GLOBAL A GO-GO: Charts September 15-21, 2025

WRIR World's NACC Top Ten

1 ORCHESTRA GOLD | Dakan | self-released

2 BALIMAYA PROJECT MEETS DISCOS PACIFICO ALLSTARS | Calima | Jazz Re:freshed/Discos Pacifico

3 MULATU ASTATKE | Mulatu Plays Mulatu | Strut

4 OMARA PORTUANDO | Eternamente Omara | Warner Spain

5 ANTIBALAS | "La Ceiba" [Single] | Daptone

6 MEKLIT | "Abebayehosh" [Single] | Smithsonian Folkways

7 AL CAMPBELL | "Declaration Of Rights" [Single] | 17 North Parade

8 YALLA MIKU | "Alemuye" [Single] | Bongo Joe

9 LOS CALIGARIS | "Mi Vida Sin Tu Vida" [Single] | PopArtDiscos

10 PEKI MOMES | Peki Momés | Mocambo

WRIR World's NACC Adds

1 UMUT ADAN AND ZEBANIS | "Bogota" [Single] | Six Degrees

2 ANTIBALAS | "La Ceiba" [Single] | Daptone

3 DA CRUZ | Rolexxx [EP] | Boom Jah

4 ELOISE AND CO | Avec Elodie | self-released

5 YASMINE HAMDAN | I Remember I Forget | Crammed

6 L'ANTIDOTE | L'Antidote | Ponderosa

7 ME AND MY FRIENDS | "Tell Me" [Single] | Split Shift

8 LEO MIDDEA | "Sulamerica" [Single] | Esfera

9 LA SONORA DINAMITA | Cumbia Sin Fronteras | Altafonte

10 CHANDRIKA TANDON | Soul Ecstasy | self-released

New & Recommended at WRIR World

2015-2025 Les Disques Bongo Joe: 10 Years of Sonic Explorations | (various artists) | Bongo Joe

Adan, Umut & Zebanis | "Bogota" | Six Degrees

Amadou & Mariam | "Sonfo" (feat. Fally Ipupa) | Because Music

Antibalas | "La Ceiba" | Daptone

Astatke, Mulatu | Mulatu Plays Mulatu | Strut

Campbell, Al | "Declaration of Rights" | 17 North Parade

Eje Eje | "Oyun Corbasi" | Batov

Good Ones, The | Rwanda Sings with Strings | Glitterbeat

Laitinen, Jaakko & Vaara Raha | "Lapis Philosophorum" | Playground Music

Marley, Skip | "In Our Sight" | Tuff Gong International / Def Jam

Me and My Friends | "Tell Me" | Split Shift

Meklit | "Abebayehosh" | Smithsonian Folkways

Middea, Leo | "Sulamerica" | Agogo

Orchestra Gold | Dakan | self-released

Q.A.P. Band aka Swin Batuka | "La Picosa (Remix)" | Club Coco

Ranil y su Conjunto Tropical | Sonido Amazonico | Vampisoul

Terror/Cactus | "La Pantera" | Names You Can Trust

Trio Ternura | "A Gira" | Vampisoul

Yalla Miku | "Alemuye" | Bongo Joe

WRIR World Digs

Balimaya Project meets Discos Pacifico Allstars | Calima | Jazz Re:freshed / Discos Pacifico

Bongo District | Motelito Flores EP | 90DB

Champeta: El Ritmo de la Tierra (Banda Sonora Original) | (various artists) | Walt Disney

Chiva Rumbera | Ida y Vuelta | MaAuLa

Dalt, Lucrecia | A Danger to Ourselves | RVNG Intl.

Echoes of the Snowland Cuckoo EP | (various artists) | See See

Frimpong, K. & His Cubano Fiestas | Blue Album | Soundway

Group Inerane | Marjahan Bianou | Sublime Frequencies

Habibi Funk 031: A Selection of Music from Libyan Tapes | (various artists) | Habibi Funk

Islamabad Discipline | Complex Zero Point Faizabad | Radio Khiyaban

Juniore | Un Peu D'Histoire | Le Phonographe

Kouyate, Ousmane | Ousmane Kouyate (Analog Africa Limited Dance Edition No. 18) | Analog Africa

Mahotella Queens | Buya Buya: Come Back | Umsakazo

Mande Sila | Live @ Levon Helm Studios | Contre-Jour

Martinez, Edna Presents Pico: Sound System Culture From the Colombian Caribbean | (various artists) | Strut

Meeks, Carl | Legendary | Big Bout Ya

Minyo Crusaders | Tour of Japan | 180g

Moskito | Idolar | Awesome Tapes from Africa

Music For a Revolution, Vol. 1: Guinea's Syliphone Recording Label (1967-1973) | (various artists) | Radio Martiko

Nali, Gasper | Chule Chule Iwe | Spare Dog

Nana Benz du Togo | Se Nam | Komos

Nkhata, Alick | Radio Lusaka | Mississippi

Olivares, Fito y su Grupo | Pa' Bailar | self-released

Orchestra Fuego | Mambo Mania | self-released

Orchestre Poly Rythmo de Cotonou-Benin, T.P. | Tidiani Kone et le T.P. Orchestre Poly Rythmo de Cotonou-Benin | Acid Jazz

Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou, T.P. | Trop Parler C'est Maladie | Acid Jazz

Portuando, Omara | Eternamente Omara | Warner Spain

Quantic | DJ-Kicks: Quantic | !K7

Quitapenas | Retumba! EP | Nepantla

Scientist & Dubiterian feat. Joseph Cotton | Signed and Sealed | Scientist

Singh, Laura Ann with Rosette | Crumb of Me | Bem Te Vi

Sister Nancy | Armageddon | Ariwa

Sorcerers, The | Other Worlds and Habitats | ATA

Sounds of Abkhazia | (various artists) | Ored

Star Feminine Band | Jusqu'au Bout du Monde | Born Bad

Stone, Abijah | Ashes in the Offering | From Babylon to Zion

Terauchi, Takeshi & Blue Jeans | Let's Go Eleki Bushi | 180g

Trio Kazanchis + 1 | Sheger | 121234

Trio Mokili | Trio Mokili | Nsango Nini

Wade, Alune | New African Orleans | Enja / Yellowbird

Werrason | Depart Unique | self-released

Xavier, Carlos | Levantate | self-released

Latest Arrivals at WRIR World

Adan, Umut & Zebanis | "Bogota" | Six Degrees

Antibalas | "La Ceiba" | Daptone

Da Cruz | Rolexxx EP | Boom Jah

Eloise & Co. | Avec Elodie | self-released

Hamdan, Yasmine | I Remember I Forget | Crammed

Jobim, Marcos | Singelinha | self-released

Karioudja, Luc Moindranze | Mon Balo | Compagnie 4000

L'Antidote | L'Antidote | Ponderosa

Me and My Friends | "Tell Me" | Split Shift

Middea, Leo | "Sulamerica" | Agogo

Rambelli, Fabio & Dirk Wachtelar | The Turning Point | Edgetone

Romus, Rent & Tatsuya Nakatani | Uplift | Edgetone

Sonora Dinamita, La | Cumbia Sin Fronteras | Altafonte

Tandon, Chandrika | Soul Ecstacy | Soul Chants

Current Releases at WRIR World

Afrodream | "Afrotrip" | Rubik Music

Afro-Portuguesa | (various artists) | Putumayo Discovery

Agudello, Oscar y el Combo Moderno | Pa' Mi Muneca | Vampisoul

Alice | Chateaux Faibles | Bongo Joe

Al-Saadi, Hamid | Maqam Al-Iraq | Maqam

Amato, Gino | Latin Crossroads 2 | Ovation

Antrobus, Raymond & Evelyn Glennie | Aloud | Toy Gun Murder

Ashtech | Walkin' Target | Dubmission

Balkan Taksim | Acide Balkanique | Buda Musique

Banda Chuska, La | Basic Bichos | self-released

Bardentreffen 2025 | (various artists) | Folk Galore

BEATrio | BEATrio | Thirty Tigers

Bio Ritmo | "Largos Caminos" | Locutor

Blanco Teta | La Debacle de las Divas | Bongo Joe

BOC | Devers ses Dues Torres | Microscopi

Café Nomadica | (various artists) | Putumayo Discovery

Caligaris, Los Autenticos Decadentes & Banda El Recodo | "Mi Vida Sin Tu Vida" | Altafonte

Cardona, Victoria | Que Paso | Leggero

Carr, Richard | The Escarpment | Infrequent Seams

Carrizo, Lucrecia | El Impulso del Sol | Microscopi

Children of the Bong | Sirius Versions | Disco Gecko

Chooma, La | Local Spirits | Batov

Congadar | Aprendi com Meus Antepassados | Forestlab

Da Cruz | Rolexxx EP | Boom Jah

de Faria, Arthur & Pedro Longes | Canciones con Drama EP | YB Music

Diabate, Hawa & Kasse Mady | Toumaro | One World

Diamusk & International Dub Orchestra | Maze + Instrumentals | self-released

Divanhana | Radio Sevdah | CPL-Music

Don Dada | Forward We Continue EP | Ruff Cutt Studio

Don Letts: The Rebel Dread @ Echo Beach | (various artists) | Echo Beach

Dream World | (various artists) | Putumayo Discovery

Dubinator presents Sonically Echo Beach: Dubbing & Clubbing | (various artists) | Echo Beach

