WMCE YEAR 2016 Compiled on behalf of the Worldmusic Workshop of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) by Johannes Theurer. Copyright by Giftmusic GmbH The top 150 of 854 nominated records

1 ABBAR EL HAMADA Glitterbeat /Spain 2 THE WOMAN AT THE END OF THE WORLD (A MULHER DO FIM DO MUNDO) Elza Soares Mais Um Discos Brazil 3 AZEL Bombino Partisan Records Niger 4 NÉ SO Rokia Traoré Nonesuch Mali 5 KONONO NO 1 MEETS BATIDA Konono No1 Crammed Congo/ 6 SENSITIVE SKIN Kimmo Pohjonen Octopus/Ondine Finland 7 NYN Kristi Stassinopoulou, Stathis Kalyviotis Riverboat Records Greece 8 HERITAGE Richard Bona & Mandekan Cubano Qwest/Membran Cameroon/USA/ 9 SPACE ECHO, THE MYSTERY BEHIND THE COSMIC SOUND OF CABO VERDE FINALLY REVEALEDVarious artists Analog Africa Cape Verde 10 ARBINA Noura Mint Seymali Glitterbeat 11 ESPERANTO Dimitris Mystakidis Fishbowl Greece 12 VIENA Värttinä Westpark Music Finland 13 MEZCLA M.A.K.U. Soundsystem Glitterbeat USA/Columbia 14 TROPIX Ceu Six Degrees Brazil 15 TULES MAAS VEDES TAIVAAL Tuuletar Bafe's Factory Finland 16 SOUND CITY Stefano Saletti & Piccola Banda Ikona Finisterre Italy 17 THE TAMBOURINE MAN Xabier Diaz & Adufeiras de Salitre Musicas de Salitre Spain 18 DJELY BLUES Djelimady Tounkara Label Bleu Mali 19 LEYENDA Ana Alcaide ARC Spain 20 RIVIERE NOIRE Riviere Noire CPL Music France/Brazil 21 EVERY SONG HAS ITS END Various artists Glitterbeat Mali 22 ELEKTRO HAFIZ Elektro Hafiz Pharaway Sounds Turkey/Germany 23 THIS IS KOLOGO POWER Various artists Makkum Rec. Ghana 24 LEGEND OF FUNANA Bitori Analog Africa Cape Verde 25 VELESU Tomas Kocko & Orchestr Indies Scope Czech Republic 26 KOBANI Ferhat Tunc Kirkelig Kulturverksted Turkey 27 LIKE A BIRD OF SPIRIT, NOT A FACE Sainkho Namchylak Ponderosa Siberia 28 ONWARDS TO MARS! Fanfare Ciocarlia Asphalt Tango Romania 29 FAR FROM HOME Calypso Rose Because Trinidad 30 MOST JÖTTEM... Lajko Felix Fono Hungary/Serbia 31 MONISTIC THEORY Joe Driscoll & Sekou Kouyate Cumbancha USA/Guinea 32 A-H-E-O Afro-Haitian Experimental Orchestra Glitterbeat Haiti/Nigeria/France/UK 33 AMERLI Refugees for Refugees Muziekpublique /various 34 WA DI YO Lakou Mizik Cumbancha Haiti 35 KOYA Abou Diarra Mix et Metisse Mali 36 THE GLOAMING 2 The Gloaming Real World Ireland 37 MALETAK Kepa Junkera & Sorginak Fol Musica Spain 38 NAVEGA MUNDOS Las Hermanas Caronni Les Grands Fleuves Argentina 39 AMAN KATERINA - A TRIBUTE TO PANAYIOTIS TOUNDAS Katerina Tsiridou Protasis Art Greece 40 ¡VAMOS A GUARACHAR! Orkesta Mendoza & Salvador Duran Glitterbeat USA/Mexico 41 RENASCENCE Kandia Kouyate Stern's Mali 42 URGENT JUMPING! EAST AFRICAN MUSIKI WA DANSI CLASSICS 1972-1982 various artists Stern's Africa various 43 I WILL NOT STOP SINGING Zomba Prison Project Six Degrees Malawi 44 EAMIRITNI - RIMEBORN Elin Kaven Nordic Notes Norway 45 SUISTAMO ELECTRICITY Suistamon Sähkö Kihtinäjärvi Rec Finland 46 RECADOS DE FORA Lusafrica Angola 47 TOURISTES Vieux Farka Toure & Julia Easterlin Six Degrees Mali/USA 48 MERIDIAN 68 DagaDana Karrot