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Crammed Discs is an
independent record label An independent record label (or indie label) is a record label that operates without the funding or distribution of major record labels; they are a type of small- to medium-sized enterprise, or SME. The labels and artists are often represented ...
whose output blends world music, rock,
pop Pop or POP may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Music * Pop music, a musical genre Artists * POP, a Japanese idol group now known as Gang Parade * Pop!, a UK pop group * Pop! featuring Angie Hart, an Australian band Albums * ''Pop'' (G ...
, and
electronica Electronica is both a broad group of electronic-based music styles intended for listening rather than strictly for dancing and a music scene that started in the early 1990s in the United Kingdom. In the United States, the term is mostly used to ...
. Based in
Brussels, Belgium Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...
, Crammed was founded in
1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning Syst ...
by Marc Hollander of
Aksak Maboul Aksak Maboul are a Belgian avant-rock band founded in 1977 by Marc Hollander with Vincent Kenis, and now revolving around Hollander and Véronique Vincent. Aksak Maboul hasn't stopped changing shape and form throughout its existence (the onl ...
and has since released around 375 albums and 275 singles, working with artists from all over the world (from Western Europe and the US to the Balkans and North & Central Africa, from South America to the Middle East and Japan). Crammed Discs is run by Marc Hollander (A&R) with Hanna Gorjaczkowska (artist development, marketing, distribution & art direction) and Vincent Kenis (producer, director of the Congotronics Series). Marc Hollander and Crammed Discs received the
WOMEX WOMEX (short for Worldwide Music Expo) is an international world music support and development project based in Berlin, whose main event is an exposition held annually in different locations throughout Europe. It integrates a trade fair, showca ...
award in 2004 at the World Music Expo international music trade fair, for being "one of the seminal players on the world music field". However, the label has always systematically worked with electronic music, indie pop and rock artists, and "doesn't see itself as a ''world music label'': it just happens to enjoy working with artists from around the world, some of whom sing in languages other than English" (as stated in the label's manifesto). Crammed has been described as "one of the most boldly eclectic independent labels around" (Pitchfork), as "innovative and groundbreaking" and "visionary", a.o. for steadily avoiding to confine its roster "to one, potentially homogeneous category" and encouraging artists with plural identities to create new forms of music. In 2011, Crammed Discs celebrated its 30th anniversary by setting up the Congotronics vs Rockers project, a "superband" including ten Congolese and ten indie rock musicians (including members of Konono No1,
Deerhoof Deerhoof are an American musical group formed in San Francisco in 1994. They currently consist of founding drummer Greg Saunier, bassist and singer Satomi Matsuzaki, and guitarists John Dieterich and Ed Rodriguez. Beginning as an improvised ...
, Wildbirds & Peacedrums,
Kasai Allstars Kasai Allstars are a 25-piece musical collective based in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The musicians originally come from the Kasai region, but originating from five different ethnic groups: the Songye, Lulua, Tetela, Luba, and L ...
,
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,
Juana Molina Juana Rosario Molina (; born 1 October 1961) is an Argentine singer, songwriter and actress, based in Buenos Aires. She is known for her distinctive sound, considered an exponent of folktronica, although it has also been described as ambient, e ...
and Vincent Kenis), who collaborated to create a common repertoire and performed at 15 major festivals and venues in ten countries. From 2008 to 2014, the following artists have joined the Crammed Discs roster: Chicago band
Allá Allá is a rock band formed by three young Chicanos (Mexican-Americans) from Chicago: Jorge Ledezma (guitars, keyboards, vibraphone, composer & producer), his brother Angel Ledezma (drums) and Lupe Martinez (vocals, guitar and keyboards). As inspir ...
, indie pop act Lonely Drifter Karen (from
Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST ...
and
Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ...
), London-based Moroccan electronic artist U-cef,
Congolese Congolese or Kongolese may refer to: African peoples * Congolese people (disambiguation) * Kongo people, a Bantu ethnic group who live along the Atlantic coast of Africa from Pointe-Noire (Republic of Congo) to Luanda, Angola, primarily defined by ...
band Staff Benda Bilili, musician/composer/producer
Mocky Mocky (born October 7, 1974) is a Canadian singer, music producer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and composer. Biography Mocky was born Dominic Salole in Saskatchewan, Canada. He later moved to Ottawa and Toronto, and then to London, Amst ...
, Belgian band Hoquets, Belgo-Congolese rapper Baloji, Belgian-Colombian band La Chiva Gantiva, French-American artist Maïa Vidal, US bands
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& Megafaun, South African/Dutch band SKIP&DIE, Belgian band Amatorski, Lebanese singer
Yasmine Hamdan Yasmine Hamdan ( ar, ياسمين حمدان; born 1976) is a Lebanese singer and songwriter, now based in Paris. Biography Hamdan became known with Soapkills, the duo she founded with Zeid Hamdan (no relation) while she was still living in B ...
, Argentinian artist
Juana Molina Juana Rosario Molina (; born 1 October 1961) is an Argentine singer, songwriter and actress, based in Buenos Aires. She is known for her distinctive sound, considered an exponent of folktronica, although it has also been described as ambient, e ...
and Ghanaian/Swiss band OY. The label's latest signings (2016-2020) are Parisian electronic music collective Acid Arab, Portuguese singer & musician Lula Pena, young French-Welsh band
Fauna Twin Fauna is all of the animal life present in a particular region or time. The corresponding term for plants is ''flora'', and for fungi, it is ''funga''. Flora, fauna, funga and other forms of life are collectively referred to as '' biota''. Zool ...
, French experimental pop band Aquaserge, Matias Aguayo & The Desdemonas, the new rock band founded by the German-Chilean electronic music producer, Berlin-based Spanish experimental musician
Don The Tiger Don, don or DON and variants may refer to: Places *County Donegal, Ireland, Chapman code DON *Don (river), a river in European Russia *Don River (disambiguation), several other rivers with the name *Don, Benin, a town in Benin *Don, Dang, a vill ...
, French-Chilean band Nova Materia, Lagos/London project Ekiti Sound, Ugandan/British band Nihiloxica, Californian musician Scott Gilmore, renowned producer Pascal Gabriel and his new Stubbleman project, and Palestinian techno duet
Zenobia Septimia Zenobia (Palmyrene Aramaic: , , vocalized as ; AD 240 – c. 274) was a third-century queen of the Palmyrene Empire in Syria. Many legends surround her ancestry; she was probably not a commoner and she married the ruler of the city, ...
.


Sub-labels

Because of the diversity of the label's output since its early days in the 1980s, its founders chose to create several sub-labels. This policy was discarded during the latter part of the 1990s, because Crammed felt that genre-blending had finally become acceptable. *Made To Measure A composers' series specializing in instrumental and
ambient music Ambient music is a genre of music that emphasizes tone and atmosphere over traditional musical structure or rhythm. It may lack net composition, beat, or structured melody.The Ambient Century by Mark Prendergast, Bloomsbury, London, 2003. It ...
,
soundtrack A soundtrack is recorded music accompanying and synchronised to the images of a motion picture, drama, book, television program, radio program, or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack o ...
s and works commissioned for films, ballets etc. Notable artists are:
Hector Zazou Hector Zazou (11 July 1948 – 8 September 2008) was a prolific French composer and record producer who worked with, produced, and collaborated with an international array of recording artists. He worked on his own and other artists' albums, inclu ...
,
Arto Lindsay Arthur Morgan "Arto" Lindsay (born May 28, 1953) is an American guitarist, singer, record producer and experimental composer. He was a member of the pioneering 1970s no wave group DNA, which featured on the 1978 compilation ''No New York''. In ...
,
John Lurie John Lurie (born December 14, 1952) is an American musician, painter, actor, director, and producer. He co-founded the Lounge Lizards jazz ensemble; has acted in 19 films, including ''Stranger than Paradise'' and ''Down by Law''; has composed a ...
, Yasuaki Shimizu,
Minimal Compact Minimal Compact is an Israeli rock music, rock band associated with the post-punk and indie rock movement of the 1980s. Biography Between its foundation in 1980 and its dissolution seven years later, Minimal Compact played an important role in ...
and
Fred Frith Jeremy Webster "Fred" Frith (born 17 February 1949) is an English multi-instrumentalist, composer, and improviser. Probably best known for his guitar work, Frith first came to attention as one of the founding members of the English avant-rock ...
. 36 volumes were released between 1984 and 1995. *SSR Launched in 1988, this electronic music label was A&R'd by DJ Morpheus (a.k.a. Samy Birnbach) and Marc Hollander. 47 albums and numerous singles were released, ranging from early
new beat New beat is a Belgian electronic dance music genre that fuses elements of new wave, hi-NRG,Simon Reynolds: ''Generation Ecstasy: Into the World of Techno and Rave Culture.'' Routledge 1999, , p. 124. EBM and hip hop (e.g. scratching).Tim ...
to
downtempo Downtempo (or downbeat) is a broad label for electronic music that features an atmospheric sound and slower beats than would typically be found in dance music. Closely related to ambient music but with greater emphasis on rhythm, the style may ...
,
techno Techno is a Music genre, genre of electronic dance music (EDM) which is generally music production, produced for use in a continuous DJ set, with tempo often varying between 120 and 150 beats per minute (bpm). The central Drum beat, rhythm is typ ...
,
house A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air ...
and hip hop, by artists such as Snooze, Juryman,
Carl Craig Carl Craig (born May 22, 1969) is an American electronic music producer, DJ, and founder of the record label Planet E Communications. He is known as a leading figure and pioneer in the second wave of Detroit techno artists during the late 1980 ...
, Tek 9, DJ Morpheus,
Kevin Saunderson Kevin Maurice Saunderson (born September 5, 1964) is an American electronic dance music Dj and record producer. He is famous for being a member of a trio, along with Juan Atkins and Derrick May, who came to be known as The Belleville Three, ...
and
Telex The telex network is a station-to-station switched network of teleprinters similar to a telephone network, using telegraph-grade connecting circuits for two-way text-based messages. Telex was a major method of sending written messages electroni ...
. SSR is short for ''Sampleur & Sans Reproche''. *Language This 'avant dance' sub-label was A&R'd by Tony Thorpe (a.k.a. The Moody Boyz). 10 albums and 22 singles/EPs were released between 1995 and 1999, by artists including Buckfunk 3000 (
Si Begg Si Begg (born 1972) is an English electronic dance music DJ, musician and record producer. His recording career began in 1993 and he has used a number of different pseudonyms and band names, and released music in different styles on several ...