Eljuri | Asi Es el Mundo | Manovill

Eloise & Co. | Avec Elodie | self-released

Eskorbuto | Anti Todo | Munster

Fairuz | Chat Iskandaria | Wewantsounds

Fam, Cheikh Ibra | "Sali" | Cumbancha

Fatbabs | This Love Is Forever | Big Scoop

Flying Vipers | Off World | Easy Star

Fontaine, Brigitte | Brigitte Fontaine Est Folle | Wewantsounds

Frankie Paul | Sizzling | 17 North Parade

French Groove | (various artists) | Putumayo Discovery

Gao Hong & Baluji Shrivastan | Neelam | ARC

Gio Chamba | "La Danza de los Mirlos" | Mixto

Gollehon, Mac & the Hispanic Mechanics | Pistoleros | WFO Music

Grupo Amigos | Paloma Mensajera | Munster

Grupo Pilon | Nu Sta Li | El Palmas

Grupo Son San | "La Hamaca" | Polen

Hamdan, Yasmine | I Remember I Forget | Crammed

Holden, Holly | Al Andar | self-released

Hwang, Jason Kao | Myths of Origin for Imrovising String Orchestra and Drum Set | True Sound

Inner Echo & Wends | Higher Grounds EP | EchoPlex

Instrumental Odyssey | (various artists) | Putumayo Discovery

Jobim, Marcos | Singelinha | self-released

Joropop: Psych Pop & Folk in Venezuela, 1968-1976 | (various artists) | Vampisoul

Junior Murvin | Cool Down the Heat | Greensleeves / Jammy's

Karioudja, Luc Moindranze | Mon Balo | Compagnie 4000

Kokoroko | Tuff Times Never Last | Brownswood

Kourtesis, Sofia | Volver EP | Ninja Tune

Kouyate, Kaabi | Tribute to Kandia | Buda Musique

Krakowski, Sergio | Boca do Tempo | Rocinante

Kuti, Femi | Journey Through Life | Partisan

Laiz & the New Love Experience | "Se Segura" | Agogo

L'Antidote | L'Antidote | Ponderosa

Latin Chill | (various artists) | Putumayo Discovery

Levy, Barrington | Sweet Reggae Music 2.0 | 17 North Parade

Madalitso Band | Ma Gitala | Bongo Joe

Maher, Ashley | Tree to Tree | Spin Wild

Marti, Biel | La Verema | Microscopi

Mattos, Livia | "Caucaia" | YB Music

Mayen, Sofi | Normal | Altafonte

mcthfg | Direct Action EP | Dubmission

Meeks, Carl | Weh Dem Fah | 17 North Parade

Meklit | "Tizita" | Smithsonian Folkways

Momes, Peki | Peki Momes | Mocambo

Mother Tongue | Mother Tongue | Makkum / De Platenbakkerij / Astral Spirits

Mukhtar, Ahmed & Ignacio Lusardi Monteverdi | Al-hambra | ARC

Nevala, Andy | El Rumbon (The Party) | Zoho

Noiseshaper | Welcome the Unknown | Echo Beach

Orbital Ensemble | Orbital | We Are Busy Bodies

Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp | "Revenant du Nord" / "Siilent" | Bongo Joe

Orquesta La Muralla | Como Me La Pida | Hyperopia

Orua | "Deus-Dara" | K

Peyoti For President | Your Comfort Zone | Sordid Soup

Pilton, Haris & the Balkan Voodoo Orchestra | Soon In Your Village | Asphalt Tango

Pink Martini | Bella Ciao EP | Heinz

Quesada, Adrian | Boleros Psicodelicos II | ATO

Radio Tarifa | La Noche | Buda Musique

Rambelli, Fabio & Dirk Wachtelar | The Turning Point | Edgetone

Riba, Pau | Electroccid Accid Alquimistic Xoc | Munster

Romus, Rent & Tatsuya Nakatani | Uplift | Edgetone

Royal, Jesse | No Place Like Home | Easy Star

Rumbo Tumba | Cordillera Latiendo EP | self-released

Sababa 5 | Nadir | Batov

Saha Gnawa | Saha Gnawa | Pique-nique

Salvador, Dom, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad | Dom Salvador JID024 | Jazz Is Dead

Santiago Motorizado | El Retorno | Nacional

Schmutz, Samantha & Adrian Younge | Samantha e Adrian | Linear Labs

Sonora Dinamita, La | Cumbia Sin Fronteras | Altafonte

Soul Sugar meets Dub Shepherds | Blue House Rockin' | Gee

Stewart, Valeria | Raices | Roots | Antidotesounds

Subset | Feeding the Anatoki EP | The Dub Factory

Sugar Minott | Ghetto Child | 17 North Parade

Sugar Minott | Ghetto Dub | 17 North Parade

Szymanski, Morgan & Tommy Perman | Songs for the Mist Forest | Blackford Hill

Tandon, Chandrika | Soul Ecstacy | Soul Chants

Time Bomb Riddim | (various artists) | Small Axe Entertainment / Rebel Sound

Tor.ma in Dub | Full Circle EP | Dubmission

Vazquez, Edna | Te Esperaba | Heinz

Wakyu | Selva Selva | Buh

Woodlands Backafall | Traditional Colours | Kakafon

World Beach Party | (various artists) | Putumayo Discovery

Zheros, Los | Psychedelic Cumbia Party | Vampisoul / Rey

Global A Go-Go Tracklist, September 21

Blog post: globalagogo.com/2025/09/a-spell-cast-in-rhythm-reverie_20.html

Podcast: radio4all.net/program/120987

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