Akron/Family

The visionary psychedelic global folk rock band ascends to new heights with their new album "Set 'EmWild...".
After building up a great, word-of-mouth ...
Allá

Mexican-American sound voyagers Allá have forged a distinctive sound encompassing some of their favourite styles of music from the last four decades: from German ...
Axel Krygier

A vocalist, composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist, AXEL KRYGIER is a central figure in the alternative music scene in Argentina, where he's considered as ...
Balkan Beat Box

Combining assorted flavours from all around the Mediterranean with solid rock+reggae foundations, this New York-based band are one of the electro/world sensations ...
Bossacucanova

Bossacucanova first tackled the electronic/bossa fusion with their milestone debut album back in '98. They are celebrating the 50th anniversary of bossa nova with ...
Chicha Libre

Inspired by the Amazonian music craze that shares its name with the liquor favored by the Incas and still very popular throughout Peru, this new Brooklyn-based band ...
Cibelle

One of the most imaginative artists around, Cibelle (pronounced "See-bell-ee") first came to attention as the main vocalist on the late Suba's cult São ...
Flat Earth Society

Delirious yet sophisticated, lush yet furious, sarcastic yet sentimental, Flat Earth Society are one of the most exciting big bands around.
Flat Earth Society (sometimes ...
Kasai Allstars

Kasai Allstars is a collective which regoups members from several other bands, including Masanka Sankayi and Basokin. They all originate from Kasai (a Congolese ...
Kocani Orkestar

The mighty Macedonian brass band took the Western world by surprise in 1997 with their album "L'Orient est rouge". The band's trademark thundering style ...
Konono No.1

Konono N°1's "Congotronics" album introduced the world to the strange and spectacular electro-traditional mixtures which are being concocted in the suburbs ...
Lonely Drifter Karen

Lonely Drifter Karen was born from the union of three people with very different geographical and musical backgrounds (from folk and rock to cabaret, experimental, ...
Megafaun

"Megafaun don't just catalog American musical languages, they breed them", writes Pitchfork in a preview of the band's new album "Gather, Form & ...
Mocky

Mocky (real name Dominic Giancarlo Salole) is a Canadian–born musician with a reputation for eclectic songs, humour and blending musical depth with a pop sensibility. ...
Shantel

After pioneering the concept of Balkan clubbing with his now-legendary Bucovina Club parties and albums, Shantel moved on to the next level and released Disko Partizani! ...
Staff Benda Bilili

The mesmerising music of Staff Benda Bilili and the band's extraordinary story have been making a strong impression worldwide. A group of paraplegic street musicians ...
Taraf de Haidouks

Ever since their first visit to western Europe back in 1991, Taraf de Haïdouks have been considered as the epitome of Gypsy music's fabulous vitality. They've relentlessly ...
Tartit

Nothing is more evocative of the fascinating expanses of the Sahara desert than the music of Tartit, a Tuareg band consisting of five women and four men residing ...
Tuxedomoon

Cult legends Tuxedomoon are a welcome exception in today's over-formatted musical world. Born in 1977, in the heady atmosphere of San Francisco’s postpunk golden ...
U-Cef

U-cef is Morocco's first and foremost digitalizer. In the course of his two albums, he's managed to put gnawa music, dub, sinuous classic Arabic arrangements electronic ...
Zeep

Zeep, aka the London-based duet of Nina Miranda & Chris Franck bring us a fresh, immediate pop album that dips its elegant toes into many musical pools. ...

And that's not all...
For a (non-exhaustive) list of other artists, remixers & producers who have crossed our path, contributed to albums or appeared on compilations, go here:
For a (non-exhaustive) list of other artists, remixers & producers who have crossed our path, contributed to albums or appeared on compilations, go here:

ZEEP
Zeep, aka the London-based duet of Nina Miranda & Chris Franck bring us a fresh, immediate pop album that dips its elegant toes into many musical pools. Catchy escapades, space-age downtempo rock, reflective atmospheres, playful spaghetti western disco and cartoon-like narratives, this album is full of fun and surprises, an excursion into which we're irresistibly drawn by Nina's unique, seductive voice, supported by Chris' immaculate musicianship and production skills.
Also worth mentioning is Zeep's daring Brazilian folk rewiring of the Specials classic Ghost Town, which has already been given the enthusiastic backing of The Specials' Jerry Dammers.
Nina ...
Also worth mentioning is Zeep's daring Brazilian folk rewiring of the Specials classic Ghost Town, which has already been given the enthusiastic backing of The Specials' Jerry Dammers.
Nina ...
4hero

