old a pretty formative thing happened to me ... my mum bought me a cassette tape of Nirvana’s Nevermind. Being so young I'd had no real interest in music prior to that, but I did have a ‘My First Sony’ cassette player tha…
Strange Lights Over Garth Mountain
Welsh musician Gwenifer Raymond’s 2018 debut album, You Never Were Much of a Dancer, introduced a new voice on acoustic guitar, receiving 5 stars in The Guardian, big spreads in MOJO and UNCUT, and airplay on multiple BBC programmes. This led to mont…
Jeudi Matin
“On their new record, nykolaes & Daniël Paul explore the pastoral side of folk and 90’s grunge nostalgia, guitars leading the way. Diary shredded to bits, church bells sound the crack of dawn and sometimes you have to wake up, sometimes u don't. Folk…
Metamusik Festival Berlin ‘74 Vol.II
Black Truffle is thrilled to announce a second volume of unheard concert performances from legendary Pakistani kyhal singer Salamat Ali Khan, recorded at Berlin’s Neue Nationalgalerie as part of the MetaMusik festival in 1974. Like the first volume, …
Pure Confusion
Pioneering Ghanaian musician King Ayisobareturns September 4, 2026 with his forthcoming seventh album Pure Confusion, recorded and produced by On-U-Sound’s Adrian Sherwood.
Various Artists - My Heart is Dust Before Him: 21st Century Gasba from Algeria
Across western Algeria, the gasba, a reed flute central to Bedouin folk traditions and ceremonial music, continues to appear in new forms. Once associated primarily with saint festivals and trance rituals, its distinctive hypnotic sound now sits alon…
Chinese Folk Songs
As the first entry in its catalog, Akuphone presents a reissue of Lily Chao’s Chinese Folk Songs, originally released by Four Seas Records in 1968. This edition includes four previously unheard titles and exclusive liner notes containing Lily Chao’s …
A La Altura: Visionary Mexican Music 1977-1999 - Volumes 2
Visionaries in Mexico have sought ways to look beyond the stars for millennia. Ancient civilizations like the Maya and Aztecs designed their cities as gigantic star maps, orienting their buildings to mark equinoxes, solstices, and zenith passages. Th…
A La Altura: Visionary Mexican Music 1977-1999 - Volumes 1
Visionaries in Mexico have sought ways to look beyond the stars for millennia. Ancient civilizations like the Maya and Aztecs designed their cities as gigantic star maps, orienting their buildings to mark equinoxes, solstices, and zenith passages. Th…
A La Altura: Visionary Mexican Music 1977-1999 - Volumes 1 & 2
Visionaries in Mexico have sought ways to look beyond the stars for millennia. Ancient civilizations like the Maya and Aztecs designed their cities as gigantic star maps, orienting their buildings to mark equinoxes, solstices, and zenith passages. Th…
Volveremos A Las Montaña (LP)
1970's Italian (?) album of revolutionary songs dedicated to "Che" Guevara somehow connected with the ELN (Ejército de Liberación Nacional).
Musique Du Burundi (LP)
Mid-1970's re-issue on Ocora of one of the most amazing albums of ethnic music documentation with music that sounds like alien avantgarde rock, listen to believe.
4 (LP)
Cuba's Grupo de Experimentación Sonora, formed at the film institute in 1969 under Leo Brouwer with Silvio Rodríguez, Pablo Milanés and Noel Nicola: nueva trova with a film composer's palette. Areito volume 4, original Cuban pressing, plays well.
Siamo Arrivati Al Sinai (LP)
1977 album on Divergo with field recordings of chants of love and war of Aswan Bedouins. Never re-issued on either LP or CD. With insert.