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world fusion

Last updated: Wed Oct 29 2025 03:03:39 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time)

Description

World fusion blends traditional music from diverse cultures with contemporary styles like jazz, rock, and electronic music. It emerged as artists sought to transcend geographical boundaries, combining instruments, rhythms, and melodies from multiple traditions into innovative hybrid sounds. The genre celebrates cross-cultural collaboration while honoring each tradition's authenticity.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
64		1970	Ananda Shankar	Ananda Shankar	sitar psychedelic rock world fusion	india # 45 sitar # 96
3		1972	Various Artists	Spiritual Beauty: Imaginal Orient	world fusion
35		1976	Shakti	ShaktiI with John McLaughlin	jazz fusion world fusion
88		1976	Shakti	Shakti With John McLaughlin	jazz fusion world fusion
51		1977	Various Artists	Buddha-Lounge 5	world fusion
62		1977	Various Artists	Café Mundo	world fusion downtempo world
76		1977	Shakti	Natural Elements	jazz fusion world fusion
78		1977	Shakti	A HANDFUL OF BEAUTY	world fusion jazz jazz fusion
21		1978	Pharoah Sanders	Love Will Find A Way	jazz world fusion
19		1985	Sheila Chandra	Nada Brahma	world fusion
44		1985	Sheila Chandra	The Indipop Retrospective	world fusion
72		1989	Sheila Chandra	Roots And Wings	india world fusion	india # 80
26		1989	Material	Seven Souls	experimental rock world fusion
93		1992	Strunz & Farah	Americas	flamenco flamenco guitar guitar virtuoso latin jazz world world fusion	latin jazz # 11 world # 39 guitar virtuoso # 46 flamenco # 65 flamenco guitar # 100
83		1992-09	Stephan Micus	To the evening child	meditation world fusion	meditation # 61
53		1992-11-03	Brian Keane & Omar Faruk Tekbilek	Beyond The Sky	ambient ethereal oud sufi world world fusion	sufi # 85 oud # 89
31		1993	B-Tribe	Fiesta Fatal!	world fusion
73		1993	Transglobal Underground	Dream Of 100 Nations	world fusion ambient
8		1995	Renaud Garcia-Fons	Silk Moon	jazz jazz double bass jazz fusion world fusion	jazz double bass # 13
70		1995	Axiom Of Choice	Beyond Denial	ethno world fusion	ethno # 96
92		1995	Strunz & Farah	Heat of the Sun	flamenco flamenco guitar world world fusion	world # 36 flamenco # 63 flamenco guitar # 99
79		1995-07-03	Natacha Atlas	Diaspora	world fusion
98		1997	Stellamara	Star of the Sea	world fusion	dream folk # 52
56		1999-02	Natacha Atlas	Gedida	arabic world fusion	arabic # 66
39		1999-04-12	Joi	One and One is One	world fusion
49		1999-09	Bill Laswell	Imaginary Cuba	world fusion ambient jazz
67		2000-03-21	Anima Sound System	Hungarian Astronaut	chillout lounge trip-hop world fusion
34		2001	Natacha Atlas	Best Of	ethnic world fusion	ethnic # 53 fantasy new age # 89
36		2001	Majid Bekkas	African Gnaoua Blues	africa arabic world fusion	arabic # 4 africa # 18
57		2001	Gigi	Gigi	african female vocalists world world fusion	african # 7
33		2001	Atman	India Club and Lounge	chillout world fusion
48		2001-05-22	Strunz & Farah	Stringweave	acoustic guitar flamenco guitar world world fusion	acoustic guitar # 76 flamenco guitar # 97
65		2001-11-12	The Kumba Mela Experiment	East of the River Ganges	world fusion	psydub # 41
20		2002	Grand palace	Indolence	downtempo world fusion
18		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	ethnic # 41 new age electronic # 45 new age ambiant # 58 chill new age # 65 new age electronica # 82 new age fusion # 84 ethnic fusion # 88
60		2002-09-17	Rubén Blades	Mundo	jazz latin america latin jazz western world fusion	latin jazz # 62 western # 73 latin america # 83
99		2003	Irfan	IRFAN	darkwave ethereal world fusion female vocalists	ethereal # 12 darkwave # 17 ethnic # 60 dream folk # 80 neoclassical darkwave # 81
1		2003	THC-X	Muzykanci	folk indie folk world world fusion