Back in '94, 4hero were orbiting somewhere up there, halfway between science fiction jungle and the best of Detroit techno…
Their "Parallel Universe" ...
Akron/Family

The visionary psychedelic global folk rock band ascends to new heights with their new album "Set 'EmWild...".
After building up a great, word-of-mouth ...
Aksak Maboul

The seminal Crammed band, founded in 1977 by Marc Hollander & Vincent Kenis, which explored several directions later followed by the label. In the ...
Allá

Mexican-American sound voyagers Allá have forged a distinctive sound encompassing some of their favourite styles of music from the last four decades: from German ...
Apollo Nove

How to describe someone as eclectic as Apollo Nove? A modern-day pop Tropicalista à la Mutantes (as indicated by the collaboration of Mutantes lead ...
Arto Lindsay

Arto Lindsay and Peter Scherer (who were known together at the time as The Ambitious Lovers) recorded this no less ambitious soundtrack for two dance performance ...
Aural Expansion

Minimal/bleep/glitch precursor Aural Expansion came from Finland.
Aka bright young Finnish mad professor of electronica Jouni Alkio, he was an alumnus of the Sahko/Dum ...
Auto Repeat

Auto Repeat put out some of the weirdest tracks which came out in the mid 90s. These trash situationist disco punk pieces with a full-on Chicago shimmy have bent ...
Avalon

US-born Tim Handels was in his early twenties when he released this album for SSR.
Tim lived in Brussels... a music fan since his early childhood, he fell ...
Axel Krygier

A vocalist, composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist, AXEL KRYGIER is a central figure in the alternative music scene in Argentina, where he's considered as ...
Balkan Beat Box

Combining assorted flavours from all around the Mediterranean with solid rock+reggae foundations, this New York-based band are one of the electro/world sensations ...
Band Apart

This New York band consisted of US vocalist Jayne Bliss and Marseille musician Medor Mader.
Jayne Bliss wrote very personal lyrics. Mader played guitars and ...
Barbara Gogan

Made On Earth was a mysterious, short-lived project combining the talents of Irish songstress Barbara Gogan and mercurial French composer/ producer Hector ...
Basokin

One of the 5 bands who joined forces to form the Kasai Allstars collective, Basokin ("the Basongye from Kinshasa") are from the Songye region, at the eastern ...
Bauls Of Bengal

Purna Das Baul is a real folk hero in his country, where he is referred to as “the King of Bauls”. The Bauls are wandering mystical musicians from Bengal. They ...
Béco Dranoff

New York-based A&R, producer, compiler and filmmaker Béco Dranoff joined forces with Crammed in 1998 to start the Ziriguiboom sub-label...
Bebel Gilberto

Bebel Gilberto’s magical voice and her soulful blend of Brazilian and electronic music took the world by surprise with the release of Tanto Tempo in 2000. Bebel ...
Bel Canto

The members of Bel Canto were in their late teens when they recorded their debut album "White Out Conditions". The scene is set: gorgeous melodies ...
Benjamin Lew

Alone or with Tuxedomoon's Steven Brown, Belgian electronic artist Benjamin Lew has been creating inspired, hypnotic and instantly recognizable musical landscapes ...
Bio Muse

"Bio Muse take the concept of metal-funk to ultra-intense extremes… more demanding than a Baader-Meinhof ransom note…” (Muzik).
This ...
Blaine Reininger

Tuxedomoon founding member Reininger's solo ventures on Crammed include the post-minimal opus "Colorado Suite", recorded in collaboration with composer ...
Bleep

Bleep was the project name used by Geir Jenssen (later known as Biosphere, and formerly part Norwegian band Bel Canto) for the first all-electronic recordings he ...
Bobvan

Bobvan aka Bob Vanderbob is a composer, video artist, writer and communication artist based in Brussels. He attended the legendary Creative Music Studio in ...
Bossacucanova

Bossacucanova first tackled the electronic/bossa fusion with their milestone debut album back in '98. They are celebrating the 50th anniversary of bossa nova with ...
Brion Gysin

The legendary American poet, painter and writer who has influenced two generations of artists recorded this album based on his texts back in 1986, shortly ...
Buckfunk 3000

Techno maverick Si Begg pre-dated the electro revival by a few years with his mad, bad, hilarious & nasty Buckfunk 3000 project.
Growing up on mad TV and making ...
Bustan Abraham

