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In Episode 18 of TSIR – an adventurous and inspiring global journey for music lovers, we love bittersweet soothing soundtrack music from the USA and discover transformative zither music from Syria.  We are also fascinated by an untamable epic tune from Slovenia, enjoy fantastic voice explorations from Japan and are blown away by an energetic mix of jazz and folk from Panama.The featured artists in this episode are Bryce & Aaron Dessner, Maya Youssef & Al Macsween, Alai K, Antonina Nowacka, 75 Dollar Bill, Pape Nziengui, Park Jiha, Toumba, Sirom, Soccer 96, Helms Alee, Iceboy Violet w/ Blackhaine & Daemon, Hatis Noit, Daniel Villareal and El Khat.For more details about the episode, the full tracklist and lots of other information, please visit thissoundiride.net

In Episode 17 of TSIR – an adventurous and inspiring global journey for music lovers, we discover haunting vocal-driven music from Canada and enjoy a colourful polyrhythmic anthem from Poland.   We also drift away to psychedelic folk from Turkey, take joy in immersing in a dreamy lullaby from Spain and plunge into an otherworldly Shakuhachi bamboo flute sound experience from London.The featured artists in this episode are Nick Cave & Warren Ellis, Rokia Kone feat. Jacknife Lee, Mythless, Betamax & Clive Bell, Native Soul feat. TapSoul, Tanya Tagaq, Sirr TMO, Baba Zula, Marina Herlop, Aho Ssan, Roly Porter, Kasai Allstars, Spooky-J, Abdullah Miniawy & HVAD, Smerz, DJ Travella, Keeley Forsyth, Nyati Mayi & The Astral Synth Transmitters and ||ALA|MEDA||.For more details about the episode, an in-depth artist feature with Marina Herlop, the full tracklist and lots of other information please visit thissoundiride.net

In Episode 16 of TSIR – an adventurous and inspiring global journey for music lovers, you will find a selection of 30 tracks by 30 artists that I loved in 2021. There are lots of different things to be expected. From experimental mouled out of Egypt to a post rock ensemble deluxe from Switzerland. We go to Kongo in Africa, also visit Cyprus with experimental Cypriotic folk music and of course Eastern Africa is always a topic on this show.The featured artists in this episode are James Johnston & Steve Gullick, Wau Wau Collectif, Yunis, Slikback, Tomaga, Antonis Antoniou, Arooj Aftab, Sunken Cages, Lucas Santtana, Deena Abdelwahed, Sons Of Kemet, Blyth, Jaubi, Scotch Rolex, Nick Cave & Warren Ellis, Orchstre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp, Karkhana, Rey Sapienz, Lingua Ignota, Nazar, Mamaki Boys, Marisa Anderson & William Tyler, New York United, Low, Delay Grounds, Moor Mother, Jucara Marcal, Jerusalem In My Heart, Gnod and Principe Collective.For more details about the episode, an in-depth artist feature with Antonis Antoniou, the full tracklist and lots of other information please visit thissoundiride.net

In Episode 15 of TSIR – an adventurous and inspiring global journey for music lovers, we dive into a 12-minute noise rock masterpiece from England and are blown away by an outstanding accordion track from Bosnia.  We also drift away to a sublime ambient folk song from the US, discover colourful ancestrally influenced club music from La Reunion and fall in love with the diverse and playful music from a versatile Brasilian singer. The featured artists in this episode are Sons Of Kemet, Dominowe, Molly Sarle, Madensuyu, Mario Batkovic, Jucara Marcal, Amami, Maurice Louca, Springtime, Lyra Prymuk, Colin Self, Lycox, Tarta Relena, Boogzbrown, Gnod, Devin Schaffer, Lofty, Francesco Cavaliere and Tomoko Sauvage.For more details about the episode, an in-depth artist feature with Boogzbrown, the full tracklist and lots of other information please visit thissoundiride.net

In Episode 14 of TSIR – an adventurous and inspiring global journey for music lovers, we discover the term drone pop music in Switzerland and are mesmerised by a mythical vocal anthem from South America.  We also dive deep into highly energetic free Middle Eastern sounds, discover a mix of historical 1930´s recordings with contemporary sounds from Brasil and enjoy a dramatic dance on the mud floor in Poland. The featured artists in this episode are Marisa Anderson & William Tyler, Numa Gama, Ceeys, Blue Ruth, Augenwasser, Khalab, Yunis, Maassai, Resina, Semblanzas Del Rio Guapi, Matthias Puech, Ahmoudou Madassane, Takuma Watanabe, Karkhana, Xochimoki, Midwife, Om Prakash Yadav & Kavita Krishnamurthy and Scratcha DVA & Mxshi Mo.  For more details about the episode, an in-depth artist feature with Resina, the full tracklist and lots of other information please visit thissoundiride.net