) and Circadian Rhythms (a band led by ex-
This Heat This Heat were an English experimental rock band, formed in early 1976 in Camberwell, London by multi-instrumentalists Charles Bullen (guitar, clarinet, viola, vocals, tapes), Charles Hayward (drums, keyboards, vocals, tapes) and Gareth Willi ...
member Charles Bullen). *Ziriguiboom Launched in 1998 in collaboration with Brazilian A&R/Producer
Béco Dranoff Béco Dranoff (born August 1963 in São Paulo, Brazil) is a Brazilian-American music producer and creative Brazilian music events and film producer and co-founder of the Ziriguiboom Discos music label. Early career Born and raised in São Pa ...
, Ziriguiboom's aim was to present original and as-yet-unexposed aspects of Brazilian music to international audiences. It quickly became one of the global hubs for the new wave of Brazilian music, and has brought Crammed its biggest commercial success to date with
Bebel Gilberto Isabel Buarque de Hollanda Gilberto de Oliveira (born May 12, 1966), known as Bebel Gilberto, is an American-born Brazilian popular singer often associated with bossa nova. She is the daughter of João Gilberto and singer Miúcha. Her uncle ...
's debut album ''Tanto Tempo'' (which sold one million units worldwide). Ziriguiboom also signed and released albums by artists such as
Celso Fonseca Celso Fonseca (born November 15, 1956) is a Brazilian composer, producer, guitarist and singer. He is noted as part of the Música popular brasileira since the 1980s, initially as accompanist and composer, then producer, and since the mid–1990s a ...
,
Cibelle Cibelle (born 1978), birth name Cibelle Cavalli Bastos, is a Brazilian visual artist and musician based in London, Berlin and São Paulo. They graduated in 2015 from the Royal College of Art in London. Cibelle has released four music albums ...
,
Zuco 103 Zuco 103 is a Dutch musical ensemble which plays music chiefly in the styles of the music of Brazil. The ensemble was initially founded under the name Rec.a in 1989 by students at the Rotterdam Conservatory. Three members of the ensemble SfeQ (s ...
,
Trio Mocotó Trio Mocotó is a Brazilian band, originally formed in 1968 in the Jogral nightclub in São Paulo, and reformed in 2000. The group was influential in forming the musical style that became known as samba rock or sambalanço. In 1969, they were b ...
, Bossacucanova, DJ Dolores, Apollo Nove and the late
Suba Suba may refer to: Groups of people * Suba people (Kenya), a people of Kenya **Suba language *Suba people (Tanzania), a people of Tanzania * Subha (writers), alternatively spelt Suba, Indian writer duo Individual people * Suba (musician), Serbia ...
. Crammed also had several specialized and one-artist sub-labels: *Cramworld (for contemporary and archival world music releases) *Selector (specialized in
drum and bass Drum and bass (also written as drum & bass or drum'n'bass and commonly abbreviated as D&B, DnB, or D'n'B) is a genre of electronic dance music characterized by fast breakbeats (typically 165–185 beats per minute) with heavy bass and sub-ba ...
) *Cramboy (for
Tuxedomoon Tuxedomoon is an experimental, post-punk, new wave band from San Francisco, California, United States. The band formed in the late 1970s at the beginning of the punk rock movement. Pulling influence from punk and electronic music, the group, ori ...
's releases) *Furax (released
Belgian Belgian may refer to: * Something of, or related to, Belgium * Belgians, people from Belgium or of Belgian descent * Languages of Belgium, languages spoken in Belgium, such as Dutch, French, and German *Ancient Belgian language, an extinct language ...
comedian A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting foolish (as in slapstick), or employing prop comedy. A comedian who addresses an audience dir ...
s Les Snuls) *The Congotronics Series Currently the only subsiding Crammed Discs imprints are Congotronics and Made To Measure. Congotronoics is not a sub-label per se, but a collection of releases by Congolese bands who play their own respective styles of electrified traditional music (such as Konono No1 and
Kasai Allstars Kasai Allstars are a 25-piece musical collective based in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The musicians originally come from the Kasai region, but originating from five different ethnic groups: the Songye, Lulua, Tetela, Luba, and L ...
). The series is curated and produced by Vincent Kenis. As for the Made To Measure composers' series, it is being discreetly revived since 2013 (after having remained inactive for 18 years), as 6 new volumes have recently come out.


Discography (albums)

1980 *
Aksak Maboul Aksak Maboul are a Belgian avant-rock band founded in 1977 by Marc Hollander with Vincent Kenis, and now revolving around Hollander and Véronique Vincent. Aksak Maboul hasn't stopped changing shape and form throughout its existence (the onl ...
: '' Un Peu de l'Âme des Bandits'', with
Chris Cutler Chris Cutler (born 4 January 1947) is an English percussionist, composer, lyricist and music theorist. Best known for his work with English avant-rock group Henry Cow, Cutler was also a member and drummer of other bands, including Art Bears, ...
and
Fred Frith Jeremy Webster "Fred" Frith (born 17 February 1949) is an English multi-instrumentalist, composer, and improviser. Probably best known for his guitar work, Frith first came to attention as one of the founding members of the English avant-rock ...
(LP 1980, CD reissue in 1995, vinyl reissue in 2018)
1981 *
Aksak Maboul Aksak Maboul are a Belgian avant-rock band founded in 1977 by Marc Hollander with Vincent Kenis, and now revolving around Hollander and Véronique Vincent. Aksak Maboul hasn't stopped changing shape and form throughout its existence (the onl ...
: '' Onze Danses Pour Combattre la Migraine'' (originally out in 1977, released on Crammed in 1981, CD reissue in 2003, vinyl reissue in 2015) *
Minimal Compact Minimal Compact is an Israeli rock music, rock band associated with the post-punk and indie rock movement of the 1980s. Biography Between its foundation in 1980 and its dissolution seven years later, Minimal Compact played an important role in ...
: ''Minimal Compact'' (mini-album, 1981, reissued on CD as part of ''One+One By One'') * Band Apart: ''Band Apart'' (mini-album) * Family Fodder: ''Greatest Hits''
1982 * The Honeymoon Killers: ''Les Tueurs de la Lune de Miel'' * Des Airs: ''Lunga Notte'' (mini-album) * Hermine: ''The World On My Plates'' * Benjamin Lew/ Steven Brown: ''Douzième Journée: le Verbe, la Parure, l'Amour''
1983 *
Minimal Compact Minimal Compact is an Israeli rock music, rock band associated with the post-punk and indie rock movement of the 1980s. Biography Between its foundation in 1980 and its dissolution seven years later, Minimal Compact played an important role in ...
: ''One By One'' (1983, reissued on CD as part of ''One+One By One'') * Band Apart: ''Marseille'' * Zazou Bikaye+CY1: ''Noir Et Blanc''
1984 *
Made To Measure Made-to-measure (MTM) typically refers to custom clothing that is cut and sewn using a standard-sized base pattern. Suits and sport coats are the most common garments made-to-measure. The fit of a made-to-measure garment is expected to be superi ...
Vol.1, feat. Aksak Maboul, Benjamin Lew, Minimal Compact, Tuxedomoon *
Blaine Reininger Blaine Leslie Reininger (born July 10, 1953 in Pueblo, Colorado) is an American post-punk, new-wave and alternative pop singer, songwriter, musician, multi-instrumentalist (particularly violin), writer and performer. He is known for being a memb ...
/
Mikel Rouse Mikel Rouse (born Michael Rouse; January 26, 1957 in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States) is an American composer. He has been associated with a Downtown New York City movement known as totalism, and is best known for his operas, including ' ...
: ''Colorado Suite'' *
Minimal Compact Minimal Compact is an Israeli rock music, rock band associated with the post-punk and indie rock movement of the 1980s. Biography Between its foundation in 1980 and its dissolution seven years later, Minimal Compact played an important role in ...
: ''Deadly Weapons'' * Karl Biscuit: ''Regrets Eternels'' (1984, re-released in 2003 as part of ''Secret Love - Compiled Electropop Works'')
1985 * Zazou Bikaye: ''Mr Manager'' *
Peter Principle The Peter principle is a concept in management developed by Laurence J. Peter, which observes that people in a hierarchy tend to rise to "a level of respective incompetence": employees are promoted based on their success in previous jobs until ...
: ''Sedimental Journey'' *
Tuxedomoon Tuxedomoon is an experimental, post-punk, new wave band from San Francisco, California, United States. The band formed in the late 1970s at the beginning of the punk rock movement. Pulling influence from punk and electronic music, the group, ori ...
: ''Holy Wars'' *
Minimal Compact Minimal Compact is an Israeli rock music, rock band associated with the post-punk and indie rock movement of the 1980s. Biography Between its foundation in 1980 and its dissolution seven years later, Minimal Compact played an important role in ...
: ''Raging Souls'' *
Tuxedomoon Tuxedomoon is an experimental, post-punk, new wave band from San Francisco, California, United States. The band formed in the late 1970s at the beginning of the punk rock movement. Pulling influence from punk and electronic music, the group, ori ...
: ''Half Mute'' (originally out on Ralph Records in 1980, reissued on Crammed in 1985) *
Hector Zazou Hector Zazou (11 July 1948 – 8 September 2008) was a prolific French composer and record producer who worked with, produced, and collaborated with an international array of recording artists. He worked on his own and other artists' albums, inclu ...
: ''Géographies'' * Karl Biscuit: ''Fatal Reverie'' (1985, re-released in 2003 as part of ''Secret Love - Compiled Electropop Works'') * Nadjma: ''Rapture In Baghdad'', feat. Adrian Sherwood
1986 * Surfin Dave and The Absent Legends: ''In Search of a Decent Haircut'' *Various Artists: ''Fuck Your Dreams, This Is Heaven'', feat. members of Tuxedomoon & Minimal Compact playing covers of 1960s/1970s songs *
Colin Newman Colin John Newman (born 16 September 1954) is an English musician, record producer and record label owner. He is best known as the primary vocalist and songwriter for the post-punk band Wire. Early life Newman was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire ...
: '' Commercial Suicide'' *
Tuxedomoon Tuxedomoon is an experimental, post-punk, new wave band from San Francisco, California, United States. The band formed in the late 1970s at the beginning of the punk rock movement. Pulling influence from punk and electronic music, the group, ori ...
: ''Desire'' (originally out on Ralph Records in 1981, re-issued on Crammed in 1986) * Benjamin Lew/ Steven Brown: ''A propos d'un paysage'' *
Tuxedomoon Tuxedomoon is an experimental, post-punk, new wave band from San Francisco, California, United States. The band formed in the late 1970s at the beginning of the punk rock movement. Pulling influence from punk and electronic music, the group, ori ...
