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ethnic

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Ethnic music encompasses traditional and contemporary sounds rooted in diverse cultural traditions from around the world, often featuring indigenous instruments, native languages, and regional musical styles. The genre blends ancestral folk elements with modern production techniques, creating atmospheric soundscapes that honor cultural heritage while appealing to global audiences. It emphasizes authenticity and cross-cultural exploration through rhythms, melodies, and vocal styles specific to particular geographic regions or communities.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
15		1965	Ravi Shankar	Portrait of Genius	indian classical	indian classical # 97
55		1978	Hamza El Din	Eclipse	oud	oud # 98
18		1979	Mike Oldfield	Elements	ethnic new age pop
44		1987	Various Artists	Spiritual Chillout	ethnic
21		1988-09	Los Lobos	La Pistola y el Corazón	ethnic
97		1989	Djivan Gasparyan	I Will Not Be Sad In This World	ethnic
5		1989-03-31	Bliss	Loveprayer	ambient ethnic new age spiritual
25		1990	Buckwheat Zydeco	Where There's Smoke There's Fire	cajun ethnic rock zydeco	cajun # 95 zydeco # 97
51		1991	Angélique Kidjo	Logozo	ethnic
39		1993-09-13	Dead Can Dance	Into the Labyrinth	ambient ethereal	ethereal # 50
32		1994	Enchanted	Enchanted	chillout downtempo electronic ethnic new age
69		1994-02-07	Shu-De	Voices from the Distant Steppe	ethnic folk
35		1995	Cesária Évora	Cesaria Evora Best Of	bossa nova chillout ethnic fado folk jazz latin	fado # 48
27		1995	Mogollar	Anadolu Pop Mogollar	ethnic instrumental
67		1995-01	Anouar Brahem	Khomsa	ethnic jazz
96		1995-06-08	Deep Forest	Boheme	new age world	new age # 66 world # 84
50		1996	Pangea	Pangea	downtempo ethnic tribal	tribal # 39
92		1996-06-03	Dead Can Dance	Spiritchaser	ambient ethereal	ethereal # 1 tribal ambient # 39 ethnic fusion # 49
37		1997	Uman	Purple Passage	alternative ambient chillout downtempo electronic ethnic ethno lounge meditation new age trip-hop world	ethno # 87
81		1997	Kardeş Türküler	Kardeş Türküler	ethnic kurdish turkish	turkish # 35 kurdish # 100
94		1997	Anggun	Snow On The Sahara	ethnic female vocalists indonesian	indonesian # 96
89		1997-04-08	Vas	Sunyata	world ethnic	world # 41
8		1998	Sima Bina	Nava'i	ethnic farsi folk iran iranian persian sufi traditional	persian # 51 traditional # 52 iranian # 66 sufi # 68 iran # 73 farsi # 79
77		1998-09-07	Djivan Gasparyan & Michael Brook	Black Rock	ethnic folk
38		1999	Blasted Mechanism	Plasma	ethnic jazz
73		2000	Bliss	Bliss	ambient ethnic new age spiritual	spiritual # 45
95		2000	Karunesh	Global Spirit	new age	new age # 36
14		2000	Erkan Oğur	Bilinmeyenle Karşılaşmak	ethnic folk
88		2000	Dino Merlin	Sredinom	classical ethnic pop rock
59		2000-06-06	Troika	Shaman	ambient new age ethnic
29		2001	Prem Joshua	Dance of Shakti	india	india # 94
47		2001	Isihia	Isihia	bulgarian ethnic folk world	bulgarian # 95
53		2001	Natacha Atlas	Best Of	ethnic world fusion	world fusion # 34 fantasy new age # 89
9		2001-04-18	Rajna	The Heady Wine of Praise	dark ambient ethereal ethnic ethnic fusion france world world fusion	ethnic fusion # 80
1		2001-04-20	蕭亞軒	明天	c-pop dance electronic ethnic hip-hop latin rap
30		2002	Sabahat Akkiraz	Konserler	ethnic
41		2002-07-01	Eccodek	More Africa in Us	chill new age ethnic ethnic fusion new age ambiant new age electronic new age electronica new age fusion world fusion	world fusion # 18 new age electronic # 45 new age ambiant # 58 chill new age # 65 new age electronica # 82 new age fusion # 84 ethnic fusion # 88
64		2002-08	Singers of the Art of Living	Sacred Chants of Shiva	ethnic world
60		2003	Irfan	IRFAN	darkwave ethereal world fusion female vocalists	ethereal # 12 darkwave # 17 dream folk # 80 neoclassical darkwave # 81 world fusion # 99
