Obscure Indonesian funk, psych & pop compiled by super digger Henk Den Toom Jr (aka Madrotter).
http://madrotter-treasure-hunt.blogspot.com/

Tracklist
1 Ade Manuhutu & De Meicy - Ssst Si Betis Indah 
2 Andre Iskandar and the Free Five - Tak Selebar Daun kelor 
3 Argo Group - Asyik Lho 
4 Fenty Effendi and Prima's Group - Hati Gembira 
5 Yohannes Purba and The Combat's - Never Knows 
6 Jajat Paramour and the Paramour Group - Kau dan Aku 
7 Rasela - Malam Berpisahan 
8 Clique Fantastique - Terpersona 
9 Ernie Djohan and The Meicy - Disco Cha Cha 
10 Sally and Band Quarta Nada - Sunshine 
11 Maja Sopha and Band Aria - You've Got What It Takes 
12 The Steps - Play That Funky Music White Boy 
13 Herty Sitorus and Orkes Melayu Naradha - Bukan Karena Tampan 
14 Doel Kamdi and the Blo'on Group - Cek Ecek Wow 
15 Iis Haryanto, Harry Toos and the Two Faces - Ebi Gosong 
16 Pattie Bersaudara and Band 4 Nada - Huilen Is Voor Jou Te Laat 
17 Bob Tutupoly and The Echo's - Stonefree 
18 Harry van Hove and De Meicy - Berpacu Dengan Waktu 
19 Suzana and Band Brimorista - Telephone Song 
20 Yuanita Budiman - Jenuh

Madrotter (RIAFC058)

Echo-heavy Javanese ronggeng dance music culled from cassettes by  Faldi at Dunia Dalam Analog (Surabaya, Indonesia). Make sure to check out our 24/7 radio platform here: https://www.radioisaforeigncountry.org.

Ronggeng Dance Mixtape (RIAFC061)

Explorations into the unknown, welcomed beauty of the Sun City Girls’ interpretations of otherwise unheard masterpieces from the private collection of Dan McMahon.

TRACKLIST
01 - Farid al-Atrash - Helwa Beshkal 
02 – Ahmed Jabor - Kal El Lazi Kad Ham  
03 - Kjarkas - Llorando Se Fue
04 - Quenas de Oro - Ojos Azule 
05 - Artie Barsamian - Sev Acher 
06 - Rahul Dev Burman - Duniya Mein Logon Ko 
07 - Black Czar - Rookoombey 
08 - Les Freres Megri - Leili Twil 
09 - Noklae -Noom Doi Tao (นกแล - หนุ่มดอยเต่า) 
10 -Marios Group - Borungku Si Derita
11 - Success Band - Trad Burmese Song 
12 - Gapura – Sangkala
13 - Kyaw Hein - အင္းေလးမွာရြာတဲ့မိုး - traditional Burmese folk song 
14 - Los Uros del Titicaca - Ojos Azules with vocals
15 - Lambert, Hendricks & Ross - Gimme That Wine 
16 - Paul Giovanni & Magnet - Gently Johnny  
17 - Bloodstone - Natural High 
18 - Brian Wilson - Your Summer Dream
19 - Beatrice Witkin & Gerhard Trede - Wild Wild World of Animals End Theme 
20 - SCG - Helwa Shak - Self Titled LP
21 - SCG - Kal El Lazi Kad Ham - Grotto of Miracles
22 - SCG - The Shining Path - Torch of the Mystics
23 - SCG - Amazon 1 - Multiple Hallucinations of an Assassin-Cloaven Cassettes 16
24 - SCG - Sev Acher - Valentines From Matahari
25 - SCG - Apna Desh - 330,003
26 - SCG - Rookoobay - 330,003
27 - SCG - Cruel & Thin - 330,003
28 - SCG -SOI COWBOY 330,003
29 - SCG- Borungku Si Derita 7''
30 - SCG - My Friend RAIN - CFR Vol 6; Sumatran Electric Chair
31 - SCG – Sangkala Suite from CFR 7 Libyan Dream
32 - SCG – My Friend Rain - Sumatran Electric Chair 
33 – SCG - Amazon 1 Live From Planet Boomerang
34 - SCG – Gimme that Wine - CFR 14 - Static From The Outside Set
35 - SCG – Gentle Johnny - CFR 14 - Static From The Outside Set
36 – SCG – Immortal Gods – Pelican ‘92
37 - SCG – Your Summer Dream - CFR 14 - Static From The Outside Set
38 – SCG - Wild World of Animals End Theme - CFR 7 Libyan Dream

The Originals Of The Aboriginals (RIAFC071-072)

Immersive & hypnotic, this mixtape features (mostly) manipulated field recordings of obscure sounds & music from Tanzania to Borneo.

