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ethno

Last updated: Tue Oct 21 2025 08:23:19 GMT+0300 (Eastern European Summer Time)

Description

Ethno encompasses music that draws from traditional folk and indigenous musical traditions from around the world, often blending them with contemporary production techniques. It emphasizes authentic cultural sounds, regional instruments, and native vocal styles while making them accessible to global audiences. The tag captures both pure world music explorations and modern fusions that bridge ancient heritage with electronic, ambient, or pop elements.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
43		1969	Holger Czukay & Rolf Dammers	Canaxis	ambient ethno krautrock rock
48		1972	Various Artists	Makedonija Zasekogash	balkan ethno macedonian	macedonian # 77
36		1972	Various Artists	Indian Music of Mexico	ethno folk mexican mexico traditional world
30		1982	Rick James	Disco Funk Fever	acid jazz acoustic alternative alternative rock bass blues bossa nova breakbeat broken beat chillout classic rock contemporary jazz dance disco downtempo electronic emo ethnic ethno folk funk funk metal fusion hammond hard rock house instrumental italian jam jazz jazz hop jazz-funk latin latin jazz lounge meditation motown neo-soul new wave nu jazz organ piano pop rave reggae rhythm and blues rock singer-songwriter smooth jazz soul techno	hammond # 24
82		1986	Babatunde Olatunji	Drums of Passion: The Beat	ethno jazz traditional world	traditional # 64
51		1987	Ustad Ali Akbar Khan	Passing On The Tradition [Live]	ethno hindustani india	hindustani # 82
11		1987	Various Artists	Nordic Roots 3	ethno world
35		1991	László Hortobágyi	Traditional Music of Amygdala	ambient ethno hungarian	hungarian # 7
26		1991	Frifot	Frifot	ethno
85		1994	Anastasia	Before the Rain	ethno macedonian	macedonian # 99
93		1994	Huun-Huur-Tu	The Orphan's Lament
96		1995	Axiom Of Choice	Beyond Denial	ethno world fusion	world fusion # 70
57		1995	Annbjørg Lien	Felefeber (Norwegian Fiddle Fantasia)	ethno indie folk
86		1997	Dreamcatcher	Dreamcatcher	chillout ethno india world	india # 53
87		1997	Uman	Purple Passage	alternative ambient chillout downtempo electronic ethnic ethno lounge meditation new age trip-hop world	ethnic # 37
42		1998	Vlatko Stefanovski & Miroslav Tadic	Treta majka	balkan ethno	macedonian # 47 serbian # 76
95		1998	Anna Maria Jopek	ID - International	ethno jazz pop
15		1999	Волга	Volga	ethno
100		1999-04-19	Faithless	Bring My Family Back	electronic ethno techno	techno # 23
37		2000	Orkiestra Św. Mikołaja	Z Dawna Dawnego	ethno folk
73		2000-06-28	Foltin	Archimed	dada ethno jazz macedonian	macedonian # 90 dada # 95
90		2000-11-27	Deep Forest	Pacifique	ambient new age electronic
67		2001	Spirit Nation	Winter Moons	ambient chillout downtempo electronic ethnic ethno new age tribal
97		2001	Warsaw Village Band	People's Spring	ethno
17		2001-01-01	Nitin Sawhney	Prophesy	chillout electronica
70		2001-07	Ash Dargan	Breath Of Man	alternative ambient australia didgeridoo ethno	australia # 8 didgeridoo # 86
23		2001-09-01	Ikarus	Praying To Different Gods	alternative ambient chillout downtempo electronic ethnic ethno lounge new age tribal trip-hop world
4		2002	Птица Тылобурдо	Концерт в театре Колесо	ethno folk russian
61		2003	Umkulu	Kungulu	alternative ambient australia didgeridoo ethnic ethno tribal	didgeridoo # 76
76		2003-06-10	Shiva in Exile	Ethnic	ethnic spiritual	spiritual # 77 ethnic # 98
98		2003-09-29	Oi Va Voi	Laughter Through Tears	chillout world	jewish # 24 chillout # 31 world # 91
71		2004	Ratnabali	India	ethno india mantra	india # 23 mantra # 40
