Latest World Dance Fusion Top 10 - 8/8
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1. Koli Stance - Sub Swara (Solid South Asian vibes permeate this underground smash and contemporary dubstep classic from the NYC-based Sub Swara crew, commercially released as part of the collective's Coup d'Yah album)

2. Cubana Mile High Club - LoungeClash (From the side project by two global beat veterans, the congas on this track ensure nonstop party favors and other high jinks over the course of a stratospheric musical journey)

3. Istanbul 01:26 AM (nik ammar oi va voi & dunkelbunt remixes) - Oriental Expressions (Two outstanding remixes of iconic jazz groove alla turca tune--nik ammar hypes up the soniclectable atmospherics while dunkelbunt's intro stays faithful to the original before launching into a full-on peak hour dance smash)

4. In The Forest (kalinka remix by dj click) - Warsaw Village Band (Ethnotechno makeover of Polish folk band's hit by one of Europe's foremost global beat DJ and producer)

5. Plastico (bugz in the attic remix) - Willie Colon & Ruben Blades (From the Fania Remixed collection on Mr Bongo Records comes this faithful updating of a veritable salsa nugget by two of the genre's masters--time to do the Latin hustle!)

6. Dedikodu (ozan doğulu mix) - Tarkan (A makeover of a track from the Metamorfoz album, truly befitting the prince of Turkish pop)

7. Lola El Malama - REG Project (The masters of Arabic house breathe new life into the classic number composed by Mohamed Abdel Wahab and made famous by Warda)

8. Conexão - Sabrina Malheiros (The essence of Rio cool perfectly captured in this bossa tune destined for the dancefloor)

9. Awa Na Re (bonde do role remix) - Tony Allen (Afrobeat meets funk carioca in explosive percussive madness)

10. Turkish Honga (streamer & mps pilot remix) - Ot Azoj (Amsterdam-based klezmer band enhanced for the global beat dancefloor by leading Dutch world beat DJ)

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Latest World Dance Fusion Top 10 - 7/6
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1. Desert Samba 2 - DrumSpyder (The perfect summery fusion of Brazilian and Middle Eastern rhythms and beats, featured on the Desert Grooves 3 compilation)

2. Jawani - Taz feat. DonMinicano (Already a dancefloor fave at DJ Anjali and the Incredible Kid's Andaz Pdx is this trilingual bhangraton hit from British Asian singer and frontman of Stereo Nation)

3. Les Eaux de Mars - Sergio Mendes feat. Zap Mama (French language version of Águas de Março from the Asian pressing of the Encanto album featuring the dulcet tones of Marie Daulne)

4. Chor Bazaar - Trickbaby feat. Eugene Hutz, Sergey Ryabtzev & Yuri Lemeshev (The title track from British Asian band's latest album featuring Gogol Bordello lead singer)

5. Dokhtar Afghani - Valy (The latest in Persian pop from this Iran-born, Germany-raised artist)

6. Qat Market - Mehdi Haddab & The Speed Caravan (Arabic rock fusion from latest project by accomplished musician of Algerian descent and veteran of groups such as Ekova and DuOud)

7. Bhajan (smadj remix) - Olli and the Bollywood Orchestra (From the new Tantra album recorded in Calcutta and lead vocals by Olli and Mou Mukherjee)

8. Darmadagin - Serdar Ortaç (Latest album, entitled Nefes, from Turkish pop singer/songwriter features this Bindiya Chamke Gi-sampling Asian r 'n b number)

9. Fly Away - Don Omar feat. Inner Circle (From the Carribean Connection project uniting reggae and reggaeton performers comes this Puerto Rico meets Jamaica soundclash)

10. Hejran - Niyaz (Beautiful instrumental jam from Persian world fusion trio's latest album, Nine Heavens)

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Latest World Dance Fusion Top 10 - 5/31
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1. Sono (traveler remix) - Jef Stott (The sonik meeting of the Bosphorus and the Balkans by way of the Bay Area would be a description of this tune, a full-sensory delight to listen and dance to)

2. Caravanserai - Maduro feat. DJ Amar (A nocturnal journey into the tribal darkside of Middle Eastern fusion with a cameo by the lord of the Electric Vardo himself)

3. Cedars of Lebanon - Jef Stott (A dabketronic dancefloor smash from this versatile Middle Eastern fusion artist, featured on the Electric Oasis 2 compilation)

