Crammed Discs is an
independent record label
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whose output blends
world music
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,
rock
Rock most often refers to:
* Rock (geology), a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals or mineraloids
* Rock music, a genre of popular music
Rock or Rocks may also refer to:
Places United Kingdom
* Rock, Caerphilly, a location in Wale ...
,
pop, and
electronica
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. Based in
Brussels, Belgium
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, 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 Sys ...
by
Marc Hollander of
Aksak Maboul and has since released around 400 albums and 300 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
Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany ...
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 is an American musical group formed in San Francisco in 1994. It consists of founding drummer Greg Saunier, bassist and singer Satomi Matsuzaki, and guitarists John Dieterich and Ed Rodriguez. Beginning as an improvised noise punk band ...
,
Wildbirds & Peacedrums,
Kasai Allstars,
Skeletons,
Juana Molina
Juana Rosario Molina Villafañe (; born 1 October 1961) is an Argentine singer, songwriter and former actress, based in Buenos Aires. She is known for her distinctive sound, considered an exponent of folktronica, although it has also been descr ...
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 inspi ...
, indie pop act
Lonely Drifter Karen (from
Vienna
Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. ...
and
Barcelona
Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of 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 c ...
), London-based
Moroccan electronic artist U-cef,
Congolese band
Staff Benda Bilili, musician/composer/producer
Mocky, Belgian band
Hoquets, Belgo-Congolese rapper
Baloji, Belgian-Colombian band
La Chiva Gantiva, French-American artist
Maïa Vidal
Maïa Vidal (born February 20, 1988) is an American-born composer, songwriter, musician, and visual artist. Currently based in Europe (primarily Barcelona and Paris), she has toured in Europe, Canada, Japan, and the United States.
Biography
...
, US bands
Skeletons &
Megafaun, South African/Dutch band
SKIP&DIE, Belgian band
Amatorski, Lebanese singer
Yasmine Hamdan, Argentinian artist
Juana Molina
Juana Rosario Molina Villafañe (; born 1 October 1961) is an Argentine singer, songwriter and former actress, based in Buenos Aires. She is known for her distinctive sound, considered an exponent of folktronica, although it has also been descr ...
and Ghanaian/Swiss band
OY.
The label's latest signings (2016-2023) are Parisian electronic music collective
Acid Arab, Portuguese singer & musician
Lula Pena, young French-Welsh band
Fauna Twin, 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, French-Chilean band
Nova Materia, Lagos/London project
Ekiti Sound, Ugandan/British band
Nihiloxica, Californian musician
Scott Gilmore, producer
Pascal Gabriel and his new
Stubbleman project, and Palestinian techno duet
Zenobia
Septimia Zenobia (Greek: Ζηνοβία, Palmyrene Aramaic: , ; 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 ...
.
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 Musical tone, tone and atmosphere over traditional Musical form, musical structure or rhythm. Often "peaceful" sounding and lacking Musical composition, composition, beat, and/or structured melod ...
,
soundtrack
A soundtrack is a recorded audio signal accompanying and synchronised to the images of a book, drama, motion picture, radio program, television show, television program, or video game; colloquially, a commercially released soundtrack album of m ...
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 ...
,
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 a founding member of the English avant-rock group Henry ...
. 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).Timor ...
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 genre of electronic dance music (EDM) which is generally produced for use in a continuous DJ set, with tempos being in the range from 120 to 150 beats per minute (bpm). The central rhythm is typically in common time ( ) and often ...
,
house
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and
hip hop
Hip-hop or hip hop (originally disco rap) is a popular music genre that emerged in the early 1970s from the African-American community of New York City. The style is characterized by its synthesis of a wide range of musical techniques. Hip- ...
, 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, w ...
and
Telex
Telex is a telecommunication
Telecommunication, often used in its plural form or abbreviated as telecom, is the transmission of information over a distance using electronic means, typically through cables, radio waves, or other communica ...
. 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) and Circadian Rhythms (a band led by ex-
This Heat member Charles Bullen).
*Ziriguiboom Launched in 1998 in collaboration with Brazilian A&R/Producer
Béco Dranoff, 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 people, Brazilian popular singer often associated with bossa nova. She is the daughter of João Gilberto and singer Miú ...
