The most successful title in January was the album “Ögbelerim – Music for my Ancestors” by a Mongolian artist named Batsükh Dorj.
Batsükh Dorj was born in 1990 in the town of Tsengel, the last village in western Mongolia, in the province of Bayan-Ölgii. He graduated from the Music College of the Tuva Republic in Kyzyl, Russia. He masters several techniques of khöömii, in Mongolian and Tuvanian styles: khöömii, isgeree (whistle khöömii), kharkhiraa (deep khöömii), ezengileer, borbagnadyr and igil fiddle, and toshpuluur lute. This remarkable musician is a master of the various overtone styles typical of the Tuvas. He sings to us about his nomadic culture through mountains and travels, notably imitating the rhythms of horses and the flow of water.
Top albums January 2024:
- Batsükh Dorj · Ögbelerim: Music for My Ancestors · Buda Musique [4]
- Koum Tara · Baraaim El-Louz · Odradek [1]
- Bixiga 70 · Vapor · Glitterbeat [3]
- Shakti · This Moment · Abstract Logix [36]
- Luzmila Carpio · Inti Watana / El Retorno del Sol · ZZK [2]
- Idrissa Soumaoro · Diré · Mieruba [8]
- Bombino · Sahel · Partisan [11]
- Ary Lobo · Ary Lobo 1958-1966 · Analog Africa [-]
- Frank London’s Klezmer Brass Allstars · Chronika · Borscht Beat [-]
- Mari Boine & Bugge Wesseltoft · Amame · By Norse Music [39]
- Aga Khan Master Musicians · Nowruz · Smithsonian Folkway Recordings [6]
- Catrin Finch & Aoife Ní Bhriain · Double You · Bendigedig [5]
- Ayfer Düzdaş · Kilomên Arxawûnê · Ayfer Düzdaş [13]
- Ana Carla Maza · Caribe · Persona Editorial [7]
- Okan · Okantomi · LulaWorld [27]
- Lenhart Tapes · Dens · Glitterbeat [26]
- Les Mamas du Congo & Rrobin · Ya Mizolé · Jarring Effects [9]
- Sidiki Camara · Return to the Traditions · Global Sonics [-]
- Mo’ Horizons · Mango · Agogo [10]
- Mohammad Motamedi & Rembrandt Trio · Intizar · Just Listen [20]
- Omiri · Ribatejo e Estremadura vol.II: Abrantes e Alcobaça · Repasseado [-]
- Almir Mešković & Daniel Lazar · Family beyond blood · ALDA [-]
- Santrofi feat. Omniversal Earkestra · Deep into Highlife: Live in Berlin · Outhere [15]
- L’Attirail · Honorables Correspondants · CSB Productions [-]
- La Sève · Chlorophylle · King Tao [-]
- Leon Keïta · Leon Keïta · Analog Africa [14]
- Mari Kalkun · Stoonia Lood / Stories of Stonia · Real World [12]
- Okavango African Orchestra · Migration · Okavango African Orchestra [-]
- Mokoomba · Tusona: Tracings in the Sand · Outhere [31]
- Casapalma · Montañesas · Raso [-]
- Emilia Lajunen · Vainaan Perua: Satavuotinen Sakka · Nordic Notes / CPL-Musicgroup [19]
- Genticorum · Au Coeur de l’Aube · Genticorum [17]
- Mama Sissoko · Live · Mieruba [-]
- Carola Ortiz · Cantareras · Segell Microscopi [-]
- Jono Heyes · Beehive · Asphalt Tango [33]
- Times New Román · Jól Élünk · Times New Román [25]
- Abdo Buda Marconi · Oltremura · Felmay [23]
- Bicho Carpinteiro · Bicho Carpinteiro · Bicho Carpinteiro [-]
- V.A. · Lost in Tajikistan · Riverboat / World Music Network [18]
- Yungchen Lhamo · One Drop of Kindness · Real World [16]
NMR (foto: press Batsükh Dorj)
Best of 2023 World Music Charts Europe:
1 ANADOLU EJDERI • Gaye Su Akyol • Turkey • Glitterbeat
