Frederic Galliano was born December 23, 1969 in Grenoble. He’s an eclectic musician who works with cutting edge electronic music, jazz and world music. From…
Artist Profiles: Frederic Galliano
Tag: global electronica
Rise of the Shamstep
47Soul – Balfron Promise (Cooking Vinyl, 2018) Balfron Promise is an album by 47Soul, a shamstep band that has been getting a lot of attention…
Artist Profiles: Burkina Electric
Burkina Electric was the first electronica band from Burkina Faso, in the deep interior of West Africa. With its main base in the music scene…
Deeply Mesmerizing Ud
Smadj – Solotronic (Whirling Wolf, 2017) Solotronic is the new solo album by Smadj (Jean-Pierre Smadja), a French-Tunisian artist who has taken the ud (Arabic…
Tribal Sutras
Tya – Tribal Sutras (New Earth Records/Times Music, 2001) Fans of Deep Forest and Enigma would like this deep trance album. The influences are from…
Irresistible Afrobeats Hot Hits
Various Artists – Afrobeats Hot Hits: New Urban Dance Grooves from Africa (Shanachie, 2017) Afrobeats Hot Hits: New Urban Dance Grooves from Africa presents a…
Artist Profiles: Loop Guru
Loop Guru core members Salman Gita and Jamuud have been working together for many years. They function as a collective rarely playing two consecutive gigs…
Azerbaijani Skweee
Ya Tosiba – Love Party (Asphalt Tango Records, 2017) Modern electronica, Central Asian melodies and Azerbaijani poetry come together in Love Party by Ya Tosiba.…
Spellbinding Indian Trance Sounds from Moscow
Zaindiveli – Sagar (SKMR-134, 2016) Zaindiveli is a remarkable project from Russia. The ensemble combines mesmerizing ambient electronics and trip hop with electric and acoustic…
Artist Profiles: Omar Souleyman
Omar Souleyman was born in 1966 in a town called Tell Tamer in northeastern Syria and currently lives in Turkey. Omar Souleyman’s sound is based…