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Earplug, CD Review >>
National Geographic isn't just for dentists' offices anymore. The National Geographic Society's online arm is expanding traditional notions of "world music" with the release of GeoRemixed: Big Beats for a Small Planet, a download-only compilation of underground gems and unlikely hybrids. OMFO (Our Man from Odessa), the Shukar Collective, and Slavic Soul Party! represent the Balkans; X-Plastaz & Kid Sundance, Bole2Harlem, and Vieux Farka Toure & Yossi Fine expand upon hip-hop and Afro-pop traditions; and outfits like the Jewish-Latino collective Hip Hop Hoodios and the German-Chilean acid-reggaeton iconoclast Señor Coconut further blur map points. Helping you in the quest to collect more stamps in your audio passport, National Geographic's world-music site also features charts from guest DJs like Karsh Kale and Six Degrees founder Bob Duskis. And for those who like their field recordings raw, master phonographer Chris Watson — formerly of Cabaret Voltaire, and known for his eerie, avant-garde nature recordings on the Touch label — recently traveled to the Galapagos to capture its sounds for an upcoming TV documentary on the Ecuadorean islands. Visit the show's website to listen to excerpts of his work: frigatebirds, sea lions, and tortoises, oh my! 03/30/07 >> go there
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