Kommando Poland 49 GUAJIRA + MAS GUAJIRA Eliades Ochoa & Alma Latina Tumi Cuba 50 BRASS LIKE IT HOT Dzambo Agusevi Orchestra ARC Macedonia 51 RESCUED TREASURE: LIVE AT GORKI BERLIN Semer Ensemble Piranha Germany/various 52 HIDDEN BREATH / SAKLI NEFES Burak Malcok Onearth Turkey 53 ZUKVA Divanhana ARC Bosnia & Herzegovina 54 TIMO ALAKOTILA & PIANO Timo Alakotila Akero Finland 55 DVOJKA Damir Imamovic's Sevdah Takht Glitterbeat Bosnia & Herzegovina 56 ON LOVE AND SCIENCE Zulya and the Children of the Underground Selfrelease Russia/Australia 57 HERANCA Lura Lusafrica Cape Verde 58 KOKUMA Gambari Band Membran Mali 59 THE TRAVELLER Baaba Maal Marathon Artists 60 ABOUT KIDS, HIPS, NIGHTMARES AND HOMEWORK Emicida Sterns Brazil Brazil 61 KHMER ROUGE SURVIVORS: THEY WILL KILL YOU IF YOU CRIE various artists Glitterbeat Cambodia 62 SAJAT GYUJTES/OWN COLLECTION WORK Buda Folk Band Fono Hungary 63 LIVE WIRES Söndörgö Riverboat Hungary 64 CARRY YOUR KIN The Breath Real World UK 65 WOTAN Estusha CD Baby Mexico 66 REINA DE TODAS LAS FIESTAS Chico Trujillo Barbes Chile 67 PALM-WINE MUSIC IN THE 21st Century Koo Nimo Zaria Music Ghana 68 AT THE EDGE OF THE BEGINNING Idan Raichel Cumbancha Israel 69 FOLKTRON Oratnitza Fusion Embassy Bulgaria 70 SUPERNATURAL LOVE Sidestepper Real World UK/Colombia 71 REY LOJ Pascuala Ilabaca y Fauna Petit indie Chile 72 GYPSY LOVER Faith i Branko Riverboat UK/Serbia WMCE Year 2015 - 2 -

73 LOVE SONGS VOL.2 Yishak Banjaw Teranga Beat Ethiopia 74 MULHER DO NORTE Claudia Aurora Red Orange Portugal 75 MANTRA SESSIONS Bosse Skoglund & Zilverzurf Diesel Music Sweden 76 VIVA DIASPORA Shantel Essay Recordings Germany 77 IN STRANGE LANDS - VIERAILLA MAILLA Sampo Lassila Narinkka Narinkaattori Records Finland 78 CAMALEAO BORBOLETA Graveola Mais um Discos Brazil 79 LOST IN MALI Various artists Riverboat Mali 80 12 VOICES OF HAITI various artists TiCorn Music Haiti/various 81 KORRONTZI DANTZAN Korrontzi Biga Baga Spain 82 KANAMALU Kimi Djabate Red Orange Guinea Bissau 83 MANARA Alsarah & The Nubatones Wonderwheel Sudan/USA 84 TRANSFORMATION Mohammad Reza Mortazavi Flowfish Iran/Germany 85 MUSIQUE DE FRANCE Acid Arab Crammed France 86 VESEVO Vesevo AgualocaRecords Italy 87 FAME Orquestra de Jazz de Galicia Clave Records Spain (Galicia) 88 FEET FIRST Nive & The Deer Children Glitterhouse Greenland 89 LOGOS Gerardo Nunez & Ulf Wakenius ACT Spain/Sweden 90 TIKOUNEN Kel Assouf Igloo Mundo Niger/Tunisia/Belgium 91 OPUS Afenginn Westpark Music Denmark 92 ILHA D'MELODIA Ceuzany Lusafrica Cape Verde 93 HÜSN-Ü AVARE Hüsnü Senlendirici Sony Music Turkey 94 LIVE AT WOMEX BUDAPEST Herczku Agi & Band Fono Hungary 95 XOSE LOIS ROMERO & ALIBORIA Xose Lois Romero & Aliboria Noa Lopez Spain (Galicia) 96 EXTRANA Addys Mercedes Medialuna Cuba 97 FIO DA MEMORIA Luisa Maita Cumbancha Brazil 98 SENEGAL 70 Various artists Analog Africa Senegal 99 ESTE INSTANTE Marta Gomez Aluna Colombia/Spain 100 CALL OF THE BLUES Michael Messer's Mitra Knife Edge Records UK/India 101 KOMIA Puhti Nordic