Around the World in 78 RPM

Shellac from Africa, Asia, Europe, the Americas, and islands of all shapes and sizes.

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17,508 Islands: Sonic Indonesia

Avant garde, dangdut, gamelan, indie, harsh noise, kroncong, psychedelic rock, and more from the Republic

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Heads Rolled: Revolutionary French Popular Music

Trail-blazing French popular music, from early hip hop and synth pop to psychedelic rock legends Magma (pictured above).

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Sorry, but ... this is going to be legendary

21st Century psychedelic rock from the Republic of Korea. 

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Through a Glass Darkly

Music from dark places, dark times, dark emotions, dark situations, dark visions. Featuring the 70s blues of Asakawa Maki, European 80s darkwave, visionary Argentinian experimentation of the 90s and aughts, Spanish riot grrrl of the last half-century, a singular voice exiled from Myanmar, and downtempo sounds from the Middle East and North Africa.

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