Photo credit: Andreas Mass

Exploding Suitcases from Radio Palestine: Sounds of The Eastern Mediterranean (Sublime Frequencies) 
Fade from Air Tapes – Excavation Series (Power Moves Library) 
Izeze (Iwawa) from Echoes of the Unquantized World 01 (Duckfood) 
Chibeu (Mae Hong Son, Thailand) – Lisu Mix – Kink Gong (Discrepant) 
Laos 2000 from Early-Century Sound Recordings – Mark Gergis (Discrepant) 
Dhvāni – Budhaditya Chattopadhyay from Anthology of Exploratory Music from India (Unexplained Sounds Group) 
Excerpt from Cho Oyu 8201m (Field Recordings From Tibet) – Geir Jenssen (Ash International) 
Raft 29 - Honey Hunters – Mike Cooper (Room40) 
A Fistful of Stardust from Archeophony – Raed Yassin (Akuphone) 
Syria 1998 from from Early-Century Sound Recordings – Mark Gergis (Discrepant) 
Excerpt from Volume One – Naujawanan Baidar (Radio Khiyaban) 
Excerpts from Orange Twin Field Works - Volume I – Jeff Mangum (Orange Twin Records) 
Excerpts from Sounds of Urumqi and Under a Dim Crescent Moon, Shirley & Spinoza Radio 
Excerpt from Suling Pereret cassette (Bali 886, Year Unknown) 
Balia – Saprin Ojo Lalove Ensemble (Gugus Gema, 2020) 
Excerpts from Asian Radio Environments, Jesse Paul Miller 
Nadaswaram Tannoy (Amba Vilas Palace, Mysore, India) from A Distant Invitation - Jesse Paul Miller (Sublime Frequencies) 
Titi Mati & Nocturnal Soundscape from Kwangka: Funerary Music of the Dayak Benuaq of Borneo – Vincenzo della Ratta (Sublime Frequencies)

Gonzo Ethnomusicology (RIAFC073)

Buddhist prayer machines and Hindu mantra or chanting machines are small plastic boxes resembling transistor radios that play various Buddhist and Hindu prayers and short music loops used for meditation. Found throughout India, China and Tibet, these portable, usually battery-powered, low-fi electronic devices are popular across the region. This mix features samples from these devices and the FM3 Buddha Machine brand, as well as a number of artists who manipulate them to create new sonic textures.    

TRACKLIST
17 – Chang Fo Ji - Buddha Machine Loops from China (Discrepant)
3 Hani Pipa – Kink Gong – Voices (Discrepant)
18 – Chang Fo Ji - Buddha Machine Loops from China (Discrepant)
Dry Valley – Sun City Girls (Staubgold)
16 – Chang Fo Ji - Buddha Machine Loops from China (Discrepant)
Bp Simple – sunnO))) (Staubgold)
10 – Chang Fo Ji - Buddha Machine Loops from China (Discrepant)
Center Of Excellence - Buddha Machine Commercial (Staubgold)
1 – Chang Fo Ji - Buddha Machine Loops from China (Discrepant)
Little Yellow – Blixa Bargeld (Staubgold)
21 – Chang Fo Ji - Buddha Machine Loops from China (Discrepant)
A Dragon Lies Listening – Alog (Staubgold)
24 – Chang Fo Ji - Buddha Machine Loops from China (Discrepant)
3 Tietä Valojen Taa – Es (Staubgold)
Winged Life – Minit (Staubgold)
23 – Chang Fo Ji - Buddha Machine Loops from China (Discrepant)
Layer 02 – Robert Henke (Staubgold)
12 – Chang Fo Ji - Buddha Machine Loops from China (Discrepant)
Random selections from Hindi mantra/chanting boxes

Buddha Machine Radio (RIAFC075)

Duckfood invites you to the music of Tunisia. This mixtape features different styles of music but consists predominantly of Mezoued, a genre of popular traditional music based on North African Amazigh scale rhythms. It incorporates Tunisian Darbouka drums and a bagpipe called a mizwad/mezoued. Originally the music of the countryside and the working classes, it is often played at weddings and parties. The themes of Mezwed are typically social: immigration, racism, family and love. Nowadays with electronic influences traditional sounds get stretched into new fusions. Some of the artist on this mixtape include Abeltif El Ghozzi, Saïda Ennablia, El Mensiyat, Abeltif El Ghozzi and Hèdi Tounsi. For more, check out https://duckfood.bandcamp.com.

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Duckfood Presents Tunisia (RIAFC 078)

Madrotter shares some selections of post-punk and experimental music. 