2 ASK • Altin Gün • Netherlands • Glitterbeat
3 THE WORLD AND ALL THAT IT HOLDS • Damir Imamovic • Bosnia • Smithsonian Folkways
4 TUSONA: TRACINGS IN THE SAND • Mokoomba • Zimbabwe • Outhere Records
5 VIDA • Omara Portuondo • Cuba • One World Records
6 LADY SINGS THE BALKAN BLUES • Mostar Sevdah Reunion • Bosnia • Snail Records
7 DIRÉ • Idrissa Soumaoro • Mali • Mieruba
8 SILENT TEARS • Payadora Tango Ensemble • Canada • Six Degrees Records
9 AMATSSOU • Tinariwen • Mali • Wedge
10 MORSO • Dimitris Mystakidis • Greece • Fishbowl
11 DINDIN • Kimi Djabaté • Guinea-Bissau • Cumbancha
12 MÁDIBÁ • Blick Bassy • Cameroon • InFiné
13 ANA AICHA • Gaisha • Belgium/Morocco • Zephyrus
14 LOST IN TAJIKISTAN • various artists • Tajikistan • World Music Network
15 VOICES • Matthieu Saglio • France • ACT
16 WORK HARD • King Ayisoba • Ghana • Glitterbeat
17 O PARAISO • Lucas Santtana • Brazil • No Format
18 BRAIDS OF INNOCENCE • Mahsa Vahdat & SKRUK • Iran/Norway • KKV
19 FAMILY • Eneida Marta • Guinea-Bissau • ALG Eventos
20 VOYAGEUR • Ali Farka Touré • Mali • World Circuit
21 LONDON KO • Fatoumata Diawara • Mali • 3me bureau
22 TROIS • Acid Arab • France • Crammed Discs
23 200 WEEKS AGO • Vołosi • Poland • self released
24 CARRY THEM WITH US • Brighde Chaimbeul • UK (Scotland) • Glitterbeat
25 MORIK • Danuk • Turkey/Syria (Kurdish) • Omni Sound
26 KIND OF FOLK, VOL. 4 IBERIA • Groupa • Sweden/Norway • All Ice Records
27 STORIES OF STONIA • Mari Kalkun • Estonia • Real World
28 LES ÉGARÉS • Sissoko/Segal/Parisien/Peirani • France/Mali • No Format/ACT
29 RETORNAR • Magalí Sare & Manel Fortia • Spain (Catalonia) • Segell Microscopi
30 MONT CAU • Arnau Obiols • Spain (Catalonia) • Segell Microscopi
31 DIVAN & DIVINE • Zeyn’el • Turkey • ARC Music
32 SULA • Daimh • UK (Scotland) • Goat Island Music
33 LEUCA • Rachele Andrioli • Italy • Finisterre
34 MUTATIONS • Faizal Mostrixx • Uganda • Glitterbeat
35 BABI • Al Bilali Soudan • Mali • Clermont Music
36 JOUDOUR • Majid Bekkas • Morocco • Igloo
37 TAA! – OUR LANGUAGE MAY BE DYING, BUT OUR VOICES REMAIN • various artists • Botswana • Glitterbeat
38 BRING IT ON • Trad.Attack! • Estonia • self released
39 CURANNERA • Yarakä • Italy • Zero Nove Nove
40 A LISBON WOMAN – UMA MULHER NA CIDADE • Miranda • Portugal • JARO Medien
41 JARAK QARIBAK • Dudu Tassa & Jonny Greenwood • Israel/UK • World Circuit
42 PERU SELVATICO – PERUVIAN AMAZON 1974–1978 • various artists • Peru • Analog Africa
43 DILUVIO • Tanxugueiras • Spain (Galicia) • Calaverita Records
44 HEALING RITUALS • Naissam Jalal • France • Les couleurs du son
45 YALLA MIKU • Yalla Miku • Eritrea/Morocco/Algeria/Switzerland • Bongo Joe
46 SHEIKHS SHIKHATS & B’NET CHAABI • Sheikhs Shikhats & B’net Chaabi • Belgium • Zephyrus
47 WHAT IS YOUR BREAKING POINT? • Bantu • Nigeria • Soledad
48 PARIS BAMAKO JAZZ • Baba Sissoko & Jean-Philippe Rykiel • Mali/France • Caligola Records
49 ZWERVER • Toasaves • Belgium • Muziekpublique
50 SEQUANA • Souad Massi • Algeria • BackingTrack
51 ASWAT • Driss El Maloumi • Morocco • Contre-Jour
52 MUSIC FOR SHEPHERDS AND SULTANS • Michalis Kouloumis, Tristan Driessens, Miriam Encinas • Cyprus/Belgium/Spain (Catalonia) • Homerecords.be
