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World Circuit Records

138 Kingsland Road
E2 8DY London
United Kingdom

http://www.worldcircuit.co.uk

World Circuit Records have established their reputation by producing some of the finest world music albums of the past two decades, specialising...

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World Circuit Records have established their reputation by producing some of the finest world music albums of the past two decades, specialising in music from Cuba and West Africa. The label is best known for the GRAMMY winning Buena Vista Social Club album, which is the biggest selling world music album of all time, and led to the phenomenal rise in popularity of Cuban music. The Buena Vista series continues with solo albums from the GRAMMY winning Ibrahim Ferrer, Omara Portuondo, Rubén González, Guajiro Mirabal, and the innovative albums from Cachaíto López and Angá Díaz, which take Cuban music into the new millennium and beyond. Ten years after the legendary New York concert World Circuit release Buena Vista Social Club At Carnegie Hall in October 2008.



World Circuit's African artists enjoy equal prestige, with Malian bluesman Ali Farka Touré's GRAMMY winning Talking Timbuktu album recorded with Ry Cooder being the album that brought the label international acclaim. Malian diva Oumou Sangare, the legendary Orchestra Baobab and musical maverick Cheikh Lô from Senegal have emerged as major stars at home in Africa and around the globe. World Circuit's acclaimed Hotel Mandé Sessions has generated incredible critical praise, the trilogy comprises of the GRAMMY winning duets album from Ali Farka Touré and kora virtuoso Toumani Diabaté, Toumani's pan-African Symmetric Orchestra, and Ali's final posthumous solo recording. With these albums World Circuit continue to set the standard with their beautifully produced and packaged albums of the highest quality.


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created by Alexander Vipach (WOMEX) on 28 Jun 2007
last change by Alexander Vipach (WOMEX) on 02 Sep 2008
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