1 Metabolist - King Quack
2 Blurt - Dyslexia
3 Chrome - Eyes In The Center
4 Zazou Bikaye Cy1 - Dju Ya Feza
5 Nieuw Hip Stielen - Raw Beat
6 Nasmak - Pilot In Charge
7 Ton Lebbink - Voetbalknieen
8 James Change & The Contortions - Designed To Kill
9 Executive Slacks - The Bus
10 Herman Brood & The Wild Romance - Dope Sucks
11 Herman Brood & Vitesse - Funky But Clean
12 Kevin Coyne - Tell The Truth
13 Max & Malcolm - Are The Trumpets Ready
14 Palais Schaumburg - Stich Auf Stich
15 Holger Czukay, Jaki Liebezeit & Jah Wobble - Hiss 'N' Listen
16 Snakefinger - Trashing All The Loves Of History
17 Rondos - A Waltz
18 Bunker Oeso - Zombies
19 Tandstickorshocks - To Hell With Shell
20 Gang Of Four - Not Great Men
21 Soft Boys - Walking Through A Ventilator
22 James Chance & The Contortions - Dish It Out

Madrotter Youth Trip (RIAFC083)

Nahautl

Bara (Tukanoan) Pipe Music - Jean Jackson

Animist Records is an Amsterdam-based label specializing in outernational music from the southeast Asian diaspora and beyond. Curated by Olivier Schreuder, this mixtape features a collection of label releases and never-before-broadcasted field recordings made over the past 15 years throughout the region, including local ceremonies, festivals, markets, public announcements, masterclasses of legendary musicians etc. from Burma, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia.

Check out their website here: http://animist.store/. You can also find their released on their Bandcamp page here: https://animistsound.bandcamp.com/

TRACKLIST
01. Selling buddhist lucky cards at Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon, Burma
02. Apichat Pakwan – Improvisation (Live at Artistry, Singapore) (ANIMIST009)
03. Isan Folkmusic & Dance Graduation Concert, Khon Kaen University, Thailand
04. Tongmek Tabtanon Drumband – Mahasarakham, Thailand
05. Kantrum drumloops (ANIMIST010)
06. Megaphone-tape-loop in the market of Chiang Dao, Thailand
07. Megaphone-tape-loop in front of a shop in Yangon, Burma
08. Megaphone-tape-loop on a driving car in Mingun, Burma
09. Megaphone-tape-loop with public service announcement at Wat Arun, Bangkok, Thailand
10. Apichat Pakwan – Infinite Dub 1-6 (ANIMIST002)
11. Kantrum Dongman – Ajai Waeng (ANIMIST010)
12. Buddhist ceremony in Luang Prabang, Laos
13. Morkaen Sombat Simla playing Lai Lotfay Tailang – Mahasarakham, Thailand
14. Morphin Boonma Khaowong masterclass – Kalasin, Thailand
15. Phi Ta Khon Festival, Dan Sai, Thailand
16. Songkran song carried by the wind – Ban Non Muang, Thailand
17. Sarun-Ngon & Ven Cherk – Tampuon farming song – Ratanakiri, Cambodia
18. Yeak Lom Arts Group – Tampuon handicraft song - Ratanakiri, Cambodia
19. Khmer weddingmusic – Banteay Srei village, Cambodia

Animist Records: Southeast Asian Soundscapes and Folk Music (RIAFC088)

Playlist and other information available at: https://www.freeformfreakout.com/fffoxy-podcast-211/

FFFoxy Podcast #211

chOOn!! is an arts collective that began life as a notoriously wild radio show on Subcity Radio (Glasgow, Scotland), 2012-2019, and is now about to launch as a newly formed reissue label. Radio is a Foreign Country is thrilled to share chOOn!!’s warped take on a bewildering range of retro folk and popular styles spread throughout the Indonesian archipelago. Prepare your earballs for loads of gamelan funk, Javanese electro, discoid degung, queasy quasidah modern, Sumatran devil-synth, hyper footwork jaipong, cosmic calung, plasmic pop-Sunda, and drum-machine dangdut. You can hear the extended version of this mix at https://soundcloud. com/radio-choon.

chOOn!! would like to thank Romain de Ferron for generously sending his wonderfully curated tape of Sumatran gems culled from his journeys throughout Indonesia; VK and his generous gifts from Malaysia; the digging savant Herpi and his expertly curated selections; and to the ever-reliable grotto of Indonesian delights that is Madrotter - thanks Henk!

PLAYLIST
Break Pong Medley, Yayah Ratnasari & Karawang Group
Jalma Dengki, Darso & Detty Kurnia
Wening, Becky Wilson & Nano. S. Kasmaran
Disco Medley Jaipong (Extract), Nus. S.
Tari Pasambahan, Sanggar Syofyani
Pariaman,  Fetty
Asih Can Laas, Detty Kurnia
Kunci 2 Asmara, Ety Yulianty
Tahun 2000, Nasida Ria
Jangan Putus Asa, Orkes Gambus Al Hadid
Imut Nu Ngajalanan, Detty Kurnia
Ginggiapeun, Titin K. Somantri & Odang Sundara
El Sahara, El Sahara Group
Bonus Cinta, Becky Wilson & Nano. S. Kasmaran
Cucu Deui, Darso
Instrumental Jaipong (excerpt), Nus. S.

CALUNGA CHOON (RIAFC 024)

calunga chOOn!! (RIAFC 024)

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Gonzo Ethnomusicology (RIAFC073)

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