Five albums with non-Western influences that you SHOULD own

Here are five albums you should own (in no particular order). They all have influences from outside the realms of UK/US mainstream musical forms and that's why I like them. They will change your life for the better!

Nagual Site - Sacred System

http://www.discogs.com/Sacred-System-Nagual-Site/release/225451

Three EPS - Shackleton

http://www.discogs.com/Shackleton-Three-EPs/release/1955814

Shabeesation - Aisha Kandisha's Jarring Effects

http://www.discogs.com/Aisha-Kandishas-Jarring-Effects-Shabeesation/release/235613

Electric Sufi - Dhafer Youssef

http://www.discogs.com/Dhafer-Youssef-Electric-Sufi/master/262377

Passion - Peter Gabriel

http://www.discogs.com/Peter-Gabriel-Passion/master/29882

Mesopotamian Homesick Blues

Here's a new Secret Archives of the Vatican tune. We were holding this for the next release but we've had a harddrive failure in the studio so we're not sure if we still have the master WAV file. We've still got the multitrack recording so we can always do it again - but here's an mp3 of the original mix.

Secret Archives of the Vatican___ Mesopotamian Homesick Blues

Peace Through Superior Flowerpower

Here's a new Secret Archives of the Vatican tune. We were holding this for the next release but we've had a harddrive failure in the studio so we're not sure if we still have the master WAV file. We've still got the multitrack recording so we can always do it again - but here's an mp3 of the original mix.

Secret Archives of the Vatican___ Peace Through Superior Flowerpower

Transnational Trackfest

Highly influential music blog Generation Bass has featured a Secret Archives of the Vatican tune and two unauthorised remixes/mashups that we put together for a DJ set by the Secret Archives of the Vatican Soundsystem a few weeks back. One of the remixes is listed as being by Yohei but that's because SoundCloud presents tunes as being by the uploader rather than the artist.

Check it out here:

Transnational trackfest