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From the legendary innovators Mulatu Astatke and Getatchew Mekuria to today's new generation of artists, this Rough Guide celebrates this burgeoning and most captivating of musical scenes.\u003cstrong\u003e'the most irresistible of Rough Guide's three Ethiopian comps...these selections suggest a confident modernity' A MINUS \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e Robert Christgau, Vice\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"quote\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"product-notes\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem style=\"line-height: 1.3\"\u003e'Most of our Ethiopian music is based on five notes [pentatonic]. What I did was fuse the five tones with 12 tones. For many years I've been experimenting, and the more I do that the more complex it gets' Mulatu Astatke.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew Orleans is widely seen as the birthplace of jazz, where African slaves created groundbreaking music that fused elements from both Africa and Western traditions. By the twentieth century, jazz (and subsequent African-based musical forms including soul, funk, and Cuban rumba) travelled back across the Atlantic, first through recordings and later by artists on tour. There, African musicians immediately recognized the source roots, adapted some, altered others, and in the process, created entirely new musical forms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Ethiopia, one of the first major musicians to lay the groundwork for Ethio-jazz was Nerses Nalbandian. His family escaped the Armenian genocide in Turkey, and settled in Ethiopia, where Nalbandi would become a band leader for many burgeoning Ethio-jazz musicians in the 1950s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLargely credited as being the greatest innovator of Ethio-jazz and exposing it to the world, Mulatu Astatke was born in 1943 in Jimma, Ethiopia. He travelled to Wales in the late 1950s to study engineering and to the chagrin of his parents, Astatke began to take an interest in music, first studying Western classical music before heading to Boston's Berklee College of Music to formally study jazz. It was there where Astatke took the fusion of traditional Ethiopian folk music and American jazz to a new level. Astatke explained its roots to the BBC, 'There are tribes in the south called the Derashe. They are surrounded by people who play five tone music but they have created a diminished 12-tone scale. Diminished scales are very important in jazz music especially for improvising. We learn how Charlie Parker came up with diminished scales as well as Claude Debussy and Bach. But always on my mind is the question of who were first with the scale, these people or the Derashe tribe?'\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.3\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy the late 1960s, Astatke decided to return to Ethiopia in order to cultivate Ethio-jazz in his homeland. At first, his vibraphone-based folk-jazz was considered quite unorthodox. However, within years, it transformed the capital, which came to be known as 'Swinging Addis'. The late 1960s and early 1970s were known as the 'golden age' in Addis Ababa, as countless jazz orchestras and ensembles thrived in the city, led by the innovations of Mulatu Astatke and saxophonist extraordinaire, Getatchew Mekuria. Addis Ababa was in full swing in 1973 when American jazz legend Duke Ellington came to town and performed together with Mulatu Astatke.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMuch of the Ethiopian jazz scene came crashing down the following year, in 1974, when a Soviet-backed military junta known as the Derg overthrew the government. The consequences of the coup and subsequent 'Red Terror' were profound. It left tens of thousands dead and military curfews virtually destroyed the thriving musical club scene.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen the Soviet Union broke apart in 1991, the Derg lost its backing and was subsequently overthrown. That decade saw a rebirth in Ethiopia. The budding democracy quickly became a thriving home of musical creativity. Ethiopian Jazz hit new global audiences through CD releases that included the Ethiopiques series and several Rough Guide albums. Astatke's captivating soundtrack to Jim Jarmusch's film Broken Flowers in 2005 brought Ethio Jazz to even wider audiences. Today, Astatke is still active, and his creativity has inspired a new generation of artists in Ethiopia, Europe, North America and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/media\/releases\/booklets\/RGNET1350.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDownload the booklet\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eIf you like Ethiopian Jazz... here are more tracks to explore....\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/playlists\/255421299\u0026amp;;ampauto_play=false\u0026amp;;amphide_related=false\u0026amp;;ampshow_comments=true\u0026amp;;ampshow_user=true\u0026amp;;ampshow_reposts=false\u0026amp;;ampvisual=true\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"450\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Rough Guide","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":12893172006995,"sku":"RGNET1350CD","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital","offer_id":12893172039763,"sku":"RGNET1350DD","price":6.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Vinyl LP","offer_id":12893172072531,"sku":"RGNET1350LP","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1826\/7323\/products\/RGNET1350.jpg?v=1770822200"},{"product_id":"the-rough-guide-to-the-music-of-west-africa","title":"The Rough Guide To The Music Of West Africa","description":" \u003cdiv class=\"blurb\"\u003eOriginal source of the blues and fabled land of musical giants, West Africa is a powerhouse like no other. From the first African artist to sell a million singles, Mory Kanté, to new torch bearers Samba Touré, Nuru Kane and the driving desert blues of Etran Finatawa this is a collection of timeless and inspirational recordings.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"quote\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"product-notes\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Rough Guide illuminates the fullest-fattest cream of West African music that has passed through the doors of Riverboat Records HQ over the last twenty-five years. Stretching some eighteen countries from Mauritania in the North to Congo in the South, West Africa is a place of many music's. This selection focuses on the powerhouses of Senegal and Mali in the main. Enjoy our handpicked cuts and get ready to get knee-deep in the archive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur journey begins with the ever illustrious Nuru Kane of Senegal via Paris. 'Afrika' is a bubbling track with tincture of \u003cem\u003embalax\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003egnawa\u003c\/em\u003e swagger mixed through with influences from Nuru's allegiance to the Baye Fall brotherhood of Sufism.  Samba Touré welcomes us to Mali next. 'Alabina' reflects the legacy of Ali Farka Touré with bending blues notes and loopy cyclical grooves. Sticking in Mali 'Farinya Manji' was recorded by the orchestra of The Bamako School for the Blind - the very same educational institution where superstars Amadou \u0026amp;;amp Mariam first met. There must be something in the water at that school this track is irresistibly juicy. 'Kaye Waxama' explores the Fula traditions from the South of Senegal by songsmith Daby Balde. 'Ekassa' by Ghana's Victor Uwaifo is a retro journey into 1971 highlife gone electric.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBamako's blues bad-boy Anansy Cissé delivers gentle track 'Fati Ka' next bolstering Mali's offering on this album. Etran Finatawa's 'Kel Tamasheck' reflects the roots of two Saharan nomadic peoples joined together in music-making, the Woddaabe and Tuareg. Amadou Diagne's 'Senegal' is a love-letter from a \u003cem\u003egriot \u003c\/em\u003e(hereditary story-teller) living abroad to his homeland. Mory Kanté from Guinea shot to fame with his danceable, fast-paced popped-up music, the vibe on 'Mama' is no exception to his trademark style.