Bustan Abraham was a multi-ethnic ensemble comprising Palestinian & Israeli musicians. Weaving various strands of traditional music & jazz, they aspired ...
Carl Craig

Detroit icon Carl Craig released his milestone 1997 album "More Songs About Food and Revolutionary Art" in collaboration with Crammed's SSR imprint...
Celso Fonseca

The seductive Brazilian singer/guitarist has recorded two luminous and sunny albums on Crammed's Ziriguiboom imprint: Natural (2003), in which he soulfully revisited ...
Chicha Libre

Inspired by the Amazonian music craze that shares its name with the liquor favored by the Incas and still very popular throughout Peru, this new Brooklyn-based band ...
Cibelle

One of the most imaginative artists around, Cibelle (pronounced "See-bell-ee") first came to attention as the main vocalist on the late Suba's cult São ...
Circadian Rhythms

Future jazz outfit Circadian Rhythms was the brainchild of Charles Bullen, who used to be one-third of highly influential early 80s band ...
City Boy Players

The band formed by Eddie "Flashin" Fowlkes and Niko Marks to record their eponymous album....
Classic Swede Swede

Conceived in the late 80s as a reaction to the polished sound of Zairean pop, the sound of Classic Swede Swede was raw, pure energy.
Classic Swede Swede's music ...
Colin Newman

In the late '80s, Wire vocalist Colin Newman recorded two masterpieces of refined electronic pop for Crammed. They both contained excentric lyrics in the ...
Congo Classics

Following the recent success of contemporary bands such as Staff Benda Bilili and Konono N°1, it's time once again for Crammed Discs to revisit the rich heritage ...
Congotronics

The Congotronics series is devoted to the strange and spectacular electro-traditional mixtures which are being concocted in the suburbs of Kinshasa, Congo. Konono ...
Crammed Compilation

Compilations featuring (mostly) Crammed artists: "It's A Crammed, Crammed World (3)" and "20 Ways..." present the state of the label's ...
Crammed Global Soundclash

The Crammed Global Soundclash 1980-89 series: an introduction to the label's own strange '80s, a decade during ...
Daniel Schell

The ultimate Great Excentric Belgian Composer... After several albums with his post prog rock band COS, Daniel Schellfound new inspiration in medieval polyphonics, ...
Des Airs

One of the very first Crammed bands, Des Airs comprised Bob Vanderbob (aka Bobvan), Stephane Karo (of Taraf de Haidouks fame), Catherine Jauniaux and Fanchon Nuyens ...
DJ Dolores

DJ Dolores (aka Helder Aragão) has been active in the ebullient musical scene of his hometown Recife since his collaboration with Mangue Beat originators Chico ...
DJ Morpheus

Mostly known as the man behind the acclaimed Freezone series, and as the host of his own Lysergic Factory radio show (aired weekly on several cutting-edge ...
Dominic Sonic

Dominic Sonic became the darling of the French rock press and public with his debut album, released on Crammed in 1989. Most notable was the infectious "When ...
Dominique Dalcan

Before creating his SNOOZE persona, Dalcan released two albums which were something of a revolution in the world of French pop.“Entre l’Etoile et le Carré” ...
Eddie Fowlkes

Eddie Flashin’ Fowlkes, one of the most creative and multi-faceted founders of the Detroit techno scene, joined forces with with mega-talented producer, ...
Electric Gypsyland

Crammed's leading Balkan Gypsy bands get reinterpreted by a host of indie and electronic artists from Europe and America in the 2-volume Electric Gypsyland series. ...
Elixir

Taking in a galaxy of influences (Wu Tang to Bacharach to My Bloody Valentine), these North London alchemists boys have fused twisted cinematic soundscapes and the ...
Endemic Void

"Ennio Morricone meeting Isaac Hayes in a full-on jungle vibe, Endemic Void push the limits of time-stretchology with this deep, cinematic, frontline ...
Flat Earth Society

Delirious yet sophisticated, lush yet furious, sarcastic yet sentimental, Flat Earth Society are one of the most exciting big bands around.
Flat Earth Society (sometimes ...
Foreign Affair

Following the demise of Minimal Compact, Rami Fortis and Berry Sakharof (the two guitarists/singers with the band) recorded an album under the name Foreign Affair. ...
Fred Frith

The list of Fred Frith's achievements (recordings, collaborations, compositions) couldn't possibly fit onto this page... Let it just be reminded that Fred was one ...
Freezone

The Freezone Series was launched in 94 in order to explore all things down-tempo.
Thanks to DJ Morpheus' legendary flair and impeccable taste, Freezone has been ...
Gabor Kristof