: ''Ship of Fools'' *
Mikel Rouse Mikel Rouse (born Michael Rouse; January 26, 1957 in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States) is an American composer. He has been associated with a Downtown New York City movement known as totalism, and is best known for his operas, including ' ...
: ''A Walk In The Woods'' *
John Lurie John Lurie (born December 14, 1952) is an American musician, painter, actor, director, and producer. He co-founded the Lounge Lizards jazz ensemble; has acted in 19 films, including ''Stranger than Paradise'' and ''Down by Law''; has composed a ...
: ''Stranger Than Paradise'' (original soundtrack from the Jim Jarmusch film) *
Mahmoud Ahmed Mahmoud Ahmed ( Amharic: ማሕሙድ አህመድ; born 8 May 1941) is an Ethiopian singer. He gained great popularity in Ethiopia in the 1970s and among the Ethiopian diaspora in the 1980s, before rising to international fame with African mus ...
: ''Ere Mela Mela'' (originally released 1975-76, released on Crammed Discs in 1986, and re-issued as part of the Ethiopiques series in 2000) *
Hector Zazou Hector Zazou (11 July 1948 – 8 September 2008) was a prolific French composer and record producer who worked with, produced, and collaborated with an international array of recording artists. He worked on his own and other artists' albums, inclu ...
: ''Reivax au Bongo''
1987 *
Minimal Compact Minimal Compact is an Israeli rock music, rock band associated with the post-punk and indie rock movement of the 1980s. Biography Between its foundation in 1980 and its dissolution seven years later, Minimal Compact played an important role in ...
: ''The Figure One Cuts'' *
Tuxedomoon Tuxedomoon is an experimental, post-punk, new wave band from San Francisco, California, United States. The band formed in the late 1970s at the beginning of the punk rock movement. Pulling influence from punk and electronic music, the group, ori ...
: ''You'' *
Minimal Compact Minimal Compact is an Israeli rock music, rock band associated with the post-punk and indie rock movement of the 1980s. Biography Between its foundation in 1980 and its dissolution seven years later, Minimal Compact played an important role in ...
: ''Lowlands Flight'' *
Sussan Deyhim Sussan Deyhim (born December 14, 1958) is an Iranian American composer, vocalist, performance artist and activist. She is internationally known for her invention of a unique sonic/vocal language. LA Times quotes her as "One of Iran's most potent ...
& Richard Horowitz: ''Desert Equations'' * Yasuaki Shimizu: ''Music For Commercials'' *
John Lurie John Lurie (born December 14, 1952) is an American musician, painter, actor, director, and producer. He co-founded the Lounge Lizards jazz ensemble; has acted in 19 films, including ''Stranger than Paradise'' and ''Down by Law''; has composed a ...
: ''Down By Law'' (original soundtrack from the Jim Jarmusch film) * Daniel Schell & Karo: ''If Windows They Have'' *
Karen Finley Karen Finley (born 1956) is an American performance artist, musician and poet. Her performance art, recordings, and books are used as forms of activism. Her work frequently uses nudity and profanity. Finley incorporates depictions of sexuality, ...
: ''The Truth Is Hard To Swallow'' *
Tuxedomoon Tuxedomoon is an experimental, post-punk, new wave band from San Francisco, California, United States. The band formed in the late 1970s at the beginning of the punk rock movement. Pulling influence from punk and electronic music, the group, ori ...
: ''Suite en Sous-Sol/Time To Lose/Short Stories'' (originally out in 1982 and 1983, re-issued on Crammed in 1987)
1988 *
Bel Canto Bel canto (Italian for "beautiful singing" or "beautiful song", )—with several similar constructions (''bellezze del canto'', ''bell'arte del canto'')—is a term with several meanings that relate to Italian singing. The phrase was not associat ...
: ''White Out Conditions'' *
Colin Newman Colin John Newman (born 16 September 1954) is an English musician, record producer and record label owner. He is best known as the primary vocalist and songwriter for the post-punk band Wire. Early life Newman was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire ...
: '' It Seems'' *Sonoko: ''La Débutante'' * Benjamin Lew: ''Nebka'' *
Tuxedomoon Tuxedomoon is an experimental, post-punk, new wave band from San Francisco, California, United States. The band formed in the late 1970s at the beginning of the punk rock movement. Pulling influence from punk and electronic music, the group, ori ...
: ''Pinheads on the Move''
1989 *
Minimal Compact Minimal Compact is an Israeli rock music, rock band associated with the post-punk and indie rock movement of the 1980s. Biography Between its foundation in 1980 and its dissolution seven years later, Minimal Compact played an important role in ...
: ''Live'' * Zazou Bikaye: ''Guilty'' * Dominic Sonic: ''Cold Tears'' *
Peter Principle The Peter principle is a concept in management developed by Laurence J. Peter, which observes that people in a hierarchy tend to rise to "a level of respective incompetence": employees are promoted based on their success in previous jobs until ...
: ''Tone Poems'' * Samy Birnbach/ Benjamin Lew: ''When God Was Famous'' *Various Artists: ''Sampleur et Sans Reproche'' (SSR compilation) *
Bleep Bleep may refer to: * Bleep sound, a noise, generally of a single tone, often generated by a machine ** Bleep censor, the replacement of offensive language (swear words) or personal details with a beep sound ** Bleep techno, a Yorkshire-born subge ...
(a.k.a. Geir Jenssen a.k.a. Biosphere): ''The North Pole By Submarine''
1990 *
Bel Canto Bel canto (Italian for "beautiful singing" or "beautiful song", )—with several similar constructions (''bellezze del canto'', ''bell'arte del canto'')—is a term with several meanings that relate to Italian singing. The phrase was not associat ...
: ''Birds Of Passage'' *
Hector Zazou Hector Zazou (11 July 1948 – 8 September 2008) was a prolific French composer and record producer who worked with, produced, and collaborated with an international array of recording artists. He worked on his own and other artists' albums, inclu ...
: ''Géologies'' * Steven Brown/
Delphine Seyrig Delphine Claire Beltiane Seyrig (; 10 April 1932 – 15 October 1990) was a Lebanese-born French actress and film director. She came to prominence in Alain Resnais's 1961 film ''Last Year at Marienbad'', and later acted in films by Francois ...
: ''De doute et de grâce'' *
Peter Scherer Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a sur ...
&
Arto Lindsay Arthur Morgan "Arto" Lindsay (born May 28, 1953) is an American guitarist, singer, record producer and experimental composer. He was a member of the pioneering 1970s no wave group DNA, which featured on the 1978 compilation ''No New York''. In ...
: ''Pretty Ugly'' * Zelwer: ''La fiancée aux yeux de bois'' *
Foreign Affair ''Foreign Affair'' is the seventh solo studio album by Tina Turner, released on September 13, 1989, through Capitol Records. It was Turner's third album release after her massively successful comeback five years earlier with '' Private Dancer' ...
: ''East On Fire'' *
Fred Frith Jeremy Webster "Fred" Frith (born 17 February 1949) is an English multi-instrumentalist, composer, and improviser. Probably best known for his guitar work, Frith first came to attention as one of the founding members of the English avant-rock ...
: ''The Top Of His Head'' * Gabor G.Kristof: ''Le cri du lézard'' * Steve Shehan: ''Arrows'' * Daniel Schell & Karo: ''Le Secret de Bwlch'' *
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: ''Divine'', soundtrack for a
Maurice Béjart Maurice Béjart (; 1 January 1927 – 22 November 2007) was a French-born dancer, choreographer and opera director who ran the Béjart Ballet Lausanne in Switzerland. He developed a popular expressionistic form of modern ballet, talking vast ...
ballet (1982, reissued on Crammed in 1990)
1991 * Dominique Dalcan: ''Entre l'étoile et le carré'' *
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: ''Toleki Bango (Miles Ahead)'' *
Taraf de Haïdouks Taraful Haiducilor ("Taraf of Haiduks") are a Romanian-Romani ''taraf'' (a troupe of ''lăutari'', traditional musicians) from Clejani, Romania, and one of the most prominent such groups in post-Communist era Romania. In the Western world they ha ...
: ''Musique des Tziganes de Roumanie'' * Ramuntcho Matta: ''Domino One'' * Bobvan: ''Loonychip Classics'' * Michel Moers: ''Fishing Le Kiss'' *
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: ''Nekonotopia Nekonomania'' *
Zap Mama Zap Mama is the music act of Belgian artist Marie Daulne. Zap Mama sings polyphonic and afro-pop music, a harmonic music with a mixture of infused African vocal techniques, urban, hip hop with emphasis on voice. The worldwide success of Zap Mama ...
: ''Zap Mama'' (retitled ''Adventures In Afropea'' for the US release, 1991) *
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: ''Sahara Blue'' feat.
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Ryuichi Sakamoto is a Japanese composer, pianist, singer, record producer and actor who has pursued a diverse range of styles as a solo artist and as a member of Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO). With his bandmates Haruomi Hosono and Yukihiro Takahashi, Sakamoto i ...
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1992 *
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: ''Shimmering Warm and Bright'' *David Cunningham: ''Water'' *Various Artists: ''Roots Of Rumba Rock 1 (1953-54)'' (1992, reissued with vol.2 as a double CD in 2006) *The Gruesome Twosome ( Samy Birnbach & Bertrand Burgalat): ''Candy For Strangers'' * Les Snuls: ''Les Snuls, bien entendu''
1993 * Sainkho ( Saynkho Namchylak): ''Out of Tuva'' * Bobvan: ''Water Dragon'' *Various Artists: ''Roots Of OK Jazz'' (1993, reissued in 2006) *
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: ''Self-Portrait Jumping'' *
Tuxedomoon Tuxedomoon is an experimental, post-punk, new wave band from San Francisco, California, United States. The band formed in the late 1970s at the beginning of the punk rock movement. Pulling influence from punk and electronic music, the group, ori ...
: ''Solve et Coagula'' * Benjamin Lew: ''Le Parfum du Raki'' *
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: ''Granite & Sand'' *Avalon: ''Earth Water Air Fire''
1994 * Ramuntcho Matta: ''2 l'Amour'' *Various Artists: ''Freezone 1: The Phenomenology Of Ambient'' (2CD) *
Zap Mama Zap Mama is the music act of Belgian artist Marie Daulne. Zap Mama sings polyphonic and afro-pop music, a harmonic music with a mixture of infused African vocal techniques, urban, hip hop with emphasis on voice. The worldwide success of Zap Mama ...