72		2003	Triskilian	TRISKILIAN	ambient ethnic medieval folk neomedieval spiritual	spiritual # 44 medieval folk # 93 neomedieval # 95
57		2003-01-01	Bill Brown	Lineage II: The Chaotic Chronicle	ethnic
98		2003-06-10	Shiva in Exile	Ethnic	ethnic spiritual	ethno # 76 spiritual # 77
93		2003-09-21	Margareth Menezes	Tete a Tete Margareth	ethnic female vocalists pop rock world
16		2004	Jasmon	Gentle Flowers	chill new age ethereal new age ethnic new age new age ambiant new age electronic new age electronica new age fusion	new age ambiant # 37 ethereal new age # 43 chill new age # 48 new age electronica # 66 new age electronic # 71 new age fusion # 78
61		2004	Aynur	Keçe Kurdan	ethnic kurdish kurdistan	kurdish # 99 kurdistan # 99
78		2004	Terra Ambient	The Gate	chill new age ethereal new age ethnic ethnic fusion meditation new age ambiant new age electronic new age instrumental world fusion	new age electronic # 20 meditation # 29 world fusion # 69 ethereal new age # 84 new age ambiant # 86 chill new age # 89 new age instrumental # 92 ethnic fusion # 95
7		2005	Линда	Почти близнецы	electronic ethnic female vocalists pop russian russian pop	russian pop # 78
31		2005	Shaman's Dream	Kerala Dream	ambient ethnic
33		2005-05-16	Zakopower	Musichal	alternative ethnic folk folk rock polish
28		2005-06-01	Antaeus	Zero4	ambient chillout downtempo electronic ethnic new age
2		2006	Askura Alexander Shkuratov	From Nowhere	african alternative ambient arabic asia blues celtic chillout china chinese christian dance ethnic ethno folk indian japan new age new wave pop singer-songwriter soul trance vocal trance world	asia # 22 ethno # 80 china # 81
63		2006	Modus	The Colour of Love	new age ambient electronic trip-hop world fusion chillout	breaks # 2 spiritual # 38 psybient # 42 indian # 46 india # 66 soundscape # 73 downbeat # 77 oriental # 88 world fusion # 89 ethno # 94 psychill # 97
70		2006	Cheb Mami	Layali	africa ethnic world	africa # 46
65		2006	Mysteria	Tempting the Muse	ambient ethnic
20		2006-04-07	Yungchen Lhamo	Ama	ethnic folk
46		2006-07-21	Dazkarieh	Incógnita Alquimia	acid folk celtic celtic folk ethnic experimental folk folk portugal portuguese world	portuguese # 72 portugal # 78 celtic folk # 81 acid folk # 92 experimental folk # 95
100		2006-07-25	Azam Ali	Elysium For The Brave	ethnic world ethereal	persian # 24 soprano # 32 iranian # 81 arabic # 85 world # 92
68		2006-10-14	Линда	Алеада	alternative rock electronic ethnic female vocalists pop russian russian pop russian rock	russian pop # 85
87		2006-10	Altan urag	Made in Altan Urag	ethnic folk folk rock
75		2007	Azam Ali	Elysium Remixes EP 1	world ethereal female vocalists ethnic	world # 22
76		2007	Azam Ali	Elysium Remixes EP 2	world ethereal female vocalists ethnic	world # 21
82		2007	Secret Chiefs 3	Path of Most Resistance: Secret Chiefs 3 in History and Presence	ambient electronic ethnic oriental progressive metal progressive rock	oriental # 95
74		2007-05-21	Monjes Budistas	Sakya Tashi Ling	ethnic meditation	meditation # 18
11		2007-09-27	夏川りみ	南風	ethnic j-pop
6		2008	Žalvarinis	Folk N' Rock	ethnic folk metal folk rock lithuanian	lithuanian # 74
19		2008	Eccodek	Shivaboom	chill new age ethnic ethnic fusion new age ambiant new age electronic new age electronica new age fusion world fusion	new age ambiant # 40 chill new age # 49 new age electronica # 67 new age electronic # 69 new age fusion # 79 ethnic fusion # 82
58		2008	Percival	Oj Dido	ethnic folk neofolk pagan folk	pagan folk # 81
45		2008-01-29	dj Cheb i Sabbah	Devotion	ethnic ethnic fusion world world fusion	world fusion # 28 ethnic fusion # 90
26		2008-06-23	Sabrina Malheiros	New Morning	ethnic world fusion
91		2008-06	Shiva in Exile	Nour	ethnic
62		2008-08-20	Dub Colossus	A Town Called Addis	dub ethnic