's debut album ''Tanto Tempo'' (which sold one million units worldwide). Ziriguiboom also signed and released albums by artists such as
Celso Fonseca,
Cibelle
Cibelle (born 1978), birth name Cibelle Cavalli Bastos, is a Brazilian visual artist and musician. They are based in London, Berlin and São Paulo. They graduated in 2015 from the Royal College of Art in London. Cibelle has released four music ...
,
Zuco 103,
Trio Mocotó,
Bossacucanova,
DJ Dolores,
Apollo Nove and the late
Suba.
Crammed also had several specialized and one-artist sub-labels:
*Cramworld (for contemporary and archival
world music
"World music" is an English phrase for styles of music from non-English speaking countries, including quasi-traditional, Cross-cultural communication, intercultural, and traditional music. World music's broad nature and elasticity as a musical ...
releases)
*Selector (specialized in
drum and bass
Drum and bass (commonly abbreviated as DnB, D&B, or D'n'B) is a genre of electronic dance music characterised by fast Break (music)#Breakbeat (element of music), breakbeats (typically 165–185 Tempo, beats per minute) with heavy Bass (music) ...
)
*Cramboy (for
Tuxedomoon's releases)
*Furax (released
Belgian comedian
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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).
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: ''
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, N ...
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 a founding member of the English avant-rock group Henry ...
(LP 1980, CD reissue in 1995, vinyl reissue in 2018)
1981
*
Aksak Maboul: ''
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
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Vol.1, feat. Aksak Maboul, Benjamin Lew, Minimal Compact, Tuxedomoon
*
Blaine Reininger/
Mikel Rouse: ''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: ''Sedimental Journey''
*
Tuxedomoon: ''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: ''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 (band), Wire.
Early life
Newman was born in Salisbury ...
: ''
Commercial Suicide''
*
Tuxedomoon: ''Desire'' (originally out on Ralph Records in 1981, re-issued on Crammed in 1986)
*
Benjamin Lew/
Steven Brown: ''A propos d'un paysage''
*
Tuxedomoon: ''Ship of Fools''
*
Mikel Rouse: ''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 ...
: ''Stranger Than Paradise'' (original soundtrack from the Jim Jarmusch film)
*
Mahmoud Ahmed
Mahmoud Ahmed (Amharic language, Amharic: ማሕሙድ አሕመድ; born 8 May 1941) is an Ethiopian singer. He gained great popularity in Ethiopian Golden Age of music, Ethiopia in the 1970s and among the Ethiopian diaspora in the 1980s, bef ...
: ''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: ''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 &
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 ...
: ''Down By Law'' (original soundtrack from the Jim Jarmusch film)
*
Daniel Schell & Karo: ''If Windows They Have''
*
Karen Finley: ''The Truth Is Hard To Swallow''
*
Tuxedomoon: ''Suite en Sous-Sol/Time To Lose/Short Stories'' (originally out in 1982 and 1983, re-issued on Crammed in 1987)
1988
*
Bel Canto
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: ''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 (band), Wire.
Early life
Newman was born in Salisbury ...
: ''
It Seems''
*Sonoko: ''La Débutante''
*
Benjamin Lew: ''Nebka''
*
Tuxedomoon: ''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: ''Tone Poems''
*
Samy Birnbach/
Benjamin Lew: ''When God Was Famous''
*Various Artists: ''Sampleur et Sans Reproche'' (SSR compilation)
*
Bleep
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* 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 subgen ...
(a.k.a. Geir Jenssen a.k.a. Biosphere): ''The North Pole By Submarine''
1990
*
Bel Canto
, )—with several similar constructions (, , , pronounced in English as )—is a term with several meanings that relate to Italian singing, and whose definitions have often been misunderstood. ''Bel canto'' was not only seen as a vocal technique ...
: ''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: ''De doute et de grâce''
*
Peter Scherer &
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: ''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 a founding member of the English avant-rock group Henry ...
