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Robert Soko
BalkanBeats - A Night In Berlin
BalkanBeats is the drug, Robert Soko the dealer // Robert Soko has been throwing parties in Berlin since 1993. He was the first to coin the term BalkanBeats to try and define his mix of music from the Balkans. BalkanBeats...
Boban i Marko Markovic Orkestar
Devla - Blown Away To Dancefloor Heaven
Clad in a suave white suit, it's not impossible to imagine why urban legends credit gypsy trumpet king Boban Markovic with getting his homeland out of a recent jam: Markovic's spit-fire...
Ali Hassan Kuban, Mahmoud Fadl & more
Egypt Noir
Over the past few decades, western archeologists unearthed the remains of an advanced Black African civilization thousands of years older than Egypt's under the deserts of Sudan. But they could have just as easily discovered...
Darko Rundek & Cargo Orkestar
Live In Youth Club - Belgrade
Darko Rundek, adventurer and cosmopolitan singer-songwriter-composer, was drawn from his home town Zagreb / Croatia to Paris during the civil war, where he gathered a new family around him: Cargo Orkestar. The French magazine Vibrations has called him a melange...
Magnifico
Magnification
Dressed to the nines in a retro-chic suit,Slovenia's Magnifico (Robert Pešut) gyrates with Euro irony and sultry smoothness,backed by a burst of Balkan brass and a chorus of go-go dancers. The bad boy cum hit maker glories in the pleasures of pan-European English,...
[dunkelbunt]
raindrops and elephants
Similar to Kruder & Dorfmeister and Jazzanova, Vienna-based Hamburg native Ulf Lindemann aka [dunkelbunt] is part of the creative DJ movement which transcends standard Central European techno and house music by drawing inspiration from other genres and cultures....
Sister Fa
Sarabah - Tales from the Flipside of Paradise
Sister Fa entered this world in the early 80s in Dakar, the vibrating capital of Senegal. Nourished on the energy and creativity of West Africa's Hip Hop metropolis, Sister Fa injectes these into her own music with...
Featured Labels
Reise Know-How Sound)))Trip
a trip to the world of music
Soundtrip CD-compilations invite you to a musical journey, bringing you authentic, up-to-date and yet timeless music from around the world.
Asphalt Tango Records
specializing in eastern & gypsy music
"Princes Amongst Men", "Sounds from a Bygone Age", ErsatzMusika, Kal, Motion Trio, Earth Wheel Sky Band, Besh o droM, Fanfare Ciocarlia
Eastblock Music
real sounds of eastern europe
"Balkan Beats", Haydamaky, Leningrad, Little Cow, Peresvet - Moskauer Männerchor des Patriarchen Alexej II., Shukar Collective, "Ukraina Orange", "Café Sputnik - Electronic Exotica from Russia"
Tschuschenton
Wiener Tschuschenkapelle
The music of Wiener Tschuschenkapelle features traditional folk and songs of the Balkan region, Mediterranean serenades, Turkish-oriental tunes, Greek Rembetiko, Bosnian Sevdalinkaas well as one or the other Old Viennese song and much much more...
Download Compilations
Directed by action anthropologist Christoph Borkowsky Akbar, PIRANHA Musik has been swimming among the sharks of the music industry since 1987. The Berlin based independent label and music publisher is one of the leading international producers of global-centric music. With more than 100 releases so far it became a tastemaker brand to make you travel with your ears, introducing local stars as well as insider and top tips from Africa, the Orient, Europe, or the Americas to a worldwide, off-mainstream audience. Diversity rules, the world is our culture.
To celebrate 20 years of PIRANHA in 2007, each month we will release a fresh musical choice - reloading highlights and hidden gems from our repertoire. Each selection is compiled by one of the worldwide DJ-friends of PIRANHA. Beware!, sequencing is important - you can just listen for your pleasure or download the whole thing straight away.
Piranha Jubilee Vol. 1
Brass Attack
feat. Fanfare Ciocarlia, Frank London, Boban Markovic Orkestar, The Klezmatics with Joshua Nelson & Kathryn Farmer, Mahmoud Fadl
Piranha Jubilee Vol. 2
Bellydance Carnival
feat. Ihzan al Mounzer, Jalilah, Ali Hassan Kuban, Salamat meet les Musiciens du Nil, Mahmoud Fadl, Emil Zrihan, Solomon & Socalled, Boban Markovic Orkestar, Fanfare Ciocarlia
Piranha Jubilee Vol. 3
Girls Aloud
feat. Anastacia Azevedo, Orch. Marrabenta, Salamat, Ihsan al Mounzer, Stella Chiweshe, Ruth Yaakov, Mahmoud Fadl, Le Zagazougou, Simentera, Solomon & Socalled, Klezmatics
Piranha Jubilee Vol. 4
Let's get Latinoriental
feat. Frank London, Boban Markovic Orkestar, Fanfare Ciocarlia, Maurice el Medioni meets Roberto Rodriguez, Mahmoud Fadl, Ali Hassan Kuban, Eddie Bobé, Salamat, Emil Zrihan
Piranha Jubilee Vol. 5
Wedding-Eve Party
feat. Solomon & Socalled, Klezmatics, Fanfare Ciocarlia, Boban Markovic Orkestar, Frank London, Boris Kovac, Simentera, Oswaldinho do Accordeon, Cabruera, Maurice el Medioni, Jalilah, Mahmoud Fadl
Piranha Jubilee Vol. 6
Rhythm Traveller
feat. Bantu, Ali Hassan Kuban, Emil Zrihan, Fermin Muguruza, Boban Markovic Orkestar, Darko Rundek, Fanfare Ciocarlia, Gino Sitson, Mahmoud Fadl, Cabruera, Chango Spasiuk
Piranha Jubilee Vol. 7
Rockin the Barricades
feat. Fanfare Ciocarlia, Ali Hassan Kuban, Nasida Ria, Le Zagazougou, Cabruera, Mahmoud Fadl, Emil Zrihan, Boban Markovic Orkestar, Fermin Muguruza feat. Todos Tus Muertos & Amilcar "Lumumba" & Ana Sol Torroixa, Stella Chiweshe, Frank London's Klezmer Brass Allstars
Piranha Jubilee Vol. 8
Salon Noir
feat. Boris Kovac, Gino Sitson, Mercan Dede, Emil Zrihan, Mahmoud Fadl, Cabruera, Cello Trio, Chango Spasiuk, Daniele Sepe, Darko Rundek & Cargo Orkestar, Sabri Brothers
Piranha Jubilee Vol. 9
Sailing the Seven Seas
feat. Anastacia Azevedo, Boban i Marko Markovic Orkestar, Cascabulho, Chico Science & Nacao Zumbi, Fermin Muguruza, Gino Sitson, The Klezmatics, Moluccan Moods Orchestra, Nasida Ria, Salamat, Stella Chiweshe, Watcha Clan
Piranha Jubilee Vol. 10
Drug me Tender
feat. Mahmoud Fadl, Bonga, Grupo el Organo Pinareno, Ali Hassan Kuban, Boban Markovic Orkestar, Stella Chiweshe, Cabruera, Frank London's Klezmer Brass Allstars, Salamat, Wazimbo & Orchestra Marrabenta Star de Mocambique, Daniele Sepe, The Klezmatics.