This track takes you to heart of Los Andes, with its beautiful landscapes, mountains and people. Featuring Sicus, a pan pipe from south america and traditional percussion from the Altiplano. [Tempo: Medium / 138 BPM]
South American or African jungle vibes. Very tribal. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 103 BPM]
Authentic Native American chant and drum. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 99 BPM]
Downtempo, crips and clean hip-hop groove with a sparse, funky bass line. Subtle scratching enters later. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
A raw and exotic sounding Middle Eastern / Arabic / Persian piece dominated by the Saz - a persian string instrument with a deep and moving sound, with its origin in Persia and Turkey, sometimes refered to as a Baglama. Available with or without the background pads / drone. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
Calm and minimal African music with a traditional yet modern flavor. Great for cultural or nature programming. Available in many different mixes / edits / versions. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 60 BPM]
An ambient and dramatic soundscape with sweeping synths and melodic pulsating strings. For scenes of travel, exploration, science, space, the unknown, the universe, Planet Earth, National Geographic and Discovery Channel. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 112 BPM]
This track is a nice blend of world music elements from Ireland to South America. It features exciting and energetic tribal percussion. It's remeniscent of popular american survival shows such as Survivor and The Amazing Race. It has an exciting an uplifting melody that is memorbale and would perhaps make a nice main title. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 115 BPM]
Mysterious / Mystical sound of India or the Orient / Middle East. Sitar and flute over Tablas / Eastern percussion. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 850 BPM]
Middle eastern, Indian and Egyptian sounds are fused in this modern remix-style track, which includes fresh beats and organic sounds in fusion. [Tempo: Medium / 116 BPM]
A charming, slowish Ska in minor key with a nosey trumpet lead line, slightly comic. There is also an underscore version without the trumpet, which is great as a background groove, has more of a reggae feel, and shows off the cool bass line. [Tempo: Medium / 125 BPM]
Exciting street rumba. Latin, salsa, rumba. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Foreboding drone with mountain flute, ethnic percussion and vocalizing, chants. General exotic, mysterious feel, can be Native American, South American, Polynesian, Aztec, Inca, or African. Tribal, ethnic, exotic, africa. [Tempo: Slow / 66 BPM]
This is a collection of live recordings of various Japanese performing artists. Among these recordings you'll find Japanese temple monks chanting, Japanese street musicians, live Taiko drumming, Japanese theatrical song/music performances, and more. Note: These recordings are made live, on the spot, often with an audience present -- so they are not entirely clean, and certainly not audiophile. You may hear some audience chatter and other imperfections. [Tempo: Medium / 0 BPM]
Weird underscore soundscape for thriller, dark drama, crime scene investigation or documentary. Hints of screeching metals, deep thuds and strange twisted melodies from a dark place. A disturbing sound montage like a hidden evil or searching for clues to a gruesome discovery. Great for film, TV or in-game use. [Tempo: Medium / 83 BPM]
This solo instrument piece describes a journey throughout the country of China. This would work extremely well in a travel show as well as any media requiring a piece of asian background music. [Tempo: Slow / 93 BPM]
Melodic Indian piece featuring table and sitar. Drums, bass and Indian style strings come in after about 30 seconds to lift the piece and bring it home. Appealing Indian music track. [Tempo: Fast / 128 BPM]
Peace, love and unity with an upbeat, danceable rhythm perfect for documentaries, travel, psa's, movies, sports, dancing and celebrating. Mixes contemporary and traditional sounds featuring Kalimba, various percussion, guitar, synth and bass. [Tempo: Medium / 125 BPM]
Drone, tribal drum and wood flute in an earthy / earth / tribal track. Ethnic, genuine, organic. Can be Native American, mid east / desert, south american / central america or other indigenous, aboriginal, tribe, primal. Also available in two sub-mixes: One with only the flute by itself, and one without the flute, leaving only the drone and percussion; great for media underscore use. Mysticism / mystical / ancient / cultural / historical / world heritage. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 71 BPM]
Hypnotic African groove and melody. [Tempo: Medium / 130 BPM]
A collection of 3 short Oriental / Japanese style stingers/jingles. Koto, strings, ethnic percussion elements. [Tempo: Medium / 100 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]
This track features a traditional ethnic African ensemble. It has a trancelike tribal quality and is festive in nature. Great for documentaries, nature and cultural themes. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 158 BPM]
A joyful 'farmers wife' type song composed with the meaning of women doing laundry at the river. The track has a world/ethnic feel with perhaps a sense of Eastern Europe or Israel. Female vocal vocalizing (no actual words) sets in at about 50 seconds. Also available as an instrumental version without the vocals; the Instrumental works well as a Childrens track. [Tempo: Slow / 75 BPM]
Japan traditional. Japanese flute and oriental percussion. Eerie, mystical, historical. [Tempo: Medium / 0 BPM]
A musical landscape with a taste of the sound of the Middle East and a subtle touch of modern instruments. An aura of seduction and mystery music. [Tempo: Medium / 115 BPM]
