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Real World Records

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Genre
  
World music

Founder
  
Peter Gabriel

Country of origin
  
UK

Date founded
  
1989


Distributor(s)
  
Virgin/EMI Records Narada Productions Republic Records Rykodisc

Official website
  
www.realworldrecords.com

Artists
  
Peter Gabriel, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Papa Wemba, Afro Celt Sound System, Youssou N'Dour

Albums
  
Mustt Mustt, Passion: Music for The Last, Us, OVO, Big Blue Ball

Introducing real world


Real World Records is a British record label started in 1989 by Peter Gabriel to record and produce world music, as well as his own releases.

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Overview

The label grew up alongside the success of the WOMAD festivals and Peter Gabriel's exploration of music from other cultures, and helped push world music into the general public's consciousness during the 1990s. Many of the label's releases are recorded at Gabriel's Real World Studios, at Box, Wiltshire.

The label is distributed worldwide by Caroline Records. The label had previous distribution agreements with Ryko, Republic Records, Virgin Records and Narada Productions.

Partial discography

  • ABoneCroneDrone, Sheila Chandra, 1996
  • Among Brothers, Abderrahmane Abdelli, 2003
  • Atom Bomb, The Blind Boys of Alabama, 2005
  • Beat the Border, Geoffrey Oryema, 1993
  • Big Blue Ball, various artists, 2008 (recorded 1991, 1992, 1995)
  • Big City Secrets, Joseph Arthur, 1997
  • Black Rock, Djivan Gasparyan & Michael Brook, 1998
  • Coming Home, Yungchen Lhamo, 1998
  • Djabote, Doudou Ndiaye Rose, 1992
  • Emotion, Papa Wemba, 1995
  • En Mana Kuoyo, Ayub Ogada, 1993
  • Espace, Tama, 2002
  • Higher Ground, The Blind Boys of Alabama, with Robert Randolph and the Family Band, and special guest Ben Harper, 2002
  • In Your Hands, Charlie Winston, 2009
  • Le Voyageur, Papa Wemba
  • My Songs and a Poem, Estrella Morente, 2001
  • Night Song, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Michael Brook, 1995
  • Night to Night, Geoffrey Oryema, 1996
  • Pod, Afro Celt Sound System, 2004
  • Plus from US, 1993
  • Quick Look, Pina, 2002
  • Real Sugar, Paban Das Baul & Sam Mills, 1997
  • Sampradaya, Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma, with Rahul Sharma, Shafaat Ahmed Khan & Manorama Sharma, 1999
  • Serious Tam, Telek, 2000
  • Sezoni, Mara! with Martenitsa Choir, 1999 (original release on Rufus Records, 1997)
  • The Journey, Maryam Mursal, 1998
  • The Last Prophet, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Party, 1994
  • The Mahabharata, Soundtrack, Various Artists, 1990
  • The Truth (Ny Marina), The Justin Vali Trio, 1995
  • The Zen Kiss, Sheila Chandra, 1994
  • Tibet, Tibet, Yungchen Lhamo, 1996
  • Trance, Hassan Hakmoun and Zahar, 1993
  • Trísan, Trísan, 1992
  • Untold Things, Jocelyn Pook, 2001
  • Volume 2: Release, Afro Celt Sound System, 1999
  • Volume 3: Further in Time, Afro Celt Sound System, 2001
  • Weaving My Ancestor's Voices Sheila Chandra, 1992
  • Yo‘l Bo‘lsin, Sevara Nazarkhan, 2003

    • References

    Real World Records Wikipedia
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