Modern and traditional African royalty free music. The mystical exotic musical world of Africa. Deep mystery, beautiful landscapes, rain forest, hidden secrets. Background music available with or without various African vocals. African stock music suitable for clubbing, festivals, dance music scenes, as well as travel, culture, food, documentaries, games and media where the spirit of Africa is felt. Listen to these royalty free tracks, buy a license to any individual track and download the music immediately in MP3 and WAV format, along with an official License document.
All live performed, genuine African drum ensemble. Recorded live in one take by the Shabani Jabiri Bakari ensemble from Bagamoyo, Tanzania. This music is inspired by the Dance for the Zalamo tribe from coast area, what boys dance to after iniciations (a traditional tribal "coming of age" ritual). [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 174 BPM]
A dark and ominous tribal music track with urgent, intense, earthy African drums and various foreboding instruments and vocal grunts. Danger / Darkness / Primal / Savage. [Tempo: Fast / 135 BPM]
A smooth, tasteful and elegant world-inspired track with elements of both ethnic and electronic music. This track is presented in 3 different mixes: The original "chillout mix", an "underscore" mix without the lead instruments, and a more african, tribal sounding "afro-ambient" mix. There are also many loops available, these loops are taken from all 3 different mixes of the track. [Tempo: Medium / 80 BPM]
An inpirational and hopeful World Harmony track with elements from different parts of the world, but with a somewhat African feel. Earthy, positive and sincere, this track features Hang Drum, various ethnic percussions from many parts of the world, African mbira, Turkish dulcimer, flutes and classic nylon guitar. Use with travel / amazing journeys / discovery / world harmony. Available with or without the vocals. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
A hopeful, touching, inspiring track with ethnic / world elements. Not necessarily tied to one country or region, this track has a slightly African or World / Discovery feel, combined with more contemporary elements. Heartening and warm. Use for world / travel / amazing journeys / discovery / world harmony. Features Hang Drum, piano, Mbira, orchestral strings and horns, classic nylon guitar and various ethnic percussion. Available with or without the vocal lines. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 102 BPM]
Floaty and dreamy musical soundscape with world & ethnic flavors from Northern Africa and the Middle East. Various ethnic instruments used in combination with textured pads and acoustic guitar. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 63 BPM]
A track that combines equal measures of African and Middle Eastern influences, like the Northern African music of Morocco, Egypt, Algerie, Libya etc. Ethnic stringed instruments, subtle african vocal chants and acoustic guitar. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A mixture of cinematic orchestra and ethnic instruments and vocals. The music is positive and loving yet has a very large sounding feel to it. The powerful percussions together with the brasses and strings give the piece an epic touch. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
South American or African jungle vibes. Very tribal. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 103 BPM]
All live performed, genuine African drum ensemble. Recorded live in one take by the Shabani Jabiri Bakari ensemble from Bagamoyo, Tanzania. "Ikibwenga" means strong men. The tribes men have dance competitions, for example to get a wife, or as other competitions between men in that tribe. Music inspired by the Nyakyusa tribe from Songea, in the Southern part of Tanzania. [Tempo: Medium / 103 BPM]
Classic Caribbean steel drum and African influenced marimba grooves, sunny and warm, happy and familiar. Ideal for joyful vacation and tropical journey scenes. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
Mellow and warm, melodic piece featuring an ethnic sounding harp like instrument and reverberant flute. Appealing ethnic / world music. [Tempo: Slow / 96 BPM]
Smooth Jazz guitar infused with subtle African rhythms and instruments giving this relaxed, positive track an organic and slightly exotic vibe. Great for travel channels, documentaries, informercials, presentations, corporate and background music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
Ethnic percussions and other instruments mixed with a relaxed and positive sounding groove. Piano is the lead instrument in this composition which also is filled with soothing guitars. [Tempo: Medium / 112 BPM]
As if inspired by an exotic alien place, this track fuses elements of African sounds and styles with futuristic synthesizer arpeggios. Melodic, ethnic electronica. [Tempo: Slow / 63 BPM]
