Int'L & World Music

Following highly praised releases by Hermeto Pascoal & Grupo, Leonardo Marques, Xenia Franca, Moons, and Gus Levy, 180g and the legendary Disk Union continue to explore the best of today's Brazilian music scene with this wonderful album by Bruna Mendez...

Following an intensive period in the studio, Kvitravn musically continues where the Runaljod trilogy left off, yet it marks a distinct evolution in Wardruna's unique sound. In a rich musical tapestry, Wardruna use a broad selection of both traditional...

Folkloric Brazilian/Afro-Brazilian music taken into the future. Featuring Airto Moreira. Dan?a dos Tempos is the debut album from thrilling, young Brazilian guitarist Fabiano Do Nascimento, and it features legendary percussionist Airto Moreira in his...

Flavio Lira (aka Flaviola) only recorded one album, which was released on Lula C?rtes' 'Solar' (Rozenblit) imprint. Even now the album sounds astonishingly fresh; full of native acoustic Brazilian instruments, folk guitars? he even crinkled cellophane...

First, we had Unity. Now, South Sudan's undisputed 'King of Music', the Juba-via-Melbourne eccentric outsider Gordon Koang, returns with his second full-length of original material since emigrating to Australia, the masterly titled follow-up, Community. ...

First recordings of the underground group from Bahia, Grupo Arembepe. Originally released by Odeon Records in 1974, became precious among DJs and collectors all over the world. The 2 track 7" compacto, delivers a mix of samba, sambarock, batucada filled...

First official reissue of hidden-gem album by Lagos-based bandleader Shina Williams. Shina Williams 'Agboju Logun' was a ground-breaking fusion of afrobeat, electronics, boogie and disco. First released on Phonodisk in 1979 as part of the 'African...

First heard by global audiences on Sahel Sounds' Music from Saharan WhatsApp series, Malian guitar hero Bounaly (the stage name of Ali "Bounaly" Traore) makes his full-length debut with "Dimanche ? Bamako" ("Sunday in Bamako"). Recorded live on location,...

Ferro Na Boneca is the debut album from Os Novos Bahianos, one of the most renowned Brazilian rock groups of the 70s. This album of Tropicßlia and Psychedelic rock was originally released in 1970.1. Ferro Na Boneca 2. Eu de Adjetivos 3. Outro Mambo 4...

Ferd means "journey", "travel", and "to explore". The album's primary focus is to honor those who traveled the world, thus expanding knowledge and facilitating cultural exchange. This aspect is highlighted through working with music in a historical...

Fela wrote the title track of this album in response to the 1976 Soweto Uprising in which thousands of South African students protested the forced teaching of Afrikaans, the colonial language of Apartheid. During the uprising and the ensuing riots,...

Fantastic 6-song mini-album that blends the Ghanaian rhythms and melodies of traditional Borborbor and Agbadza drumming forms & Ewe songwriting with electronic instrumentation and dub recording techniques of Scotland's OPTIMO MUSIC artists THOMAS LEA...