https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P2kbYYulpw I have no idea when the track is actually recorded, ask Alan Bishop, who complied the compilation “Folk & Pop Sounds of Sumatra Vol. 1“ in 1989. It was published by his label...
I was sure to have heard this song before and thanks to the omniscient internet and the notorious Radio Diffusion blog, I found out. It’s the wonderful track “Leylim Leylim” by the Turkish band...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RKNMSeuImw taken from The Sound of Siam volume 2 – Molam & Luk Thung Isan from North-East Thailand 1970 – 1982.
Another track taken from DJ Shadow’s “Diminishing Returns Party Pak“.
DJ Shadow unearthed this song by the obscure psychedelic band “Smiles” from Los Angeles in his DJ mix “Diminishing Returns Party Pak“ from 2003.
What a beauty! “I was walking through Washington Square Park, towards the “Arc de Triomphe” style monument there. There was a little group of people under the arch, and the full moon stood low...
Nice mix by Jakarta Records, a record label from Berlin/Cologne, Germany. Check out part one of the mix here. “I got to travel a lot in north africa in the last years thru touring...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oL4BnvYYfEo This is the first 7″ by this Algerian band later called “Les Abranis”. Here and here is additional information about them. The track appeared on the compilation “Waking Up Scheherazade – Vol. 1...