9		2004	Sanctity	In the Name of the Mother the Daughter and the Holy Will	ambient chillout downtempo electronic electronica ethereal ethnic ethno lounge new age tribal trip-hop world
34		2004	Osimira	PROSHCHA (прошча) 2004	ethno folk
81		2004	Atalyja	Močia	ethno
72		2004-08	Yerba Mater	Raga Praga	alternative ethno folk
79		2004-10-29	Gaudi	Bass Sweat & Tears	bass breaks downtempo dub ethno sufi world	sufi # 65
69		2005	Atman	The Traveler	chillout new age
78		2005	Spiritual	Pulse	gothic metal
47		2006	Algor Mortis	Circle Of Fire	ethno extreme metal funk hardcore hungarian hungary metal metalcore modern metal nu metal rock	hungarian # 15 extreme metal # 38 hungary # 67
80		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	ethnic # 2 asia # 22 china # 81
94		2006	Modus	The Colour of Love	new age ambient electronic trip-hop world fusion chillout	breaks # 2 spiritual # 38 psybient # 42 indian # 46 ethnic # 63 india # 66 soundscape # 73 downbeat # 77 oriental # 88 world fusion # 89 psychill # 97
12		2006	Susanne Lundeng	Nattevåk	ethno world fusion
64		2006-04-12	Askura Alexander Shkuratov	TO THE LIGHT	african alternative ambient ambient dub arabic asia blues celtic chillout china chinese christian dance electronic ethnic ethno folk indian industrial instrumental japan jazz latino new age new wave pop psychill rap rock singer-songwriter soul techno trance vocal trance world	ambient dub # 31 china # 57
55		2007	KATAN	Katan	ethno folk magyar	magyar # 74
77		2007	Warsaw Village Band	Upmixing	dub ethno
92		2007-10-26	Al Andaluz Project	Deus et Diabolus	ethno world
52		2008	Toše Proeski	Bozilak	balkan ethno folk macedonian	macedonian # 78
39		2008	Papa Wemba	New Morning	ethno
83		2008	Emir Hot	Sevdah Metal	ethno
25		2008-08-04	NEIZAN	Beijing 2008	acoustic alternative ambient chamber darkwave downbeat downtempo drone drum electroacoustic english espanol ethnic ethno flamenco freestyle funk fusion grindcore grunge hardcore industrial instrumental jazz jazzcore latin metal metalcore musical noise percussion psytrance roots soul soundtrack spain spanish spiritual synthesizer traditional trance tribal world	downbeat # 2 percussion # 23 espanol # 33 synthesizer # 34 jazzcore # 43 drum # 45 chamber # 82
84		2008-09	Kapela ze wsi Warszawa	Infinity	ethno folk polish
7		2008-12-10	Afion	Čudni svati	ethno
44		2009	Dubravko Lapaine	Kosmopterix	ambient australia didgeridoo ethno	didgeridoo # 68
91		2009	Inga & Anush	Heartbeat of My Land	ethnic ethno eurovision female vocalists traditional	eurovision # 46 ethnic # 52 traditional # 80
58		2009	Atalyja	Saula Riduolėla	ethnic ethno folk folk rock
65		2009	Mystica	Second Dive	ambient chillout downtempo electronic electronica ethereal ethnic ethno lounge new age trance
3		2009-07-20	Mindex	SPIRITS GATHERING EP	ambient didgeridoo ethno idm lounge trance	didgeridoo # 49
99		2009-10-05	Yasmin Levy	Sentir	ethno world fusion	world fusion # 81
32		2010	ВеданЪ КолодЪ	У Кривой Дороги	electronic ethno folk folktronica rock russian
41		2010	Janusz Prusinowski Trio	Serce - Heart	ethno folk world
38		2011	FullSet	Notes At Liberty	ethno irish folk world
60		2011	Volosi	Wolosi I Lasoniowie	ethno world world fusion
33		2012	Khaossia	De Migratione	ethno folk
46		2012	ALFIDA	No comments	arabic downtempo ethno lounge turkish world fusion
13		2013	Aherusia	As I Cross The Seas Of My Soul	ethno melodic black metal melodic death metal
53		2013-09-14	Dzivia	Žniajar Mrojaŭ (Dream Reaper)	ambient belarus belarusian ethno folk instrumental orchestral soundtrack symphony	symphony # 14 belarus # 42 belarusian # 43
31		2014-12-19	Sonam Dorji	Music from the Mountains of Bhutan	asia asian ethno folk traditional world
29		2014-12	Diskreetse Mango Trio	Hea mees (single)	estonia estonian ethno folk folk rock neofolk rock roots traditional world	estonian # 71 estonia # 82