: ''The Top Of His Head''
*
Gabor G.Kristof: ''Le cri du lézard''
*
Steve Shehan: ''Arrows''
*
Daniel Schell & Karo: ''Le Secret de Bwlch''
*
Tuxedomoon: ''Divine'', soundtrack for a
Maurice Béjart
Maurice Béjart (; 1 January 1927 – 22 November 2007) was a French dancer, choreographer and Theatre director, opera director who ran the Béjart Ballet Lausanne in Switzerland. He developed a popular expressionistic form of modern ballet, tac ...
ballet (1982, reissued on Crammed in 1990)
1991
*
Dominique Dalcan: ''Entre l'étoile et le carré''
*
Classic Swede Swede: ''Toleki Bango (Miles Ahead)''
*
Taraf de Haïdouks: ''Musique des Tziganes de Roumanie''
*
Ramuntcho Matta: ''Domino One''
*
Bobvan: ''Loonychip Classics''
*
Michel Moers: ''Fishing Le Kiss''
*
Seigen Ono: ''Nekonotopia Nekonomania''
*
Zap Mama: ''Zap Mama'' (retitled ''Adventures In Afropea'' for the US release, 1991)
*
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 ...
: ''Sahara Blue'' feat.
John Cale
John Davies Cale (born 9 March 1942) is a Welsh musician, composer, and record producer who was a founding member of the American rock band the Velvet Underground. Over his six-decade career, Cale has worked in various styles across rock, dr ...
,
Ryuichi Sakamoto
was a Music of Japan, Japanese musician, composer, keyboardist, record producer, singer and actor. He pursued a diverse range of styles as a solo artist and as a member of the Synthesizer, synth-based band Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO). With his ...
,
David Sylvian
David Sylvian (born David Alan Batt; 23 February 1958) is an English musician, singer and songwriter who came to prominence in the late 1970s as frontman and principal songwriter of the band Japan (band), Japan. During his time in Japan, Sylvia ...
...
1992
*
Bel Canto
, )—with several similar constructions (, , , pronounced in English as )—is a term with several meanings that relate to Italian singing, and whose definitions have often been misunderstood. ''Bel canto'' was not only seen as a vocal technique ...
: ''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)
*
Brion Gysin: ''Self-Portrait Jumping''
*
Tuxedomoon: ''Solve et Coagula''
*
Benjamin Lew: ''Le Parfum du Raki''
*
Lone Kent: ''Granite & Sand''
*Avalon: ''Earth Water Air Fire''
1994
*
Ramuntcho Matta: ''2 l'Amour''
*Various Artists: ''Freezone 1: The Phenomenology Of Ambient'' (2CD)
*
Zap Mama: ''Sabsylma''
*
Dominique Dalcan: ''Cannibale''
*
Taraf de Haïdouks: ''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 ''Parallel Universe''
*
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 ...
National Orchestra: ''Men With Sticks''
*
Harold Budd
Harold Montgomory Budd (May 24, 1936December 8, 2020) was an American music composer and poet. Born in Los Angeles and raised in the Mojave Desert, he became a respected composer in the minimal music and avant-garde scene of Southern California ...
&
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 (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''
*
Tuxedomoon: ''The Ghost Sonata'' (1991, reissued on Crammed in 1997)
*
Kočani Orkestar
Kočani orkestar (in Macedonian language, Macedonian: ''Кочани оркестар'', also credited under the names: ''Kocani orkestar'', ''Kocani Orchestra'', ''Kochani orkestar'' and ''Kochani Orchestra'') is a Romani people in North Macedon ...
: ''L'Orient est rouge''
*
Elixir
An elixir is a sweet liquid used for medical purposes, to be taken orally and intended to cure one's illness. When used as a dosage form, pharmaceutical preparation, an elixir contains at least one active ingredient designed to be taken orall ...
: ''Alien Rainbow''
*
Meira Asher: ''Dissected''
*
Qmoog: ''The Arc Of Blueness''
*Subject 13: ''The Black Steele Project''
*
Tao
The Tao or Dao is the natural way of the universe, primarily as conceived in East Asian philosophy and religion. This seeing of life cannot be grasped as a concept. Rather, it is seen through actual living experience of one's everyday being. T ...
: ''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: ''Dumbala Dumba''
*
Buckfunk 3000: ''First Class Ticket To Telos''
*
Auto Repeat: ''The Unbearable Lightness Of Auto-Repeating''
*Circadian Rhythms: ''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''
*
Telex
Telex is a telecommunication
Telecommunication, often used in its plural form or abbreviated as telecom, is the transmission of information over a distance using electronic means, typically through cables, radio waves, or other communica ...