4. Hermetico (dub gabriel/kush arora remix) - Balkan Beat Box (One of the many standout tracks from the Nu-Made remix album, kicked up several notches by a "Brooklyn to SF" duo of avant-garde worldtronica producers)

5. Sleeping Sober (maduro madras mix) - Solace (From the 2XCD limited edition of Opium Head, shining with the Maduro touch )

6. Goumari - Watcha Clan (Featured on their highly acclaimed Diaspora Hi-Fi album, resulting from artist workshops held in Algeria and Morocco, comes this infectious Amazigh-influenced number featuring the rebab stylings of Foulene of the group Amarg Fusion)

7. Lakshmi Mantra - Genetic Drugs feat. Mangalore Tiger Temple Singers (Asian drum 'n bass from Berlin-based world fusionist traveler with vocal chants recorded in south India, from the Contagious album)

8. J.P.S. - DJ Dolores feat. Silverio Pessoa (Forro dancehall and the dulcet tones of a rising star respresenting the new generation of Recife in this tribute to Jean-Paul Sartre by avant-garde Brazilian DJ and producer)

9. Around The World (full version) - Senor Coconut and his Orchestra (For the uber-cool dancefloor, truly redefining the Latin lounge sound the world over)

10. Escribeme Pronto - Mexican Institute of Sound (Vintage Afro-Cuban danzon a la Veracruzana vying for the dancer's attention alongside Brazilian funk carioca riddimz and hiphop beatz in this smash hit from one of Mexico's global beat finest)

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Latest World Dance Fusion Top 10 - 4/13
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1. Medina Stepper - Jef Stott feat. MC Rai (Global beat gem from the new Saracen album and the latest collaboration between prolific Bay Area-based worldtronica producer and LA-based Tunisian singer fusing the instruments and styles of the Maghreb with dub and dance)

2. Dil Da Rog Muka Ja Mahi (the cheb i sabbah shining star remix) - Gaudi + Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (Midtempo breaks make for primetime dancefloor play for one of the outstanding numbers from the Dub Qawwali project, refashioned by fellow Six Degrees supastar Cheb i Sabbah)

3. Speed of Light - Asian Dub Foundation feat. Amina Annabi (Middle Eastern fusion with touches of punk and raggatone from quintessential British Asian band in duet with renowned French-Tunisian singer and actress)

4. Yiri Yiri Bon (dj panko remix) - Ska Cubano (Afro-Cuban classic reworked for the 21st century Latino funkfloor with help from the turntable wizard of Ojos De Brujo)

5. Axis (Evolve) - Jef Stott feat. MC Rai (Another outstanding track with MC Rai on vocal duty, an epic sonic voyage into contemporary Arabtronica in the form of a dancefloor smash with luxuriously long intro and outro, complete with native percussion and four to tha floor beatz)

6. Two Rocks (adrian sherwood mix) - Deeder Zaman (From the Minority Large album, a dubtastic tune from the former vocalist of Asian Dub Foundation)

7. Ali Ali - Sultan Tunc & theOrientalGrooveOrcheztra (From the Oriental Rap'n Roll album comes this renowned Turkish-German rapper's take on a familiar global beat theme)

8. É melhor só - Puto Prata (Already burning the globaltastic dancefloor of ATLAS Pdx where it is championed by DJ The Incredible Kid, this hybrid kuduro-reggaeton number with Indian accents features the Angolan rap talents of one of kuduro's hottest rising stars)

9. Bride of Punkara - Asian Dub Foundation (ADF does dubstep! Showcasing the percussive prowess of the amazing Cyber on tabla, dhol, and vocals)

10. Ik Vari Haa - Aman Hayer feat. Master Saleem & Jayshree (UK bhangra producer on a decidedly Bollywood tip, featuring the vocal talents of two rising stars of the genre)

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Latest World Dance Fusion Top 10 - 2/8
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1. Qalanderi - Cheb i Sabbah feat. Riffat Sultana (From the global beat alchemist's latest album, Devotion, comes this percussive tribute to 13th century Sufi saint Lal Shabaz Qalandar, featuring the earthy vocals of Riffat Sultana and the sounds of the dhol drum leading up to a soniktastic sufi dhamal-esque finale)

2. Music For Gong Gong - Luisito Quintero feat. Nina Rodriguez (A little touch of Afrobeat and a whole lotta Afro-Latin percussion from this Venezuelan-born artist, produced by Louie Vega, with Yoruba chants by Nina Rodriguez)