11		2003	Natacha Atlas	Foretold in the Language of Dreams	world fusion
52		2003	San Telmo Lounge	McDougall Tango	world fusion
68		2003	Loop Guru	Bathtime With Loop Guru	world fusion
82		2003	Karunesh	Sun Within	ambient new age world fusion
37		2003-02-01	Kroke	Ten Pieces To Save The World	world world fusion
23		2003-02-26	Emilie Autumn	Enchant	ethereal	composer # 1 choral # 8 avant-pop # 40 dark pop # 42 classical crossover # 55 neoclassical darkwave # 56 ethereal # 68 dream folk # 70 gothic pop # 82 soprano # 95
69		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 ethnic # 78 ethereal new age # 84 new age ambiant # 86 chill new age # 89 new age instrumental # 92 ethnic fusion # 95
85		2004	Transglobal Underground	Impossible Broadcasting	electronic world world fusion ambient ambient dub	world # 11 ambient dub # 78
41		2004-02-11	一青窈	ハナミズキ	folk world world fusion
6		2004-12-10	Tanghetto	Hybrid Tango	world fusion
80		2005	Lisa Gerrard & Jeff Rona	A Thousand Roads Soundtrack	ambient ethereal female vocalists new age world world fusion
58		2005-02-28	Orange Blossom	Everything Must Change	electronic
59		2005-03-29	Luminous	Essence	chill new age ethereal new age ethnic fusion new age ambiant new age electronic new age electronica new age fusion new age instrumental world fusion	new age electronic # 24 ethereal new age # 78 new age ambiant # 79 chill new age # 84 new age instrumental # 87 new age electronica # 92 new age fusion # 92 ethnic fusion # 94
77		2005-04-19	Niyaz	Niyaz	world persian	world # 80 persian # 100
38		2005-06-21	Supervielle	Bajofondo Tango Club Presenta: Supervielle	world fusion
29		2005-07-16	Marc Antoine	Modern Times	acid jazz smooth jazz world fusion
61		2005-07-20	志方あきこ	Navigatoria	ethereal folk dream folk world fusion world darkwave art pop classical neoclassical darkwave dream pop neofolk	dark pop # 11 poetry # 33 classical crossover # 40 poptron # 44 neoclassical darkwave # 55 gothic pop # 69 soprano # 83 dream folk # 85
74		2005-08-23	Lisa Gerrard & Jeff Rona	A Thousand Roads	ambient ethereal female vocalists new age world world fusion
2		2006	Prem Joshua	Taranga (full)	chillout indian world fusion	indian # 19
89		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 ethno # 94 psychill # 97
86		2006-03-28	Dhafer Youssef	Divine Shadows	arabic chillout jazz jazz fusion nu jazz tunisia world fusion	nu jazz # 20 arabic # 78 tunisia # 100
42		2006-10-25	志方あきこ	Raka	ethereal folk world darkwave world fusion classical	classical crossover # 41 neoclassical darkwave # 47 gothic pop # 53 neomedieval # 59 dream folk # 65 soprano # 94
17		2006-11-02	Ara Dinkjian	An Armenian In America	world fusion
50		2006-11-27	Taruna	world fusion 3	ambient world fusion
87		2007	Jai Uttal	Dial M For Mantra	india world fusion	india # 91
7		2008	Cécile Corbel	SongBook vol.2	brutal death metal celtic classical classical crossover dream folk ethereal folk gothic rock hard trance indie folk schlager singer-songwriter techno trap world world fusion	classical crossover # 43 hard trance # 46 dream folk # 73
47		2008	Sabrina Malheiros	New Morning (Deluxe Edition)	ethnic fusion world fusion	ethnic fusion # 92
28		2008-01-29	dj Cheb i Sabbah	Devotion	ethnic ethnic fusion world world fusion	ethnic # 45 ethnic fusion # 90
94		2008-10-06	Nitin Sawhney	London Undersound	adult contemporary alternative downtempo electronic world fusion	adult contemporary # 75
24		2009	Terra Ambient	Wanderlust	chill new age ethereal new age ethnic ethnic fusion new age ambiant new age electronic new age instrumental world fusion	ethnic # 43 new age electronic # 44 new age ambiant # 60 ethereal new age # 62 chill new age # 67 new age instrumental # 77 ethnic fusion # 89
30		2009	Sunsphere	Summer Breeze	chill new age ethereal new age new age new age ambiant new age electronic world fusion	new age electronic # 41 new age ambiant # 64 ethereal new age # 65 chill new age # 70