: ''Sabsylma'' * Dominique Dalcan: ''Cannibale'' *
Taraf de Haïdouks Taraful Haiducilor ("Taraf of Haiduks") are a Romanian-Romani ''taraf'' (a troupe of ''lăutari'', traditional musicians) from Clejani, Romania, and one of the most prominent such groups in post-Communist era Romania. In the Western world they ha ...
: ''Honourable Brigands, Magic Horses & Evil Eye'' *Solar Quest: ''Orgship'' *Various Artists: ''Around The Day in 80 Worlds'', compiled by DJ Morpheus a.k.a. Samy Birnbach * Purna Das Baul & Bauls Of Bengal *Various Artists: ''Jungle Vibes'' *Various Artists: ''Renegade Selector''
1995 *
4hero 4hero are an electronic music group from Dollis Hill, London, comprising producers Mark "Marc Mac" Clair & Denis "Dego" McFarlane. While the band is often cited as ''4 Hero'' or ''4-Hero'', the name is stylised as ''4hero'' on their albums and ...
''Parallel Universe'' *
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National Orchestra: ''Men With Sticks'' *
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Hector Zazou Hector Zazou (11 July 1948 – 8 September 2008) was a prolific French composer and record producer who worked with, produced, and collaborated with an international array of recording artists. He worked on his own and other artists' albums, inclu ...
: ''Glyph'' *Various Artists: ''Freezone 2: Variations On A Chill'', compiled by DJ Morpheus a.k.a. Samy Birnbach (2 CD) *Various Artists: ''Miscellaneous'' (Language compilation) *Various Artists: ''Jungle Vibes 2'' (Selector compilation) *Various Artists: ''Roots Of Rumba Rock 2 (1954-55)'' (1995, reissued with vol.1 as a double CD in 2006) * Bio Muse: ''Wrong'' * Zelwer: ''Les dieux sont fâchés/The Gods Are Angry'' * Aural Expansion: ''Surreal Sheep''
1996 *Tek 9: ''It's Not What You Think It Is !!?!'' * Snooze: ''The Man In The Shadow'' *Various Artists: ''Freezone 3: Horizontal Dancing'', 23 exclusives by Herbert, Kruder&Dorfmeister, Carl Craig...(2CD) *Various Artists: ''Miscellaneous, The 2nd Edition'' (Language compilation) * Endemic Void ''Equations'' *Hugo: ''La Formule'' * Aural Expansion: ''Remixed Sheep'' *Various Artists: ''Moving House'', compiled by DJ Geoffroy a.k.a. Mugwump *Various Artists: ''Junglized'' (Selector compilation) *Various Artists: ''The Deepest Shade Of Techno'', compiled by
4hero 4hero are an electronic music group from Dollis Hill, London, comprising producers Mark "Marc Mac" Clair & Denis "Dego" McFarlane. While the band is often cited as ''4 Hero'' or ''4-Hero'', the name is stylised as ''4hero'' on their albums and ...
(2CD) * Ziryab Trio: ''Mashreq Classics''
1997 *
Carl Craig Carl Craig (born May 22, 1969) is an American electronic music producer, DJ, and founder of the record label Planet E Communications. He is known as a leading figure and pioneer in the second wave of Detroit techno artists during the late 1980 ...
''More Songs About Food And Revolutionary Art'' * Barbara Gogan with
Hector Zazou Hector Zazou (11 July 1948 – 8 September 2008) was a prolific French composer and record producer who worked with, produced, and collaborated with an international array of recording artists. He worked on his own and other artists' albums, inclu ...
: ''Made On Earth'' *Various Artists: ''Freezone 4: Dangerous Lullabies'', 22 exclusives by Basement Jaxx, Rhythm And Sound, Thievery Corporation...(2CD) * Juryman vs Spacer: ''Mail-Order Justice'' *
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: ''The Ghost Sonata'' (1991, reissued on Crammed in 1997) *
Kočani Orkestar Kočani orkestar (in Macedonian: ''Кочани оркестар'') also credited under the names: ''Kocani orkestar'', ''Kocani Orchestra'', ''Kochani orkestar'' and ''Kochani Orchestra'' is a Macedonian Romani brass band from Kočani, North M ...
: ''L'Orient est rouge'' *
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: ''Alien Rainbow'' * Meira Asher: ''Dissected'' * Qmoog: ''The Arc Of Blueness'' *Subject 13: ''The Black Steele Project'' *
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: ''Esoteric Red'' *Various Artists: ''Moving House 2'', compiled by DJ Geoffroy a.k.a. Mugwump *Various Artists: ''Lysergic Factory'', compiled by DJ Morpheus
1998 *
Taraf de Haïdouks Taraful Haiducilor ("Taraf of Haiduks") are a Romanian-Romani ''taraf'' (a troupe of ''lăutari'', traditional musicians) from Clejani, Romania, and one of the most prominent such groups in post-Communist era Romania. In the Western world they ha ...
: ''Dumbala Dumba'' * Buckfunk 3000: ''First Class Ticket To Telos'' *
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: ''The Unbearable Lightness Of Auto-Repeating'' *
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: ''Internal Clock'' *Various Artists: ''Freezone 5: The Radio Is Teaching My Goldfish Ju-Jitsu'', 21 exclusives by Shawn J.Period, Jigmastas, Joe Claussell... (2CD) * Bossacucanova: ''Revisited Classics'' *
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: ''I Don't Like Music'', a collection of remixes *Various Artists: ''Moving House 3'', compiled by DJ Geoffroy a.k.a. Mugwump *Various Artists: ''If U Can Beat 'Em, Break 'Em'', compiled by DJ Morpheus *Various Artists: ''Phax'n'Phixion, The Nu Hip Hop Underground'', compiled by DJ Morpheus *Various Artists: ''Junglized 2'' (Selector compilation) *Various Artists: ''The Family Album'', exclusive tracks by artists on the Language label *
Kevin Saunderson Kevin Maurice Saunderson (born September 5, 1964) is an American electronic dance music Dj and record producer. He is famous for being a member of a trio, along with Juan Atkins and Derrick May, who came to be known as The Belleville Three, ...
: ''Faces & Phases'' (2CD)
1999 *
Telex The telex network is a station-to-station switched network of teleprinters similar to a telephone network, using telegraph-grade connecting circuits for two-way text-based messages. Telex was a major method of sending written messages electroni ...
: ''I Don't Like Music 2'', a collection of remixes * Meira Asher: ''Spears Into Hooks'' *Various Artists: ''Freezone 6: Fourth Person Singular'', 22 exclusives by Alex Gopher, Stacey Pullen, Mark Pritchard... (2CD) *
Zuco 103 Zuco 103 is a Dutch musical ensemble which plays music chiefly in the styles of the music of Brazil. The ensemble was initially founded under the name Rec.a in 1989 by students at the Rotterdam Conservatory. Three members of the ensemble SfeQ (s ...
: ''Outro Lado'' *
Phosphorus Phosphorus is a chemical element with the symbol P and atomic number 15. Elemental phosphorus exists in two major forms, white phosphorus and red phosphorus, but because it is highly reactive, phosphorus is never found as a free element on Ea ...
: ''Pillar Of Salt'' *Various Artists: ''Brasil 2mil - The Soul Of Bass-O-Nova'' *
Suba Suba may refer to: Groups of people * Suba people (Kenya), a people of Kenya **Suba language *Suba people (Tanzania), a people of Tanzania * Subha (writers), alternatively spelt Suba, Indian writer duo Individual people * Suba (musician), Serbia ...
(Mitar Subotić): ''São Paulo Confessions'' * Niko Marks &
Eddie Fowlkes Eddie Fowlkes (born December 24, 1962) is an American techno DJ. He was influential to the early Detroit techno scene. Biography Eddie Fowlkes was born on December 24, 1962, in Detroit, Michigan. After attending a 1978 Charivari party with h ...
: ''City Boy Players'' *Various Artists: ''Moving House At Food Club'' *Various Artists: ''Tags Of The Times 2.0'' *Various Artists: ''The Beyond Real Experience'', produced and compiled by
DJ Spinna Vincent E. Williamsbetter known by his stage name DJ Spinna, is an American hip hop and deep house producer from Brooklyn. According to Allmusic, he has "remained strictly an underground artist despite his astonishing talent." Life and career Spi ...
*Various Artists: ''Electric Kingdom - New Skool Breaks & Electro'' *Various Artists ''If It's Not 100% U.K. Hip Hop You Can Have Your Money Back'', compiled by Tony Thorpe & Dave Watts
2000 *
Bebel Gilberto Isabel Buarque de Hollanda Gilberto de Oliveira (born May 12, 1966), known as Bebel Gilberto, is an American-born Brazilian popular singer often associated with bossa nova. She is the daughter of João Gilberto and singer Miúcha. Her uncle ...
: ''Tanto Tempo'' * Sandy Dillon &
Hector Zazou Hector Zazou (11 July 1948 – 8 September 2008) was a prolific French composer and record producer who worked with, produced, and collaborated with an international array of recording artists. He worked on his own and other artists' albums, inclu ...
: ''12 (Las Vegas Is Cursed)'' *
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: ''Simply'' * Juryman: ''The Hill'' * Le PM: ''Les Petits Chefs'' *
Sussan Deyhim Sussan Deyhim (born December 14, 1958) is an Iranian American composer, vocalist, performance artist and activist. She is internationally known for her invention of a unique sonic/vocal language. LA Times quotes her as "One of Iran's most potent ...
: ''Madman of God'' *Various Artists: ''In My Bag'', compiled by DJ Morpheus
2001 *
Taraf de Haïdouks Taraful Haiducilor ("Taraf of Haiduks") are a Romanian-Romani ''taraf'' (a troupe of ''lăutari'', traditional musicians) from Clejani, Romania, and one of the most prominent such groups in post-Communist era Romania. In the Western world they ha ...
: ''Band of Gypsies'' *
Zuco 103 Zuco 103 is a Dutch musical ensemble which plays music chiefly in the styles of the music of Brazil. The ensemble was initially founded under the name Rec.a in 1989 by students at the Rotterdam Conservatory. Three members of the ensemble SfeQ (s ...
: ''The Other Side of Outro Lado'' *Various Artists: ''Freezone: Seven Is Seven Is'', 23 exclusives by Cibelle, Kid Koala, Tim 'Love' Lee... (2CD) *
Trio Mocotó Trio Mocotó is a Brazilian band, originally formed in 1968 in the Jogral nightclub in São Paulo, and reformed in 2000. The group was influential in forming the musical style that became known as samba rock or sambalanço. In 1969, they were b ...
