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Mugham
Mugham is the classical art music of Azerbaijan, a modal-improvisatory tradition performed by a trio featuring a khananda (vocalist), tar (long‑necked lute), and kamancha (spike fiddle), often supported by a frame drum (ghaval). It combines highly ornamented vocal lines with intricate instrumental responses and cadences. Built on modal systems (mayeh) such as Shur, Segah, Rast, Chargah, and Bayati‑Shiraz, mugham unfolds as a suite that alternates free‑rhythmic extemporization with metered sections (including composed songs/tesnif and dance‑like reng). Microtonal inflections, melismatic phrasing, and expressive modulations are central to its language. Poetic texts—frequently ghazals by classical poets like Fuzuli, Nizami, and Nasimi—carry themes of mystical love, longing, and spiritual reflection. In 2008, Azerbaijani mugham was inscribed by UNESCO on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
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The Tales of…
The Tales of…
Brubeck, Darius, Mhlanga, Louis, Various Artists, Various Artists, Orchestra Baobab, Mtukudzi, Oliver, Various Artists, 340ml, Spuy, Nibs van der, Plush, Mapfumo, Thomas, Boo!, Phillips, Shawn, bigEP & LMS, Mhlanga, Louis, Masekela, Hugh, Rocka, Martin and Sick Shop, The, éVoid, Dirty Skirts, The, Plush, Mtukudzi, Oliver, Mtukudzi, Oliver, Various Artists, Yenana, Andile, Taxi Violence, Plush, Loops, Jeremy, Landscape Prayers, Rocka, Martin and Sick Shop, The, Mtukudzi, Oliver, Spuy, Nibs van der, Dirty Skirts, The, Various Artists, Fassie, Brenda, Baloi, Gito, Various Artists, WONDERboom, Mtukudzi, Oliver, Rocka, Martin and Sick Shop, The, Mtukudzi, Oliver, Various Artists, Heavy Spirits, Nkosi, Gershwin, Ngozi, Winston Mankunku, Various Artists, Mabulu, Brubeck, Darius, Libido, Plush, Spuy, Nibs van der, Various Artists, Mtukudzi, Oliver, Various Artists, Various Artists, Ngqawana, Zim, Loops, Jeremy, Various Artists, Cox, Tony, Sipho Gumede, Ensemble, Soweto Percussion, Sankomota, Landscape Prayers, Sipho Gumede, Buttery, Guy, Hanmer, Paul, Spuy, Nibs van der, Amampondo, Mtukudzi, Oliver, Cox, Tony, Various Artists, Spuy, Nibs van der, Buttery, Guy, Kinky Robot, Various Artists, bigEP & LMS, Spuy, Nibs van der, Brown, Andy & The Storm, Various Artists, Mtukudzi, Oliver, Rocka, Martin and Sick Shop, The, Ngozi, Winston Mankunku, Wasserfall, Maluleke, Jeff, Puoane, Tutu, Spuy, Nibs van der, Nokwe, Tu, Parlotones, The, Prayzah, Jah, Mtukudzi, Oliver, Ngozi, Winston Mankunku, Mhlanga, Louis, Various Artists, The Graeme Watkins Project, Various Artists, Stealing Love Jones, 340ml, Taxi Violence, Various Artists, Various Artists, Various Artists, Various Artists, Rocka, Martin and Sick Shop, The, Mtukudzi, Oliver, Mtukudzi, Oliver, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Yenana, Andile, Butler, Jonathan, Tyler, Bonnie, Hollywood Vampires, Cole, Lloyd, jacSharp, Cole, Lloyd, Cole, Lloyd, Parlotones, The, Various Artists, Parlotones, The
Network 2000: The 20th Anniversary Sampler
Network 2000: The 20th Anniversary Sampler