: ''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, w ...
: ''Faces & Phases'' (2CD)
1999
*
Telex
Telex is a telecommunication
Telecommunication, often used in its plural form or abbreviated as telecom, is the transmission of information over a distance using electronic means, typically through cables, radio waves, or other communica ...
: ''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: ''Outro Lado''
*
Phosphorus
Phosphorus is a chemical element; it has Chemical symbol, symbol P and atomic number 15. All elemental forms of phosphorus are highly Reactivity (chemistry), reactive and are therefore never found in nature. They can nevertheless be prepared ar ...
: ''Pillar Of Salt''
*Various Artists: ''Brasil 2mil - The Soul Of Bass-O-Nova''
*
Suba (Mitar Subotić): ''São Paulo Confessions''
*
Niko Marks &
Eddie Fowlkes: ''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
*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 people, Brazilian popular singer often associated with bossa nova. She is the daughter of João Gilberto and singer Miú ...
: ''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)''
*
Tek 9: ''Simply''
*
Juryman: ''The Hill''
*
Le PM: ''Les Petits Chefs''
*
Sussan Deyhim: ''Madman of God''
*Various Artists: ''In My Bag'', compiled by
DJ Morpheus
2001
*
Taraf de Haïdouks: ''Band of Gypsies''
*
Zuco 103: ''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: ''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 people, Brazilian popular singer often associated with bossa nova. She is the daughter of João Gilberto and singer Miú ...
: ''Tanto Tempo Remixes''
2002
*
Kočani Orkestar
Kočani orkestar (in Macedonian language, Macedonian: ''Кочани оркестар'', also credited under the names: ''Kocani orkestar'', ''Kocani Orchestra'', ''Kochani orkestar'' and ''Kochani Orchestra'') is a Romani people in North Macedon ...
: ''Alone at my Wedding''
*
Suba (Mitar Subotić): ''Tributo''
*
Zuco 103: ''Tales of High Fever''
*
Juryman: ''Escape To Where''
*
Sussan Deyhim/
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, wo ...
: ''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. They are based in London, Berlin and São Paulo. They graduated in 2015 from the Royal College of Art in London. Cibelle has released four music ...
: ''Cibelle''
*
Celso Fonseca: ''Natural''
*
Benjamin Lew: ''Compiled Electronic Landscapes''
*
Zuco 103: ''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 people, Brazilian popular singer often associated with bossa nova. She is the daughter of João Gilberto and singer Miú ...
: ''Bebel Gilberto''
*
Tuxedomoon: ''Cabin In The Sky''
*
Tuxedomoon: ''Seismic Riffs'' (DVD)
*
Mahala Rai Banda: ''Mahala Rai Banda''
*
Trio Mocotó: ''Beleza! Beleza!! Beleza!!!''
*
Bossacucanova: ''Uma Batida Diferente''
*
Konono Nº1: ''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: ''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 people, Brazilian popular singer often associated with bossa nova. She is the daughter of João Gilberto and singer Miú ...
: ''Bebel Gilberto Remixed''
*
Apollo Nove: ''Res Inexplicata Volans'' feat. Cibelle, Seu Jorge etc.
*
DJ Dolores: ''Aparelhagem''
*
Zuco 103: ''Whaa!''
*
Cibelle
Cibelle (born 1978), birth name Cibelle Cavalli Bastos, is a Brazilian visual artist and musician. They are based in London, Berlin and São Paulo. They graduated in 2015 from the Royal College of Art in London. Cibelle has released four music ...
: ''About A Girl EP'' (CD/DVD dualdisc)
*Various Artists: ''Ziriguiboom: The Now Sound Of Brazil 2''
*
Taraf de Haïdouks: ''The Continuing Adventures Of...'' (DVD+CD)
*
Congotronics 2, ''Buzz'n'Rumble in the Urb'n'Jungle'', feat. Konono No.1, Kasai Allstars, Basokin... (CD+DVD)
2006
*
Tartit ''Abacabok''
*
Think Of One: ''Trafico''
*
Cibelle
Cibelle (born 1978), birth name Cibelle Cavalli Bastos, is a Brazilian visual artist and musician. They are based in London, Berlin and São Paulo. They graduated in 2015 from the Royal College of Art in London. Cibelle has released four music ...