: ''Samba Rock'' *Various Artists: ''Samba Soul 70'' * Snooze: ''Goingmobile'' * Bossacucanova: ''Brasilidade'' *
Bebel Gilberto Isabel Buarque de Hollanda Gilberto de Oliveira (born May 12, 1966), known as Bebel Gilberto, is an American-born Brazilian popular singer often associated with bossa nova. She is the daughter of João Gilberto and singer Miúcha. Her uncle ...
: ''Tanto Tempo Remixes''
2002 *
Kočani Orkestar Kočani orkestar (in Macedonian: ''Кочани оркестар'') also credited under the names: ''Kocani orkestar'', ''Kocani Orchestra'', ''Kochani orkestar'' and ''Kochani Orchestra'' is a Macedonian Romani brass band from Kočani, North M ...
: ''Alone at my Wedding'' *
Suba Suba may refer to: Groups of people * Suba people (Kenya), a people of Kenya **Suba language *Suba people (Tanzania), a people of Tanzania * Subha (writers), alternatively spelt Suba, Indian writer duo Individual people * Suba (musician), Serbia ...
(Mitar Subotić): ''Tributo'' *
Zuco 103 Zuco 103 is a Dutch musical ensemble which plays music chiefly in the styles of the music of Brazil. The ensemble was initially founded under the name Rec.a in 1989 by students at the Rotterdam Conservatory. Three members of the ensemble SfeQ (s ...
: ''Tales of High Fever'' * Juryman: ''Escape To Where'' *
Sussan Deyhim Sussan Deyhim (born December 14, 1958) is an Iranian American composer, vocalist, performance artist and activist. She is internationally known for her invention of a unique sonic/vocal language. LA Times quotes her as "One of Iran's most potent ...
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Bill Laswell William Otis Laswell (born February 12, 1955) is an American bass guitarist, record producer, and record label owner. He has been involved in thousands of recordings with many collaborators from all over the world. His music draws from funk, ...
: ''Shy Angels'' *Various Artists: ''Ziriguiboom: The Now Sound Of Brazil''
2003 * Electric Gypsyland 1 (Taraf de Haïdouks and Kočani Orkestar reinterpreted by Señor Coconut, Mercan Dede, Arto Lindsay & more) *
Cibelle Cibelle (born 1978), birth name Cibelle Cavalli Bastos, is a Brazilian visual artist and musician based in London, Berlin and São Paulo. They graduated in 2015 from the Royal College of Art in London. Cibelle has released four music albums ...
: ''Cibelle'' *
Celso Fonseca Celso Fonseca (born November 15, 1956) is a Brazilian composer, producer, guitarist and singer. He is noted as part of the Música popular brasileira since the 1980s, initially as accompanist and composer, then producer, and since the mid–1990s a ...
: ''Natural'' * Benjamin Lew: ''Compiled Electronic Landscapes'' *
Zuco 103 Zuco 103 is a Dutch musical ensemble which plays music chiefly in the styles of the music of Brazil. The ensemble was initially founded under the name Rec.a in 1989 by students at the Rotterdam Conservatory. Three members of the ensemble SfeQ (s ...
: ''One Down, One Up'' (2CD)
2004 *
Bebel Gilberto Isabel Buarque de Hollanda Gilberto de Oliveira (born May 12, 1966), known as Bebel Gilberto, is an American-born Brazilian popular singer often associated with bossa nova. She is the daughter of João Gilberto and singer Miúcha. Her uncle ...
: ''Bebel Gilberto'' *
Tuxedomoon Tuxedomoon is an experimental, post-punk, new wave band from San Francisco, California, United States. The band formed in the late 1970s at the beginning of the punk rock movement. Pulling influence from punk and electronic music, the group, ori ...
: ''Cabin In The Sky'' *
Tuxedomoon Tuxedomoon is an experimental, post-punk, new wave band from San Francisco, California, United States. The band formed in the late 1970s at the beginning of the punk rock movement. Pulling influence from punk and electronic music, the group, ori ...
: ''Seismic Riffs'' (DVD) * Mahala Rai Banda: ''Mahala Rai Banda'' *
Trio Mocotó Trio Mocotó is a Brazilian band, originally formed in 1968 in the Jogral nightclub in São Paulo, and reformed in 2000. The group was influential in forming the musical style that became known as samba rock or sambalanço. In 1969, they were b ...
: ''Beleza! Beleza!! Beleza!!!'' * Bossacucanova: ''Uma Batida Diferente'' *
Konono Nº1 Konono Nº1 is a musical group from Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. They are known for their DIY aesthetic, combining electric likembé (a traditional instrument similar to the mbira) with vocals, dancers, and percussion instrument ...
: ''Congotronics'' *
Minimal Compact Minimal Compact is an Israeli rock music, rock band associated with the post-punk and indie rock movement of the 1980s. Biography Between its foundation in 1980 and its dissolution seven years later, Minimal Compact played an important role in ...
: ''Returning Wheel'' (3-CD box set, including new remixes and rarities)
2005 *
Celso Fonseca Celso Fonseca (born November 15, 1956) is a Brazilian composer, producer, guitarist and singer. He is noted as part of the Música popular brasileira since the 1980s, initially as accompanist and composer, then producer, and since the mid–1990s a ...
: ''Rive Gauche Rio'' *
Bebel Gilberto Isabel Buarque de Hollanda Gilberto de Oliveira (born May 12, 1966), known as Bebel Gilberto, is an American-born Brazilian popular singer often associated with bossa nova. She is the daughter of João Gilberto and singer Miúcha. Her uncle ...
: ''Bebel Gilberto Remixed'' * Apollo Nove: ''Res Inexplicata Volans'' feat. Cibelle, Seu Jorge etc. * DJ Dolores: ''Aparelhagem'' *
Zuco 103 Zuco 103 is a Dutch musical ensemble which plays music chiefly in the styles of the music of Brazil. The ensemble was initially founded under the name Rec.a in 1989 by students at the Rotterdam Conservatory. Three members of the ensemble SfeQ (s ...
: ''Whaa!'' *
Cibelle Cibelle (born 1978), birth name Cibelle Cavalli Bastos, is a Brazilian visual artist and musician based in London, Berlin and São Paulo. They graduated in 2015 from the Royal College of Art in London. Cibelle has released four music albums ...
: ''About A Girl EP'' (CD/DVD dualdisc) *Various Artists: ''Ziriguiboom: The Now Sound Of Brazil 2'' *
Taraf de Haïdouks Taraful Haiducilor ("Taraf of Haiduks") are a Romanian-Romani ''taraf'' (a troupe of ''lăutari'', traditional musicians) from Clejani, Romania, and one of the most prominent such groups in post-Communist era Romania. In the Western world they ha ...
: ''The Continuing Adventures Of...'' (DVD+CD) *
Congotronics ''Congotronics'' is the official debut album by Konono Nº1. It was released in 2004. by Crammed Discs. It has won the band massive favour in the dance and alternative rock scenes as well as in world music circles and in the North American and Eu ...
2, ''Buzz'n'Rumble in the Urb'n'Jungle'', feat. Konono No.1, Kasai Allstars, Basokin... (CD+DVD)
2006 *
Tartit Tartit (meaning "union") are a band from the Tombouctou Region of Mali. The group consists of five women and four men, all of whom are Tamasheq-speaking Tuareg. They formed in 1992 in a refugee camp in Mauritania. Imharhan, an expanded group ...
''Abacabok'' * Think Of One: ''Trafico'' *
Cibelle Cibelle (born 1978), birth name Cibelle Cavalli Bastos, is a Brazilian visual artist and musician based in London, Berlin and São Paulo. They graduated in 2015 from the Royal College of Art in London. Cibelle has released four music albums ...
:''The Shine Of Dried Electric Leaves'' * Electric Gypsyland 2 (Taraf de Haïdouks et al., reinterpreted by Tunng, Animal Collective, Nouvelle Vague, Susheela Raman & more) *
Tuxedomoon Tuxedomoon is an experimental, post-punk, new wave band from San Francisco, California, United States. The band formed in the late 1970s at the beginning of the punk rock movement. Pulling influence from punk and electronic music, the group, ori ...
: ''Bardo Hotel Soundtrack'' *Hugo: ''La Nuit des Balançoires'' * Wise In Time: ''The Ballad of Den The Men'' *Various Artists: ''Roots Of Rumba Rock 1+2 (1953–55)'' (originally out in 1992 and 1995, reissued as a 2CD in 2006)
2007 *
Tuxedomoon Tuxedomoon is an experimental, post-punk, new wave band from San Francisco, California, United States. The band formed in the late 1970s at the beginning of the punk rock movement. Pulling influence from punk and electronic music, the group, ori ...
: ''Vapour Trails'' *
Tuxedomoon Tuxedomoon is an experimental, post-punk, new wave band from San Francisco, California, United States. The band formed in the late 1970s at the beginning of the punk rock movement. Pulling influence from punk and electronic music, the group, ori ...
: ''77o7 TM (The 30th Anniversary Box)'' (3CD+1DVD) *
Bebel Gilberto Isabel Buarque de Hollanda Gilberto de Oliveira (born May 12, 1966), known as Bebel Gilberto, is an American-born Brazilian popular singer often associated with bossa nova. She is the daughter of João Gilberto and singer Miúcha. Her uncle ...
: ''Momento'' *
Taraf de Haïdouks Taraful Haiducilor ("Taraf of Haiduks") are a Romanian-Romani ''taraf'' (a troupe of ''lăutari'', traditional musicians) from Clejani, Romania, and one of the most prominent such groups in post-Communist era Romania. In the Western world they ha ...
: ''Maskarada'' * Flat Earth Society: ''Psychoscout'' * Balkan Beat Box: ''Nu Med'' * Think Of One: ''Camping Shaabi'' * Shantel ''Disko Partizani!'' *
Konono Nº1 Konono Nº1 is a musical group from Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. They are known for their DIY aesthetic, combining electric likembé (a traditional instrument similar to the mbira) with vocals, dancers, and percussion instrument ...
: ''Live At Couleur Cafe'' *Various Artists: ''Sex & The Single Rabbit'' (a 2-volume compilation of Crammed electronic music tracks, digital-only)
2008 *
Kasai Allstars Kasai Allstars are a 25-piece musical collective based in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The musicians originally come from the Kasai region, but originating from five different ethnic groups: the Songye, Lulua, Tetela, Luba, and L ...
