Some music I like:

A little (non-exhaustive) selection of music that I like, or, find interesting. I plan to update them from time to time. All music is provided for familiarisation pruposes only, listen once and delete later. Buy the original CDs, support the artists.:

Date added: 13/11/06.
East African Music Mix (album total weight: ~45mb)

East African Music Mix
East African Music Mix
This is music from East African clubs as of the year 2006. ;)

Date added: 22/09/07.
Пикник - Новоегипетские песни (2005) (album total weight: ~80mb)

Пикник - Новоегипетские песни (2005)
Пикник
Скажу просто. Отличный сборник новых обработок песен, выпущенной группой Пикник в 2005г.

Список песен:
1. Остров 2. Ночь 3. Глаза очерчены углём 4. Бал 5. Египтянин 6. Настоящие дни 7. Праздник 8. Смутные дни 9. Телефон 10. Фиолетово-чёрный 11. Bonus: Ночь (Алиса) 12. Bonus: Королевство кривых (club version)

Date added: 31/01/08.
Yasmin Levy - La Juderia (album total weight: ~140mb)

Yasmin Levy - La Juderia (2005)
Yasmin Levy
Yasmin Levy is the exciting new voice of ancient Ladino music from Andalucia. Her singing, which comes from somewhere between the bottom of her heart and the aching interior of her guts, is a crossover between Ladino and flamenco styles. The vibrations of Moorish-Arab music are tangible in every trill, as are theunrestrained lamentations of cante jondo. But it is Jewishness that gives La Juderia its instinctive, visceral drive. Levy's ballads and lyrical love songs are sourced from a deep well of history and tradition and a collective memory of searching, wandering, exiles and trials. Her gift is to render this world accessible without forsaking itsdistinctive character and crises.
If there are female flamenco vocalists who can match Levy for range and control and there are few of those none come close to her forunbridled energy. There is an almost perverse, physicaldelight in her exuberant despair which will enthrall anyone who comes near to this album.(from: bbc)

Date added: 11/11/06.
Kekele - Congo Life (2003) (album total weight: ~98mb.)

Kekele - Congo Life (2003)
Kekele
I do not entirely agree that with the following excerpt froma review, however the band is certainly interesting.
"...Delicious melodies, inspired and original arrangements, faultless and non-indulgent playing, scalp-tingling voices are more than enough for this reviewer, at least, to reaffirm his long-held suspicion that the best African music and the best Congolese music are one and the same thing.."(from: bbc)

Date added: 23/04/08.
Emmanuel Jal - Ceasefire (album total weight: ~45mb. bitrate 128kbps)

Emmanuel Jal - Ceasefire (2005)
Emmanuel Jal
Genre-straddling African Christian gospel rapper Emmanuel Jal was born in the village of Tong (sometimes spelled Tony) in southern Sudan around 1980. His mother died when he was still a young child of seven or so, and Jal was forced into a Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) military training camp in Ethiopia, where he was trained to be a soldier, participating in military battles before he was even a teenager. Eventually he left Ethiopia and made the dangerous, grueling journey across Sudan to Waat, which was near his Upper Nile home. From there he was smuggled by his mentor and protector Emma McCune into Nairobi, Kenya. Following McCune's death, Jal became one of the millions displaced by Sudan's violent civil war. McCune's friends and associates saw to it that Jal received an education, and he was able to attend Tala Academy. He began singing around 1998, and was soon active in his local church choir, and formed numerous musical groups, including the Reborn Warriors, his current gospel hip-hop band. He produced a single, "All We Need Is Jesus," and an album, Gua, the title track of which was a number one hit in Kenya. Jal collaborated with Abdel Gadir Salim, a Sudanese Moslem musician, for the album Ceasefire, which was released in 2005, and included a re-recording of "Gua." Since Jal was from the south of Sudan, and Salim was from the north, the collaboration of the two musicians symbolized the kind of unity many have hoped for in the Sudan conflict, and Ceasefire is a major plea for peace and sanity.(from: allmusic.com) MORE AT WIKIPEDIA

Date added: 23/01/08.
NoJazz - Have Fun (album total weight: ~86мб. bitrate 192kbps)

NoJazz - Have Fun (2005)
HaveFun
...If there is a concept behind, it is very simple: to mix the original celebratory spirit of jazz with hypnotic rhythms and contemporary sounds. Acoustic and Jungle, Trip Hop and Fanfares, melodies and samples, funk and jazz happily mingle with drum and bass...(Quote from: www.eyefortalent.com)

