Based in New Dehli India the MIDIval PunditZ are among the contemporary Indian outfits that combine high-tech electronica with a strong raga influence The MIDIval PunditZ are not traditional Indian classical music la Ravi Shankar Bikram Ghosh or Ali…

As Thievery Corporation, Eric Hilton and Rob Garza started working together in the mid-1990s, crafting a sound initially rooted in electronica, but deeply influenced by dub, Latin jazz, and bossa nova. Their atmospheric, low-key style has made the Wa…

b. 7 August 1947, Constantine, Algeria. Born into a family of classical Algerian musicians, Sabbah moved to Paris as a teenager and took up DJing, playing soul and R&B in Parisian nightclubs in the early 60s. Subsequently he alternated between DJing …

Formed in Seattle, Washington, USA, the Posies played powerfully melodic music that paid tribute to Merseybeat and the harmonies of the Hollies. Growing up in Bellingham, 90 miles north of Seattle, John Auer (vocals/guitar) and Ken Stringfellow (voca…

Maiku Takahashi a Japanese producer records warm downbeat electronica as Caia Championed by Groove Armadas Andy Cato Takahashi met Cato in 1998 while the latter was on tour in Japan After becoming fast friends due to a shared fetish for Adidas and No…

b. 1970, London, England. Talvin Singh is one of the first artists to help bring traditional Indian tabla music to the mainstream, combining it with the rhythmic surges of drum 'n' bass. By 1997, he was able to speak in an assured fashion about the h…

The daughter of sitar legend Ravi Shankar Anoushka Shankar began studying under her father at age nine making her performing debut four years later Appearing alongside her father as he toured the world she appeared at Carnegie Hall while still in her…

The North Indian drums know as the tabla were said to have been invented in the 13th century by Amir Khusrau a disciple of the Sufi saint Hazrat Nizemuddin Aluya At the time Khusrau sawed a pakhawaj a single two-headed wooden drum in two Though no on…

This studio-based experimental electronica UK duo comprises Simon Mills and Nail Tolliday (real name). Setting up their own label, Sport Recordings, the duo released three EPs (one as Johnny Flash And The Flames) before a highly-praised debut, 2000's…

b. USA. Holly Palmer grew up in Santa Monica, California, and Seattle, Washington, where she regularly sang Sarah Vaughan and Nancy Wilson standards in high school. By the time she attended the Berklee College Of Music in Boston on a scholarship, she…

The Norwegian folktronica foursome Flunk was formed out of the studio jam sessions of a trio of Oslo musicians producer Ulf Nygaard also of Folk and Rovere guitarist Jo Bakke formerly with the Happy Campers and drummer Erik Ruud a member of the Guida…

Koop centres around two Swedish musicians, Magnus Zingmark and Oscar Simonsson, who both originate from the university town of Uppsala. Forming in 1995, they took their name from the Swedish word for co-operation and relocated to Stockholm to begin r…

As CoCo de Mer Australian-born New York-based producercomposer Adam Plack fuses traditional French Italian and Latin arias with lush orchestration over a foundation of down-tempo grooves This dense ambitious fusion draws from worldly influences and t…

A bold attempt to fuse modern dance music styles with ethnic rhythms from the African and Celtic traditions, Afro-Celt Sound System is the brainchild of Grammy-nominated producer Simon Emmerson. He brought together a diverse team of musicians, includ…

Pakistan-born Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, the most revered and prolific Qawwali singer in recording history, took an obscure religious musical form and, with the help of some sympathetic collaborators and promoters, made it commercially and artistically …