In Episode 13 of TSIR – an adventurous and inspiring global journey for music lovers, we discover a hidden music gem in the Rwandan backcountry and are blown away by a Colombian powerhouse.  We are also excited by glitchy ancestral club sounds out of Honduras, celebrate a highly energetic version of hip hop from Niger and get immersed into contemporary ambient music from Russia. The featured artists in this episode are Meridian Brothers, Delay Grounds, Tropical Fuck Storm, Soup, Mamaki Boys, Alessandro Cortini, Jerusalem In My Heart & Rabih Beaini, CZN, New York United, Aya feat. Iceboy Violet, Masayoshi Fujita, Chancha Via Circuito & Luvi Torres, Dalibor Cruz, Cassels, Yaera, The Good Ones, The Lord & Robin Wattie, Flore remixed by Deena Abdelwahed, Antonis Antiniou, Perila and Yin Yin. For more details about the episode, an in-depth artist feature with Meridian Brothers, the full tracklist and lots of other information please visit thissoundiride.net

In Episode 12 of TSIR – an adventurous and inspiring global journey for music lovers, we drift away to a divine lullaby from Lithuania and discover energetic hip hop sounds out of Angola.  We also celebrate Tirana´s 100th birthday as the capital of Albania with local musicians, are stunned by a beautiful neoclassic electronic tune from Chile and fall in love with a brass infused Ethio Jazz inspired banger from a mind-blowing Belgium 9 piece band.The featured artists in this episode are Slikback, Irreversible Entanglements, Kutiman, Samba Toure, Max Winter, Cucina Povera, IKOQWE, Dialect, Tirana-Tirona Allstars, Praed Orchestra!, Fletcher Tucker, Barker, Natacha Atlas, Duo Odio, Witch Camp (Ghana), Kolonel Djafaar and Merope.For more details about the episode, an in-depth artist feature with IKOQWE, the full tracklist and lots of other information please visit thissoundiride.net

In Episode 11 of TSIR – an adventurous and inspiring global journey for music lovers, we adore tropical futurism from Colombia and immerse into sublime duduk music from Armenia.  We also participate in a cathartic Egyptian sound ritual, admire a pulsating tune to raise awareness for our Planet Earth and love an energetic tribal wave track from Spain.The featured artists in this episode are Blyth, Khaira Arby, Maya Shenfeld, Rani Jambak & Lyra Pramuk, Dame Area, Lea Bertucci, Mazaher, Hooshyar Khayam & Bamdad Afshar, Rizomagic, Christine Ott, Holy Tongue, Upper Wilds, Sneaky Jesus, Arsen Petrosyan, James Welburn, Maugli and Don Zilla..For more details about the episode, an in-depth artist feature with Rani Jambak, the full tracklist and lots of other information please visit thissoundiride.net

In Episode 10 of TSIR – an adventurous and inspiring global journey for music lovers, we celebrate healing mbira music from Zimbabwe and enjoy spiritual jazz from Pakistan.  We also dive into otherworldly sounding saxophone music from Norway, get blown away by provocative, distressing club music from England and just drift away to sparse guitar music from the USA.The featured artists in this episode are Ehsan Abdipour, Xordox, The Romance Of Baba Loco, Ikram Bouloum, dal:um, Glass Beams, Sunken Cages, Deng Fu Mei & Zhang Wu Mei, Nilotika Cultural Ensemble, Jaubi, Sourdure, Scorn, Omar Joesoef, Rachika Nayar, Ephat Mujuru & The Spirit Of The People, Trialogos, Manuka Honey, Matt Christensen, Bendik Giske and Mina Momeni.For more details about the episode, an in-depth artist feature with Sunken Cages, the full tracklist and lots of other information please visit thissoundiride.net

