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Sprightly, modernist Kollywood pop from the mid 80s – beautifully sung by KS Chithra, with the boundary-busting sounds and arrangements of Ilaiyaraaja! The songs are wonderful, time-honored regional pop sounds – traditionally-constructed songs blended with some 80s studio touches – loops, multi-tracking, drum machines, synths and electric keys – which all then fuse seamlessly with the haunting strings, percussion and achingly beautiful female vocals you'd expect from Kollywood – mixed with some madder, pulpy bits too! KS Chithra is as lovely of a vocalist as Asha Bhosle and other more internationally known singers, adding the warmth and depth of the songs collected here. We might even love this more than the earlier Ilaiyaraaja work Finders Keepers put together for the Solla Solla compilation – we didn't expect this to surpass it! Wonderful! Includes "Indha Vennila", "Yaaro Sonnaangalaam", "Vandadhe", "Oh My Love", "Pon Maaney", "Kankaliley", "Rathiri Thookkam", "Velli Kizhamai", "Oru Pooncholai", "Nethu Oruthara", "Hey Maina" and more.

Beautiful Persian pop from Faegheh Atashin, aka Googoosh (alternately, Gougoush)– and like some of the best, adventurous pop music from around the world at the the time, it's steeped in myriad styles – from emotionally string-laden to funky and danceable! Googoosh is a genuine cultural icon in the realm of period Iranian pop music, but even with that status, some of her most amazing music is stunningly rare. Finders Keepers focuses a bit on the rare stuff for this incredible set – all from the early to med 70s – and it's one of their best ever releases. We don't speak the language, but there's no mistaking the genuine soul at the center of the songs. Really great stuff! Includes "Shekayat", "Talagh", "Mano Tou", "Pishkesh", "Mano Gonjishkaye Khooneh", "Digeh Geryeh Delo Van Menikoneh", "Gharibe Ashena" and more.

Great electronics from the Indian scene of the 80s – music that's a lot warmer and more evocative than you might guess from the "robotic" in the title – thanks to plenty of roots in the Kollywood soundtrack scene! The instrumentation is often spare, but still echoes the fuller scope of Bollywood brilliance – and at some level, Ilaiyaraaja's music here represents an 80s take on earlier Bollywood funk – sometimes a bit quirkier, due to the instrumentation – but hardly ever cold or stark at all, and very different from the kind of electronics that were brimming big on the European scene. Part of this quality really comes from the vocals – sung by singers who include KS Chitra, Malaysia Vasudevan, SP Balasubrahmanyam, Vani Jayaram, and others – often in styles that have the playful back/forth approach of Indian film lyrics. The set's a treasure through and through – with 17 mesmerizing tracks that include "Kadal Mele", "Mancha Podi", "Adi Rani", "Poo Poo Kkum", "Ilasa Sirusa", "Eswarane", "Needhi Idhu", and "Poongatre".

Great electronics from the Indian scene of the 80s – music that's a lot warmer and more evocative than you might guess from the "robotic" in the title – thanks to plenty of roots in the Kollywood soundtrack scene! The instrumentation is often spare, but still echoes the fuller scope of Bollywood brilliance – and at some level, Ilaiyaraaja's music here represents an 80s take on earlier Bollywood funk – sometimes a bit quirkier, due to the instrumentation – but hardly ever cold or stark at all, and very different from the kind of electronics that were brimming big on the European scene. Part of this quality really comes from the vocals – sung by singers who include KS Chitra, Malaysia Vasudevan, SP Balasubrahmanyam, Vani Jayaram, and others – often in styles that have the playful back/forth approach of Indian film lyrics. The set's a treasure through and through – with 17 mesmerizing tracks that include "Kadal Mele", "Mancha Podi", "Adi Rani", "Poo Poo Kkum", "Ilasa Sirusa", "Eswarane", "Needhi Idhu", and "Poongatre".

One of the wildest, most stylistically panoramic and awe-inspiring Bollywood collections we've ever heard – seriously, leave all expectations you might have about about Indian film music compilations at the door – this Finders Keepers set culled from decades of Bombay horror soundtracks is a major eye-opener! Bollywood Bloodbath features work by some of the best and most creative composers and performers from the Bollywood landscape – RD Burman, Laxmikant Pyarelal, Bappi Lahiri and others – and the range of years in which the material was pulled allows for a heck of a lot of styles to come in and out of play. What's great about it is that there's really nothing in the way of cliched horror movie music going on here – it's seedy, brilliantly fused mix of timeless Indian music, psychedelia, funk, disco, feverish percussion, sometimes beautiful and sometimes eerie female vocals and more. There's an oddly foreboding vibe and wigged out screams and more to clue you in once in a while that we're in the horror genre, but not in any kind of predictable way. Incredible! Finders Keepers has raised the bar once again! 22 tracks in all: "Sannata Theme" by Rajesh Roshan, "Sansani Khez Koi Baat", by Hemant Bhosle, "Meri Jaaan" by Bappi Lahiri, "Theme Music From Anita" by Laxmikant-Pyarelal, "Main Theme From Andhera/Darwaza" by Sapan Jagmohan, "Disco Title Music From Dahshat" by Bappi Lahiri, "Bindya Tarse Kajra Barse" by RD Burman and more.