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSally Nyolo heads up the West of West Africa with Cameroonian rhythms, gently warping guitars and feather-light percussion on 'Me So Wa Yen'. Sally makes a return later in the album but this time in the role of producer for the Bidjoi Sisters. This relaxed track is taken from the album \u003cem\u003eStudio Cameroon \u003c\/em\u003ewhen she travelled back to Cameroon, set up a tin-roofed recording studio and captured the local sounds of bands from her area onto tape purely for the joy of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Adwoa (Otanfo)' is the opening track from sunbright album \u003cem\u003eSeprewa Kasa. \u003c\/em\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eseprewa \u003c\/em\u003eis an endangered West African instrument, less-loved than the ever-popular \u003cem\u003ekora\u003c\/em\u003e but beautiful just the same. This track celebrates the roots of highlife in a brilliant acoustic and contemporary setting.  From Eastern Niger Mamane Barka's track 'Mashi' explores the \u003cem\u003ebiram\u003c\/em\u003e, a sacred instrument of the Boudoma, an ethnic group of nomadic fishermen on Lake Kargila. The instrument resembles a boat and the community who play it believe it is protected by the spirit of the lake. It's sound is water-like, played rushing and urgent in rhythmic underlay.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWinning the prize for best named track on the album Ghanaian Koo Nimo's 'Adowa Palmwine Set: You Will Be Overtaken By Events \/ Listen, Listen and Listen Again' tells the story of the cuckoo and the cock and was told when the king was being installed on the throne\u003cstrong\u003e. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe cock crows at dawn when people go to work while in the evening, the cuckoo sings to welcome people home. 'If you are a king or leader and you don't respect your elders and the youth, you will be overtaken by events.' In true palmwine style, this track is best listened to under the stars, kicking back with a drink in hand and a patient curious mood in head. Senegalese kora maestro Nomoucounda Cissoko closes out the album with tarantella-esque and finger-twisting song 'Noumou Koradioulu'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/337116717\u0026amp;;ampcolor=ff5500\u0026amp;;ampauto_play=false\u0026amp;;amphide_related=false\u0026amp;;ampshow_comments=true\u0026amp;;ampshow_user=true\u0026amp;;ampshow_reposts=false\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Rough Guide","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":12893172105299,"sku":"RGNET1351CD","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital","offer_id":12893172138067,"sku":"RGNET1351DD","price":6.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Vinyl LP","offer_id":12893172170835,"sku":"RGNET1351LP","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1826\/7323\/products\/RGNET1351.jpg?v=1770822202"},{"product_id":"the-rough-guide-to-the-music-of-afghanistan","title":"The Rough Guide To The Music Of Afghanistan","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-notes\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'congratulations to Broughton, who has done a very necessary job' 5***** stars, \u003cem\u003eThe Scotsman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'the Afghanistan you rarely get to hear about' 3*** stars, \u003cem\u003eSonglines\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'a truly valuable collection... unmissable bonus volume', \u003cem\u003efRoots\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\nAfghanistan lies at the crossroads of Asia - which is one of the reasons why it is much more famous for its conflicts than its music. For those able to look beyond the crossfire, the country's music is a treasure house. This is the first collection to bring the popular, classical and folk traditions of Afghanistan together on one disc. Some of the featured musicians are living inside the country others are abroad. The result of twenty-five years of war, is that much of the musical life happens in exile - although the artists maintain a huge following at home. Since the overthrow of the Taliban in 2001, many of the biggest stars have returned to give concerts, while others have returned to live.\n\u003cp\u003eBroadly speaking, Afghanistan is where three cultural worlds collide. It is where the Persian Empire meets those of India and Central Asia. Yet Afghan music, while absorbing elements from all three, has an identity all its own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOf course, it is the Taliban who have the most notorious reputation when it comes to music. Their radical interpretation of Islamic law meant that music was totally banned in the parts of the country they controlled between 1996 and 2001. It was the most severe ban on music there has ever been - musicians hid their instruments, many had them destroyed and a large number left the country. The Taliban closed down Afghan TV, and Radio Afghanistan, which had been responsible for the creation of Afghan popular music since it began broadcasting in the 1940s, was renamed Radio Sharia and broadcast a strictly limited diet of chants (\u003cem\u003etarana\u003c\/em\u003e) and unaccompanied songs in praise of the Taliban. In Dari and Pashtu, the main languages of Afghanistan, the word 'music' actually refers to musical instruments, which is why a ban on music didn't include unaccompanied songs and why one of the main singers at Radio Sharia found himself in charge of 'songs without music'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMusic has been caught in the crossfire in over thirty years of conflict in Afghanistan. In 1978, a coup overthrew President Daud and a communist government came to power, which was propped up by the Soviet invasion of 1979. Musicians fared quite well during this period as long as they towed the line. The \u003cem\u003emujahideen\u003c\/em\u003e fought a jihad against the 'ungodly', communist occupation, and the Soviet army withdrew in 1990. The \u003cem\u003emujihideen\u003c\/em\u003e took over in 1992, but there was fighting between different factions and virtual civil war. Kharabat, the musicians' quarter of Kabul, was pretty much destroyed in the shelling. Restrictions on music were also imposed with the banning of female singers and a clamp-down on radio and TV. It was in 1996 that the Taliban reached Kabul and imposed their fundamentalist ban. Since their fall in 2001, the restrictions on music have gradually eased.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere isn't anything in the Qu'ran which explicitly forbids music the problems some Islamic clerics have with it come from the \u003cem\u003ehadith\u003c\/em\u003e (the sayings and actions of the Prophet according to his companions) and these are open to differing interpretations. The majority of Islamic countries have very lively music scenes - Egypt, Turkey, Morocco, for instance - but it's the hard-line regimes of countries like Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan under the Taliban that crack down on it. And, religion aside, Afghanistan is a very conservative country when it comes to social customs, education and women's rights. Still today, there are many who object to women singers and dancing, which is seen as something disreputable and unseemly. In Havana Marking's feature documentary \u003cem\u003eAfghan Star\u003c\/em\u003e, one of the female contestants, Setara Hussainzada, causes consternation even amongst her twenty-something contemporaries because she moves slightly on stage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJust as Radio Afghanistan revolutionized the popular music scene in the late 1940s and 1950s, commercial radio and television have transformed the music scene since they arrived in the mid-2000s. Radio Arman and Tolo TV have made popular music an important part of their programming and, as the documentary shows, the\u003cem\u003e Afghan Star\u003c\/em\u003e show (a sort of \u003cem\u003eAmerican Idol\u003c\/em\u003e contest) has had an incredible impact on the music scene in Afghanistan (with an estimated eleven million viewers, one third of the population). Former contestants like Shakeb Hamdard (winner of the first \u003cem\u003eAfghan Star\u003c\/em\u003e competition), Rafi Naabzada (winner of the third competition) and Setara Hussainzada (involved in the third competition) have become well-known.