A darker view of forgotten memories, but still optimistic and positive. Melodic and a bit pensive. Guitar, bouzouki, sitar, harmonium, dilruba, violin, jal tarang, tenor banjo, Rhodes piano and upright bass. [Tempo: Medium / 116 BPM]
A medium-fast Spanish/Latin flamenco. Busy and hot blooded, with layers of acoustic guitars and calypso style percussion. Exciting and fun. [Tempo: Fast / 114 BPM]
Mysterious, exotic, mellow and alluring track featuring Dholak and Khartal percussion, Tambura drones, Ethnic Flute and Upright Bass. Sets the tone for nature, travel, documentaries and movie scenes in need of a moody eastern theme. [Tempo: Slow / 86 BPM]
A dark, intense percussion groove with mysterious background vocals. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
Happy, infectious tune in a Caribbean - Tropical style. Builds from a simple steel drum melody, embellished with flutes and horns. Drum breakdown with timbales solo. Works well for game shows, tropical party, travel, vacation, cooking. [Tempo: Fast / 135 BPM]
An adventurous Irish orchestral piece, with a grooving percussion beat and playfully harmonized strings. [Tempo: Medium / 153 BPM]
You enter a mysterious and slightly odd shop fill of curiosities and ancient art. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 99 BPM]
Ancient times, a mysterious warrior comes into a city encountered somewhere by his road. Positive, ethnic, fantasy-tale, good as a main theme for fantasy movie, story or game. Available in various versions / edits / cuts. [Tempo: Medium / 93 BPM]
Traditional wedding music from The Kangra region of Himachal Pradesh in India. The instruments used are the Pipdi - a reed blowing instrument some what similar to the Shenai used in other regions of India (Played by Mangal Ram from Bir Village), and the Nagara Drums - similar to the nagras in the plains (these are very old pieces) they are made of metal with skin stretched on the playing surface. The skin is tightened with straps that weave into the edge of the skin and meet at the centre bottom of the drums. Two drums are placed opposite each other and the drummer plays them with a cross stick action. The drummer here is Jondu Ram (father of Mangal Ram.) Please note: This is a genuinely live, on-the-spot recording, and as such, there may be slight flaws in the performance and recording. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 114 BPM]
Drone, tribal drums, shakers / rattles and wood flute in an earthy / earth / tribal track. Mystic, genuine, organic. Can be Native American, middle eastern / desert, south american / central america or other indigenous, aboriginal, tribe, primal. Also available in two sub-mixes: One with only the flute by itself, and one without the flute, leaving only the drone and windchimes; great for media underscore use. Mysticism / mystical / ancient / cultural / historical / world heritage. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
World fusion Middle Eastern music with a very positive almost anthem like quality. Great for positive messages of peace and harmony. [Tempo: Medium / 84 BPM]
Drone, wood flute, shakers and indigenous hand drums in an earthy / earth / tribal track. Haunting, genuine, organic. Can be Native American, middle east / desert, south american / central america or other indigenous, aboriginal, tribe, primal. Also available in two sub-mixes: One with only the flute by itself, and one without the flute, leaving only the drone and percussion, great for media underscore use. Mysticism / mystical / ancient / cultural / historical / world heritage. [Tempo: Medium / 116 BPM]
Authentic salsa dance music. Festive, happy, dance hall, party. [Tempo: Medium / 184 BPM]
Greek, Hebrew or Gypsy feel. European, historical / cultural, circus or travel / holiday. Greece / folk / Europe. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 148 BPM]
This track features a traditional ethnic African ensemble. It has a dancelike tribal quality and is festive in nature. Great for documentaries, nature and cultural themes. [Tempo: Medium / 107 BPM]
A medium tempo Latin track featuring a punchy brass section, melodic piano lines, and light Latin percussion grooves. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
A gong hit and a cliché shakuhachi phrase. That's it! If you don't know what a shakuhachi is, just listen to the track and you will remember the classic Japanese flute extensively used in stereotyped Kung Fu films. [Tempo: Very slow / 0 BPM]
Uniquely suspense-filled, filmic track with Eastern plucked strings mixing with flutes, tribal drums and orchestral strings. Very cinematic and intense. The tune grows in power as it goes with string motifs joining the tribal drum grooves. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 96 BPM]
A very playful and exciting Spanish/Latin Flamenco track with melodic spanish guitars, latino drums and percussion. Happy, feelgood and positively uplifting. Summer fun, exciting spanish or mexican holiday, etc. [Tempo: Very fast / 194 BPM]
This track features traditional African instruments along with bass guitar. It has a positive and uplifting vibe and can work in both traditional African and modern African settings. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 110 BPM]
This is a long track featuring Tablas played in the unique middle eastern "finger" style, along with Sitars, Thai or Indian Reed flute and a suitably arab sounding 'drone' sound. The track goes through several different stages of various intensities and themes. [Tempo: Medium / 96 BPM]
Relaxed and laid back traditional African music with a contemporary mood and feel. Great for festive moments, culture and travel. Lots of mbiras [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 83 BPM]
Middle Eastern flute solo. Arabic, eerie, haunting, mystical. [Tempo: Medium / 0 BPM]
Children's/Kids, Latin. Lively, Joyful, Bright, Happy, Dancing, Festive, Friendly. Piano, Flute, World percussion. Children's, Holiday. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