A Geneva-based jazz guitarist & composer of Hungarian descent, Gabor G.Kristof teamed up in 1984 with Iraqi vocalist Nadjma to produce "Rapture In Baghdad", ...
Gary Moscheles

Who was Gary Moscheles ?? According to persistent rumours, he counted a manufacturer of tennis rackets and a professor of ancient Greek among his close relatives.“Shaped” ...
Harold Budd

The inspired American composer, pianist and poet has collaborated with Hector Zazou to create the "Glyph" album in 1996...
Hector Zazou

Algerian-born French composer/producer Hector Zazou had a surprise waiting with each new record: twisted rock, neo-classical compositions, world music (from Africa ...
Hermine

An essentially unclassifiable performer, whose career spans acting, comedy and tightrope walking as well as singing, Hermine’s musical reputation rests on her ...
Hugo

if you don't understand French, you will miss some of the content of his Twin-Peaks-meets-Conan-Doyle-on-a-surnatural-sarcastic-tip stories, but then again you’ll ...
Ian Simmonds

The visionary, soulful electro/jazz artist also known as Juryman and Wise In Time (see under these names)...
John Lurie

After forming the emblematic Lounge Lizards (for which the term "fake jazz" was coined), John Lurie acted in and wrote the soundtrack music for Jim Jarmusch's ...
Juryman

The Juryman trilogy by visionary electro-jazz artist Ian Simmonds have made a deep impression on press and music lovers alike. He was described in the media ...
Karen Finley

Often described as “a female Lenny Bruce”, sometimes even as “worse than Genêt and Bataille”, the scandalous performance artist from NYC put conservative ...
Karl Biscuit

He came from the world of contemporary ballet and became a mysterious cult figure following his three releases which combined electro beats, tongue-in-cheek romantic ...
Kasai Allstars

Kasai Allstars is a collective which regoups members from several other bands, including Masanka Sankayi and Basokin. They all originate from Kasai (a Congolese ...
Kevin Saunderson

Ever since he came up with the good idea to invent Techno in the late 80s (with fellow Detroit producers Juan Atkins and Derrick May), Kevin Saunderson put out a ...
Kocani Orkestar

The mighty Macedonian brass band took the Western world by surprise in 1997 with their album "L'Orient est rouge". The band's trademark thundering style ...
Konono No.1

Konono N°1's "Congotronics" album introduced the world to the strange and spectacular electro-traditional mixtures which are being concocted in the suburbs ...
Language

London-based Crammed/SSR offshoot Language was the brainchild of Tony Thorpe (of Moody Boyz fame).Language was started from scratch in the Spring of ‘95, and immediately ...
Le PM

Le PM was a hip hop collective from the suburbs of Paris, based around toaster & producer Little J (originally from Reunion Island) and rapper Fresh Ali (who ...
Les Tueurs de la lune de miel

Les Tueurs were an early incarnation of the band later widely known as The Honeymoon Killers. Consisting of of an assortment of miscreants, taxi drivers, cooks, ...
Lone Kent

American guitarist/singer Lone Kent (aka Kent Condon) released a spacey & very atmospheric country rock album in 1993, which elicited descriptions such as “somewhere ...
Lonely Drifter Karen

Lonely Drifter Karen was born from the union of three people with very different geographical and musical backgrounds (from folk and rock to cabaret, experimental, ...
Made To Measure

Between 1984 and the mid-90s, the MADE TO MEASURE composer series has presented some of the most fascinating instrumental music around.
Made To Measure could ...
Mahala Rai Banda

Shaped in the Gypsy ghettos (Mahala) around Bucharest, Mahala Rai Banda (literally Noble Band from the Ghetto), combines a surprising array of trends and styles. ...
Mahmoud Ahmed

The Northern hemisphere's first introduction to the wonderful music created in Ethiopia during the 70s was Mahmoud Ahmed's "Ere Mela Mela", which came ...
Marc Hollander

Originally a musician, composer and producer, Marc Hollander founded Crammed Discs in 1980. He has been managing the label ever since, while also acting as its artistic ...
Masanka Sankayi

One of the 5 bands who joined forces to create the Kasai Allstars collective.
Masanka Sankayi is fronted by dancers, singers and story-tellers Mbuyamba Nyunyi and ...
Megafaun

"Megafaun don't just catalog American musical languages, they breed them", writes Pitchfork in a preview of the band's new album "Gather, Form & ...
Meira Asher