One of the wildest, most stylistically panoramic and awe-inspiring Bollywood collections we've ever heard – seriously, leave all expectations you might have about about Indian film music compilations at the door – this Finders Keepers set culled from decades of Bombay horror soundtracks is a major eye-opener! Bollywood Bloodbath features work by some of the best and most creative composers and performers from the Bollywood landscape – RD Burman, Laxmikant Pyarelal, Bappi Lahiri and others – and the range of years in which the material was pulled allows for a heck of a lot of styles to come in and out of play. What's great about it is that there's really nothing in the way of cliched horror movie music going on here – it's seedy, brilliantly fused mix of timeless Indian music, psychedelia, funk, disco, feverish percussion, sometimes beautiful and sometimes eerie female vocals and more. There's an oddly foreboding vibe and wigged out screams and more to clue you in once in a while that we're in the horror genre, but not in any kind of predictable way. Incredible! Finders Keepers has raised the bar once again! 22 tracks in all: "Sannata Theme" by Rajesh Roshan, "Sansani Khez Koi Baat", by Hemant Bhosle, "Meri Jaaan" by Bappi Lahiri, "Theme Music From Anita" by Laxmikant-Pyarelal, "Main Theme From Andhera/Darwaza" by Sapan Jagmohan, "Disco Title Music From Dahshat" by Bappi Lahiri, "Bindya Tarse Kajra Barse" by RD Burman and more.

Bright Persian psychedelic pop, funk, soul and boundless grooves from the 60s & 70s – one of the greatest compilations yet from Finders Keepers! Many of the tunes are actually classics of the era's Iranian scene, if wildly fresh and new our ears, while others are quite obscure all around, but all of it is fresh and exciting exotic pop that we're thrilled to see collected. The sounds draw from the creatively fertile period when traditions were combined in music all around the world – with hypnotic eastern raga strings blended with global funk and jazz, bursting pop tunefulness and both meditative and instantly gratifying melodies of myriad influences, borderline disco grooves and beyond. Exciting stuff! 16 tracks in all: "Helelyos'" by Zia, "Biya Bar-e Safar Bandim" by Mohammad Nouri, "Talagh" by Googoosh, "Miravi" by Soli, "Kavir-e Del" by Marjan, "Naz Kardanet Vaveyla" by Sima Bina", "Sharm-e Boos-e" by Ramesh, "Cheshm-e Man" by Dariush and more.

Great electronics from the Indian scene of the 80s – music that's a lot warmer and more evocative than you might guess from the "robotic" in the title – thanks to plenty of roots in the Kollywood soundtrack scene! The instrumentation is often spare, but still echoes the fuller scope of Bollywood brilliance – and at some level, Ilaiyaraaja's music here represents an 80s take on earlier Bollywood funk – sometimes a bit quirkier, due to the instrumentation – but hardly ever cold or stark at all, and very different from the kind of electronics that were brimming big on the European scene. Part of this quality really comes from the vocals – sung by singers who include KS Chitra, Malaysia Vasudevan, SP Balasubrahmanyam, Vani Jayaram, and others – often in styles that have the playful back/forth approach of Indian film lyrics. The set's a treasure through and through – with 17 mesmerizing tracks that include "Kadal Mele", "Mancha Podi", "Adi Rani", "Poo Poo Kkum", "Ilasa Sirusa", "Eswarane", "Needhi Idhu", and "Poongatre".

A tripped out mix of spacey, funky and psych-soaked soundscapes compiled by Doug Shipton – the main main behind the incredible Finders Keepers/B-Music empire of exotic funk reissues and compilations! Dedicated Swallower Of Fashion is a set built from of 45 different, unlisted vintage cuts from around the world – distilled into a fantastic hour long set! The Finders Keepers-esque groove is in full swing here – Kollywood funk, Bolshevik beats, Pan-Asian pop and more flow in and out of the set, co-produced and programmed by Andy Votel. Vinyl is unmixed.