3. Zindagi - Sharaab (With the resugence in interest in vintage Bollydisco fueled by M.I.A.'s Jimmy, renowned Atlanta-based Asian Massive producer and dj breathes new life into another classic hit from the era, originally made famous by Nazia Hassan)

4. Supernova - Radiohiro (Another Asian Massive hit, this one coming from Chicago-based South Asian breaks producer Radiohiro)

5. Tigi Tigi - Hakim feat. Don Omar (Famous Egyptian singer teams up with Puerto Rican star for this arabeton hit)

6. Escape from Alamut (ancientbacktofuture mix) - Spark (From the transatlantic duo made up of Adamatics & DJ Shazam comes this lush Eastern fusion dancefloor shaker)

7. Azmari Dub - Dub Colossus (From the forthcoming A Town Called Addis album, one of the many projects of the artist known as Dubulah, currently of Temple of Sound and formerly of Transglobal Underground, and featuring the dulcet tones of Sintayehu Zenebe)

8. Aap Jaisa Koi (fusing naked beats remix) - Nazia Hassan (UK-based producers update the original Bollywood nugget and worldwide hit, beautifully sung by the late Pakistani singer Nazia Hassan for the 1980 classic film Qurbani)

9. Dub Yaar - Gaudi (Specially commissioned for the Mighty Asian Beats compilation on Shanti Play Records is this dubby bhangra breaks number from the renowned Italian producer)

10. Captain India Da (ravi bal recall mix) - Ravi Bal feat. Daljit Mattu (Slammin beats and solid Punjabi vocals go into this UK bhangra crowd pleaser)

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Latest World Dance Fusion Top 10 - 12/22
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1. Ketri - Lumin (The Lumin trio return with the title track from their third album, a masterpiece of world fusion beautifully sung by Irina Mikhailova, produced by Jef Stott and Michael Emenau)

2. 800 - Mercan Dede feat. Ceza & Nar (Commemorating the 800th birth anniversary of Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi, ancient spirituality inspiring contemporary world music best describes the title track from Mercan Dede's new album featuring rap by Turkish hiphopmeister Ceza and ethereal vocals by Nar)

3. Dil Nachde - Delhi2Dublin feat. Signia (This rousing anthem, a fusion of the sounds of the Punjab with that of the Celtic highlands features vocals by Canada's premier bhangra singing duo on the west coast, Signia, and magnificently produced by musician Tarun Nayar)

4. Shaddi - David Starfire (Hiphop beats and all the sonic pomp and circumstance of a wedding on the Indian subcontinent by one of the west coast's talented electronic producers and Six Degrees Emerging Artist)

5. Heyamo - Lumin (Another one of many outstanding tunes on the Lumin III/Ketri album, a colorfully inspired sonic excursion aimed straight for the dancefloor)

6. Time Peace - Shukar Collective (From the new Rromatek album comes this groovilicous reggaeton meets violintronica, Shukar-style)

7. Alive - Sa Ding Ding (Singing in Sanskrit, this Chinese new wave/world fusion singer is a hit on the UK world music scene)

8. Sex And Cookies - Eastenders (Middle Eastern percussion and Indian sitars go into the making of this dancefloor smash from one of Germany's finest world fusion acts)

9. El Sueno - Govinda (Austin, TX-based world ambient producer's latest album features this lush and emotive downtempo number with a male vocalist recorded in Paris)

10. Basement Bhangra Anthem - DJ Rekha & Sunil Sehgal feat. Wyclef Jean & Bikram Singh (A fitting anthem for NYC's iconic bhangra nightclub with Punjabi vocals by Bikram "American Jugni" Singh and rap by renowned Haitian-American megastar Wyclef Jean)

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Latest World Dance Fusion Top 10 - 10/28
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1. Podi Menike - Janaka Selekta feat. Samba Guisse (The beautiful journey of the little maiden into the Sri Lankan heartland inspires the globetronic call for peace on this collaboration between Sri Lankan-born and Bay Area-based electronic musician/producer and Senegalese percussionist/vocalist)

2. Peace Pipe (dj enredo remix) - Nickodemus feat. Jean Shepherd (From the Endangered Species Remixed collection comes this brazilified remix of a favorite from the original album)

3. Zaznobila (gaetano fabri remix) - Romashka (Renowned DJ Gaetano Fabri works his electro-magic on the rousing anthem by NY-based group featuring the vocals of the amazing Lithuanian-born Inna Barmash)