:''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: ''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: ''Vapour Trails''
*
Tuxedomoon: ''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 people, Brazilian popular singer often associated with bossa nova. She is the daughter of João Gilberto and singer Miú ...
: ''Momento''
*
Taraf de Haïdouks: ''Maskarada''
*
Flat Earth Society: ''Psychoscout''
*
Balkan Beat Box: ''Nu Med''
*
Think Of One: ''Camping Shaabi''
*
Shantel ''Disko Partizani!''
*
Konono Nº1: ''Live At Couleur Cafe''
*Various Artists: ''Sex & The Single Rabbit'' (a 2-volume compilation of Crammed electronic music tracks, digital-only)
2008
*
Kasai Allstars ''In The 7th Moon, The Chief Turned Into A Swimming Fish...''
*
Kočani Orkestar
Kočani orkestar (in Macedonian language, Macedonian: ''Кочани оркестар'', also credited under the names: ''Kocani orkestar'', ''Kocani Orchestra'', ''Kochani orkestar'' and ''Kochani Orchestra'') is a Romani people in North Macedon ...
: ''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 inspi ...
''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 ''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 ''Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free''
*
Megafaun ''Gather, Form & Fly''
*
Flat Earth Society: ''Cheer Me, Perverts''
*
Zeep ''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. They are based in London, Berlin and São Paulo. They graduated in 2015 from the Royal College of Art in London. Cibelle has released four music ...
: ''Las Venus Resort Palace Hotel''
*
Axel Krygier: ''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: ''People''
*
Taraf de Haïdouks &
Kočani Orkestar
Kočani orkestar (in Macedonian language, Macedonian: ''Кочани оркестар'', also credited under the names: ''Kocani orkestar'', ''Kocani Orchestra'', ''Kochani orkestar'' and ''Kochani Orchestra'') is a Romani people in North Macedon ...
: ''Band of Gypsies 2''
*
Hoquets: ''Belgotronics''
*Various Artists: ''The Karindula Sessions'' (CD+DVD)
*
Tuxedomoon: ''Unearthed'', previously-unreleased music and videos (CD+DVD)
*
Megafaun: ''Megafaun''
*
The Real Tuesday Weld: ''The Last Werewolf''
*
La Chiva Gantiva: ''Pelao''
*
Maïa Vidal
Maïa Vidal (born February 20, 1988) is an American-born composer, songwriter, musician, and visual artist. Currently based in Europe (primarily Barcelona and Paris), she has toured in Europe, Canada, Japan, and the United States.
Biography
...
: ''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
Maïa Vidal (born February 20, 1988) is an American-born composer, songwriter, musician, and visual artist. Currently based in Europe (primarily Barcelona and Paris), she has toured in Europe, Canada, Japan, and the United States.
Biography
...
: ''Spaces''
*
NYNKE: ''Alter''
*
Yasmine Hamdan: ''Ya Nass''
*
Cibelle
Cibelle (born 1978), birth name Cibelle Cavalli Bastos, is a Brazilian visual artist and musician. They are based in London, Berlin and São Paulo. They graduated in 2015 from the Royal College of Art in London. Cibelle has released four music ...
: ''∆UNBINDING∆''
*
SKIP&DIE : ''Remixed Riots''
*
Amatorski : ''re:tbc''
*
Brown Reininger Bodson : ''Clear Tears , Troubled Waters'' (features
Steven Brown,
Blaine L. Reininger and
Maxime Bodson)
*
Juana Molina
Juana Rosario Molina Villafañe (; born 1 October 1961) is an Argentine singer, songwriter and former actress, based in Buenos Aires. She is known for her distinctive sound, considered an exponent of folktronica, although it has also been descr ...
: ''Wed 21''
2014
*
La Chiva Gantiva: ''Vivo''
*
OY: ''No Problem Saloon''
*
Amatorski: ''from clay to figures''
*
Tuxedomoon: ''Pink Narcissus''
*
Kasai Allstars: ''Beware The Fetish''
*
Juana Molina
Juana Rosario Molina Villafañe (; born 1 October 1961) is an Argentine singer, songwriter and former actress, based in Buenos Aires. She is known for her distinctive sound, considered an exponent of folktronica, although it has also been descr ...