In Episode 9 of TSIR – an adventurous and inspiring global journey for music lovers, we celebrate vibrant avant-folk music from Cyprus and discover hypnotic takamba music from Northern Mali.  We also enjoy experimental shamanic ritual doom metal from Indonesia, go wild with an energetic surf rock – psychedelic belly dance music by a Persian-French multi-instrumentalist and get blown away by a powerful dub odyssey from Brasil.The featured artists in this episode are Fuoco Fatuo, Monsieur Doumani, Fatima Al Qadiri, Ayuune Sule, Papiro, FACS, Arszyn, Super Onze de Gao, Silver Stairs Of Ketchikan, Mind Maintenance, WULFFLUW XCIV, Lucas Santtana, Senyawa, Penya, Hassan K, Aina Myrstener and Jay Mitta.For more details about the episode, an in-depth artist feature with Silver Stairs Of Ketchikan, the full tracklist and lots of other information please visit thissoundiride.net

In the eighth episode of TSIR – an adventurous and inspiring global journey for music lovers, we explore indigenous sounds out of Costa Rica and enjoy the musical development of a German multi-instrumentalist after his inspiring trip to India.  We also take an imaginary trip through classical music on Sicily, discover breathtaking Tuvan overtone singing from Siberia and are curious how Amazigh music from the Anti-Atlas mountains in Morocco sounds.The featured artists in this episode are sunnk, Sainkho Namtchylak, DJ Black Low & Kapzela feat. Licy Jay & MLG, Sam Interface, Big Brave, Dawn Of Midi, Nuri, Werner Durand, Giant Swan, Francesca Guccione, Nillo, Mentrix, Hedvig Mollestad Trio, Hannah Peel, Hassan Wargui and Christine Vantzou.For more details about the episode, an in-depth artist feature with sunnk, the full tracklist and lots of other information please visit thissoundiride.net

In the seventh episode of TSIR – an adventurous and inspiring global journey for music lovers, we enjoy an unusual take on a Yemeni folk song and discover mesmerizing medieval-inspired music from Ukraine. We also get surprised by hart-hitting, extraordinary dance music out of Taipei, are curious how funeral songs from Ghana sound and become witnesses of an extended improvisational masterpiece by a Canadian sextet.The featured artists in this episode are James Johnston & Steve Gullick, El Khat, Sonia Calico, Tomaga, Aukai, Heinali, Brendan Perry, fra fra, Ichiko Aoba, Voces 8, Burnt Friedman & Joao Pais, Here Lies Man, Bell Orchestre, Ustad Saami, DJ Danifox, Thor & Friends and Smurphy.For more details about the episode, an in-depth artist feature with Heinali, the full tracklist and lots of other information please visit thissoundiride.net  

In the sixth episode of TSIR – an adventurous and inspiring global journey for music lovers, we discover experimental Hip Hop for Japanese horror films and celebrate gorgeous genre-defying music from Senegal.  We also find out more about Free Middle Eastern Music, get to know black convict work songs from Texas prisons and enjoy nine minutes of atmospheric, eerie and sinister deliciousness from Australia.  The featured artists in this episode are Chester Watson, Abdallah Ag Oumbadougou, Yazz Ahmed, DJ Plead, Lyra Pramuk, Di Laif, Varg2TM & Exploited Body, Wau Wau Collectif, Kamyar Arsani, Sunken Cages, Teto Preto, Tantao e os Fita, Emeka Ogboh, Karkhana, Masma Dream World, Nihiloxica, Alabaster DePlume, Choir of Black Convicts in Texas Prisons, Selm, Madrid 79 and Bolt Gun.For more details about the episode, an in-depth artist feature with Wau Wau Collectif, the full tracklist and lots of other information please visit thissoundiride.net

In the fifth episode of TSIR – an adventurous and inspiring global journey for music lovers, we discover warm, beautiful Neo-Classic-Ambient from Poland and celebrate classical Mauretanian music.  We also find out more about Industrial inspired dub extravaganza from Ukraine, enjoy the divine voice from Israeli/Iranian singer Liraz and get smashed in the face by Norway´s finest Arabrot.The featured artists in this episode are Nathan Halpern, HHY & The Kampala Unit, Gum Takes Tooth, Federico Durand, Ece Canli, Liraz, Soley, Veyrouz Mint Seymali, Moor Mother & Billy Woods, MinaeMinae, Arabrot, 3phaz, Chant Electronique, Mauricio Takara & Carla Boregas, Venus Ex Machina, Olga Wojciechowska, Emmanuelle Parrenin & Detlef Weinrich, Tvii Son, Rian Treanor and The Master Musicians Of Jajouka.For more details about the episode, an in-depth artist feature with Ece Canli, the full tracklist and lots of other information please visit thissoundiride.net