4. El Andén - Bajofondo feat. Mala Rodriguez (Tango hiphop featuring the rap stylings of Spanish lady mc, Mala Rodriguez)

5. Break - Swami feat. Ishmael (Bhangrazulu!!! From the brand new Equalize album, this kickin trilingual bhangra track features Romesh Chohan on Punjabi vocals and South African singer Ishamel Molifi Morabe)

6. On Va Samizé - Magic System feat. Amine (New album from Ivory Coast band features this duet with rising star Amine sure to heat up many a dancefloor this season)

7. Massilia Fai Avans - Massilia Sound System (Rapping in the Occitan language, the lead track comes from the Marseille-based band's latest full-length endeavor)

8. Tourbillon (Serre-Moi Fort Si Tu M'Aimes) - Soha (From the north of Marseille comes this young singer with a soniclicious, bilingual, multicultural love anthem. Check out the music video filmed in Cuba this past July)

9. Le Feu - Lady Sweety (An Eastern-inspired dancehall anthem from French Caribbean female mc's eponymous album after a career spanning 10 years and numerous hit collaborations with Francophone African and Caribbean artists)

10. Pana Cand Nu Te Lubeam - DJ Click feat. Leontina Vaduva (From French global beat DJ's brilliant new collection of remixes and favorites comes this passionate Romanian dancefloor scorcher)

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Latest World Dance Fusion Top 10 - 9/23
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1. Koupes - Shantel feat. Brenna MacCrimmon (The amazing Brenna MacCrimmon breathes new life into this passionate Greek classic, reinterpreting it in a fusion of Greek and Turkish for producer Shantel's Disko Partizani album, and also included in the soundtrack for the latest Fatih Akin film, Auf der Anderen Seite)

2. Quero Te Amar - Bonde do Role (An all-round dance smash from the globetrotting electro/funk phenomenon from Curitiba, Brazil)

3. Immigrant Child - Shantel feat. Jannis Karis (The now classic Bucovina Balkan beatz frames yet another from the Disko Partizani album, with Greek vocals by Jannis Karis)

4. When You Loved Me - The Dhol Foundation feat. Sabiha Khan (Gorgeously sung by Sabiha Khan, the lead track from the Drums & Roses album starts off in a downtempo mood before the classic Asian Underground electronic vibes kick in)

5. Jimmy - M.I.A (Bollywood and disco may have never properly met inside Berlin's iconic Metropole discotheque, but M.I.A revives the Bappi Lahiri-composed classic and gives it just enough 21st-century global angst-laden lyrics set against Eurodisco strings to propel this hit across today's retro-global dancefloor)

6. Burn - Anoushka Shankar & Karsh Kale feat. Noah Lembersky (A who's who of today's global Indian and world musicians collaborate on this stunning world fusion track from the much heralded Breathing Under Water album, among them electronic artists Gaurav Raina and Jayant on programming and the inimitable Salim Merchant on string arrangement)

7. Marche Sur Jérusalem - Idir & Akhenaton (Latest project by France-based Algerian singer features collaborations based on the theme of intercultural exchange in the contemporary French music scene)

8. Disko Boy - Shantel (Another infectious hit from the Disko Partizani, with no less than the sonik shaman himself Shantel on English vocals and additional vox by Yuriy Gurzhy)

9. Fire In The Belly - Ganga Giri (From the opposite side of the world, comes another dancefloor scorcher from another ethnotechno shaman and didjeridu master Ganga Giri)

10. Good Foot Charlie - Wunmi (Afrobeat diva's sola outing features this broken beat-inflected foot stomper produced by Seiji of Bugz in the Attic)

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Latest World Dance Fusion Top 10 - 8/21
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1. Kara Uzum Habbesi - Spark (Adam Chalk & DJ Shazam) vs Selim Sesler (From the Doublemoon Remixed album comes this epic remix of acclaimed Turkish Rom master clarinetist. The electronic beats appear to be in duet with the clarinet, matching it note for note, chugging along nicely at a midtempo pace...until halfway thru the track when the tempo kicks up several notches into a clarinet-fueled dancestravaganza!)