Various Artists, Various Artists, Ti-Coca, Bissainthe, Toto, Various Artists, Various Artists, Nazeri , Shahram, Alizadeh, Ensemble, Monâjât Yultchiéva, Ensemble Shawqat Mirzâev, Various Artists, Schmitthenner, Hansjörg, Clegg, Johnny, Mchunu, Sipho, Juluka, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Cobra, Various Artists, Bratsch, Various Artists, Volans, Kevin, Ensemble, Pedro Caldeira Cabral, Sharma, Shivkumar, Hussain, Zakir, Various Artists, Khan, Nazakat Ali & Khan, Salamat Ali, Ibrahim, Abdullah, Gasparyan, Djivan, Various Artists, Dindin, Tata, Berendt, Joachim-Ernst, Linares, Carmen, Various Artists, Daly, Ross & Labyrinth, Various Artists, Feidman, Giora, Various Artists, Volans, Kevin, Ensemble, Shakkur, Hamza, Al-Kindî, Ensemble, Conexión Latina, Folkloristas, Los, Tlen Huicani, Ochoa, Amparo, Camperos de Valles, Los, Sexteto Mayor, Various Artists, Daly, Ross & Labyrinth, Mustafa Kandıralı & Ensemble, Various Artists, Terry, Sonny & McGhee, Brownie, Various Artists, Various Artists, Petro-Loukas Chalkias et Kompania, Various Artists, Volans, Kevin, Ensemble, Various Artists, M'Barek, Sonia, Ando Drom, Bratsch, Tramba, Niki, Daly, Ross & Labyrinth, Linares, Carmen, Istanbul Oriental Ensemble, Öçal, Burhan, Bratsch, Mustafa Kandıralı & Ensemble, Kohinoor Langa Group, Paulinho Da Viola & Ensemble, Berendt, Joachim-Ernst, Various Artists, Various Artists, Clegg, Johnny, Mchunu, Sipho, Juluka, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Istanbul Oriental Ensemble, Various Artists, Various Artists, Various Artists, Ankala, Various Artists, Sexteto Mayor, Alim Qasimov Ensemble, Khan, Nazakat Ali & Khan, Salamat Ali, Bollmann, Christian, Oberton-Chor Düsseldorf, Luizinho Viera and Brazil Exess, Psarantonis, Various Artists, Yaki Kandru, Loyko, Folkloristas, Los, Tlen Huicani, Ochoa, Amparo, Camperos de Valles, Los, Various Artists, Sharma, Shivkumar, Hussain, Zakir, Various Artists, Psarantonis, Ansambli “Rustavi”, Duduki Trio, Yaki Kandru, Jackson Singers, The, Schäl Sick Brass Band, Various Artists, Terry, Sonny & McGhee, Brownie, Bollmann, Christian, Various Artists, Shajarian, Mohammadreza, Aref Ensemble, Sène, Yandé Codou, N’Dour, Youssou, Chen, Louis, Dong, Ya, Hortobágyi, László, Sexteto Mayor, Seoul Ensemble of Traditional Music, Various Artists, Various Artists, Shajarian, Mohammadreza, Aref Ensemble, Shajarian, Mohammadreza, Aref Ensemble, Various Artists, Sène, Yandé Codou, N’Dour, Youssou, Bollmann, Christian, Oberton-Chor Düsseldorf, Doucet, Michael, BeauSoleil, Terry, Sonny & McGhee, Brownie, Tajima, Tadashi, Feidman, Giora, González, Carmen, Sandy Lopicic Orkestar, Sandy Lopicic Orkestar, Paulinho Da Viola & Ensemble, Various Artists, Istanbul Oriental Ensemble, Dagaki, Georgia, Various Artists, Schami, Rafik, Various Artists, Various Artists, Volonté, María, Loudovikos ton Anogion, Various Artists, Bratsch, Sharma, Shivkumar, Hussain, Zakir, Schami, Rafik, Various Artists, Bayuba Cante, Calister, Izaline, Ansambli “Rustavi”, Duduki Trio, Abaji, SambaSunda, Various Artists, Dastan Ensemble, Aghili, Salar, Schäl Sick Brass Band, Kana, Melina, Various Artists, Abyssinia Infinite, Shibabaw, Ejigayehu “Gigi”, Schami, Rafik, Bratsch, Psarantonis, Dagaki, Georgia, Gasparyan, Djivan, Various Artists, Aynur, Various Artists, Urna, Amine & Hamza M'raihi, Various Artists, Magou, Moultaka, Zad, el-Hage, Fadia, Bayuba Cante, Various Artists, Loudovikos ton Anogion, Istanbul Oriental Ensemble, SambaSunda, Abaji, Sexteto Mayor, Daly, Ross & Labyrinth, Various Artists, Various Artists, Amine & Hamza M'raihi, Psarantonis, Xylouris Ensemble, Doucet, Michael, BeauSoleil, Various Artists, Various Artists, Various Artists, Various Artists, Gypsy Groovz Orchestra, Sevda, Various Artists, Tartit, Calister, Izaline, Benali, Ghalia, Timnaa, Qasimov, Alim, Various Artists, Magou, Hortobágyi, László, ClejaniExpress, Loyko, Qasimov, Alim, Various Artists, Sevda, Yaki Kandru