: ''Segundo'' (re-issue - originally out in 2000)
*
Juana Molina
Juana Rosario Molina Villafañe (; born 1 October 1961) is an Argentine singer, songwriter and former actress, based in Buenos Aires. She is known for her distinctive sound, considered an exponent of folktronica, although it has also been descr ...
: ''Tres Cosas'' (re-issue - originally out in 2002)
*
Juana Molina
Juana Rosario Molina Villafañe (; born 1 October 1961) is an Argentine singer, songwriter and former actress, based in Buenos Aires. She is known for her distinctive sound, considered an exponent of folktronica, although it has also been descr ...
: ''Son'' (re-issue - originally out in 2006)
*
Juana Molina
Juana Rosario Molina Villafañe (; born 1 October 1961) is an Argentine singer, songwriter and former actress, based in Buenos Aires. She is known for her distinctive sound, considered an exponent of folktronica, although it has also been descr ...
: ''Un día'' (re-issue - originally out in 2008)
*
Chancha Via Circuito: ''Amansara''
*
Véronique Vincent &
Aksak Maboul: ''Ex-Futur Album''
*
Jozef Van Wissem
Jozef van Wissem (born 22 November 1962) is a Dutch minimalist composer and lute player In 2013 Van Wissem won the Cannes Soundtrack Award for the score of '' Only Lovers Left Alive'' at the Cannes Film Festival.
Career
Jozef van Wissem was b ...
: ''It Is Time For You To Return''
2015
*
Taraf de Haïdouks: ''Of Lovers, Gamblers and Parachute Skirts''
*
Axel Krygier: ''Hombre de piedra''
*
SKIP&DIE: ''Cosmic Serpents''
*
Bérangère Maximin: ''Dangerous Orbits''
*
Soapkills: ''The Best of Soapkills''
*
Maïa Vidal
Maïa Vidal (born February 20, 1988) is an American-born composer, songwriter, musician, and visual artist. Currently based in Europe (primarily Barcelona and Paris), she has toured in Europe, Canada, Japan, and the United States.
Biography
...
: ''You're The Waves''
*
Tuxedomoon &
Cult With No Name: ''Blue Velvet Revisited''
*
Tuxedomoon: ''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: ''Je pleure tout le temps EP (reworks & remixes)''
*OY: ''Space Diaspora''
*
Acid Arab: ''Musique de France''
*
Aquaserge: ''Guerre EP''
*
Fauna Twin: ''The Hydra EP''
*
Véronique Vincent &
Aksak Maboul: ''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: ''Al Jamilat''
*
Kasai Allstars: ''Around Félicité''
*
Juana Molina
Juana Rosario Molina Villafañe (; born 1 October 1961) is an Argentine singer, songwriter and former actress, based in Buenos Aires. She is known for her distinctive sound, considered an exponent of folktronica, although it has also been descr ...
: ''Halo''
*
Matias Aguayo & The Desdemonas: ''Sofarnopolis''
*
Juana Molina
Juana Rosario Molina Villafañe (; born 1 October 1961) is an Argentine singer, songwriter and former actress, based in Buenos Aires. She is known for her distinctive sound, considered an exponent of folktronica, although it has also been descr ...
: ''Un día'' (vinyl release)
*
Yasuaki Shimizu: ''Music For Commercials'' (vinyl reissue)
*
Zazou Bikaye CY1: ''Noir et Blanc'' (vinyl reissue)
2018
*
Aksak Maboul: ''Un peu de l'âme des bandits'' (vinyl reissue)
*
Aquaserge: ''Déjà-vous?''
*
Lio: ''Lio canta Caymmi''
*
Yasmine Hamdan: ''Jamilat Reprise''
*
Nova Materia: ''It Comes''
*
Don The Tiger: ''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 Villafañe (; born 1 October 1961) is an Argentine singer, songwriter and former actress, based in Buenos Aires. She is known for her distinctive sound, considered an exponent of folktronica, although it has also been descr ...
: ''Forfun EP''
*
Zap Mama: ''Adventures in Afropea'' (vinyl reissue)
*
Various Artists
A compilation album comprises Album#Tracks, tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one Performing arts#Performers, performer or by several performers. If the recordings are from ...
: ''Kinshasa 1978 (Originals & Reconstructions)'' - feat.