''In The 7th Moon, The Chief Turned Into A Swimming Fish...'' *
Kočani Orkestar Kočani orkestar (in Macedonian: ''Кочани оркестар'') also credited under the names: ''Kocani orkestar'', ''Kocani Orchestra'', ''Kochani orkestar'' and ''Kochani Orchestra'' is a Macedonian Romani brass band from Kočani, North M ...
: ''The Ravished Bride'' * DJ Dolores: ''1 Real'' *
Allá Allá is a rock band formed by three young Chicanos (Mexican-Americans) from Chicago: Jorge Ledezma (guitars, keyboards, vibraphone, composer & producer), his brother Angel Ledezma (drums) and Lupe Martinez (vocals, guitar and keyboards). As inspir ...
''Es Tiempo'' * Balkan Beat Box: ''Nu-Made'' (CD+DVD) * Lonely Drifter Karen ''Grass Is Singing'' * U-cef: ''Halalwood'' *
Hector Zazou Hector Zazou (11 July 1948 – 8 September 2008) was a prolific French composer and record producer who worked with, produced, and collaborated with an international array of recording artists. He worked on his own and other artists' albums, inclu ...
& Swara: ''In The House Of Mirrors''
2009 * Staff Benda Bilili ''Tres Tres Fort'' * Bossacucanova: ''Ao Vivo'' (DVD+CD) *
Mocky Mocky (born October 7, 1974) is a Canadian singer, music producer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and composer. Biography Mocky was born Dominic Salole in Saskatchewan, Canada. He later moved to Ottawa and Toronto, and then to London, Amst ...
''Saskamodie'' * Shantel:''Planet Paprika'' * Chicha Libre: ''Sonido Amazonico!'' * Les Tueurs de la lune de miel (a.k.a. The Honeymoon Killers): ''Special Manubre'' (originally out in 1977, reissued in 2009) *
Akron/Family Akron/Family were an American folk-influenced experimental rock band active from 2002 to 2013. Former members have lived in Portland, Oregon; Los Angeles, California; and Joshua Tree, California. Music and history Though each member of the band� ...
''Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free'' * Megafaun ''Gather, Form & Fly'' * Flat Earth Society: ''Cheer Me, Perverts'' *
Zeep The ZEEP (Zero Energy Experimental Pile) reactor was a nuclear reactor built at the Chalk River Laboratories near Chalk River, Ontario, Canada (which superseded the Montreal Laboratory for nuclear research in Canada). ZEEP first went critical at ...
''People & Things''
2010 * Konono N°1 ''Assume Crash Position'' * Lonely Drifter Karen: ''Fall Of Spring'' * Balkan Beat Box: ''Blue Eyed Black Boy'' *
Cibelle Cibelle (born 1978), birth name Cibelle Cavalli Bastos, is a Brazilian visual artist and musician based in London, Berlin and São Paulo. They graduated in 2015 from the Royal College of Art in London. Cibelle has released four music albums ...
: ''Las Venus Resort Palace Hotel'' *
Axel Krygier Axel may refer to: People * Axel (name), all persons with the name Places * Axel, Netherlands, a town ** Capture of Axel, a battle at Axel in 1586 Arts, entertainment, media * ''Axel'', a 1988 short film by Nigel Wingrove * ''Axel'', a Cirque d ...
: ''Pesebre'' *Various Artists: ''The Roots Of Chicha 2'' * Radioclit Presents: ''The Sound Of Club Secousse (African Dance Music Anthems)'' * Tradi-Mods vs Rockers: ''Alternative Takes on Congotronics'' feat. Deerhoof, Andrew Bird, Juana Molina, Micachu, Glenn Kotche & more (2CD) * Megafaun: ''Heretofore''
2011 *
Skeletons A skeleton is the structural frame that supports the body of an animal. There are several types of skeletons, including the exoskeleton, which is the stable outer shell of an organism, the endoskeleton, which forms the support structure inside ...
: ''People'' *
Taraf de Haïdouks Taraful Haiducilor ("Taraf of Haiduks") are a Romanian-Romani ''taraf'' (a troupe of ''lăutari'', traditional musicians) from Clejani, Romania, and one of the most prominent such groups in post-Communist era Romania. In the Western world they ha ...
&
Kočani Orkestar Kočani orkestar (in Macedonian: ''Кочани оркестар'') also credited under the names: ''Kocani orkestar'', ''Kocani Orchestra'', ''Kochani orkestar'' and ''Kochani Orchestra'' is a Macedonian Romani brass band from Kočani, North M ...
: ''Band of Gypsies 2'' * Hoquets: ''Belgotronics'' *Various Artists: ''The Karindula Sessions'' (CD+DVD) *
Tuxedomoon Tuxedomoon is an experimental, post-punk, new wave band from San Francisco, California, United States. The band formed in the late 1970s at the beginning of the punk rock movement. Pulling influence from punk and electronic music, the group, ori ...
: ''Unearthed'', previously-unreleased music and videos (CD+DVD) * Megafaun: ''Megafaun'' *
The Real Tuesday Weld The Real Tuesday Weld are a British band, founded in 1999 by lead singer and producer Stephen Coates, who studied at the Royal College of Art. They have released several albums, many singles and EPs, and many tracks on compilations. Their com ...
: ''The Last Werewolf'' * La Chiva Gantiva: ''Pelao'' * Maïa Vidal: ''God Is My Bike'' * Baloji: ''Kinshasa Succursale''
2012 * Zita Swoon Group: ''Wait For Me'' * Lonely Drifter Karen: ''Poles'' * Balkan Beat Box: ''Give'' * Jagwa Music: ''Bongo Hotheads'' * Chicha Libre: ''Canibalismo'' * Staff Benda Bilili: ''Bouger Le Monde'' * SKIP&DIE: ''Riots In The Jungle''
2013 * Amatorski: ''TBC (+ Same Stars We Shared)'' * Maïa Vidal: ''Spaces'' * NYNKE: ''Alter'' *
Yasmine Hamdan Yasmine Hamdan ( ar, ياسمين حمدان; born 1976) is a Lebanese singer and songwriter, now based in Paris. Biography Hamdan became known with Soapkills, the duo she founded with Zeid Hamdan (no relation) while she was still living in B ...
: ''Ya Nass'' *
Cibelle Cibelle (born 1978), birth name Cibelle Cavalli Bastos, is a Brazilian visual artist and musician based in London, Berlin and São Paulo. They graduated in 2015 from the Royal College of Art in London. Cibelle has released four music albums ...
: ''∆UNBINDING∆'' * SKIP&DIE : ''Remixed Riots'' * Amatorski : ''re:tbc'' * Brown Reininger Bodson : ''Clear Tears , Troubled Waters'' (features Steven Brown,
Blaine L. Reininger Blaine Leslie Reininger (born July 10, 1953 in Pueblo, Colorado) is an American post-punk, new-wave and alternative pop singer, songwriter, musician, multi-instrumentalist (particularly violin), writer and performer. He is known for being a membe ...
and
Maxime Bodson Maxime is a French given name that may refer to: As a name * Maxime Bernier (born 1963), former Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs *Maxime Bôcher, American mathematician *Maxime Boyer, Canadian professional wrestler *Maxime Du Camp, French write ...
) *
Juana Molina Juana Rosario Molina (; born 1 October 1961) is an Argentine singer, songwriter and actress, based in Buenos Aires. She is known for her distinctive sound, considered an exponent of folktronica, although it has also been described as ambient, e ...
: ''Wed 21''
2014 * La Chiva Gantiva: ''Vivo'' * OY: ''No Problem Saloon'' * Amatorski: ''from clay to figures'' *
Tuxedomoon Tuxedomoon is an experimental, post-punk, new wave band from San Francisco, California, United States. The band formed in the late 1970s at the beginning of the punk rock movement. Pulling influence from punk and electronic music, the group, ori ...
: ''Pink Narcissus'' *
Kasai Allstars Kasai Allstars are a 25-piece musical collective based in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The musicians originally come from the Kasai region, but originating from five different ethnic groups: the Songye, Lulua, Tetela, Luba, and L ...
: ''Beware The Fetish'' *
Juana Molina Juana Rosario Molina (; born 1 October 1961) is an Argentine singer, songwriter and actress, based in Buenos Aires. She is known for her distinctive sound, considered an exponent of folktronica, although it has also been described as ambient, e ...
: ''Segundo'' (re-issue - originally out in 2000) *
Juana Molina Juana Rosario Molina (; born 1 October 1961) is an Argentine singer, songwriter and actress, based in Buenos Aires. She is known for her distinctive sound, considered an exponent of folktronica, although it has also been described as ambient, e ...
: ''Tres Cosas'' (re-issue - originally out in 2002) *
Juana Molina Juana Rosario Molina (; born 1 October 1961) is an Argentine singer, songwriter and actress, based in Buenos Aires. She is known for her distinctive sound, considered an exponent of folktronica, although it has also been described as ambient, e ...
: ''Son'' (re-issue - originally out in 2006) *
Juana Molina Juana Rosario Molina (; born 1 October 1961) is an Argentine singer, songwriter and actress, based in Buenos Aires. She is known for her distinctive sound, considered an exponent of folktronica, although it has also been described as ambient, e ...
: ''Un día'' (re-issue - originally out in 2008) * Chancha Via Circuito: ''Amansara'' * Véronique Vincent &
Aksak Maboul Aksak Maboul are a Belgian avant-rock band founded in 1977 by Marc Hollander with Vincent Kenis, and now revolving around Hollander and Véronique Vincent. Aksak Maboul hasn't stopped changing shape and form throughout its existence (the onl ...
: ''Ex-Futur Album'' *
Jozef Van Wissem Jozef van Wissem (born 22 November 1962) is a Dutch minimalist composer and lute player based in Brooklyn. In 2013 Van Wissem won the Cannes Soundtrack Award for the score of '' Only Lovers Left Alive'' at the Cannes Film Festival. Career Joze ...
: ''It Is Time For You To Return''
2015 *
Taraf de Haïdouks Taraful Haiducilor ("Taraf of Haiduks") are a Romanian-Romani ''taraf'' (a troupe of ''lăutari'', traditional musicians) from Clejani, Romania, and one of the most prominent such groups in post-Communist era Romania. In the Western world they ha ...
: ''Of Lovers, Gamblers and Parachute Skirts'' *
Axel Krygier Axel may refer to: People * Axel (name), all persons with the name Places * Axel, Netherlands, a town ** Capture of Axel, a battle at Axel in 1586 Arts, entertainment, media * ''Axel'', a 1988 short film by Nigel Wingrove * ''Axel'', a Cirque d ...
