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global hiphop and dancehall fire from around the non-western world. navigating next-level urban dance music from places like India, Cuba, Tanzania, Egypt, South Africa -- a sampling of crucial new scenes: the wickedest beats and sweetest flows. . 4 continents, 19 countries, around 105 BPM. Bongo Flava, Kizomba, Afro-Hiphop, Bhangra, Cumbia, Reggaeton, Dancehall, Rai, Arabic Pop, Balkan Beat, Genge, Kapuka, Kwaito, Jaija, Afro-House, Afro-Dub, Taraab, Gamelan

Think long, sinuous, minor-key, violin-carried melodies wending their way over a toe-tapping, thigh slapping, hip-shaking beat - a beat that sometimes accelerates and seems to be running away in ecstatic joyousness.

Encompassing the vast rhythmic heritage of Africa, "Weston has the biggest sound of any jazz pianist since Ellington and Monk, as well as the richest most inventive beat," states jazz critic Stanley Crouch, "but his art is more than projection and time; it's the result of a studious and inspired intelligence...an intelligence that is creating a fresh synthesis of African elements with jazz technique."

Some albums can be downloaded free. Discography: Elements of One, Weaving Symbolics, Lucidarium, Invisible Paths, Tao of Mad Phat, Way of the Cipher, Def Trance Beat, Rhythm in Mind, Sonic Language of Myth, and more...

Jazz blog.

The name of this percussion instrument - the derbukka - comes from the arab root verb "derb" which means "to beat". Hence the persian name of the instrument "zarb" as the z is pronounced somewhere between the z and the d. The player of a darabukka is called derebki.

QUALITIES: tribal, minimalistic, trance-like claps (rather than progressive house's snare drums); deep, penetrating, lowtempo beats, foreboding, lyrics+sounds, melancholic, dreamy...can get horrific (screeching, moaning, electronic pulses found in horror movies), intricate basslines w/ pitch changes

Dave Douglas - Trumpet, Adam Benjamin - Rhodes, Gene Lake - Drums. Marcus Strickland - Saxophones, Brad Joes - Bass, DJ Olive - Turntables. Moonshine, the newest album from trumpeter/composer Dave Douglas' Grammy-nominated band Keystone, is an album that moves musical genres forward into uncharted territory. The evolutionary/revolutionary aspect is found in the vibrant alchemy between Douglas' avant-garde leaning compositions, the relentless, polyrhythmic funk of drummer Gene Lake and bassist Brad Jones, the Sun-Ra-esque sonics of Adam Benjamin who plays a highly modulated Fender Rhodes and the post-post blowing of the front line featuring Douglas and saxophonist Marcus Strickland. But what puts this one over the top is the true integration of a DJ, in this case DJ Olive, into the constantly shifting improvisations of a cutting edge band. Rolling Stone called Keystone's 2005's self titled album, "a modernist requiem." Moonshine takes it a step further: a modernist recipe for the future sound of electronics, jazz, and new composition. "I think of it as Green Beat," says Douglas with a grin, referring to the organic way that the rhythms of vinyl, laptop, and drum set coalesce in this infectious, grooving new album. One forgets all the elements that go into this hybrid music, as each piece amounts to a masterpiece of modern jazz-informed composition and performance. There are many details buried in these tracks, and perhaps the most remarkable thing is that the basis for this recording was a single performance in front of a live studio audience. The state-of-the-art mutli-track recording of this session makes possible a hybrid of the best parts of studio isolation and live excitement. It allowed Greenleaf Music to raise to the highest level the post-production of these recordings.

Toma Sidibé

Multicultural, polyphonic, highly creative and entertaining group that takes rhythms beyond their natural frontiers and creates a brand of music too innovative and varied to be labeled.

"I'm not unique--Somalis are traditionally known for poetry. The ancient Greeks dubbed it the nation of poets."

Go-go is sampled by: Kurtis Blow, Grace Jones, LL Cool J, Beastie Boys, Run-D.M.C., Salt-N-Pepa, 2 Live Crew, Jay-Z, Jill Scott, Nelly, Justin Timberlake...

Dedicated to West African drumming music from Senegal, Gambia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Mali, Guinea and particularly rhythms associated with Djembe, Sabar, and Kpanlogo drums.

trance, Goa Trance, psytrance, breakbeat, big beat, techno, trip-hop and house music