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInevitably, the rise in popular music has been at the expense of traditional styles, although these are still heard on (the much less popular) state-run radio. The national instrument of Afghanistan is the \u003cem\u003erubab\u003c\/em\u003e, which probably originates in the Pashtun areas of the country, in the southeast. It is a chunky plucked lute with a mulberry-wood body covered by skin and three main playing strings. Many of the instruments are beautifully decorated with mother-of-pearl. It has a strong, woody, muscular sound, at its best in the folk repertoire, either solo or as part of an ensemble. Many players have also used it, with \u003cem\u003etabla\u003c\/em\u003e accompaniment, to play classical \u003cem\u003eraga\u003c\/em\u003e music in the Indian style. The \u003cem\u003erubab\u003c\/em\u003e was transformed in India into the \u003cem\u003esarod\u003c\/em\u003e, one of the most important string instruments in Indian classical music. The most celebrated \u003cem\u003erubab \u003c\/em\u003eplayer was Mohammad Omar (1905-1980), who also directed the National Orchestra Of Afghan Radio for many years. There are three \u003cem\u003erubab\u003c\/em\u003e players of three different generations featured in this compilation: Ghulam Hussain, the best player currently living in Kabul, who learned from Mohammad Omar Ustad Rahim Khushnawaz, a veteran player living in Herat, in the west of the country and Homayun Sakhi, born in Kabul, but now living in California. Alongside the \u003cem\u003erubab\u003c\/em\u003e,there are other plucked string instruments, such as the \u003cem\u003edutar\u003c\/em\u003e, a long-necked lute probably of Central Asian origin and the \u003cem\u003edambura\u003c\/em\u003e, a shorter lute played by the Hazara people in central Afghanistan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough for the Taliban music and religion were incompatible, Afghanistan is one of the centres of Sufism where music is used in praise of God. Several of the most celebrated Sufi saints came from what is now Afghanistan - Rumi foremost amongst them, who was born in 1207 in the city of Balkh. The female singer Mahwash draws on Sufi poetry in much of her repertoire: 'Unlike the Mullahs,' she says, 'I think music is a form of worship. You can worship God with prayer, but you can also use poetry and music.' The singer and harmonium player Ahmad Sham leads a group of musicians who play at the \u003cem\u003ekhanaqa\u003c\/em\u003e (Sufi meeting place) in Kabul where they use the \u003cem\u003eqawwali\u003c\/em\u003e style of music popularized by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. For them music and religious belief are inseparable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOf course, there are many different regional and ethnic styles of music in Afghanistan, but whether it is sung in Pashtu, Dari, Uzbek or Hazaragi, music is seen as a unifying force in Afghanistan. For that reason alone, it deserves to be better known and heard more widely as a hope for a brighter future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ih9Jt1TR6gA\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Rough Guide","offers":[{"title":"2xCD","offer_id":12893173547091,"sku":"RGNET1237CD","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1826\/7323\/products\/RGNET1237.jpg?v=1770822228"},{"product_id":"the-rough-guide-to-psychedelic-cambodia","title":"The Rough Guide To Psychedelic Cambodia","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-notes\"\u003eCompliled and Notes by \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"line-height: 1.3;\" data-mce-style=\"line-height: 1.3;\"\u003eSean Hocking\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-notes\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.3;\"\u003eA few years back I was introduced to the golden age of 1960s and early-1970s Cambodian pop and rock through the arrival in Hong Kong of two bands in a matter of months - Southern California's Dengue Fever and Phnom Penh-based, The Cambodian Space Project. Both acts entranced me with an exotic but strangely familiar take on beat and psychedelic music of the period. Hints of the Kinks, the Troggs and the Shangri-La's mixed with gutsy Cambodian female vocals had me hooked. I had to know more.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWithin a couple of months I found myself releasing The Cambodian Space Project's debut single, a cover of Ros Seresyothea's 'Chnam Oun Dop Praya Mauy (I'm 16)'. The launch party in Phnom Penh was a celebration of such joyousness. Upon attending, I knew the story of this music's genocide and subsequent re-birth in the twenty-first century - like that of the people and the country - had to be told to a wider world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI hope that this introductory compilation including songs by the likes of Sinn Sisamouth, Ros Sereysothea, Pan Ron and others - many of whom perished at the hands of Pol Pot's genocide regime - will start to document a music that blends elements of traditional Khmer music with the sounds of rhythm-and-blues and rock-and-roll and I think illustrates perfectly the confidence of that brief age between the Khmer independence from the French and the arrival of the Khmer Rouge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is said that Sinn Sisamouth, nicknamed the Elvis of Cambodia, wrote thousands of songs as well as introduced many well-known western pop tunes of the period. He would simply write new verses in Khmer for songs like, 'House of The Rising Sun', 'Black Magic Woman' and The Archies' 'Sugar Sugar'. An apocryphal story is told in Cambodia about his death at the hands of the Khmer Rouge before he was to be executed Sisamouth asked to sing a song for the Khmer Rouge cadres the soldiers, though, were unmoved and after he finished singing, shot him on the spot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFemale singer Pan Ron became well known after recording duets with Sinn Sisamouth from the mid 1960s onwards and like Sisamouth was a prodigious songwriter and recording artist with over five hundred songs to her name. Her younger sister said she survived up until the Vietnamese invasions in late 1978 when the Khmer Rouge launched their final series of mass executions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe life and fate of the period's other great diva, Ros Sereysothea, was also one of difficult times and failed relationships, which were reflected in the sad and soulful ballads for which she has subsequently become celebrated. Many rumours surround her fate during the Killing Field years. One story relates that she was forced by Pol Pot to marry one of his assistants in 1977 and forced to exclusively perform songs for the new regime until she was told that she and her family would be moved to another village. Sereysothea was last seen departing by ox cart and disappeared under typically mysterious circumstances. Another account recounts that she died from being overworked in a Khmer Rouge agricultural camp. Her two surviving sisters insist that she, along with their mother and children, were taken to Kampong Som province and executed immediately following the fall of Phnom Penh.