If you need something a little different with Rhythmic and drumming madness look no further than Stomp Clap Drums. This track is a dance party, a drum circle, a unique display of rhythmic bliss all in one. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 220 BPM]
Relaxed, exotic and mysterious African track with traditional instrumentation and cinematic strings. Suitable for movies and documentaries. [Tempo: Medium / 89 BPM]
Ambient and exciting, this piece takes you on a modern day tour of Africa. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 126 BPM]
All live performed, genuine African drum ensemble. Recorded live in one take by the Shabani Jabiri Bakari ensemble from Bagamoyo, Tanzania. "Bata" means duck, and this music piece is inspired by ducks. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 0 BPM]
A wonderfully exotic track mixing traditional sounds of Africa and its islands in the Indian Ocean with a light, contemporary beat. Features gambri, marimba, electric kalimba, upright bass, ethereal vocals and drums. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
All live performed, genuine African drum ensemble. Recorded live in one take by the Shabani Jabiri Bakari ensemble from Bagamoyo, Tanzania. This music track is inspired by "Kuchanganyuikiwa", which means Confusion. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 170 BPM]
An inspiring and uplifting World / Discovery track. Ethnic / tribal / positive. World harmony. Features a variety of instruments from around the world including Hang Drum, Native American style vocals, African Mbira, Turkish Dulcimer, Japanese Taiko, Irish whilstle , Tuvan male drone vocal, and classic nylon guitar. Can be Africa or general world / travel / discovery. Also available without the vocal (No vocal version). [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
All live performed, genuine African drum ensemble. Recorded live in one take by the Shabani Jabiri Bakari ensemble from Bagamoyo, Tanzania. This music composition is inspired by a street in Dar es Salaam called "Mtaa Kongo". A very busy street with a lot of people. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 166 BPM]
Horn-driven Afro-beat dance groove. Get up and get funky! [Tempo: Medium / 88 BPM]
All live performed, genuine African drum ensemble. Recorded live in one take by the Shabani Jabiri Bakari ensemble from Bagamoyo, Tanzania. "Lipango" is a hunting dance music from the Pangwa tribe. [Tempo: Fast / 161 BPM]
Featuring traditional African instruments, such as Cora and Kalimba this track is in a world fusion style and is very evocative and charged with an African spirit. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Ethnic soundtrack was made in ambient style featuring marimba, percussive instruments, bells, pan flute, ambient sfx, piano, strings, airy pads. Will work well as a music for documentary films about travel, nature, wild animals, river and jungle virgin world. [Tempo: Medium / 138 BPM]
A mystical and exotic track that combines acoustic guitar with various Moroccan, North African, Middle Eastern instruments, flutes, micro-tuned Kalimba etc. Somewhat dreamy. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 104 BPM]
Calm and inspiring world / ethnic musical soundscapes using a combination of exotic instruments of Northern Africa and the Middle East combined with acoustic guitar. Plenty of variation throughout. Suitable for Middle East, Arabia, Persian, and Northern Africa. [Tempo: Medium / 96 BPM]
This North Africa inspired track takes the sounds of Morocco with it's african and arab elements, and mixes that with modern breakbeat and retro rock'n roll influences. We know it sounds crazy, but it works. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 106 BPM]
Contemporary African music meets a chunky, funky Fatboy Slim style breakbeat groove. Uplifting, fun and danceable this is perfect for any project relating to modern African culture, travel or any project in need of an upbeat African vibe. NOTE: The drum sounds are deliberately distorted for mood/authenticity. This is not an error with the file. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 110 BPM]
Moving and upbeat world music gets jazzy. Ref. Hugh Masakela, Fela Kuti [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 126 BPM]
Acoustic drum'n'relax music with distinctive tribal flavour. Builds slowly from simple and smooth drum groove with ocassional men chanting up to dense, almost trance like final of ethnic flute. As far as there is no distinct melody, this track should work nicely for travel, wide panorama themes in "Discovery like" manner or other exotic background applications. [Tempo: Medium / 121 BPM]
A huge sounding drum and percussion section plays a tense and epic chase or running scene. This track has an enourmous sound and also a slightly tribal/jungle vibe. [Tempo: Fast / 130 BPM]