2. Dioud (the make love not war cheb i sabbah remix) - Aiwa (From the Remixed vol. 1 album of this Rennes, France-based collective led by Iraqi brothers Wamid and Naufalle, comes this soniclicous Middle Eastern dancefloor scorcher, produced by the inimitable Cheb i Sabbah and engineered by Gaurav Raina of the MIDIval PunditZ)

3. Bogaziçi - Forty Thieves Orkestar vs Burhan Öçal (Another standout track from Doublemoon Remixed with one of the hottest names in the electro-Balkan scene mixing up their dramatic, dancehall-inspired sound with that of master Turkish percussionist Burhan Öçal)

4. Trenchtown Rock (trio elétrico remix) - Bob Marley and the Wailers (A veritable Marley classic, referencing that famous 'hood in Kingston, Jamaica, updated for the digital dancefloor whilst staying true to its reggae roots)

5. Hey Brotha - Zap Mama feat. Michael Franti (Luscious funky duet from the new Supermoon album)

6. Sina Nari - Murat Uncuoglu featuring Ayben vs Hüsnü Senlendirici (Yet another outstanding track from Doublemoon Remixed, this one featuring the rap stylings of Turkish female rapper Ayben, the sister of Ceza, matched up against another young star of the Turkish music scene, clarinetist Hüsnü Senlendirici)

7. Dounia (the africa unite cheb i sabbah remix) - Vieux Farka Touré (The sonic alchemist lends a hand in turning one of Vieux's debut album cuts into an ethnotrance epic)

8. Mi Gente (louie vega eol remix) - Hector Lavoe (A remix done by a master DJ nephew in honor of his uncle, the late, great "el cantante de los cantantes" Puerto Rican salsa singer Hector Lavoe)

9. Corazón de León (subrok mission & kabanjak remixes) - Up, Bustle and Out (From the Mexican Sessions album, inspired by the hot and happening sounds of the dancehall-influenced scene south of the border)

10. Hockey Remix - MIDIval PunditZ feat. Shahrukh Khan, KK & The Hockey Team (A recent production by the PunditZ for the Bollywood hit starring superstar Shahrukh Khan--who raps on the track--and based on a true story about a group of Indian female hockey players)

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Latest World Dance Fusion Top 10 7/31
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1. Allah Ya Moulana - Nabyla Maan feat. Omar Sayed de Nass El Ghiwane (Young Moroccan singing sensation reinterprets the famous song, a tribute to the soufi music of the Jilala, by legendary Moroccan group in a duet with one of its co-founders, Omar Sayed)

2. Safari - Mokobé feat. Viviane Ndour (Rapper of Malian ancestry and cofounder of multicultural French hiphop crew 113's solo outing is a sonik safari thru Africa in collaboration with many of her talented musicians, this number in particular a duet with Senegalese singer and Youssou's sister-in-law, Viviane Ndour)

3. Mima (don krutscho remix) - Nomad Soundsystem feat. Don Cali de Culcha Candela (A gorgeous dancefloor stomper by the hottest global beat band out of Berlin--the remix of this modern Maghrebi rai number with just a hint of Barcelona and the Balkans features additional rap by Don Cali of Culcha Candela)

4. The Fourth Estate - Notecrusher feat. Chemey Youdon Dhonsar (A solid global dance track with captivating Tibetan vocals and excellent production by musician Chance Kunga)

5. Awal - Transglobal Underground feat. Naufalle & Natacha Atlas (The latest album by the band that defines the term "transglobal" features a collaboration with Iraqi rapper of France-based group Aiwa and a return to vocal duties by former bandmember and first lady of global beat, Natacha Atlas)

6. Politique - Mokobé feat. Amadou & Mariam, Manu Chao, Tiken Jah Fakoly, & Fou Malade (Malian strings usher in the conscious hiphop lyrics of this ensemble effort uniting some of the hottest names in contemporary African and World Music)

7. Bethe Bethe Kese Kese - Gaudi feat. Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (An exemplary track rom the highly anticipated album by renowned dub producer and the immortal vocals of the Shahenshah-e-Qawwali (Emperor of Qawwals) that is the late Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, released today on Six Degrees Records)

8. Yad El Henna - Fnaire (Title track from new album from Moroccan hiphop group that headlined this year's 10th anniversary of Festival d'Essaouira & Musiques du Monde)

9. Sueño Brujo - Telmary feat. Ojos de Brujo (A first-rate trans-Atlantic collaboration between female Cuban rapper and members of the band that define the hiphop flamenkillo sound)

10. Tijani Rassi - Raiss Tijani (A hit in Morocco from France-based artist of Moroccan and Senegalese descent mixing up styles ranging from Amazigh chants to rap and funk)

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