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A fuzzed out guitar and heavy drums anchored set from Group Doueh – fusing traditional Saharan instruments and western rock influences as brilliantly and excitingly as ever on this fourth set of their evolving sound to appear on the vital Sublime Frequencies label! The blazing electric... read more

Exciting music from Arabic guitar legend Omar Khorshid – material recorded in Beirut from 1973-1977 – instrumentals filled with impeccable playing by Khrorshid, who also plays Moog and synth, backed by percussion and some accordion for a really full, transcendent sound! Khorshid got... read more

Trippy Turkish rock from Erkin Koray – rarities and singles recorded in Istanbul, and every bit as brilliant as the work on his famous self-titled albums! The music is awash in a blend of buzzing, hypnotic folk sounds of Turkey – mixed with western and otherwise globally resonant... read more

Razor-sharp guitars from Koudede – searing sounds recorded in Mali, and done with a twin-guitar approach that's mighty darn nice! "Hat-iman-in" has this hypnotic swirl of guitars over fierce drums – given a sharp focus through the lead vocals – which themselves are... read more

Amazing stuff – and easily the most amazing record we've heard so far from Omar Souleyman! Unlike some of the other Sublime Frequencies sets, which are more recent, this one hails from the late 90s – and features music originally circulated in the Middle East on cassette –... read more

A beautifully-shot film that documents two different voodoo pilgrimages in Haiti – surprisingly poetic in its presentation of the material, and done with a great juxtaposition musical performance, location footagte, and some especially nice static shots of the settings! There's a simple,... read more

One of the weirdest sub-genres of Indian film scoring we've ever seen – tunes that are heavy on steel guitar, and which often have undercurrents of the music you'd find in a western soundtrack! The steel guitar's often mixed with lively Indian rhythms – but there's often some other odd... read more

A beautiful set of rare Burmese music compiled from incredibly rare 78s – spanning a half century of recordings – which goes to show just how stunningly beautiful and ageless the music really is! One one side features recordings from as far back as 1909 and 1911 – with the second... read more

An incredibly diverse array of sounds from Southern China – material culled to form the cream of the crop of an amazing 55 CDs' worth of recording from this massive project by Sublime Frequencies – and definitely a rare look at a side of contemporary China that most of us will never get... read more

It's a bit hard to imagine the words "Thai" and "country" in the same place – but one listen to this set will show that the title's definitely got the right idea! The work here is oddly rootsy, yet has a modern feel too – a blend of acoustic instrumentation and some... read more

Hard to believe a genre as obscure as this would yield up enough material for another set – but this second volume's almost even more wonderful than the first! As before, the work here is all molam – a Laotian and Thai folk country music genre, but one with plenty of psychedelic... read more

One of the coolest collections we've seen from the Sublime Frequencies label so far – a rich document of the "pop yeh yeh" movement in Singapore and Malaysia during the late 60s – a wonderful criss-crossing of Anglo pop styles and more exotic modes! The vibe here is a bit... read more

Incredible sounds from Burma – a really under-tapped musical legacy, finally brought forth by the always-great efforts of Sublime Frequencies! The sound here is unlike anything else we've ever heard – a very weird mish-mash of Southeast Asian elements, but always moving away from our... read more

Raw rock & soul from Saigon – from raw & garagey to more soulful, psychedelic and funky – an impressive collection of late 60s & early 70s recordings put together by the ever amazing Sublime Frequencies label! We've been lucky enough to hear a pretty incredible and diverse... read more

Scattered Melodies spun from traditional Korean Kayagum Sanjo recordings – and the deepest vinyl excavation to date by Sublime Frequencies – the label's first compilation material culled from rare 78s! The music is mostly from the 20s & 30s, but it has at least one piece from the... read more