# I like bands that merge world music and Electronica. Any suggestions?

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**Created:** [March 4, 2007, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bands-that-merge-world-music-and-electronica-any-suggestions/394498 "2007-03-04T02:21:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bands-that-merge-world-music-and-electronica-any-suggestions/394498/21 "2007-03-05T15:35:43Z")

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[QUOTE=foolsguinea]  
Should I assume you’ve seen the anthologies from  
[http://www.putumayo.com/](http://www.putumayo.com/) ?  
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Putumayo rules.  
Of those the electronica world CDs I have are _Arabic Groove, Asian Groove, Celtic Crossroads_, and _Turkish Groove_. I like _Turkish Groove_ the best–it has lots of women artists–and _Celtic Crossroads_ has a track by Sinéad O’Connor!

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**Author:** ![mlerose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@mlerose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlerose)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bands-that-merge-world-music-and-electronica-any-suggestions/394498/22 "2007-03-05T15:43:39Z")

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You might like some of Deep Forest’s stuff - each of their CDs has different world influences, and their basic sound is sort of ambient/trance.

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**Author:** ![cantara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6f9a4e/32.png) [@cantara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cantara)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bands-that-merge-world-music-and-electronica-any-suggestions/394498/23 "2007-03-05T17:17:16Z")

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[Six Degrees](http://www.sixdegreesrecords.com/home.php) may be a record lable to examine. I got a sampler from them a few years back when I bought an [Ekova](http://www.sixdegreesrecords.com/artists.php?artist=Ekova) disc. I see [Niyaz](http://www.sixdegreesrecords.com/artists.php?artist=Niyaz) is also on this label.

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**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bands-that-merge-world-music-and-electronica-any-suggestions/394498/24 "2007-03-07T06:19:02Z")

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Anyone who likes Niyaz, check out Azam Ali’s second solo CD–_Elysium for the Brave_. It isn’t specifically ethnic, but with her background in Persian and Indian music, it still feels like world. (Her first solo wasn’t electronica, it was medieval.)

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**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bands-that-merge-world-music-and-electronica-any-suggestions/394498/25 "2007-03-08T22:21:34Z")

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You can always go to Pandora and create stations based on some of these suggestions. Bet some great stuff will come up there.

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