Konono No.1, Sankayi,
Martin Meissonnier
2020
*
Doctor Fluorescent: ''Doctor Fluorescent'' (feat. Scott Gilmore & Eddie Ruscha)
*
Aksak Maboul: ''Figures''
*
Zenobia
Septimia Zenobia (Greek: Ζηνοβία, Palmyrene Aramaic: , ; 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 ...
: ''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: ''Black Ants Always Fly Together...''
*
Nova Materia: ''Xpujil''
*
Aquaserge: ''The Possibility of a New Work for Aquaserge''
*
Aksak Maboul: ''Redrawn Figures 1'' and ''Redrawn Figures 2''
2022
*
Steven Brown: ''El Hombre Invisible''
*
Congotronics International: ''Where's The One?''
*
Various Artists
A compilation album comprises Album#Tracks, tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one Performing arts#Performers, performer or by several performers. If the recordings are from ...
: ''Fictions (Made To Measure Vol.47)'' feat. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Mary Lattimore etc
*
Batida: ''Neon Colonialismo''
2023
*
Acid Arab: ''Trois''
*
Aksak Maboul: ''Une aventure de VV (songspiel)''
*
Ensemble 0: ''Jojoni''
*
Ekiti Sound: ''Drum Money''
*
Nihiloxica: ''Source of Denial''
2024
*
Amatorski: ''Curves and Bends, Things Veer''
*
Aquaserge: ''Le fin de l'économie''
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, and often referred to as The Grammys, are awards presented by The Recording Academy of the United States to recognize outstanding achievements in music. They are regarded by many as the most prestigious a ...
Award for Best Pop Collaboration (USA):
Konono No1 (with
Herbie Hancock
Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer. He started his career with trumpeter Donald Byrd's group. Hancock soon joined the Miles Davis Quintet, where he helped to redefine the role of ...
) (2011)
*Songlines (magazine), Songlines Award for Best Group (UK):
Staff Benda Bilili (2010)
*Womex Artist Award of the Year:
Staff Benda Bilili (2009)
*Womex/World Music Charts Europe (EBU) Label Of The Year: Crammed Discs (2009)
*BBC Awards for World Music (UK):
Konono No1 (2006)
*BBC Awards for World Music (UK):
Shantel (2006)
*Edison Award (The Netherlands):
Taraf de Haïdouks (2006)
*World Music Charts Europe (EBU) Label Of The Year: Crammed Discs (2005)
*Womex Award of the Year:
Marc Hollander and Crammed Discs (2004)
*BBC Awards for World Music (UK):
Think Of One (2004)
*Mobo Award (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 people, Brazilian popular singer often associated with bossa nova. She is the daughter of João Gilberto and singer Miú ...
(2004)
*BBC Awards for World Music (UK):
Taraf de Haïdouks (2002)
*Edison Award (The Netherlands):
Zelwer (1991)
Nominations
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Grammy
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Awards (USA):
Konono No1 (2007)
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Grammy
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Awards (USA):
Bebel Gilberto
Isabel Buarque de Hollanda Gilberto de Oliveira (born May 12, 1966), known as Bebel Gilberto, is an American-born Brazilian people, Brazilian popular singer often associated with bossa nova. She is the daughter of João Gilberto and singer Miú ...
(2001, 2004 and 2007)
*Impala Awards (Pan-European Indie Awards):
Maïa Vidal
Maïa Vidal (born February 20, 1988) is an American-born composer, songwriter, musician, and visual artist. Currently based in Europe (primarily Barcelona and Paris), she has toured in Europe, Canada, Japan, and the United States.
Biography
...
(2011)
*UK Music Video Awards:
Maïa Vidal
Maïa Vidal (born February 20, 1988) is an American-born composer, songwriter, musician, and visual artist. Currently based in Europe (primarily Barcelona and Paris), she has toured in Europe, Canada, Japan, and the United States.
Biography
...
(2012)
Crammed Discs artists (past and present)
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4hero
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Akron/Family
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Acid Arab
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Aksak Maboul
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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 inspi ...
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Amatorski
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Apollo Nove
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Aquaserge
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Auto Repeat
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Axel Krygier
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Balkan Beat Box
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Batida
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Baloji
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Bebel Gilberto
Isabel Buarque de Hollanda Gilberto de Oliveira (born May 12, 1966), known as Bebel Gilberto, is an American-born Brazilian people, Brazilian popular singer often associated with bossa nova. She is the daughter of João Gilberto and singer Miú ...