: ''Hombre de piedra'' * SKIP&DIE: ''Cosmic Serpents'' * Bérangère Maximin: ''Dangerous Orbits'' * Soapkills: ''The Best of Soapkills'' * Maïa Vidal: ''You're The Waves'' *
Tuxedomoon Tuxedomoon is an experimental, post-punk, new wave band from San Francisco, California, United States. The band formed in the late 1970s at the beginning of the punk rock movement. Pulling influence from punk and electronic music, the group, ori ...
& Cult With No Name: ''Blue Velvet Revisited'' *
Tuxedomoon Tuxedomoon is an experimental, post-punk, new wave band from San Francisco, California, United States. The band formed in the late 1970s at the beginning of the punk rock movement. Pulling influence from punk and electronic music, the group, ori ...
: ''The Vinyl Box'' (retrospective, 10-LP boxed set)
2016 * Konono N°1: ''Konono N°1 meets Batida'' * Various Artists: ''Give Me New Noise: Half-Mute Revisited'' * Véronique Vincent &
Aksak Maboul Aksak Maboul are a Belgian avant-rock band founded in 1977 by Marc Hollander with Vincent Kenis, and now revolving around Hollander and Véronique Vincent. Aksak Maboul hasn't stopped changing shape and form throughout its existence (the onl ...
: ''Je pleure tout le temps EP (reworks & remixes)'' *OY: ''Space Diaspora'' * Acid Arab: ''Musique de France'' * Aquaserge: ''Guerre EP'' *
Fauna Twin Fauna is all of the animal life present in a particular region or time. The corresponding term for plants is ''flora'', and for fungi, it is ''funga''. Flora, fauna, funga and other forms of life are collectively referred to as '' biota''. Zool ...
: ''The Hydra EP'' * Véronique Vincent &
Aksak Maboul Aksak Maboul are a Belgian avant-rock band founded in 1977 by Marc Hollander with Vincent Kenis, and now revolving around Hollander and Véronique Vincent. Aksak Maboul hasn't stopped changing shape and form throughout its existence (the onl ...
: ''16 Visions of Ex-Futur'' (covers & reworks, feat. Jaakko Eino Kalevi, Aquaserge, Laetitia Sadier, Forever Pavot, Flavien Berger, Nite Jewel, Bullion, Burnt Friedman, Hello Skinny, Marc Collin, Bérangère Maximin, Lena Willikens and Aksak Maboul)
2017 * Lula Pena: ''Archivo Pittoresco'' * Aquaserge: ''Laisse ça être'' * Le Ton Mité: ''Passé composé futur conditionnel'' *
Yasmine Hamdan Yasmine Hamdan ( ar, ياسمين حمدان; born 1976) is a Lebanese singer and songwriter, now based in Paris. Biography Hamdan became known with Soapkills, the duo she founded with Zeid Hamdan (no relation) while she was still living in B ...
: ''Al Jamilat'' *
Kasai Allstars Kasai Allstars are a 25-piece musical collective based in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The musicians originally come from the Kasai region, but originating from five different ethnic groups: the Songye, Lulua, Tetela, Luba, and L ...
: ''Around Félicité'' *
Juana Molina Juana Rosario Molina (; born 1 October 1961) is an Argentine singer, songwriter and actress, based in Buenos Aires. She is known for her distinctive sound, considered an exponent of folktronica, although it has also been described as ambient, e ...
: ''Halo'' * Matias Aguayo & The Desdemonas: ''Sofarnopolis'' *
Juana Molina Juana Rosario Molina (; born 1 October 1961) is an Argentine singer, songwriter and actress, based in Buenos Aires. She is known for her distinctive sound, considered an exponent of folktronica, although it has also been described as ambient, e ...
: ''Un día'' (vinyl release) * Yasuaki Shimizu: ''Music For Commercials'' (vinyl reissue) *
Zazou Bikaye CY1 The zazous were a subculture in France during World War II. They were young people expressing their individuality by wearing big or garish clothing (similar to the zoot suit fashion in America a few years before) and dancing wildly to swing ja ...
: ''Noir et Blanc'' (vinyl reissue)
2018 *
Aksak Maboul Aksak Maboul are a Belgian avant-rock band founded in 1977 by Marc Hollander with Vincent Kenis, and now revolving around Hollander and Véronique Vincent. Aksak Maboul hasn't stopped changing shape and form throughout its existence (the onl ...
: ''Un peu de l'âme des bandits'' (vinyl reissue) * Aquaserge: ''Déjà-vous?'' * Lio: ''Lio canta Caymmi'' *
Yasmine Hamdan Yasmine Hamdan ( ar, ياسمين حمدان; born 1976) is a Lebanese singer and songwriter, now based in Paris. Biography Hamdan became known with Soapkills, the duo she founded with Zeid Hamdan (no relation) while she was still living in B ...
: ''Jamilat Reprise'' * Nova Materia: ''It Comes'' *
Don The Tiger Don, don or DON and variants may refer to: Places *County Donegal, Ireland, Chapman code DON *Don (river), a river in European Russia *Don River (disambiguation), several other rivers with the name *Don, Benin, a town in Benin *Don, Dang, a vill ...
: ''Matanzas''
2019 * Scott Gilmore: ''Two Roomed Motel'' * Ekiti Sound: ''Abeg No Vex'' * Stubbleman: ''Mountains And Plains'' * Band Apart: ''Band Apart'' (vinyl reissue) * Matias Aguayo: ''Support Alien Invasion'' *
Juana Molina Juana Rosario Molina (; born 1 October 1961) is an Argentine singer, songwriter and actress, based in Buenos Aires. She is known for her distinctive sound, considered an exponent of folktronica, although it has also been described as ambient, e ...
: ''Forfun EP'' *
Zap Mama Zap Mama is the music act of Belgian artist Marie Daulne. Zap Mama sings polyphonic and afro-pop music, a harmonic music with a mixture of infused African vocal techniques, urban, hip hop with emphasis on voice. The worldwide success of Zap Mama ...
: ''Adventures in Afropea'' (vinyl reissue) *
Various Artists A compilation album comprises tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one or several performers. If by one artist, then generally the tracks were not originally intended for re ...
: ''Kinshasa 1978 (Originals & Reconstructions)'' - feat. Konono No.1, Sankayi,
Martin Meissonnier Martin Meissonnier is a French musician, producer, journalist, and filmmaker. He is known for his work with African pop musicians such as Fela Kuti and King Sunny Adé among other diverse artists. His producing and film directing credits include ...

2020 * Doctor Fluorescent: ''Doctor Fluorescent'' (feat. Scott Gilmore & Eddie Ruscha) *
Aksak Maboul Aksak Maboul are a Belgian avant-rock band founded in 1977 by Marc Hollander with Vincent Kenis, and now revolving around Hollander and Véronique Vincent. Aksak Maboul hasn't stopped changing shape and form throughout its existence (the onl ...
: ''Figures'' *
Zenobia Septimia Zenobia (Palmyrene Aramaic: , , vocalized as ; AD 240 – c. 274) was a third-century queen of the Palmyrene Empire in Syria. Many legends surround her ancestry; she was probably not a commoner and she married the ruler of the city, ...
: ''Halak, Halak'' * Nihiloxica: ''Kaloli'' * Ekiti Sound: ''Abeg No Vex Remixes vol.1'' (digital EP) * Stubbleman: ''The Blackbird Tapes'' (digital EP) * Nova Materia: ''Live At Home'' (digital EP)
2021 * Ikoqwe ( Batida & Ikonoklasta *
Kasai Allstars Kasai Allstars are a 25-piece musical collective based in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The musicians originally come from the Kasai region, but originating from five different ethnic groups: the Songye, Lulua, Tetela, Luba, and L ...
: ''Black Ants Always Fly Together...'' * Nova Materia: ''Xpujil'' * Aquaserge: ''The Possibility of a New Work for Aquaserge'' *
Aksak Maboul Aksak Maboul are a Belgian avant-rock band founded in 1977 by Marc Hollander with Vincent Kenis, and now revolving around Hollander and Véronique Vincent. Aksak Maboul hasn't stopped changing shape and form throughout its existence (the onl ...
: ''Redrawn Figures 1'' and ''Redrawn Figures 2''
2022 * Steven Brown: ''El Hombre Invisible'' *
Congotronics International ''Congotronics'' is the official debut album by Konono Nº1. It was released in 2004. by Crammed Discs. It has won the band massive favour in the dance and alternative rock scenes as well as in world music circles and in the North American and E ...
: ''Where's The One?''
Crammed Samplers *''It's A Crammed, Crammed World 1'' (LP, 1984) *''It's A Crammed, Crammed World 2'' (LP, 1987) *''The World According To Crammed'' (CD, 1993) *''Crammed Global Soundclash 80-89'' (2 separate CDs, or box set including bonus material, 2003) *''20 Ways To Float Through Walls'', a selection of tracks released between 2001 & 2007 (CD, 2007) *''It's A Crammed, Crammed World 3'', tracks from 2008/2009 (CD, 2009) *''Crammed Walks With The Animals'', tracks with titles containing animal names (CD, 2011) *'' Crammed Goes To The Movies'', tracks from or inspired by films (CD, 2011)


Awards and nominations

Awards *
Grammy The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most pres ...
Award for Best Pop Collaboration (USA): Konono No1 (with
Herbie Hancock Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, and composer. Hancock started his career with trumpeter Donald Byrd's group. He shortly thereafter joined the Miles Davis Quintet, where he hel ...
) (2011) * Songlines Award for Best Group (UK): Staff Benda Bilili (2010) *
Womex WOMEX (short for Worldwide Music Expo) is an international world music support and development project based in Berlin, whose main event is an exposition held annually in different locations throughout Europe. It integrates a trade fair, showca ...
Artist Award of the Year: Staff Benda Bilili (2009) *
Womex WOMEX (short for Worldwide Music Expo) is an international world music support and development project based in Berlin, whose main event is an exposition held annually in different locations throughout Europe. It integrates a trade fair, showca ...
/World Music Charts Europe (
EBU The European Broadcasting Union (EBU; french: Union européenne de radio-télévision, links=no, UER) is an alliance of public service media organisations whose countries are within the European Broadcasting Area or who are members of the Co ...
) Label Of The Year: Crammed Discs (2009) *
BBC #REDIRECT BBC Here i going to introduce about the best teacher of my life b BALAJI sir. He is the precious gift that I got befor 2yrs . How has helped and thought all the concept and made my success in the 10th board exam. ...