Notes Finland 102 KAN ZAMAN Göksel Yilmaz Ensemble Göksel Yilmaz Netherlands 103 IMARHAN Imarhan City Slang 104 MEMORIE DI SALE Radicanto Arealive Italy 105 MUSIQUE DE NUIT Ballake Sissoko, Vincent Segal No Format! Mali, France 106 III Bixiga 70 Glitterbeat Brazil 107 BLOODLINE XIXA Glitterhouse USA 108 IWA Beautiful Nubia and The Roots Renaissance Band EniObanke Nigeria 109 APOLLO YOU SIXTEEN Karim Baggili Take the Bus Belgium 110 SABARU Sekou Kouyate One World Guinea 111 AFRIKA MAMAS Afrika Mamas ARC South Africa 112 THE YOUNG MAN'S HARP Vieux Kante Stern's Africa Mali 113 ETHIOPIA -CELEBRATING EMPEROR TEWODROS II Gabriella Ghermandi ARC Ethiopia/Italy 114 TAABAKU Beautiful Nubia And The Roots Renaissance Band EniObanke Canada 115 UMBADA Mamadou & Sama Yoon For Tune Senegal/Poland 116 ANDA Melingo World Village Argentina 117 MADRE (THE HYPNOTIC DANCE'S THEME) Giuliano Gabriele iCompany Italy 118 PAT THOMAS & KWASHIBU AREA BAND Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band Strut Ghana 119 ENCOUNTERS Jamaican Jazz Orchestra Zephyrus Belgium 120 COEXIST - LIVE AT POLIN Naxos Orchestra Milo Records Greece/Syria/Yemen/Poland 121 TURMIO Okra Playground Nordic Notes Finland 122 WE ALL BE AFRICANS Idris Ackamoor Strut USA 123 GAIA MUSICA VOL.1 DJ Tudo e Sua Gente de Tudo Lugar Mundo Melhor Brazil/India/Indonesia/Mali 124 ANIAN 9 Bach Real World UK 125 ANGEL SONG Branko Galoic & Skakavac orkestar Silvox Records Croatia 126 NAVEGA! Moussu T e lei Jovenets Manivette France 127 COMING HOME Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band Strut Ghana 128 A DAY FOR THE HUNTER, A DAY FOR THE PRAY Leyla McCalla Harmonia Munid Jazz Village USA 129 ALGARABYA La Banda Morisca Altafonte Spain 130 THE NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF GHANA PLAY GHANAIANThe National CLASSICS Symphony Orchestra of Ghana Zaria Music Ghana 131 BEYOND ADDIS VOL.2 Various artists Trikont Ethiopia 132 AW SA YONE VOL 2 Dieuf Dieul de Thies Teranga Beat Senegal 133 CAMINO Ialma Homerecords Spain/Belgium 134 COSMIC UNITY Family Atlantica Soundway UK/various 135 PRE'VOLUTION Smockey Outhere Burkina Faso 136 AFRICAN FABRICS Daniel Haaksmann Man Recordings Germany/South-Africa/Uganda/ et al 137 DIVE HUSY Jitka Suranska Trio Indies Scope Czech Republic 138 SATRIKA Caci Vorba Oriente Poland/Ukraine 139 SOUL SOK SEGA - SOUNDS FROM MAURITIUS Various artists Strut Records Mauritius 140 NAKA Nakany Kante Slow Walk Music Guinea 141 A THOUSAND CRANES Cigdem Aslan Asphalt Tango UK/Turkey 142 MIRATGE Rumbamazigha Taller de Musics Spain/Algeria/Greece 143 THE BEST OF BOSSACUCANOVA Bossacucanova Six Degrees Brazil 144 SUPAY Cankisou Indies Czech republic 145 PE DE VENTO A presenca das formigas CPL Portugal 146 SALUTE TO GAZA Gaza Youth Choir KKV Palestine 147 THE SOURCE Afro Celt Sound System ECC UK 148 MADE IN AFRICA (rel. Nov. 4) The KutiMangoes Danmark Tramp Records 149 BACK TO FOLK Kerekes Band Kerekes Band Hungary 150 1000 WATTS Quantic presents Flowering Inferno Tru Thoughts UK