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Bel Canto
, )—with several similar constructions (, , , pronounced in English as )—is a term with several meanings that relate to Italian singing, and whose definitions have often been misunderstood. ''Bel canto'' was not only seen as a vocal technique ...
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Benjamin Lew
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Bérangère Maximin
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Bio Muse
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Karl Biscuit
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Bobvan
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Bossacucanova
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Buckfunk 3000
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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 ...
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Celso Fonseca
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Chancha Via Circuito
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Chicha Libre
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Cibelle
Cibelle (born 1978), birth name Cibelle Cavalli Bastos, is a Brazilian visual artist and musician. They are based in London, Berlin and São Paulo. They graduated in 2015 from the Royal College of Art in London. Cibelle has released four music ...
* Circadian Rhythms
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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 (band), Wire.
Early life
Newman was born in Salisbury ...
(Wire (band), Wire)
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Congotronics International
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Cult With No Name
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Daniel Schell
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DJ Dolores
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DJ Morpheus
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Dominic Sonic
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Don The Tiger
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Ekiti Sound
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Ensemble 0
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Family Fodder
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Fauna Twin
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Flat Earth Society
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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 a founding member of the English avant-rock group Henry ...
*
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
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Hoquets
* Hugo Chastanet, Hugo
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Jagwa Music
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Jozef Van Wissem
Jozef van Wissem (born 22 November 1962) is a Dutch minimalist composer and lute player In 2013 Van Wissem won the Cannes Soundtrack Award for the score of '' Only Lovers Left Alive'' at the Cannes Film Festival.
Career
Jozef van Wissem was b ...
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Juana Molina
Juana Rosario Molina Villafañe (; born 1 October 1961) is an Argentine singer, songwriter and former actress, based in Buenos Aires. She is known for her distinctive sound, considered an exponent of folktronica, although it has also been descr ...
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Juryman / Ian Simmonds
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Kasai Allstars
* Koçani Orkestar
* Konono n°1
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La Chiva Gantiva
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Le PM
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Lonely Drifter Karen
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Lula Pena
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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 ...
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Juana Molina
Juana Rosario Molina Villafañe (; born 1 October 1961) is an Argentine singer, songwriter and former actress, based in Buenos Aires. She is known for her distinctive sound, considered an exponent of folktronica, although it has also been descr ...
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Mahala Rai Banda
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Maïa Vidal
Maïa Vidal (born February 20, 1988) is an American-born composer, songwriter, musician, and visual artist. Currently based in Europe (primarily Barcelona and Paris), she has toured in Europe, Canada, Japan, and the United States.
Biography
...
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Matias Aguayo & The Desdemonas
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Megafaun
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Meira Asher
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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 ...
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Mocky
* Nynke Laverman
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Nova Materia
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Nihiloxica
* OY
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Peter Principle
* Qmoog
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Ramuntcho Matta
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Scott Gilmore
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Shantel
* Skeletons
* Skip&Die
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Snooze/
Dominique Dalcan
* Sonoko
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Staff Benda Bilili
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Steven Brown
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Stubbleman / (
Pascal Gabriel)
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Suba
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Sussan Deyhim
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Taraf de Haïdouks
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Tartit
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Tek 9
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Telex
Telex is a telecommunication
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* Gruesome Twosome (band), The Gruesome Twosome
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The Honeymoon Killers (le
Tueurs de la Lune de Miel
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The Moody Boyz
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The Real Tuesday Weld
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Think Of One
* Trio Mocoto
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Tuxedomoon
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U-cef
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Véronique Vincent &
Aksak Maboul
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Wise In Time
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Yasmine Hamdan
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Zap Mama
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Zeep
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Zelwer
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Zenobia
Septimia Zenobia (Greek: Ζηνοβία, Palmyrene Aramaic: , ; 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 ...
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Zita Swoon Group
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Zuco 103
References
External links
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The Ziriguiboom imprintThe Congotronics SeriesCrammed Discs' channel on YouTube
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Companies based in Brussels
Mass media in Brussels
Music in Brussels
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Pop record labels
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