KSK RECORDS is an independent world music label focused on the preservation and promotion of traditional music from Mali and other places from around the globe. 
 
KSK is run by a collective of musicians, producers, visual media artists, dancers and permaculture designers. We are a combination of beat junkies who love Djembe Music, Rumba, Hip-Hop, Reggae, Brazilian Funk and Jazz among other styles that are part of our music collection. 


Conservatory, the center for the study of Mugham in Azerbaijan. Beginning their formal study of music as young children, the band members are now instructors and senior students of the traditional music of their country. The group is composed of Agil Suleymanov, vocals; Elvin Novruzov, kamancha; Rustam Muslumov, tar; and Elnur Aliyev, naghara.

Aqil began study at the Bulbul Music School in 2005. Fahruz Sakhavat, the Honorary Artist of Azerbaijan, was his teacher. After finishing the school in 2011, he entered the National Conservatory of Azerbaijan, his instructor Sakina Ismayilova, the National Artist of Azerbaijan. He has been studying Mugham since age 9.

For Aqil his music is his path to the light. When the band Qarabagh Ensemble began to play together they felt a shared release, a positive sense of hope. It is a music of healing, of trust...

Heather Maxwell produces and hosts the award-winning radio program “Music Time in Africa” and is the African Music Editor for the English to Africa Service for the Voice of America. Heather holds a Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology with specialization in African Music, and has lived and traveled extensively in Africa. Dr. Maxwell is also an accomplished jazz and Afrojazz vocalist, recording and performing in Africa and the U.S. since 1987. 

Kan CHAN KIN is a multi-disciplinary artist. The abstract & colourful images painted by music have captivated him since tender age. After being at the forefront of the mauritian electronic music as Dj and producer, he went on the quest of discovering music & instruments from various cultures.
Encounters with sound healers and mystics made him discover the healing properties of music and the power of intention. 
Lately his Trash to Music project have been catching attention in Mauritius but also worldwide.

A multi-cultural musical experience fusing Gypsy, Middle Eastern, Celtic, Greek and Turkish styles with Rock.

Traveler’s sound is an innovative, new fusion of World Music and Rock. Using traditional ethnic instruments combined with all the power of a full blown rock band, their performances are intense, exotic and adrenaline-driven.

Scott Jeffers is composer and band leader. His own Lebanese heritage and American upbringing has inspired his vision to fuse elements of ancient ethnic music with rock.

He has traveled extensively through foreign lands to gather inspiration for the Traveler project. Composing most of his songs while surrounded by the people, sounds, sights, smells and landscape of these far away places brings a true authenticity to the fusion. Known for his fiery and passionate violin and vocal performances, Scott’s commanding presence onstage adds to the trademark power of the live Traveler shows. He also brings traditional instruments from his journeys to the stage; Bouzouki,a traditional Greek stringed instrument and an Arabic Oud, an ancient predecessor to the guitar.

The real magic of a Traveler show is in the connection they make with the audience. They give a high energy , passionate performance that draws the audience in, perhaps by the combination of the cultural connection people have to the ethnic sounds of their own heritage and this music that is so unique. For whatever reason, people are always moved to their feet, and drawn closer to the stage to be part of the experience.

Traveler spent the last summers headlining festivals in Alaska, Montana, Texas, Utah, Colorado and Canada.

They also perform regularly in Arizona, where the band is based.

Veyrouz Mint Seymali is the heiress of an exceptional musical lineage. She is the daughter of Dimi Mint Abba, the ‘Diva of the desert’, and Veyrouz has sung with her mother on the international stage since the age of six. Her father, Seymali Ould Ahmed Vall, was the first Mauritanian artist to receive a diploma from the school of Arabic Beaux-Arts and her maternal grandfather wrote Mauritania’s national anthem. There is no doubt that Veyrouz Mint Seymali will take Mauritanian music around the world. 

Artist Management / Bookings: nouramintseymali@gmail.com

Musician - kaval (flute), percussion, oud, ... 
Mixing.

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