Friday 31 July 2009

All the compilations I've compiled/produced to date

Here's a list of all the compilations I've compiled and produced (in some cases) to date. This doesn't include compilations I've only done sleevenotes for such as World Chill 1 & 2 (Nascente) and a few of the Oojami albums.

Anyway here they are in chronological order:

My compilations:

1. Bushmen of the Kalahari - Sanscapes One (Electric MELT) 2001
2. Bushmen of the Kalahari - Sanscapes Two (Electric MELT) 2002
3. Various Artists - Asian Chill (Manteca)2002
4. Various Artists - Zen & The Art of Chilling Volume 1 (Ark 21/Mondo Rhythmica) 2002
5. Various Artists - Zen & The Art of Chilling Volume 2 (Ark 21/Mondo Rhythmica) 2002
6. Various Artists - Indestructible Arabian Beats (Manteca) 2003
7. Various Artists - Global Hip Hop (Manteca) 2004
8. Various Artists - The Sao Paulo Connection (Ocho) 2004
9. Various Artists - Arabia - The Essential Album (Union Square Music) 2004
10. Various - The Outernationalists - Ethnomixicology (Six Degrees Records) 2004
11. Various Artists - The Marrakesh Mission (Ocho) 2004
12. Various Artists - A Night In Istanbul (Metro) 2005
13. Various Artists - Indestructible Balkan Beats (Manteca) 2005
14. Various Artists - The Essential Guide To Arabia (Union Square Music) 2005
15. Various - A Night In Marrakesh (Metro Doubles) (2006)
16. Various - Beginners Guide To World Music Volume 3 (World Cup Edition) (Nascente) (2006)
17. Various - Beginners Guide To World Acoustic (Nascente) (2006)
18. Various – Beginner’s Guide To Arabian Lounge (Nascente) (2006)
19. Various – Beginner’s Guide To Tango Lounge (as Shisha Sound System – more DJ UMB’s comp really) (Nascente) (2007)
20. Various – Beginner’s Guide To Buddha Lounge (as Shisha Sound System) (Nascente) (2007)
21. Various - Bar Africa (Nascente) (2007)
22. Various - Bar Brazil (Nascente) (2007)
23. Various – Bar Bombay (2007)
24. Various - Bar Istanbul (Nascente) (2007)
25. Various - Bar Madrid (Nascente) (2007)
26. Various - Bar Italia (Nascente) (2007)
27. Various - Bar Moscow (Nascente) (2007)
28. Various - Beginner’s Guide To Eastern Europe (Nascente) (2007)
29. Various - Bar Caribbean (Nascente) (2008)
30. Various - Bar Paris (Nascente) (2008)
31. Various - Bar Edinburgh (Nascente) (2008)
32. Various - Beginner’s Guide To World Grooves (Nascente) (2008)
33. Various - Beginner’s Guide To Jazz (Nascente) (2008)
34. Various - Bar Berlin (Nascente) (2008)
35. Various - Bar Warsaw (Nascente) (2008)
36. Various – Bar Mexico (Nascente) (2008)
37. Various – Beginner’s Guide To Bellydance (Nascente) (as SSS but pretty much my solo effort with dancers) (2008)
38. Various - Café Paradiso (Park Lane) (as Shisha Sound System) (2008)
39. Various - Beginner's Guide To Turkey (Nascente) (2008) (as Shisha Sound System)
40. Various - Global Elektro (Wikkid Records) (as Shisha Sound System – really DJ UMBs comp w/musical input from me plus sleevenotes) (2009)
41. Transglobal Underground – Run Devils & Demons (Nascente) (I compiled it and chose tracks with Tim & Hami) (2009)
42. Various - Beginner’s Guide To Africa (Nascente) (2009)(cover art was a direct influence for Blur's - A Beginner's Guide To Blur)
43. Waltzes, Glitches & Brass – The New Sounds Of Vaudeville (Eventide Productions) (2009)
44. Manu Dibango - Makossa Man: The Very Best Of (Nascente) (2009)
45. Various - Beginner's Guide To African Voices (Nascente) (2010)
46. Miriam Makeba - South Africa's Skylark (Nascente) (2010) (*Album of the Week* in The Telegraph)
47. Baaba Maal - African Soul Revolutionary (Nascente) (2010) (did liner notes + helped with sequence)
48. Various - Café Istanbul (Union Square) (2010)
49. Various - Beginner's Guide To New Orleans (Nascente) (2010)
50. Various - Top 40 Bellydance - Classic Belly Dance Bar Grooves (Park Lane) (2010) (available only as MP3 Download at present)

Due Out in 2011:

51: Various - Top 40 Africa (Park Lane)
52. Various - Beginner's Guide To Buddha (Nascente) (follow up to the successful Beginner's Guide To Buddha Lounge)
53. Various - Beginner's Guide To African Blues (Nascente)
54. Kelly Joe Phelps - Best Of (Nascente)

Currently working on more titles but release dates not confirmed ... will update as and when.

Friday 10 July 2009

Classic quote

I've just seen this posted on Facebook by the wonderful US electronic producer Dub Gabriel. Odd that I'd never seen it before because it sums up my feelings to a tee ...

“The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There’s also a negative side.”-Hunter S. Thompson