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This is a listing of Dutch record companies that are involved with world music or traditional folk music.
Hippo Records is a world music production company with a special interest in Ghana. Artists include Atongo ZImba and Leo Fuld. Contact: Bentinckstraat 3hs, 1051 GC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Phone: 0031-20-4867231 Email: info@hipporecords.nl
LopLop has a small but exquisite catalogue of releases mainly focused on combinations of improvisation with 'ethnic' music. You can listen to samples and order CDs directly from the website. E-mail: info at loplop.nl
Music & Words specializes in traditional and contemporary roots music, including blues and world music. The label has two series: Folk classics and world roots collection. Address: P.O. Box 1921, 1200 BX Hilversum, The Netherlands. Phone: + 31 (0) 35 6898850, Fax: + 31 (0) 35 6898855. E-mail: info at musicwords.nl
Music & Words
Otrabanda Records. Otrabanda means ' the other side' in Papiamento, the Caribbean's oldest and largest Creole language spoken by the natives of Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao and Dutch Antillean communities in the Netherlands. It is also the name of the famous district in Curaçao's capital Willemstad that is home to one of the Caribbean's liveliest music communities. Otrabanda Records releases contemporary and historical recordings of (acoustic) Creole music from around the globe with a special interest in the (Dutch) Caribbean, African and island musics of the world. The roster includes Oswin Chin Behilia and Grupo Serenada from Curaçao, Vintage Palmwine guitarists Koo Nimo, T.O. Jazz, and Kwaa Mensah from Ghana, and the Afro-Colombian Peregoyo y su Combo Vacana from the Pacific coast. Contact: Scott Rollins, Otrabanda Records, Donker Curtiusstraat 16-1, 1051 JN Amsterdam, The Netherlands. E-mail: info at otrabandarecords.com.
Pan Records has a very large catalog of traditional music from all over the globe. Address: PO Box 155 , 2300 AD Leiden, The Netherlands. Phone: (+31-71) 5219479. Fax: (+31-71) 5226869. E-mail: paradox at dataweb.nl
SWP Records releases traditional music from central, eastern and southern Africa - including the first album of the Batonga people from the Zambezi Valley, music from Zambia's Southern Province and a new series of remastered historical recordings made by pioneer Hugh Tracey (18 cds) - and the music of Zambian-born drummer/composer Michael Baird. Secure online shopping via www.swp-records.com and email to info at swp-records.com
World Connection. A label focused on Gypsy, Eastern European, South American and African music. Peru Negro, Kiné Lam, Esma Redzepova, Yanka Rupkina, Mostar Sevdah Reunion, Mariza, Jorge Fernando, Fulgerica &The Mahala Gypsies. Address: World Connection, Oostvest 56, 2011 AK Haarlem, the Netherlands. E-mail: info at worldconnection.nl
If you would like to add your label to this listing, please send your information: to info at worldmusiccentral.org
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