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.3;\"\u003eSo, whom do we have to thank for the survival of this music almost entirely eradicated by the Khmer Rouge? The Khmer people themselves who hid records or took them overseas and kept them as treasures of a lost past. When the country began to open up in the 1990s the vinyl recordings found their way back into the local markets and expatriate communities via cassette releases and, slowly but surely, this music has begun to seep into the consciousness of a wider world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/19178517\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnfortunately we have not been able to include all the recording information that you would usually find in Rough Guide compilation sleeve notes in this Cambodia release. We have done our utmost to provide as much information as we can about the songs the performers and the writers but because this genre of music was almost eradicated during the time of the Khmer Rouge's rule of Cambodia many of the original recordings have disappeared and along with them pertinent information such as album titles, composers and more. For those of you who wish to research further online we suggest contacting \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheCambodianVintageMusicArchive\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThe Cambodian Vintage Music Archive\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll tracks have been licensed from Metal Postcard Records. They have established a fund to ensure the estates of the original performers are compensated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eIncludes Bonus Album by The Cambodian Space Project: Out Of The Black \u0026amp; Into The Stratosphere\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.3;\"\u003eThe Cambodian Space Project are at the very forefront of the Cambodian music revival scene, and play psychedelic Khmer-pop, rock and 1960s surf music with Cambodian vocals. 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Let loose those dancing shoes and boogie down to Bollywood's glittering disco heyday with Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi, Kishore Kumar and more.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"quote\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCompiled by DJ Ritu\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-notes\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F105213325%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-UP305\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.3;\"\u003eJames Brown's trombonist Fred Wesley famously said 'Disco music is funk with a bow-tie' - a witty observation but much too modest for Bollywood. 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On 'Boom Boom', sung by the Pakistani pop star Nazia Hassan, producer Biddu lifts Giorgio Moroder's pulsating bass line straight from the Donna Summer hit 'I Feel Love', while the aptly named 1982 blockbuster \u003cem\u003eDisco Dancer\u003c\/em\u003e is a classic rags-to-riches story with a soundtrack that references dancefloor artists as diverse as Ottawan and The Buggles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe vocals of legendary Bengali playback singer Kishore Kumar epitomised the Bollywood sound' throughout the 1970s. Renowned for his distinctive style of yodelling, his forays into disco heard here reflect his versatile vocal ability.\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.3;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOther treasures abound on \u003cem\u003eThe Rough Guide To Bollywood Disco\u003c\/em\u003e, including such classics of the genre as 'Hari Om Hari' and 'I Am A Disco Dancer'. Today, Bollywood disco lives on via modern interpretations and vintage appreciations. 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From original innovators such as Ney Matogrosso (featured here with Vitor Ramil) and Wal Sant'ana, to modern innovators Gui Amabis and Luciano Salvador, dig those spaced out Psychedelic Samba grooves!\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"quote\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eCompiled by John Armstrong\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"product-notes\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/213610118%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-zz8bN\u0026amp;;ampcolor=ff5500\u0026amp;;ampauto_play=false\u0026amp;;amphide_related=false\u0026amp;;ampshow_comments=true\u0026amp;;ampshow_user=true\u0026amp;;ampshow_reposts=false\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn much the same way that the blues have informed so much Euro-American popular music in the last century, so too has the comparatively rough-and-ready but chameleon-like 2\/4 tempo of samba, which has leaked into everything Brazilian from funk, jazz and soul to hip-hop, indie rock, folk and psychedelic rock.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis compilation takes psychedelia as a starting-point, without being too purist about the 2\/4 bit. That would deprive us of the joys of Bahia Bass, funky 4\/4 psych-soul samba and the countless other permutations of the last few years.\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.3\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCompiling this album provided a totally fresh revelation even for this hoary compiler, who came across Iuri Andrade whilst searching for something completely different. Carioca Iuri, whose day job is as frontman for the psych rock band Andrade E A Torre, has effected a near-perfect combination of the best of psychedelic atmosphere with samba rhythm in this and other home-studio tracks that the listener is urged to search out on the internet. In the same vein - but from Bahia - is former Daniela Mercury sideman (guitar, keyboards) Luciano Salvador, with a track from his second CD, in tandem with the evocative voice of fellow \u003cem\u003esoteropolitana\u003c\/em\u003e Ana Rocha.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen we have two household names. 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Vitor's double-album from which this track comes - \u003cem\u003eNo M\u0026amp;;ecircs Que Bem\u003c\/em\u003e - is one of the most accomplished Brazilian works of the last decade.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom Minas Gerais, Graveola's wispy close harmonies seem influenced by Mineiro church-choral tradition as much as by The Mamas And The Papas, whilst altogether more intense psychedelic \u003cem\u003esamba-choro\u003c\/em\u003e is provided by sax master Thiago Fran\u0026amp;;ccedila and dramatic vocalist Ju\u0026amp;;ccedilara Mar\u0026amp;;ccedilal- together, Metá Metá.\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.3\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSamba-rock had its heyday in the 1970s and 1980s, but the obscure, highly collectable and only 7\u0026amp;;rdquo by Wal Sant'ana from 1973 added mescaline to the mix. 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The Gare de Lyon train station, leading to Italy, was not far away, and many migrants from the other side of the Alps settled in the area, bringing with them their accordions. They started playing alongside small-pipe players, eventually replacing them. A new music was born, which kept the name \u003cem\u003emusette\u003c\/em\u003e or \u003cem\u003ebal musette\u003c\/em\u003e. The rest is history: the accordion soon became the symbol of Paris!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first \u003cem\u003emusette\u003c\/em\u003e accordionists of the 1920s and early 1930s made people dance in the shady dance halls of the Bastille area. They imposed a new repertoire: the \u003cem\u003evalse musette\u003c\/em\u003e (waltz), the \u003cem\u003ejava \u003c\/em\u003e(derived from the mazurka) and the foxtrot amongst other styles. Alongside the accordion, a typical \u003cem\u003ebal musette\u003c\/em\u003e orchestra often included the banjo (sometimes played by a Gypsy musician) and the \u003cem\u003ej\u0026amp;;acircze\u003c\/em\u003e (drums, from the American word 'jazz'). Big names of this era include Emile Vacher (1883-1969), often credited as the real inventor of the \u003cem\u003emusette\u003c\/em\u003e style, the Péguri brothers (Charles Péguri was one of the first accordionists to play alongside a \u003cem\u003ecabrette \u003c\/em\u003eplayer, who happened to be his own father-in-law, Antoine Bouscatel) and Henri Momboisse (1889-1960).