In the fourth episode of TSIR – an adventurous and inspiring global journey for music lovers we celebrate Kaboom Karavan´s folk music from another dimension and discover dystopian electronic sounds from Mozambique. We also get inspired by polyrhythmic voodoo drumming from Haiti, find out more about Hyper-Glitch from Turkey and enjoy the longing and mystical song „Gira, Gira“ produced in the Argentinian Andes.The featured artists in this episode are Ludwig Göransson, Mammal Hands, Chouk Bwa & The Angstromers, Nandele, Lonnie Holley, Kaboom Karavan, Slauson Malone, Chancha Via Circuito, Azu Tiwaline, Xylouris White, Biga Yut, North Americans, Mosquitoes, Seskamol, Autotelia, Divide & Dissolve, Tecnologia Para Ser Libres, Sanubar Tursun and Lila Tirando a Violeta.For more details about the episodes, an in-depth artist feature with Azu Tiwaline, tracklists and lots of other information please visit thissoundiride.net

Episode three of This sound I ride – an adventurous and inspiring global journey for music lovers brings you unique theremin sounds from the Icelandic artist Hekla, an Afro-Caribbean hymn for life by the fearless duo Navarro / Holmes and a gorgeous and hypnotic love song from the Mali desert. We also discover Indus Bonze's Japanese version of Tanzanian singeli sounds and enjoy "Zhalanash" an excellent and hopeful neo-classic song by Galya Bisengalieva from Kazakhstan.The featured artists in this episode are Mark Korven, Gwenifer Raymond, Menzi, Marri Lattimore, Agrupacion Chango, Hekla, Turning Jewels Into Water, Shirley Collins, Orchestra Of Constant Distress, Zenobia, Lil Asaf, Gnod & Joao Pais Filipe, Adam Kroll, Lao Dan, Anteloper, Idassane Wallet Mohamed, Indus Bonze, Galya Bisengalieva, Navarro / Holmes and Ana Roxanne.For more details about the episodes, an in-depth artist feature with Hekla, tracklists and lots of other information please visit thissoundiride.net

In the second episode we discover William Basinski´s saxophone skills, join the Russian Group Phurpa in their Tibetan overtone chanting, travel to Colombia to enjoy Cerrero´s brilliant dub mix of folky Latin American elements, meet up with Mentrix and her fusion of Iranian and Western sounds and are just blown away by the bone-crushing-heaviness of Kenya´s own Duma.The featured artists in this episode are Jonathan Snipes, Anunaku & DJ Plead, Oiseaux Tempete, Maarja Nuut, Sparkle Division, Phurpa, Cerrero feat. Coladera, Laurence Pike, Backxwash feat. Ada Rock, HHY & The Macumbas, Protomartyr, Eomac & MC Yallah, Steve Von Till, Mentrix, Roly Porter, Ifriqiyya Electrique, J. Zunz, Duma and Keeley Forsyth. For more details about the episodes, an in-depth artist feature with Duma, tracklists and lots of other information please visit thissoundiride.net

In the first episode we start our trip in the middle of a bizarre ritual in Harga, Sweden, travel then through the rural backcountry of Scotland to meet a hypnotic percussion master in Porto. We follow a Tunisian electronic producer on his exploration trip to India, learn what the term post-classical grunge means and meet Siti Muharam, the golden voice of Zanzibar, embracing her great grandmothers´ legacy. The featured artists in this episode are Bobby Krlic, Caton Diab, Siti Muharam, Katie Gately, Marisa Anderson, Jim White, Bada, Anne Müller, Isokratisses, Joao Pais Filipe, Sex Swing, Brighde Chaimbeul, Thomas Köner, Ammar 808, Armand Hammer, Lankum, Caterina Barbieri, Jerusalem in My Heart and Inigo Vontier.For the full tracklist, more information and details visit thissoundiride.net 

An adventurous and inspiring global journey for music lovers  The monthly show is about diverse, extraordinary, global music that inspires the listeners´ imagination, like a surreal train ride through foreign countries or a trip to an exotic culture which offers an unfamiliar or unforeseeable perspective. The curious and adventurous approach melts together different influences and musical languages and creates something exciting and unsettling at the same time. Hosted by Martin Bleicher, who is a music lover, DJ and concert promoter from Austria, this podcast brings you new, fascinating and boundary-free music and sounds.  For more information, details or the tracklists go to thissoundiride.net