53 O FUTURO É MAIS BONITO • Anna Setton • Brazil • Galileo
54 SAHEL • Bombino • Niger • Partisan Records
55 THE SKY IS THE SAME COLOUR EVERYWHERE • Kayhan Kalhor & Toumani Diabaté • Iran/Mali • Real World
56 THE BERLIN SESSION • Dur-Dur Band Int. • Somalia/UK • Outhere Records
57 TARAF SYRIANA • Taraf Syriana • Canada • Lulaworld Records
58 ORIGINS • Negarit Band • Ethiopia • Buda Musique
59 PASSARINHO • Joao Selva • Brazil • Underdog
60 DUNJALUK • Dunjaluk • Croatia/Bosnia • Cantus
61 A PLACE BEHIND THE GARDENS OF THE HOUSES. BÁIKI • Vassvik Solo • Norway (Sápmi) • OK World
62 INTERCONNECTEDNESS • Carmen Souza • Portugal/Cape Verde • Galileo
63 MALABARES • Rumbaristas • Belgium/France/Spain • Via Lactea
64 OUT OF THE BLUE • Las Lloronas • Belgium • Muziekpublique
65 IMPHILO • Bholoja • Eswatini • One World
66 TRANSICIONES • Juan José Robles • Spain • self released
67 AMICUM • Timo Alakotila & Johanna Juhola • Finland • Akerö
68 TRANSE SOUFIE DES DERVICHES TOURNEURS DE DAMAS • Ensemble Al-Kindi & Sheikh Hamed Daoud • Syria/France • Buda Musique
69 DOUBLE YOU • Catrin Finch & Aoife Ni Bhriain • UK (Wales)/Ireland • Bendigedig
70 ÖGBELERIM, MUSIC FOR MY ANCESTORS • Batsükh Dorj • Mongolia • Buda Musique
71 FROM SKOPJE WITH LOVE • Baklava • North Macedonia • CPL Music
72 EMBODIED POETRY • Mehmet Polat Quartet • Turkey/Netherlands • Aftab Records
73 SONCE • Dunja Knebl & Zoran Majstorović • Croatia • Geenger
74 HRAJŽEMI • Dis Is Markéta • Slovakia • self released
75 NEON COLONIALISMO • Batida • Angola/Portugal • Crammed Discs
76 BUCOLICA • Hiram Salsano • Italy • self released
77 LIBURIA TRIP • Brigan • Italy • Liburia Records
78 GOGO HIP • SinaUbi Zawose & Pamoja Zanzibar • Tanzania/Poland • Gig Ant
79 MITT ALTER ER FJELLET • SKRUK & Frode Fjellheim • Norway • KKV
80 EM CANTOS DE ORISA • Irma Ferreira • Brazil • Ajabu!
81 TERRI KUNDA • Gao Hong & Kadialy Kouyaté • China/Senegal • ARC Music
82 SOME MISSISSIPPI SUNDAY MORNING • Parchman Prison Prayer • USA • Glitterbeat
83 RESET! • Luca Bassanese • Italy • Ola Ola Music
84 SIRTO • Jiraan • Belgium • Zephyrus
85 MAELSTRÖM • Azmari • Belgium • Sdban
86 WHERE WATER MEETS WATER • Sainkho Namtchylak • Russia (Tuva) • Ponderosa
87 ELESA • Mze Shina • France/various • Buda Musique
88 GILGUL • Dorůžka/Fischmann/Novák • Czech republic • Animal Music
89 DUHOVI • Faith I Branko • UK/Serbia • World Music Network
90 THE FATHER OF LIBYAN REGGAE • Ibrahim Hesnawi • Libya • Habibi Funk
91 BARAAIM EL-LOUZ • Koum Tara • France • Odradek Records
92 ODE DITE • Adam Semijalac • Croatia • self released
93 KOLKHOZOY TRAKTOR • Shono • Russia (Buryatia) • CPL Music
94 LA GIUSTA DISTANZA • Riccardo Tesi • Italy • Visage Music
95 RWA (THE ESSENCE) • Malika Zarra • Morocco • D.Zel Prod
96 LE MONDE MODERNE • Studio Shap Shap • Niger • Escalier 227
97 ASRO • Kala Jula & Gangbé Brass Band • Mali/Benin/Switzerland • Buda Musique
98 ŠAK JE TO LÁSKA ZLÁ • Trojka Zuzany Homolovej • Slovakia • Slnko Records
99 NIJAR • Paolo Angeli • Italy • AnMa Productions
100 BAJO & VOZ • Marta Gomez & Andres Rotmistrovsky • Colombia/Argentina • Aluna Music
101 FICTION & FOLKLORE • Lakvar • Germany/Hungary/Georgia • CPL-Music