Awards for World Music (UK): Konono No1 (2006) *
BBC #REDIRECT BBC Here i going to introduce about the best teacher of my life b BALAJI sir. He is the precious gift that I got befor 2yrs . How has helped and thought all the concept and made my success in the 10th board exam. ...
Awards for World Music (UK): Shantel (2006) *
Edison Award The Edison Award is an annual Dutch music prize awarded for outstanding achievements in the music industry. It is comparable to the American Grammy Award. The Edison award itself is a bronze replica of a statuette of Thomas Edison, designed by ...
(The Netherlands):
Taraf de Haïdouks Taraful Haiducilor ("Taraf of Haiduks") are a Romanian-Romani ''taraf'' (a troupe of ''lăutari'', traditional musicians) from Clejani, Romania, and one of the most prominent such groups in post-Communist era Romania. In the Western world they ha ...
(2006) *World Music Charts Europe (
EBU The European Broadcasting Union (EBU; french: Union européenne de radio-télévision, links=no, UER) is an alliance of public service media organisations whose countries are within the European Broadcasting Area or who are members of the Co ...
) Label Of The Year: Crammed Discs (2005) *
Womex WOMEX (short for Worldwide Music Expo) is an international world music support and development project based in Berlin, whose main event is an exposition held annually in different locations throughout Europe. It integrates a trade fair, showca ...
Award of the Year: Marc Hollander and Crammed Discs (2004) *
BBC #REDIRECT BBC Here i going to introduce about the best teacher of my life b BALAJI sir. He is the precious gift that I got befor 2yrs . How has helped and thought all the concept and made my success in the 10th board exam. ...
Awards for World Music (UK): Think Of One (2004) *
Mobo Award The MOBO Awards (Music of Black Origin, also known as the MOBOs) are an annual British music award presentation honouring achievements in " music of black origin", including hip hop, grime, UK Drill, R&B, soul, reggae, jazz, gospel, and A ...
(Music Of Black Origin) (UK):
Bebel Gilberto Isabel Buarque de Hollanda Gilberto de Oliveira (born May 12, 1966), known as Bebel Gilberto, is an American-born Brazilian popular singer often associated with bossa nova. She is the daughter of João Gilberto and singer Miúcha. Her uncle ...
(2004) *
BBC #REDIRECT BBC Here i going to introduce about the best teacher of my life b BALAJI sir. He is the precious gift that I got befor 2yrs . How has helped and thought all the concept and made my success in the 10th board exam. ...
Awards for World Music (UK):
Taraf de Haïdouks Taraful Haiducilor ("Taraf of Haiduks") are a Romanian-Romani ''taraf'' (a troupe of ''lăutari'', traditional musicians) from Clejani, Romania, and one of the most prominent such groups in post-Communist era Romania. In the Western world they ha ...
(2002) *
Edison Award The Edison Award is an annual Dutch music prize awarded for outstanding achievements in the music industry. It is comparable to the American Grammy Award. The Edison award itself is a bronze replica of a statuette of Thomas Edison, designed by ...
(The Netherlands): Zelwer (1991) Nominations *
Grammy The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most pres ...
Awards (USA): Konono No1 (2007) *
Grammy The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most pres ...
Awards (USA):
Bebel Gilberto Isabel Buarque de Hollanda Gilberto de Oliveira (born May 12, 1966), known as Bebel Gilberto, is an American-born Brazilian popular singer often associated with bossa nova. She is the daughter of João Gilberto and singer Miúcha. Her uncle ...
(2001, 2004 and 2007) * Impala Awards (Pan-European Indie Awards): Maïa Vidal (2011) *
UK Music Video Awards The UK Music Video Awards is an annual celebration of creativity, technical excellence and innovation in music video A music video is a video of variable duration, that integrates a music song or a music album with imagery that is produced fo ...
: Maïa Vidal (2012)


Crammed Discs artists (past and present)

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4hero 4hero are an electronic music group from Dollis Hill, London, comprising producers Mark "Marc Mac" Clair & Denis "Dego" McFarlane. While the band is often cited as ''4 Hero'' or ''4-Hero'', the name is stylised as ''4hero'' on their albums and ...
*
Akron/Family Akron/Family were an American folk-influenced experimental rock band active from 2002 to 2013. Former members have lived in Portland, Oregon; Los Angeles, California; and Joshua Tree, California. Music and history Though each member of the band� ...
* Acid Arab *
Aksak Maboul Aksak Maboul are a Belgian avant-rock band founded in 1977 by Marc Hollander with Vincent Kenis, and now revolving around Hollander and Véronique Vincent. Aksak Maboul hasn't stopped changing shape and form throughout its existence (the onl ...
*
Allá Allá is a rock band formed by three young Chicanos (Mexican-Americans) from Chicago: Jorge Ledezma (guitars, keyboards, vibraphone, composer & producer), his brother Angel Ledezma (drums) and Lupe Martinez (vocals, guitar and keyboards). As inspir ...
* Amatorski * Apollo Nove * Aquaserge *
Auto Repeat Auto may refer to: * An automaton * An automobile * An autonomous car * An automatic transmission * An auto rickshaw * Short for automatic * Auto (art), a form of Portuguese dramatic play * ''Auto'' (film), 2007 Tamil comedy film * Auto (p ...
*
Axel Krygier Axel may refer to: People * Axel (name), all persons with the name Places * Axel, Netherlands, a town ** Capture of Axel, a battle at Axel in 1586 Arts, entertainment, media * ''Axel'', a 1988 short film by Nigel Wingrove * ''Axel'', a Cirque d ...
* Balkan Beat Box * Baloji *
Bebel Gilberto Isabel Buarque de Hollanda Gilberto de Oliveira (born May 12, 1966), known as Bebel Gilberto, is an American-born Brazilian popular singer often associated with bossa nova. She is the daughter of João Gilberto and singer Miúcha. Her uncle ...
*
Bel Canto Bel canto (Italian for "beautiful singing" or "beautiful song", )—with several similar constructions (''bellezze del canto'', ''bell'arte del canto'')—is a term with several meanings that relate to Italian singing. The phrase was not associat ...
* Benjamin Lew * Bérangère Maximin * Bio Muse * Karl Biscuit * Bobvan * Bossacucanova * Buckfunk 3000 *
Carl Craig Carl Craig (born May 22, 1969) is an American electronic music producer, DJ, and founder of the record label Planet E Communications. He is known as a leading figure and pioneer in the second wave of Detroit techno artists during the late 1980 ...
*
Celso Fonseca Celso Fonseca (born November 15, 1956) is a Brazilian composer, producer, guitarist and singer. He is noted as part of the Música popular brasileira since the 1980s, initially as accompanist and composer, then producer, and since the mid–1990s a ...
* Chancha Via Circuito * Chicha Libre *
Cibelle Cibelle (born 1978), birth name Cibelle Cavalli Bastos, is a Brazilian visual artist and musician based in London, Berlin and São Paulo. They graduated in 2015 from the Royal College of Art in London. Cibelle has released four music albums ...
*
Circadian Rhythm A circadian rhythm (), or circadian cycle, is a natural, internal process that regulates the sleep–wake cycle and repeats roughly every 24 hours. It can refer to any process that originates within an organism (i.e., endogenous) and responds to ...
*
Colin Newman Colin John Newman (born 16 September 1954) is an English musician, record producer and record label owner. He is best known as the primary vocalist and songwriter for the post-punk band Wire. Early life Newman was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire ...
(
Wire Overhead power cabling. The conductor consists of seven strands of steel (centre, high tensile strength), surrounded by four outer layers of aluminium (high conductivity). Sample diameter 40 mm A wire is a flexible strand of metal. Wire is co ...
) * Cult With No Name * Daniel Schell * DJ Dolores * DJ Morpheus * Dominic Sonic *
Don The Tiger Don, don or DON and variants may refer to: Places *County Donegal, Ireland, Chapman code DON *Don (river), a river in European Russia *Don River (disambiguation), several other rivers with the name *Don, Benin, a town in Benin *Don, Dang, a vill ...
* Ekiti Sound * Family Fodder *
Fauna Twin Fauna is all of the animal life present in a particular region or time. The corresponding term for plants is ''flora'', and for fungi, it is ''funga''. Flora, fauna, funga and other forms of life are collectively referred to as '' biota''. Zool ...
* Flat Earth Society *
Fred Frith Jeremy Webster "Fred" Frith (born 17 February 1949) is an English multi-instrumentalist, composer, and improviser. Probably best known for his guitar work, Frith first came to attention as one of the founding members of the English avant-rock ...
*
Hector Zazou Hector Zazou (11 July 1948 – 8 September 2008) was a prolific French composer and record producer who worked with, produced, and collaborated with an international array of recording artists. He worked on his own and other artists' albums, inclu ...
* Hermine Demoriane * Hoquets * Hugo * Jagwa Music *
Jozef Van Wissem Jozef van Wissem (born 22 November 1962) is a Dutch minimalist composer and lute player based in Brooklyn. In 2013 Van Wissem won the Cannes Soundtrack Award for the score of '' Only Lovers Left Alive'' at the Cannes Film Festival. Career Joze ...
*
Juana Molina Juana Rosario Molina (; born 1 October 1961) is an Argentine singer, songwriter and actress, based in Buenos Aires. She is known for her distinctive sound, considered an exponent of folktronica, although it has also been described as ambient, e ...
* Juryman /
Ian Simmonds Ian Simmonds (born 1966), also known as Juryman, is a Welsh-born electronic musician. He is one of a few talents "to successfully breach the chasm that keeps DJ culture from more tangible, organic realms."Kasai Allstars Kasai Allstars are a 25-piece musical collective based in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The musicians originally come from the Kasai region, but originating from five different ethnic groups: the Songye, Lulua, Tetela, Luba, and L ...
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Mocky Mocky (born October 7, 1974) is a Canadian singer, music producer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and composer. Biography Mocky was born Dominic Salole in Saskatchewan, Canada. He later moved to Ottawa and Toronto, and then to London, Amst ...
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External links

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The Ziriguiboom imprint

The Congotronics Series

Crammed Discs Week, a series of acoustic live videos with several Crammed bands
shot in 2007 by
Vincent Moon Vincent Moon (real name Mathieu Saura, born 25 August 1979) is an independent filmmaker, photographer, and sound artist from Paris. He was the main director of the Blogotheque's Take Away Shows, a web-based project recording field work music vide ...
as part of the Take-Away Shows
Crammed Discs' channel on YouTube
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