Like some kind of possessed digital-age shaman, Israeli avant-electronic artist Meira Asher crawls into the skin of a shahid (Islamic suicide commando), then sneaks ...
Michel Moers

Telex lead singer M.Moers recorded this electronic French pop album for Crammed in 1991...
Minimal Compact

Fronted by vocalist Samy Birnbach (aka DJ Morpheus, freestyle DJ extraordinaire and compiler of the Freezone series), Minimal Compact were one of the most inspirational ...
Mocky

Mocky (real name Dominic Giancarlo Salole) is a Canadian–born musician with a reputation for eclectic songs, humour and blending musical depth with a pop sensibility. ...
Moleque de Rua

Crammed's current roster includes Konono N°1, Cibelle, Koçani Orkestar, Taraf de Haidouks, Bebel Gilberto, Balkan Beat Box, DJ Dolores, Tuxedomoon, Shantel, Kasai Allstars, Think Of One, Mahala Rai Banda ...
Nadjma

Jazz guitarist & composer Gabor G.Kristof (whose family had left Hungary in 1956 to settle in Switzerland) and vocalist Nadjma (a Swiss resident of Iraqi origin) ...
People In Control

A loose London collective centred around Martin Harrison (aka Frederix), who also worked with Family Fodder and with Adrian Sherwood, and who later became Aswad’s ...
Peter Principle

Tuxedomoon bassist/guitarist and sound designer Peter Principle discovered the magic of noise by listening to the sound of lawn-mowers in his native New-York suburb, ...
Phosphorus

"Who needs Prozac with tunes like this around" ? asked UK monthly Muzik. Great songwriting + evocative, lush & dreamy production + inspired vocal interpretation, ...
Phume

This London duo consisting of Tom Withers (aka Klute on Certificate 18) and Dave Campbell (who has worked under various guises for R&S, Rising High etc.) were ...
Q-Moog

Straight from the deepest heart of Detroit, experimental techno at its best...
The being referred to as “Q-Moog” says that he was born and raised in New York, ...
Ramuntcho Matta

The eclectic and ever-curious Ramuntcho has played & produced with/for Don Cherry, poet Brion Gysin, French-Urugayan icon Elli Medeiros & more.He has released ...
Sainkho

Now known as Saynkho Namchylak, the stunning Tuvan vocalist released a classic album on Crammed in 1993. It contains lovely orchestral (and almost Yma Sumac-like) ...
Samy Birnbach

The lead vocalist and main lyricist with 80s band Minimal Compact later became known as DJ Morpheus......
Sandy Dillon

The gravel-voiced maverick American singer/songwriter has collaborated with Hector Zazou to create the avant-rock "Las Vegas Is Cursed" album...
Seigen Ono

Japanese composer & producer Seigen Ono has collaborated with the likes of the Lounge Lizards, John Zorn & Ryuichi Sakamoto. He has released several albums ...
Selector

With its "Jungle Vibes" compilation (released back in 1994), Crammed Discs was one of the very first labels to release and promote drum'n'bass / jungle ...
Shantel

After pioneering the concept of Balkan clubbing with his now-legendary Bucovina Club parties and albums, Shantel moved on to the next level and released Disko Partizani! ...
Si Begg

Also known as the mad, bad & witty electro scientist Buckfunk 3000......
Snooze

One of the undisputed forerunners of the vibrant French downtempo scene in the late '90s, Snooze was formerly known for his adventurous pop productions under his ...
Solar Quest

Scottish musician George Saunders is responsible for one of the most emblematic albums of ambient techno in the mid 90s. Solar Quest also released a series of harder, ...
Sonoko

Europe (and more specifically France) as seen by a young Japanese girl in the mid-Eighties... A study in inverted exoticism... Sonoko charmingly conjures ...
SSR

Crammed's electronic music imprint SSR ("Sampler & Sans Reproche") was founded in 88, around the time of the first explosion of house music in the ...
Staff Benda Bilili

The mesmerising music of Staff Benda Bilili and the band's extraordinary story have been making a strong impression worldwide. A group of paraplegic street musicians ...
Steve Shehan

US-born percussionist & composer Steven Shehan has travelled around the world, collecting instruments and sounds along the way. He's collaborated with a host ...
Steven Brown

Tuxedomoon founding member Steven Brown has also released solo or collaborative albums, three of which came out as part of the Made To Measure series: his two cult ...
Suba

Serbian-born musician/composer SUBA was about to become one of Brazil's most prominent producers when he tragically passed away in November 1999, just a few ...
Subject 13