102 LAST BREATHS FROM ALEPPO • Jawa • Belgium/Syria • Muziekpublique
103 POSLUCHEJCIE KAMARADZI • FisBanda • Poland • Karczma młyniska
104 EZ KI ME • Meral Polat Trio • Turkey/Netherlands • self released
105 KORA WORLD • Maher Cissoko • Senegal • Ajabu!
106 CREDO • Pekko Käppi & K:H:H:L • Finland • RockAdillo/Nordic Notes
107 TOGETHER • Deodato Siquir • Mozambique • self released
108 LOKOGANE HOBE DEKHA • Folks of Bengal • India • Banglanatak dot com
109 T.E.L.D. • Turumtay/Erdogan/Liška/Dés • Turkey/Czech republic/Hungary • Fonó
110 DOST 2 • Derya Yildirim & Grup Simsek • Turkey/Germany • Bongo Joe
111 BADINYAA KUMOO • Sona Jobarteh • Gambia • African Guild Records
112 DUE MONDI • Indaco • Italy • Alfa Music
113 DO YOU KNOW A PLACE CALLED FLEKKEROY • Dawda Jobarteh • Gambia/Denmark • Ajabu!
114 ERRANTE • Adriana Calcanhotto • Brazil • BMG
115 SHAPES OF SILENCE • Aleph Quintet • Belgium • Igloo Records
116 LE BLUES DES SOURDS-MUETS • Mwezi WaQ • Comoros • Buda Musique
117 WHEN THE DUST SETTLES • Balimaya Project • UK/Nigeria/Ghana/Mali • New Soil x Jazz re:freshed
118 EARS OF THE PEOPLE – EKONTING SONGS FROM SENEGAL AND GAMBIA • various • Senegal/Gambia • Smithsonian Folkways
119 THE SOLD GIRL (TURKISH REMIX) • Cserepes • Hungary • Fonó
120 BLOW THE WIND SOUTHERLY • Esbe • UK • self released
121 POD OBLOČKOM • Ondro a kamaráti • Slovakia • Môlča Records
122 BILJUR • Bilja Krstić & Bistrik Orchestra • Serbia • Jugoton Croatia
123 WHAT TO DO, HOW TO LIVE? • Lakiko • Bosnia • Lakiko Music
124 SÓC POETA • Alba Asensi • Spain (Valencia) • Segell Microscopi
125 EN KÖTÜ IYI OLUR • Lalalar • Turkey • Bongo Joe
126 PASSIONE MERIDIONALE • Salvatore Pace & Alessandro Gaudio • Italy • Visage Music
127 FIDJU DI LION • Malan Mane • Guinea-Bissau • Archieball
128 ROYA • Liraz • Israel • Glitterbeat
129 AL SAHER • Aya Metwalli & Calamita • Egypt/Lebanon • Zehra
130 PAUSIS • Pausis • Greece • Seikilo Ancient World Music
131 LA TIERRA BLANCA • Anna Murtola • Finland • Nordic Notes
132 FAMILY AFFAIR • Inna De Yard • Jamaica • Chapter Two
133 HITZNO BAT ERRAN ETA, BANUA BERHALA • Olatz Zugasti • Spain (Basque Country) • Kantaita Enea
134 SAHIRA • Karkum Project • Italy • self released
135 NÓMADE • Marcos Coll • Spain • Galileo Music
136 DENS • Lenhart Tapes • Serbia • Glitterbeat
137 FALSE LANKUM • Lankum • Ireland • Rough Trade
138 ESPURNES I CORALLS • Mar Grimalt • Spain (Mallorca) • Microscopi
139 BANJARA • Baul Meets Saz • Belgium/Turkey/India • Uren Production
140 WAYO • Moonlight Benjamin • Haiti • Ma Case Prod
141 CHIMBORAZO • Son Rompe Pera • Mexico • Aya
142 CONCERT IN STEREO • Tsuumi Sound System • Finland • self released
143 BEEHIVE • Jono Heyes • New Zealand • Asphalt Tango Records
144 AMBER & SILK PROJECT – SUKA MEETS ZHENG • Maria Pomianowska & Mingjie Yu • Poland/China • Soliton
145 SUBSTRAT • Guillem Ballaz • Spain (Catalonia) • Segell Microscopi
146 YORUBA ODYSSEY • Adédeji • Nigeria • One World Records
147 CANTOS BEBIDA Y MUERTE • Celmaca • Belgium/Mexico • Homerecords.be
148 MOLDAVIA: PEASANT TUNES FROM THE OLD LAND OF HARLAU • Neculai Florea, Nicolae Amarandei, Valentin Balasoiu • Romania • Buda Musique
149 LOVE HURTS • Enkel • Finland • Nordic Notes