66		2015	Daliborovo Granje	Daliborovo Granje	ethno experimental rock instrumental psychedelic rock rock
75		2015-04	Karolina	Makedonsko Devojče	balkan ethno macedonian traditional	macedonian # 85
6		2016	Folkbeat	Светлая Встреча	ethno folk spiritual traditional world
54		2017-05-20	Olga Scotland	Крадущийся	ethno
89		2019-02-15	Этносфера	Та русь	ethnic ethno russian	ethnic # 40
59		2019-07-30	Modus	The Earth Beneath Our Feet	ambient electronic breakbeat breaks chillout dark ambient downbeat downtempo easy listening electronica ethereal ethnic ethno fusion idm india indian instrumental lounge meditation new age oriental progressive house psybient psychill psytrance soundscape spiritual tribal trip-hop world world fusion	downbeat # 29 oriental # 49
74		2020-12-01	Kirill Bogomilov	Slavic Heroic Music	ethnic ethno folk instrumental new age world
5		2022-01-21	Luca Congedo	Dialogo (live)	ethno folk
8		2023	Various Artists	Indonesia: Music from West Java	ethno folk gamelan indonesia indonesian traditional world	indonesian # 20 indonesia # 23 gamelan # 78
10		2023	Various Artists	Music of Indonesia	asia asian ethno folk indonesia traditional world	indonesia # 24
2		2023	Various Artists	Tuva: Voices from the Center of Asia	ethno folk traditional world
22		2023	Various Artists	Instrumental Music of the Kalahari San	africa african ethno field recordings folk traditional world
24		2023	Various Artists	Wolof Music of Senegal and the Gambia	africa african ethno field recordings folk traditional world
19		2023-04-15	Mile Kolarov	Ezgije	ethno folk instrumental macedonian traditional	macedonian # 71
14			МГИЭТ	Концерт в Миноритенкихе, г.Кёльн		a capella # 17
16			Jecks	Juice Box	acid jazz acoustic alternative alternative rock bass blues chillout classic rock dance disco downtempo electronic ethnic ethno folk funk fusion hammond hard rock house jam jazz lounge meditation new wave nu jazz organ pop rave rock soul	hammond # 13
18			Apples From Mars	Apple Number One	alternative ambient chillout choral classical classical crossover darkwave easy listening electronic electronica ethereal ethnic ethnic fusion ethno gothic metal instrumental lounge mantra meditation new age new wave oriental piano pop psychill rock romanian russian soul soundtrack spiritual trance trip-hop world	mantra # 8 oriental # 25 romanian # 26 ethnic fusion # 39
28			Vietnamese National Song and Dance Ensemble	Songs and Dances of Vietnam	ethno folk traditional vietnamese world	vietnamese # 74
62			Castro and the Didgecrew	Live-Walkabout 2007 Castro and the Didgecrew	ambient australia didgeridoo ethno	didgeridoo # 77
63			Castro and the Didgecrew	Cross Over - Didgeridoo	alternative ambient australia didgeridoo ethno instrumental	didgeridoo # 81
1			Lowhum	Ethnomation	chinese ethno world
20			Андрей Байкалец	Раю мой Раю (2001)	ethno folk russian russian rock
21			Юстус	Песни Бесконечности	africa african dub ethno folk reggae roots russian
27			МГИЭТ	Русские народные песни	ethno russian
40			Gong Kebyar of Peliatan	Bali: Court Music and Banjar Music	ethno folk traditional world
45			Huun Hur Tu feat. Sainkho	Mother Earth! Father Sky!	ethno
49			Baka Pygmies	Cameroon: Baka Pygmy Music	africa african ethno folk traditional world
50			Aka Pygmies	Aka Pygmy Music	africa african ethno folk traditional world
56			Vedan Kolod	Plemena (Tribes)	ethno folk pagan russian
68			Bayanihan Philippine Dance Company	Christmas In the Philippines	ethno world
88			Warsaw Village Band	Wiosna Ludu	ethno folk world

Related genres

• folk
• world
• traditional
• africa
• african
• ambient
• field recordings
• ethnic
• electronic
• instrumental