An intense, ritualistic percussion groove. [Tempo: Medium / 111 BPM]
Calm, exotic, peaceful, dancing, pretty & relaxing track mixing kalimba with beach percussion. Thoughtful, soothing, serene, simple, repetitive and full of tropical holiday / beach atmosphere. Would suit dramatic / romantic / documentary / travel type projects. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 77 BPM]
Happy and carefree indie acoustic piece, with sunny acosutic guitar and bright whistle. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 160 BPM]
Evolving Tribal-House music, deep and grooving. Ideal music for clubbing, festivals, dance music related scenes, as well as for travel, documentaries, games and media with a jungle / Africa / Rainforest / Exotic / World fusion feel. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Strange, otherworldly, atmospheric and ambient World/Ethno track with a mystical feel. Can be African plains, Middle Eastern deserts, perhaps Amazon / South American deep jungle, or other exotic, alien or foreign place. Maybe even an exotic, strange planet. Contains elements of both Light and Darkness, and perhaps awe / amazement. Good for fantasy, sci-fi, adventure, world / history / documentary. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
A lush and rich Ethnic/World crossover track with a slight African feel, but really, this track can be used to illustrate any foreign, exotic place, rainforest, jungle or World Mystery - perhaps even a lush fantasy planet. The track fuses modern and traditional elements to create a rich and deep groove, perhaps some place where the traditional and ethnic fuses with the modern world? Available with or without chanting vocals on the chorus part. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 103 BPM]
Authentic African percussion builds to a stimulating climax. [Tempo: Medium / 126 BPM]
A chilled and happy music track in Amapiano style, with a soft flavor of South Africa. Elements of deep house music is combined with African percussion, to create a feel-good and relaxing, up also uplifting and positive mood. Great for holidays, vacations, travel, discovery and as background music. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
This is a piece of percussion and electronic music that sounds like a jungle of mystery. In this music, ethnic percussion is accompanied by evolving, ambient sounds, bass and simple, electronic melody. Suitable for action, discovery, suspense and mystery. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
A soft, inspiring track that is hard to pin down to a single music genre. Contemporary piano patterns, a tender world / ethnic type vocal. Lush orchestral strings swell up and is eventually joined by ethnic/world percussion. Similar to some of the work by Pat Metheny Group, Paul Simon or Thomas Newman. Use for general World / Discovery / Journeys / World Harmony, or for Drama / storytelling. Touching / Dreamy. Also available without the vocals. [Tempo: Slow / 73 BPM]
Take equal measures of electronica and downtempo hip-hop, add a slight element of contemporary african pop, and you end up with this catchy and groovy chillout track featuring hip-hop style drums, electronica style synth arpeggios and African flavored marimbas. There is also an alternative version called "Natural Mix". This one is without the hip-hop influenced drums and a more ambient / nature or prehistoric feel; good for background use. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
A cool catchy and powerful rhythmic, percussive track with claps, stomps, drums, buckets Big Toms, shakers and other percussion. Perfect for creating an impactful sound and energy for advertising projects or other media projects that need big drums, street bucket drummers, claps, and stomps! [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 224 BPM]
Light ambient, floating and atmospheric world / Africa track. Deep mystery, beautiful scenery, hidden secrets. Available with or without various African vocals. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
A pan flute soloist dances over a steady percussion groove in this Japanese styled piece. [Tempo: Medium / 101 BPM]
A dark and mysterious track well suited for nature documentaries or movies with an African theme. Features Djembe, Kalimba and various synths and fx. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
A mystical, ambient, ethnic / world track with a very strong World / Exotic feel, but without being tied to any particular country, culture or region. The music has a sense of deep mystery, ancient secrets, grand scenery, perhaps deep forests or even a strange planet. Good for strange worlds, fantasy / sci-fi, documentaries and nature / travel programs and more. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 60 BPM]
