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ES Posthumus’ debut CD, Unearthed, is a collection of world orchestral dance electronica, not foo far from the territory pioneered by groups like Enigma and Deep Forest. E.S. Postumus manages to top both these predecessors with convincing orchestral writing, dynamic percussion work and creative synth work.
While Enigma’s best-known work combines gregorian chant with dance electronica, [...]

Zero-G has released World Pack for GarageBand, which comes in at over 9,000 samples and instruments. In addition to hand-picking the best loops and samples from a wide range of successful ‘world/ethnic’ products from their back-catalog Zero-G have added approximately 3,000 new unique loops and instrument samples from Africa and the Middle East.
All that content [...]

World Groove, the latest release from Putumayo, features 10 tracks of electronic dance music from around the world. The CD is full of upbeat and fun songs that highlight how people everywhere are creating music that mixes traditional regional influences with electronic dance beats and synth grooves.
The CD is part of Putumayo’s Global Groove series. [...]

NAMM Show News: ILIO Entertainments has announced a new sample library from Dirk Campbell, the creator of World Winds. Origins is an exhaustive collection of authentic, atmospheric historical sounds that can add color to the composer’s palette. As well as multisamples presented in a variety of different dynamics and articulations, the library features a large [...]

One World Beat is looking for musicians of all styles for its third annual Global Music Festival, uniting musicians and bands to make a difference for people in need.
The year 2005 will be the 20th anniversary of the first major music/help project “Live Aid”, produced by Bob Geldof and his fellow musicians. One World Beat [...]

For over nearly thirty years, the electronic music of Kitano has cast its spell on listeners around the world. As a composer and multi-instrumentalist, Kitaro has reached millions of people on every continent with his recordings.
Kitaro’s music is a reflection of his reverence for nature and for the world as humanity’s natural habitat. “Nature inspires [...]

Zero-G has released Sounds of Polynesia, a unique virtual instrument that features the sounds of Polynesia and the South Pacific.
Sounds of Polynesia is a unique virtual instrument for everyone who would like to discover the rich sounds of the South Pacific and use them in their music. The sample library was produced by Airileke (’Airi’) [...]

MPCsounds.com has released the Ethnic Hip Hop Collection, a new sound library for the Akai MPC 1000/2000/XL/3000/LE/4000 drum machines. The library is available on MPC CD-ROM, Zip disk, Floppy, or as Downloadable sets.
The Ethnic Hip Hop Collection library is the largest MPC ethnic library offered today containing over 30 melodic ethnic instruments ranging from the [...]

Peter Gabriel has been tremendously influential in promoting musicians from around the world. His work with WOMAD and Real World Music has brought sounds of the world to millions of listeners, and even more significantly, to the ears of the world’s musicians. His music for The Last Temptation of Christ, a film by Martin Scorsese, [...]

Thievery Corporation’s Eric Hilton and Rob Gaza lay down the mellow grooves with The Richest Man in Babylon. The latest tracks from this duo draws respectfully from a variety of influences, including jazz, world music, soul and electronica. The world music influences are especially strong. There’s afro-beat, Persian, and Indian influences throughout. By combining these [...]