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the late 1930s, some younger accordionists enjoyed American jazz so much that they created the \u003cem\u003eswing musette\u003c\/em\u003e, mixing both styles. This new music became especially popular during the German occupation (1940-1944), because the dance halls were closed and people turned to jazz concerts instead. Swing accordionists like Gus Viseur (1915-1974) or Tony Muréna (1916-1971) became household names.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter World War II, the \u003cem\u003emusette\u003c\/em\u003e style was popular all over France, and big names of the \u003cem\u003echanson\u003c\/em\u003e scene, like Edith Piaf, were often accompanied by an accordionist. Then the instrument grew out of fashion. The \u003cem\u003emusette\u003c\/em\u003e scene did not manage to renew itself - a new generation, born in the 1940s, turned to rock music (often, they hated the accordion!). Almost all \u003cem\u003ebals musette\u003c\/em\u003e on the rue de Lappe closed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the late 1980s, though, there was an unexpected revival. Young rock bands like Les Gar\u0026amp;;ccedilons Bouchers adopted the instrument and \u003cem\u003erock musette\u003c\/em\u003e was born! And now you can hear the accordion in jazz or contemporary music again, thanks to pioneers like Richard Galliano. The French are no longer ashamed of their national instrument \u0026amp;;hellip although it must be said that the golden age of the 1920s and 1930s is not well-known at all. Few people outside of specialist circles know about Emile Vacher or Tony Muréna, who were huge stars in their own time. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first edition of \u003cem\u003eThe Rough Guide To Paris Café Music\u003c\/em\u003e told the story of the Parisian accordion, mixing historical recordings from the golden age of \u003cem\u003ebal musette\u003c\/em\u003e with modern recordings featuring the instrument played in a different context (jazz, rock, \u003cem\u003echanson\u003c\/em\u003e\u0026amp;;hellip). It was released in the early 2000s and gave a broad overview of this typically French sound. A decade later, this second edition allows us to discover young musicians who have risen to fame during recent years. 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Today's leading Roma musicians connect with the ancestral power of an outcaste culture, raiding their roots and fusing them with contemporary sounds.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"quote\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"product-notes\"\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eGypsy Revival\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2006, Bosnian-Herzegovinian group, \u003cstrong\u003eMostar Sevdah Reunion,\u003c\/strong\u003e devoted an entire album to the late Serbian genius of song, \u003cstrong\u003eSaban Bajramovic\u003c\/strong\u003e. Playing their own style of Ottoman influenced Balkan blues, 'Shtar Luludja' documents the wild and heartbreaking story of a man's life.\u003cstrong\u003e Besh o Drom\u003c\/strong\u003e (The Ride Road) formed in Budapest in 1999, fusing their Gypsy-influenced music with a jazz orchestra's technique and musicianship. 'Csujogato' ('Yell') benefits from some rocking breakbeats, scratching and the chugging heavy metal trio of guitar, \u003cem\u003ecimbolom\u003c\/em\u003e and saxes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat connects young European Gypsies and the hip-hop generation? Historically speaking, both Gypsies and American Black folk had to deal with enslavement, poverty and discrimination, but turned their experiences into positives through the art and expression of music. \u003cstrong\u003eGipsy.cz\u003c\/strong\u003e burst onto the Czech music scene in 2003. The song 'Benga Beating' is influenced by American Hip Hop, and while banging along at 200bpm is not exactly Wu Tang speed, it is well worth exploring.  \u003cstrong\u003eBalkan Beat Box\u003c\/strong\u003e was put together by ex-Gol Bordello member Ori Kaplan and Tamir Muskat of Firewater. Kaplan and Muskat draw on their own Israeli roots, mixing Klezmer and punk, with dancehall, hip hop and Balkan. While not gypsy in fact, is nonetheless Roma in spirit. On the track 'Red Bula' they collaborate with \u003cstrong\u003eMahala Rai Banda \u003c\/strong\u003ea Romany group from the Gypsy zones around Bucharest. The song has a very funky sound, inciting you to dance your way to freedom.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShantel \u003c\/strong\u003eis a German-born producer\/musician who has gone from being an electronic music club DJ and producer in the 1990s to a global Balkan\/Gypsy-influenced dance phenomenon. From his brilliant album \u003cem\u003eDisko Partizani\u003c\/em\u003e comes 'Fige Ki Ase Me', a seductively trance-inducing cover of a Greek \u003cem\u003erebetika\u003c\/em\u003e tune. Romanian ensemble \u003cstrong\u003eFanfare Ciocarlia's \u003c\/strong\u003epunchy brass is propels Viennese producer, \u003cstrong\u003eDunkelbunt's\u003c\/strong\u003e dubbed-out version of the well-known 'Asphalt Tango'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInnovative Barcelonan, \u003cstrong\u003eOjos De Brujo \u003c\/strong\u003e(Eyes Of  The Wizard) gets the dance floor treatment with the DJ Floro Remix. 'Runali' is rooted in \u003cem\u003enuevo\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eflamenco\u003c\/em\u003e but includes vocal and percussive elements reflective their recent trip to Cuba. Like Ojos De Brujo, French guitarist \u003cstrong\u003eThierry 'Titi' Robin\u003c\/strong\u003e has immersed himself in Mediterranean, Indian, African and Caribbean sounds. The track 'Neem' originally comes from the 1993 recording \u003cem\u003eRakhi\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eand features bluesy guitar licks with bouncy reggae, Balkan sax riffs and pleasing Rajasthani melodies. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe older generation may say it is just their own music wrapped in silly clothes. Rather, it might be looked upon in a more positive light as a way to keep traditions healthy and still relevant.  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Of worldwide influence, Ravi Shankar has managed to enter the non-Indian consciousness and vocabulary in a way that only a select pantheon have.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"quote\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e**** (four stars) 'This record is magnificent.' \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Times\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"product-notes\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Rough Guide","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":12893182656595,"sku":"RGNET1134CD","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1826\/7323\/products\/RGNET1134.jpg?v=1770822433"},{"product_id":"the-rough-guide-to-acoustic-india","title":"The Rough Guide To Acoustic India","description":" \u003cdiv class=\"blurb\"\u003eFrom the five-hundred-year old musical history of the Sufi Fakirs of Bengal to the virtuoso musicianship of Calcutta's guitar master Debashish Bhattacharya and Carnatic violinist Jyotsna Srikanth, this Rough Guide explores India's ancient musical traditions and acoustic roots.