22		2009-03-03	Macaco	Puerto Presente	spanish	spanish # 14
43		2009-03-18	志方あきこ	Harmonia	ethereal folk new age world fusion classical crossover neoclassical darkwave world darkwave	neomedieval # 42 classical crossover # 48 pagan folk # 49 neoclassical darkwave # 50 soprano # 62
91		2009-08-15	Stellamara	The Golden Thread	folk world fusion	neoclassical darkwave # 25
81		2009-10-05	Yasmin Levy	Sentir	ethno world fusion	ethno # 99
97		2010	Willie Colón	Top Secrets	jazz latin latin jazz latin pop salsa world fusion	latin jazz # 6 latin pop # 25 salsa # 75
32		2010-03-01	Dhafer Youssef	Abu Nawas Rhapsody	jazz
71		2010-03	Rajna	Offering	ambient neoclassical darkwave new age spiritual world fusion	spiritual # 57 neoclassical darkwave # 75
66		2010-04-07	Cécile Corbel	Kari-gurashi	celtic ethereal folk gothic rock classical classical crossover dream folk female vocalists indie folk j-pop japanese neofolk poetry singer-songwriter world world fusion	classical crossover # 66 poetry # 67 dream folk # 87
14		2011	Narcotango	Narcotango	tango world fusion	tango # 16
63		2011-02-18	Elane	Arcane	dark folk darkwave female vocalists folk noir indie pop j-pop japanese meditation neoclassical neoclassical darkwave neofolk pop world fusion	meditation # 17 dark folk # 27 neoclassical darkwave # 70 folk noir # 78
13		2011-04-12	Azam Ali	From Night To The Edge Of Day	persian world	iranian # 82 persian # 93
96		2011-10-04	Beats Antique	Elektrafone	world fusion	arabic # 55
9		2011-11-03	Desert Dwellers	Muladhara Yoga Dub	psychill world fusion
45		2012-08-09	Dead Can Dance	Anastasis	darkwave ethereal ambient	world # 26 ethereal # 62 darkwave # 93 neoclassical darkwave # 93
15		2013	Richard Bona	Bonafied	jazz world fusion
95		2013-04-29	Yasmine Hamdan	Ya Nass	world fusion
75		2014-05-26	Sébastien Tellier	L'aventura	tropicalia ambient brazilian pop chillout poptron world fusion	ambient electronic # 36 brazilian pop # 66 poptron # 82 tropicalia # 84
55		2014-05-28	Mohsen Namjoo	Trust The Tangerine Peel	farsi iran iranian iranian rock persian persian rock rock world world fusion	persian # 88 iranian # 93 iran # 94 farsi # 97 iranian rock # 98 persian rock # 98
25		2015-03	Niyaz	The Fourth Light	electronic female vocalists iranian neofolk world fusion	iranian # 84
84		2017-05-10	Preservation Hall Jazz Band	So It Is	latin jazz world fusion	latin jazz # 30
5		2017-07-17	bottlesmoker	Parakosmos	alternative dance electronic indie dance indietronica world fusion	indie dance # 76
100		2018-11-02	Dead Can Dance	Dionysus	neoclassical darkwave world world fusion	folktronica # 10 dark folk # 57 nerdcore # 76 poetry # 77 new weird america # 77 ethnic # 85 poptron # 85 tribal # 88 eurobeat # 93 moscow # 94 world # 94 neoclassical darkwave # 96 china # 98 neomedieval # 99 ethnic fusion # 99
40		2018-11-20	Irfan	Roots	neomedieval oriental world world fusion	oriental # 87 neomedieval # 91
12		2023	Jimmy Page and Robert Plant	No Quarter: Jimmy Page & Robert Plant Unledded	acoustic ethnic folk rock unplugged world fusion	unplugged # 25 ethnic # 36
4			志方あきこ	LAYLANIA	world fusion art pop indie pop neoclassical darkwave singer-songwriter darkwave folk freak folk poptron world	neoclassical darkwave # 7 poptron # 37
10			Evan Paul Kozaris	Spirits in the Sky	acoustic guitar world fusion	acoustic guitar # 54
16			Renato Ventura	Puzzle	world world fusion contemporary instrumental europe	contemporary instrumental # 67
27			ESCPE	Cloud Walk	ambient bass downtempo electronic electronica instrumental tribal world world fusion	tribal # 33
54			Masala Soundsystem	Masala	bhangra reggae world fusion	bhangra # 88
90			Afro Celts	Seed	world world fusion celtic	world # 27
46			TERRAKOTA 3	OBA TRAIN	world fusion

Related genres

• world
• ambient
• chillout
• jazz
• ethnic
• folk
• fusion
• new age
• electronic
• jazz fusion