"awesome excursions into jazz-step and tough-edged drum & bass... they trip out on deep atmospherics while wielding a very big beat stick" (Muzik, ...
Sussan Deyhim

Extraordinary, New York-based Iranian vocalist Sussan Deyhim has developed her own unique sound which draws equally from Persian traditions and Western avant-garde.
Born ...
Tao

London-based Masayuki Ishikawa created "a dense musical ideogram", " a collection of mystical, mysterious, mashed up trip hop downbeats, grungy drum ...
Taraf de Haidouks

Ever since their first visit to western Europe back in 1991, Taraf de Haïdouks have been considered as the epitome of Gypsy music's fabulous vitality. They've relentlessly ...
Tartit

Nothing is more evocative of the fascinating expanses of the Sahara desert than the music of Tartit, a Tuareg band consisting of five women and four men residing ...
Tek 9

As one half of avant-jungle outfit 4hero, Dego McFarlane has been one of the most influential electronic music producers of the last 15 years.
He's put out ...
Telex

The electronic disco pop tracks produced by legendary Belgian band Telex between the late 70's and the mid-80's have influenced numerous producers of house and techno, ...
The Gruesome Twosome

Centered around one Solomon Pearbrook (aka Samy Birnbach from Minimal Compact, aka DJ Morpheus), The Gruesome Twosome also included Bertrand Burgalat and Per Martinsen.
...
The Honeymoon Killers

Fronted by the late Yvon Vromman, The Honeymoon Killers were a provocative band with a strong pop sensibility. They became the darlings of the music press all around ...
The Moody Boyz

The Moody Boyz are Tony Thorpe, a Londoner of Jamaican origin who has been at the forefront of the electronic music scene since the mid-'80s. He produced some of ...
Think Of One

The antagonism between Belgium's two communities has never been as pronounced… the Arab world and the West are more at odds than ever… Yet, our favourite musical ...
Tony Thorpe

Also known as The Moody Boyz, Tony Thorpe joined forced with Crammed/SSR in '95 to start the Language imprint, for which he signed & A&R'd artists such as ...
Trio Mocoto

Considered by many as the "Fathers of Samba Soul", legendary veteran Brazilian band Trio Mocotó have made a remarkable comeback : they reformed in 2001 ...
Tuxedomoon

Cult legends Tuxedomoon are a welcome exception in today's over-formatted musical world. Born in 1977, in the heady atmosphere of San Francisco’s postpunk golden ...
U-Cef

U-cef is Morocco's first and foremost digitalizer. In the course of his two albums, he's managed to put gnawa music, dub, sinuous classic Arabic arrangements electronic ...
Various Artists

You can find all multi-artist albums on this page...
(except for the compilations containing only -or mostly- Crammed artists, which are on this page)....
Vincent Kenis

Musician & producer Vincent Kenis has played a key role at Crammed Discs since the early days. The label's roots can be traced back to a musical project called ...
Wise In Time

Wise in Time is the brainchild of Ian Simmonds, the visionary electro-jazz artist who released the soulful Juryman trilogy on Crammed/SSR....
YBU

YBU was responsible for two of SSR's biggest club tracks of the early 90s: "Keep It Up" (feat. vocals by Bel Canto's Anneli Drecker) and "Soul Magic" ...
Zap Mama

"Discovered" by Crammed in 1990, the Afro-Belgian acapella band conquered the world with their joyful mix of Pygmy music, human beatbox sounds, Central ...
Zazou Bikaye

An unsurpassed milestone in European/African fusion, Zazou Bikaye created a head-on collision between traditional Central African vocals and uncompromising analog ...
Zeep

Zeep, aka the London-based duet of Nina Miranda & Chris Franck bring us a fresh, immediate pop album that dips its elegant toes into many musical pools. ...
Zelwer

French musician/composer Zelwer's lovely 1990 album "La Fiancée aux Yeux de Bois" was one of Crammed's first forays into (imaginary) Gypsyland. An ...
Ziriguiboom

Founded in 1998 by Crammed in collaboration with Brazilian A&R/producer Béco Dranoff, the Ziriguiboom sub-label is devoted to those new Brazilian sounds which ...
Ziryab Trio

Ziryab Trio concentrated on performing Arab and Turkish music from the 19th and the 20th century, works by great classical composers such as Riad Al-Sunbati, ...
Zuco 103

Ever since their debut album in 99, the Brazilian/European band have been at the vanguard of the world/electronic fusion movement.
A truly multicultural band, ...