43		2009	Terra Ambient	Wanderlust	chill new age ethereal new age ethnic ethnic fusion new age ambiant new age electronic new age instrumental world fusion	world fusion # 24 new age electronic # 44 new age ambiant # 60 ethereal new age # 62 chill new age # 67 new age instrumental # 77 ethnic fusion # 89
52		2009	Inga & Anush	Heartbeat of My Land	ethnic ethno eurovision female vocalists traditional	eurovision # 46 traditional # 80 ethno # 91
42		2009-02-06	Chronos & C.J. Catalizer	Quid est Veritas?	ambient chillout ethnic
71		2009-04-14	Karl Sanders	Saurian Exorcisms	dark ambient ambient	dark ambient # 36
54		2010	Kuan	Gam	ethnic turkish
86		2010-12-08	Дахабраха	Light	ethnic
24		2011	Jasmon	Hammock Dreams	chill new age chillout downtempo ethereal new age ethnic new age electronic new age electronica new age fusion world	ethereal new age # 48 chill new age # 53 new age electronic # 62 new age electronica # 70 new age fusion # 82
66		2011	Mesut Kurtis	Salawat	arabic easy listening ethnic new age world	arabic # 25
3		2011-01-13	Bora Duran	Her Sabah	ethnic pop
22		2011-05-13	Mirage of Deep	The Garden Of Gaia	chill new age ethereal new age ethnic ethnic fusion new age ambiant new age electronic new age electronica new age fusion world fusion	new age ambiant # 46 ethereal new age # 47 chill new age # 52 new age electronic # 64 new age electronica # 68 new age fusion # 80 ethnic fusion # 83
56		2011-09-29	Deva Premal	Password	ambient ethnic new age spiritual	spiritual # 33
90		2012-09-24	Goran Bregović	Champagne For Gypsies	balkan ethnic gypsy	balkan # 71 gypsy # 74
12		2014	Gary B	Turn This Around	chill new age ethereal new age ethnic ethnic fusion meditation new age new age ambiant new age electronic new age electronica new age fusion new age instrumental world fusion zen	new age ambiant # 31 ethereal new age # 40 chill new age # 44 new age instrumental # 60 new age electronica # 62 new age fusion # 75 fantasy new age # 77 new age electronic # 77 ethnic fusion # 81 zen # 90
83		2014-03-07	Kaya Project	The Ambient Mixes	ambient chillout downtempo ethereal ethnic tribal	tribal # 85
10		2015-06-21	Irfan	The Eternal Return	ethereal world	bulgarian # 84
99		2016-10-21	Jean du Voyage	Mantra	chillout chillstep downtempo dub ethnic neo-soul trip-hop	dub # 41 chillstep # 94
79		2017-12-01	Dirtwire	Blaze	ethnic folk rock
80		2018	Drummatix	Воздух	ethnic
85		2018-11-02	Dead Can Dance	Dionysus	neoclassical darkwave world world fusion	folktronica # 10 dark folk # 57 nerdcore # 76 new weird america # 77 poetry # 77 poptron # 85 tribal # 88 eurobeat # 93 world # 94 moscow # 94 neoclassical darkwave # 96 china # 98 ethnic fusion # 99 neomedieval # 99 world fusion # 100
40		2019-02-15	Этносфера	Та русь	ethnic ethno russian	ethno # 89
84		2019-07-05	Turilli / Lione Rhapsody	Zero Gravity (Rebirth And Evolution)	electronic ethnic progressive metal symphonic metal symphonic power metal	symphonic power metal # 62
34		2022-12-01	NAZVA	NAZVA	ethnic
36		2023	Jimmy Page and Robert Plant	No Quarter: Jimmy Page & Robert Plant Unledded	acoustic ethnic folk rock unplugged world fusion	world fusion # 12 unplugged # 28
48		2023	Various Artists	Lemongrass Garden Vol.2	chill new age easy listening ethereal new age ethnic lounge new age new age electronic new age electronica new age fusion	new age electronic # 39 ethereal new age # 67 chill new age # 72 new age electronica # 85 new age fusion # 86
23		2023	Various Artists	Greatest Songs Ever: Middle East	ethnic
4			Maya Nasri	Izzay Terafni	arabic ethnic female vocalists folk persian world	persian # 48
13			鼓童	Blessing Of The Earth	drum ethnic japan	drum # 84
17			A Six Degrees Collection	Traveler '03	ambient electronic ethnic spoken word world
49			Samovar Tea Lounge	One	ambient chillout downtempo electronic electronica ethnic lounge world

Related genres

• world
• folk
• electronic
• ambient
• new age
• traditional
• instrumental
• chillout
• world fusion
• female vocalists