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"quote\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Every track on this CD deserves to be played on repeat until they are all etched, beat for beat, into your memory' **** Songlines\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"product-notes\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/341454426\u0026amp;;ampcolor=%23ff5500\u0026amp;;ampauto_play=false\u0026amp;;amphide_related=false\u0026amp;;ampshow_comments=true\u0026amp;;ampshow_user=true\u0026amp;;ampshow_reposts=false\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModern day India vibrates with amplified sound ringtones, radios, the blast of a horn from a passing rickshaw. Along with the rest of the world, technology has changed the sound of India, it has made it louder and quite literally turned up the dial. Bollywood producers have long embraced synth strings, cranked-up electronic beats and auto-tune voicings. Alongside this glorious simmering, acoustic music seams up the cracks, often the protector of ancient instrumental traditions and the instigator of new ones. This Rough Guide offers a curated collection of contemporary acoustic Indian music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNoor Alam is a Sufi Fakir from Bengal, a group of musicians and Islamic spiritual practitioners who have preserved a series of esoteric teachings on breath, sex, asceticism, philosophy and mystical devotion. 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Also manipulating string textures, but this time on his own especially modified guitar, Calcutta's Debashish Bhattacharya is heard on introspective piece 'Ras Tarang'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOf course, many foreign musicians have been attracted to India for its music and two of the tracks on this album chart such journeys. Rafiki Jazz are a truly international band with member's nationalities spanning four different continents. Singer Sarah Yaseen approaches with her 'Sufi-soul' style influenced by qawaali and ghazal tradition. 'Har Chand Sahara' is a rendition of a devotional song popularised by Pakistani playback singer Nayyara Noor with lyrics based on the poetry of the late Shohrat Bokhari. The closing track 'Esquisse' features Guillaume Barraud, a French flautist who studied under Indian master Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia for five years. 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With a lifetime of musical wit and wisdom, he celebrates the art of communicating in rhythm.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"quote\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"product-notes\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/445324494%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-G9McN\u0026amp;;ampcolor=%23ff5500\u0026amp;;ampauto_play=false\u0026amp;;amphide_related=false\u0026amp;;ampshow_comments=true\u0026amp;;ampshow_user=true\u0026amp;;ampshow_reposts=false\u0026amp;;ampshow_teaser=true\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen experimental US composer, Conlon Nancarrow wrote his studies for the self-playing player piano or pianola, he deliberately composed beyond the capabilities of human performance. 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Bookending the anthology, Tabla Taal - Char Taal ki Sawari and Punjabi Dhamar - Teental (Drut) feature bols rhythm syllable recitation, in which reciting the composition is followed by duplicating its notes on tabla.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDeliberately Zakir Hussain is shown in good, glad and grand company. On raga Kirwani he is in tandem with Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, the musician who raised the santoor - a modified Kashmiri folk instrument - to the global concert stage. On raga Gara he accompanies the outstanding sitar maestro Ustad Vilayat Khan. On Tabla Taal - Ek Taal he and his father, Alla Rakha reveal themselves as fire-breathing dragons as they inexorably transport listeners to the piece's delicious finale and resolution. By contrast, inverting the usual percussion and melody instrument role, on Punjabi Dhamar - Teental (Drut) the sarangi visionary Ustad Sultan Khan takes the supportive lehara or lehra role to Zakir Hussain's exceptional front-man role. 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This Rough Guide showcases his sublime talent and intuitive command of melody and rhythm which led violin legend Yehudi Menuhin to dub him 'the greatest musician in the world'.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"quote\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-notes\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/464644635%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-Nxf0J\u0026amp;;ampcolor=%23ff5500\u0026amp;;ampauto_play=false\u0026amp;;amphide_related=false\u0026amp;;ampshow_comments=true\u0026amp;;ampshow_user=true\u0026amp;;ampshow_reposts=false\u0026amp;;ampshow_teaser=true\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbove all others, it fell to two towering figures in Hindustani music to usher and shepherd it into modern times and modernity. And onto the world stage. Ali Akbar Khan (1922-2009) and Ravi Shankar (1920-2012) were virtuosi on their respective stringed instruments. In many ways they seemed like yin and yang opposites. The Muslim Khan played the sonorous, steel-clad, metal-strung, short-necked lute called the sarod. It is 'male' in the subcontinent's figurative order of instruments, counterbalanced by the Hindu musician's 'female' long-necked lute, the sitar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese six tracks from the sarod maestro Ali Akbar Khan are examples of his inspirational narrative storytelling style. Ken Hunt chose performances that show him adapting his performance parameters to the limitations and challenges of recording technology. 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From retro cover versions of classics recorded faithfully in analog to digital mash-up remixes, The Rough Guide To Latin Street Party has it all for your Latino sound system: salsa, merengue, bachata, cumbia, reggaeton, Latin soul, and all points in between. So take it to the street and start dancing!\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"quote\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'it's one crazy, fun-filled soundtrack to a party' 4**** stars,\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSonglines\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'hot modern and retro Latin sounds' \u003cem\u003eKansai Time Out\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e  \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"product-notes\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Rough Guide","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":12893185572947,"sku":"RGNET1212CD","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1826\/7323\/products\/RGNET1212.jpg?v=1770822502"},{"product_id":"the-rough-guide-to-latin-lounge","title":"The Rough Guide To Latin Lounge","description":" \u003cdiv class=\"blurb\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Rough Guide To Latin Lounge\u003c\/i\u003e brings you diverse Latin flavours from around the globe - \u003ci\u003enu-bossa\u003c\/i\u003e from Madrid, \u003ci\u003ebarrio\u003c\/i\u003e funk from Venezuela, Cuban ska from Havana, samba-jazz from New York, boogaloo blues from Cali and soulful Latin house from London! Stylish soundscapes made for beach-bar sunsets, and the subtle blend of electronic beats with samba and salsa flavours invite you to reach for the ice-cold drink and dream of hot summer days!\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"quote\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'stylish soundscapes evoking beach bar sunsets and hot summer days.' \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSonglines\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'a stellar selection of fun and fresh tracks' \u003cem\u003eTucson Citizen\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e  \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"product-notes\"\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eLatin Lounge\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Rough Guide To Latin Lounge\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e brings you diverse Latin flavours from around the globe - \u003cem\u003enu-bossa\u003c\/em\u003e from Madrid, \u003cem\u003ebarrio\u003c\/em\u003e funk from Venezuela, Cuban ska from Havana, samba-jazz from New York, boogaloo blues from Cali and soulful Latin house from London! Stylish soundscapes made for beach-bar sunsets, and the subtle blend of electronic beats with samba and salsa flavours invite you to reach for the ice-cold drink and dream of hot summer days!