Date added: 02/06/07.
Aster Aweke - Gela (album total weight: 55mb, bitrate: VBR)
(I am not really sure about which album this is, but I got it fron Ethiopian guy, and it was identified by WMPlayer by the provided here, name.)
Aster Aweke - Gela
Gela (The best?)
A native of Gandor, a small town near Lake Tara, Aweke was raised in the capital city of Addis Ababa. The daughter of senior civil servant in the Imperial government, Aweke was determined to become a musician by the age of 13. By her late teens, she was singing in Addis Ababa clubs and hotels with such bands as the Continental Band, Hotel D'Afrique Band, Shebele Band, and the Ibex Band (before they became the internationally known Roha Band). Launching a solo career, Aweke was encouraged by musical entrepreneur Ali Tango, who financed and released five cassettes and two singles of her music. By 1981, Aweke had become disillusioned by Ethiopia's oppressive political climate and relocated to the United States. Temporarily settling in the Bay Area of California with plans to pursue an education; within two years, Aweke continued on to Washington, D.C., the site of the largest Ethiopian population in the U.S. After building a following with her performances in local Ethiopian restaurants, Aweke toured the U.S. and Europe in 1985. (Quote from: www.allmusic.com)

Date added: 30/05/07. Brazzaville - Rouge on Pockmarked Cheeks (2002) (album total weight: 60mb, bitrate: 128kbps)
Brazzaville - Rouge on Pockmarked Cheeks
Rouge On Pockmarked Cheeks (2002, South China Sea)
Rouge On Pockmarked Cheeks, the 3rd Brazzaville album, was recorded in 2000 and 2001. I recorded most of it in my own studio and it was mixed by Michael Rozon, Kenny Lyon, Nigel Godrich and Tony Hoffer. I was in a pretty dark phase of my life when I recorded this record. Motel Room and rainy Night are songs about 2 very close friends that died. North Koreatown is a sentimental ode to the halcyon days of my early teenage years. High Life is the story of an aging fashion model. Trona is about my favorite creepy desert town. Xanax is my little post 9-11 song. Late Night Lullaby was written for my little son. (Quote from: www.brazzaville2002.com)

Date added: 22/08/06. Salif Keita - Moffou (2002) (album total weight: 84,2mb, bitrate: 320kbps)
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"The real beauty here is Keita's voice, carefully framed and used to maximum effect. High, almost piercing, it's a gorgeous instrument that can ride and transform a melody, whether the lulling gentleness of "Yamore" or the more upbeat -- but never frenzied -- "Iniagige." Overall, it's a record of swaying, seductive gentleness, one perfectly suited to Keita's style." (Quote from: allmusic.com)


Date added: 19/08/06. OST Plunkett and Macleane (1999) (album total weight: 81,4mb, bitrate: 224kbps)
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"Plunkett & Macleane is one of the most surprisingly original and listenable albums of a 1999 score, and shows -- along with The Bone Collector and Best Laid Plans -- that Craig Armstrong is a composer from whom we can expect great things in the future. I, for one, can't wait." (Quote from: soundtrack.net)

Date added: 02/08/06. Anja Garbarek Briefly Shaking (2005) (album total weight: 91mb, bitrate: 320 kbps)
Anja Garbarek. Briefly Shaking (2005) album cover 01 - Born that way
02 - Dizzy with wonder
03 - The last trick
04 - Sleep
05 - Shock activities
06 - Yes
07 - My fellow riders
08 - Can I keep him
09 - This momentous day
10 - Still guarding space
11 - Word is out
"Сюжеты ее принципиально бессюжетных песен - это жесты отстраненного самолюбования, сюрреалистические слепки ускользающего мира, зафиксированный поток сознания или осколки внезапных эмоций, игра настроения, помноженная на игру фантазии." (quote from: ANJA GARBAREK "Briefly Shaking" (p) 2005 Comp Music/EMI)

Date added: 23/07/06. Putumayo presents: Music from the Chocolate Lands
Music from the Chocolate Lands 01 - Toto Bona Lokua Lisanga.mp3
02 - Susheela Raman Sarasa.mp3
03 - Marcantonio Sabia (Brazil).mp3
04 - Beethova Obas Rasanble.mp3
05 - Ozomatli Aqui No Sera.mp3
06 - Think Of One Paleto.mp3
07 - Dobet Gnahore Kakou.mp3
08 - Taffetas Yay Balma.mp3
09 - Teresa Bright Tihore Mai.mp3
10 - Adrian Martinez With Andy.mp3
11 - Susana Baca Valentin.mp3
12 - Chocolate Armenteros.mp3






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