150 OOROO • Sangit • Israel • World Music Network
151 UNHEARD LANDSCAPES • Mikko H. Haapoja • Finland • self released
152 MARTIN GYÖRGY KALOTASZEGEN • Erdőfű • Hungary • Fonó
153 HARMATCSEPPBEN ÉL A VILÁG BENNEM • Napfonat • Hungary • Fonó
154 SOMANTI • Chouk Bwa & The Angstromers • Haiti/Belgium • Bongo Joe
155 ERYAMON KOYTNEVA • Merema • Russia (Mordovia) • CPL-Music
156 RIKATAKA • Alice In WonderBand • Serbia • CPL Music
157 TORNADON SILMÄSSÄ • Vimma • Finland • Nordic Notes
158 QIRIM • Jamala • Ukraine • self released
159 II • Fränder • Sweden/Estonia • Nordic Notes
160 RODELAND • Siger • Belgium • Trad Records
161 THROISMA REMIXED • Antonis Antoniou • Cyprus • Ajabu
162 NOT A VIOLIN DUO • Teho. • Finland • Lusti Music & Arts 0y
163 ŽIVO • Vlado Kreslin, Teo Collori & Momento Cigano • Slovenia • Založba Kreslin
164 MÉHARI • Mohamed Lamouri • Algeria • Almost Music
165 ATMA • Roopa Panesar • UK • Asian Arts Agency
166 SÉGOU TO LAGOS • Solomane Doumbia • Mali • Mieruba
167 18 PIANO SUTRAS & 25 SOUTH ASIAN PIANISM • Tanya Ekanayaka • Sri Lanka • ARC Music
168 SCHUMANN RESONANCE • Erik Rothenstein Band ft. Jorge Pardo • Slovakia/Spain • Bebe Rebe
169 DUOS – ALONE • Tri Nguyen • Vietnam • Naxos World
170 LA PRENDA ROJA • La Prenda Roja • Spain (Catalonia) • Segell Microscopi
171 SOUL TROPICAL • David Walters • France • Heavenly Sweetness
172 CURYMAN • Roge • Brazil • Diamond West Records
173 SURUN SYNTY • Emmi Kuittinen • Finland • Nordic Notes
174 FA • Togo All Stars • Togo • Excelsior Recordings
175 MARIAGE • Wau Wau Collectif • Senegal • Sahel Sounds
176 ECUATORIANA – EL UNIVERSO PARALELO DE POLIBIO MAYORGA • various artists • Ecuador • Analog Africa
177 COCO MARIA PRESENTS CLUB COCO AHORA! THE LATIN SOUND OF NOW • various artists • various • Bongo Joe
178 MACADAM • Schroothoop • Belgium • Sdban Ultra
179 THE SORROW SONGS • Angeline Morrison • UK • Topic
180 PORTUGUESA • Carminho • Portugal • Maria Music
181 A BRIGHTER FUTURE • Johanna Juhola • Finland • Nordic Notes
182 KIRIKÜÜT • Rüüt • Estonia • Nordic Notes
183 DESCOBRI • Bertania Almeida • Cape Verde • Harmonia
184 A CIMBALOMPRÍMÁS • Tárkány Trió • Hungary • Fonó
185 LA NOVIA • La Cantiga de la Serena • Italy • Zero Nove Nove
186 SYNTHETIC HEARTS • Msaki × Tubatsi • South Africa • No Format
187 MELKUTUS PARTY • Jenni Venäläinen • Finland • Nordic Notes
188 JOAO • Bebel Gilberto • Brazil • PIAS
189 NO DIRÉ RES DE MI • Meritxell Gené • Spain (Catalonia) • Microscopi
190 SHABAZI – A TRIBUTE TO THE POET • Yemen Blues • Yemen • MDC
191 LA RAZÓN ELÉCTRICA • Raúl Rodriguez • Spain • Altafonte
192 HÄMÄRÄ • Sähköpaimen • Finland • Nordic Notes
193 INTI WATANA – EL RETORNO DEL SOL • Luzmila Carpio • Bolivia • ZZK Records
194 ATLAS • Efrén López & Christos Barbas • Spain/Greece • Seyir Muzik
195 MAMA AFRICA • Julio Montoro y Alma Latina • Cuba • Tumi Music
196 WHO ARE WE? • Al-Qasar • France • Glitterbeat
197 SILENT WITNESS II • Silent Witness • Poland/various • Gig Ant
198 SPEECH OF SPECIES • Echoes of Zoo • Belgium • W.E.R.F.
199 IDENTIDAD (LIVE IN CONCERT) • Dorantes • Spain • Flamenco Scultura
200 O YINNE! • Alogte Oho & His Sounds Of Joy • Ghana • Philophon