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSka Cubano \u003c\/strong\u003ehas a massive live reputation around the world, rocking huge festivals like Glastonbury (UK) and Roskilde (Denmark). Led by enigmatic ska\/Cuban big band\/\u003cem\u003ecumbia\u003c\/em\u003e\/swing\u003cem\u003eaficionado\u003c\/em\u003e, DJ and singer Natty Bo, Ska Cubano may be the only band worldwide fusing ska, mambo, \u003cem\u003echa-cha-cha\u003c\/em\u003e and Colombian \u003cem\u003ecumbia\u003c\/em\u003e. With the 'Latin-electronica' movement growing steadily since the mid-1990s, Formed in Caracas, Venezuela, \u003cstrong\u003eLos Amigos Invisible \u003c\/strong\u003etoo wanted to prove that the country's music scene could embrace guitar\/funk\/disco music and not just the traditional salsa and \u003cem\u003emeringue\u003c\/em\u003e and hit New York to try their luck in the local eclectic music scene. There, David Byrne of Talking Heads fame bought one of their CDs in a local record store, contacted them and signed them to his Luaka Bop label - the rest is history. Texas-based \u003cstrong\u003eBrownout\u003c\/strong\u003eplay rhythm heavy Afro-Latin funk rock in the style of bands like Malo, Seguida and Sapo. Brainchild of guitar maestro Adrian Quesada, who occasionally performs in Prince's band, it is one of several projects the musician is involved in.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLatin lounge music is also enjoyed and produced thousands of miles from its origins in Europe, as demonstrated by Viennese \u003cstrong\u003eMadrid\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e de los Austrias\u003c\/strong\u003e a.k.a. Heinz Tronigger and sound technician\/producer Michael 'Pogo' Kreiner. Heinz has been a major player in Vienna's thriving club scene for more than a decade and his label is one of the most prodigious in the electronic music world. Germany-based \u003cstrong\u003eMo'Horizons\u003c\/strong\u003e began producing eclectic electronic beats with a heavy Brazilian and Latin flavour in 1999 and were immediately a hit with the worldwide jazz dance\/soul\/funk fraternity. The band consists of Ralf Droesemeyer and Mark 'Foh' Wetzler, two soul\/funk\/Brazilian\/funk music lovers, DJs and producers who brought a little Rio sunshine to their city Hanover, earning it the nickname 'Bosshanover'. UK pianist \u003cstrong\u003eAlex Wilson\u003c\/strong\u003e is the country's best-known Latin musician. With six solo releases to his name, he leads his own twelve-piece salsa-con-soul orchestra, and plays with people like Courtney Pine and Jazz Jamaica. Brighton-based\u003cstrong\u003eBah Samba\u003c\/strong\u003e was formed in early 1996 by Julian Bendall, Kevin Alexanda and Geoff Holroyd. In 1997 they recruited their neighbour Alice Russell to sing on \u003cem\u003eReach Inside\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003ein 1997. With the wistful female vocals, samba flavour and deep house production, Bah Samba were soon championed by such top producers and DJs as Dimitri From Paris and Masters At Work's Louie Vega.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClosing this compilation is a one of the greatest compositions of modern jazz, performed by one of Latin music's finest percussionists. 'A Love Supreme' was tenor saxophonist John Coltrane's most personal and spiritual piece, and here it is reinterpreted by Cuban percussion maestro \u003cstrong\u003eMiguel 'Anga' Diaz\u003c\/strong\u003e. Anga played with a host of great jazz and Latin artists - Irakere, Ruben González, Ry Cooder, Orishas, Roy Hargrove, Buena Vista Social Club and Steve Coleman. He played traditional Afro-Cuban music, jazz, African music, hip-hop, electronica - from tradition to experimentation, as shown most clearly on this version of 'A Love Supreme' from his only solo album \u003cem\u003eEchu Mingua.\u003c\/em\u003e Anga sadly died in August 2006 in Barcelona, not long after this CD was released. It remains a fitting tribute to the Cuban conga master.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso featuring on this CD:\u003cstrong\u003e Novalima, The Quantic Soul Orchestra, Arthur Verocai, Malena, The JuJu Orchestra and Color Climax\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Rough Guide","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":12893185638483,"sku":"RGNET1216CD","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1826\/7323\/products\/RGNET1216.jpg?v=1770822505"},{"product_id":"the-rough-guide-to-psychedelic-cumbia","title":"The Rough Guide To Psychedelic Cumbia","description":" \u003cdiv class=\"blurb\"\u003eIn the late 1960s cumbia was reborn psychedelic. This surf guitar groove sprang from the coastal cities of Colombia, Peru and Mexico where, under the influence of the western psychedelic culture, conditions were ripe for incredible experimentation.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"quote\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"product-notes\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/210554969%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-ysQdy\u0026amp;;ampcolor=ff5500\u0026amp;;ampauto_play=false\u0026amp;;amphide_related=false\u0026amp;;ampshow_comments=true\u0026amp;;ampshow_user=true\u0026amp;;ampshow_reposts=false\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Psychedelic' is a buzzword being used a lot these days, especially to sell evermore obscure treasures dug up from the world's once lost, now rediscovered, international musical archives. In some instances calling the music 'psych' is a bit of a stretch - just because it's weird or dressed up in imported trappings from the same era does not make it necessarily so - and at other times it seems to be merely cashing in on a trend.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHappily this is not generally the case when applied to \u003cem\u003ecumbia\u003c\/em\u003e, because this venerable genre of Colombian music with an international reach truly \u003cem\u003edid\u003c\/em\u003e go through a psychedelic period. Especially in Peru, where it is also experiencing a genuine resurgence of interest among contemporary musicians and audiences alike, from South America to the United States, Europe and beyond. Psychedelic rock (especially the Latin-flavoured kind, as practiced by Santana, Malo, Azteca and the like) and \u003cem\u003ecumbia\u003c\/em\u003e came of age together in the mid to late 1960s under parallel circumstances. In Peru (and to a lesser extent Mexico, Venezuela and Colombia) the tools of rock and roll - namely electric guitar and organ - were already quite popular among the youth of the day and it makes perfect sense that this originally acoustic Afro-Colombian coastal social dance music would be reborn under the influence of psychedelic culture by the late 1960s, in order to make it relevant to the younger generation. Add to that the strong surf culture in places like coastal Peru and Mexico and conditions were ripe for just the sort of experimentation sampled here. In addition it can be said that 'imported' hippie culture and rock and roll were seen as a real threat to order and decency by dictatorships from Brazil to Cuba. So when many Latin American governments decided to repress the rock and roll 'rebellion' and psychedelic youth culture swirling around them, some of that vibe and energy was sublimated and folded into more marginalised and nationalistically acceptable tropical musical formats like samba, \u003cem\u003ecumbia\u003c\/em\u003e or salsa.