Trama Sampler
Trama Sampler
Various Artists, v.Spy v.Spy, Ron, Tortoise, Snow Patrol, Sinatra, Frank, XRS Land, Cornelius, Various Artists, Mantronik, Kurtis, M4J, Zé, Tom, Sly & Robbie, Max de Castro, Morphine, Various Artists, Rumbora, Looper, Pharcyde, The, Morphine, Mahal, Taj, Jah Wobble, Laswell, Bill, Luna, Otto, Cubanismo, Mindelis, Nuno, Zoli, Cláudio, Pharcyde, The, Belle and Sebastian, Cornelius, Totonho & Os Cabra, E, Bruno, Powell, Baden, Zé, Tom, Pizzicato Five, Supreme Beings of Leisure, Otto, Gillespie, Dizzy, Duofel, Pharcyde, The, Yo La Tengo, Noise, Anderson, Duofel, Zé, Tom, Banda de Pífanos de Caruaru, Cat Power, Bad Brains, Brandão, Leci, Brandão, Leci, Câmbio Negro, Zé, Tom, Mello, Luciana, Zé, Tom, Hooker, John Lee, Oliveira, Jair, Demônios da Garoa, Caju & Castanha, Cubanismo, Rodrigues, Jair, Various Artists, Morphine, Liberator, Chris, Bonfá, Marcelo, Mogwai, Brandão, Leci, Stereolab, Jupiter Apple, Stereolab, Rappin’ Hood, Various Artists, Cubanismo, Koité, Habib & Bamada, Cornelius, Various Artists, Otto, Otto, Camilo Rocha, DJ & Yah, DJ, Tortoise, Maçã, Júpiter, Morphine, Gomes, Pepeu, Mindelis, Nuno, Nebula, Cowboys Espirituais, Venditti, Antonello, Cubanismo, Maçã, Júpiter, Pavement, Camorra, Various Artists, Various Artists, Apocalipse 16, Zé, Tom, Mount Florida, Krupa, Gene and His Orchestra, Otto, AD, M4J, Rocha, Camilo, Cosmic Rough Riders, Soares, Anderson, Adams, George, Zé, Tom, [traditional], Rappin’ Hood, Maia, Tim, Barroso, Inezita, Mello, Luciana, Motta, Ed, Móveis Coloniais de Acaju, CSS, Various Artists, Marx, Patricia, Maia, Tim, Diabaté, Toumani, Pinto, Antonio, Magazine, Nação Zumbi, Nogueira, Paulinho, Luna, Regina, Elis, Móveis Coloniais de Acaju, Otto, Simoninha, Wilson, Mariano, César Camargo, Mariano, Pedro, Four Tet, Zé, Tom, Zoli, Cláudio, Jorge, Robson, Olivetti, Lincoln, Zoli, Cláudio, Zé, Tom, Bloch, Tom, Regina, Elis, Jobim, Antônio Carlos, Regina, Elis, Nação Zumbi, Baker, Chet, Mariano, Pedro, Sabiá, João, Maloka Chic, Max de Castro, Regina, Elis, Motta, Ed, Mudhoney, Zé, Tom, Comadre Fulozinha, Porto, Fernanda, Costa, Gal, Nação Zumbi, Totonho & Os Cabra, Porto, Fernanda, Various Artists, Autoramas, Mariano, César Camargo, Mariano, Pedro, Pata de Elefante, Libertines, The, Patife, DJ, Banda de Pífanos de Caruaru, Metrô, Motta, Ed, Various Artists, Various Artists, Caju & Castanha, Various Artists, Various Artists, Móveis Coloniais de Acaju, Oliveira, Jair, Otto, Rodrigues, Jair, CSS, Otto, Neguinho da Beija Flor, Franz Ferdinand, Motta, Ed, Max de Castro, Various Artists, Maquinado, Motta, Ed, Andrade, Fred, Perrelli, Ebel, New York Dolls, Motta, Ed, Parteum, Rodrigues, Jair, Zé, Tom, Cornelius, Oliveira, Jair, Caju & Castanha, Porto, Fernanda, Móveis Coloniais de Acaju, Zoli, Cláudio, Telles, Gustavo, Porto, Fernanda, Mamelo Sound System, Mariano, César Camargo, Mariano, Pedro, Mariano, Pedro, Marx, Patricia, Costa, Gal, CSS, Zoli, Cláudio, Nenhum de Nós
Proper Distribution
Proper Distribution
Mishaped Pearls, Cacciapaglia, Roberto, Demon Barbers, The, Yaron Herman Trio, Jefferson Airplane, Flamin’ Groovies, Canned Heat, Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen, Johnson, Robert, Carroll, Liane, Monsieur Doumani, Various Artists, Gardel, Carlos, Basie, Count, Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Professor Longhair
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