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePeru has had its share of great electric guitarists bending strings to the rolling beats of \u003cem\u003ecumbia\u003c\/em\u003e - from Enrique Delgado to José Luis Carballo - who came from its own important domestic tradition of \u003cem\u003ecriollo\u003c\/em\u003e guitar music as much as rock). So it's not an exaggeration to say \u003cem\u003ecumbia peruana\u003c\/em\u003e (and regional variants at times referred to as \u003cem\u003ecumbia andina\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ecumbia selvática\u003c\/em\u003e, and more recently \u003cem\u003echicha\u003c\/em\u003e) has had the lion's share of Carlos Santana influences evident in the mix. For this reason we start the compilation with a suite of five vintage Peruvian recordings from some of the greats like Juaneco y su Combo. Interestingly the Peruvian psych sound so prevalent in the early 1970s had a profound effect on the originators of \u003cem\u003ecumbia\u003c\/em\u003e hence we offer the two fine examples from 1970s Colombia that follow. 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This Rough Guide features a lovingly re-mastered selection of classic cuts by Joe Cuba and Johnny Rivera alongside contemporary psychedelic pioneers Brownout and Ocote Soul Sounds.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"quote\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-notes\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F79174027%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-gTr02\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Rough Guide To Latin Psychedelia\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 1960s and 1970s were eras of activist rebellion and trippy experimentation encapsulated by the sound of reverberating guitars and whirling shimmering percussion. The psychedelic influence in the Latin world ran deep and musicians across the region put their own spin on the sound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJoe Cuba opens the album with 'Psychedelic Baby', a song combining topical humour with an infectious groove. Next up Bronx-born Puerto Rican vocalist and \u003cem\u003etimbale \u003c\/em\u003eplayer Johnny Rivera is heard on 'Cloud Nine', taken from his 1976 album \u003cem\u003eUp, Up and Away. \u003c\/em\u003e'Todos' is contributed by Los Nombres, a band once described as 'one part War, two parts Santana, a dash of Motown, immersed in a rich Puerto Rican stock'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOther vintage cuts include a track from self-proclaimed 'Indian rock' band, Conjunto El Opio. Hailing from Peru their song 'Piratas En El Titicaca' is a slab of fuzz-funk and features a sax playing a traditional Andean \u003cem\u003ehuyano huanca\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eí\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eno\u003c\/em\u003e melody. Wild Wind formed in the mid-1970s and combine acid funk-rock with more traditional Cuban music like the \u003cem\u003ebolero\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eson montuno.\u003c\/em\u003e Afrosound was a nod by Fuentes studio executives to the psychedelic guitar-based sounds coming out of Peru at the time. 'Baila Mi Rumbita' is a cover of Barcelona's gypsy rumba sensation Los Amaya, done in the lysergically enhanced Afrosound style.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePsychedelia is still a creative force on many contemporary bands like Ocote Soul Sounds, a project begun by members of the trailblazing Afrobeat revival orchestra Antibalas and Chicano salsa\/indie rockers Grupo Fantasma. 'En El Temblor' describes an earthquake and appeals to Afro-Cuban \u003cem\u003eorisha\u003c\/em\u003e deities for salvation. 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When you dig deep, the payback is even greater.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"quote\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"product-notes\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F134723565\u0026amp;;ampsecret_token=s-FY8xd\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Rough Guide To Latin Rare Groove\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.3\"\u003eIn the rarified world of record collecting and the occult historical lore that only an obsessed fan can bring to it, Latin music aficionados can be a fierce bunch, just as fixated with acquiring that exclusive, rare slab of wax as any of their more publicized kin in the larger realms of jazz and soul. Sometimes, amongst this clan of DJs and vinyl hoarders there's a desire to share some nugget of knowledge or special track. Just as often it's a counter-desire to blow someone's mind with a cover or original version, or perhaps even stump a fellow collector with some hidden gem that you've blown the dust off and brought back to its original lustre. Hopefully a jam they never even knew existed!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll the tracks in this treasure trove of trans-national Latin grooves from yesterday and today are either favorites of DJs and collectors but are otherwise unknown, have not yet been released, or have not been digitally reissued before. Unlike most Rough Guides, you may not recognize any names, but that is the point. When you dig deep, the payback is even greater.    \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile 'rare groove' as a genre owes its name to the London scene of the 1980s, it was used largely to describe obscure, hard to find soul, funk or jazz music from the US and was tied in with the world of dance DJs, promoted in the spirit of sourcing music for hip-hop or house music sampling. Latin jazz and to a lesser extent boogaloo was included within this purview, but not particularly salsa or other genres of Latin music. This collection throws a wider net to include not only the required old-school Latin\/soul\/jazz, but also mambo, salsa, \u003cem\u003ecumbia\u003c\/em\u003e, descarga and several cuts that are just plain hard to define. From the lesser-known locale of Venezuela, Nelson y Sus Estrellas, Federico y Su Combo Latino and Los Kenyas are sure to surprise and delight. Alfredo Guitiérrez y Los Caporales Del Magdalena, Piper Pimienta y Su Orquesta, and Afrosound represent Colombia, while Mario Allison, Carlos Pickling and Grupo 2000 hail from the recently re-discovered mother-load of Peru. No compilation of this sort would be complete without some sought-after tracks from the US, so we've included Joe Quijano, Orchestra Dee Jay and the Gilberto Sextet. Bringing us up to date, you'll find a healthy portion of contemporary international artists finishing off the set. Spanglish Fly, Los Po-Boy-Citos, Setenta, Rumba Caliente, Los Charly's Orchestra and Ray Lugo all share a strong appreciation for the rare groove aesthetic but are clearly from today's scene.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\n\u003cimg style=\"float: left margin-left: 10px margin-right: 10px\" src=\"\/media\/releases\/fullsize\/RGNET1309-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\"\u003eIncludes Bonus Album by Spanglish Fly: \u003cbr\u003eLet My People Boogaloo! (The Early Years)\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCollected here for the first time, DJ Bongohead and Spanglish Fly bandleader Jonathan 'Johnny Semi-Colon' Goldman have selected the best of the group's early recordings, plus a smattering of tasty remixes, rarities and outtakes, in addition to more recent material from their forth-coming debut long-play.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/91cpy-eEzyc\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CFsr90kAOQ8\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Rough Guide","offers":[{"title":"2xCD","offer_id":12893186064467,"sku":"RGNET1309CD","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital","offer_id":12893186097235,"sku":"RGNET1309DD","price":6.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Vinyl LP","offer_id":12893186130003,"sku":"RGNET1309LP","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1826\/7323\/products\/RGNET1309.jpg?v=1770822516"}],"url":"https:\/\/worldmusic.net\/collections\/rough-guides\/african.oembed","provider":"World Music Network","version":"1.0","type":"link"}