Artists - Charmworks

Acid Arab

Mighty Parisian electronic crew Acid Arab is an intoxicating blend of sharp Western electronic music with Easter sounds and codes which drive dancers to trance just like acid house does.

Angélique Kidjo

Three-time Grammy Award winner Angélique Kidjo is one of the greatest artists in international music today, a creative force with thirteen albums to her name. As a performer, her striking voice, stage presence ...

Brighde Chaimbeul

Winner of the 2019 BBC Radio 2 Horizon Award, and 2016 BBC Radio 2 Young Folk award, Brighde Chaimbeul is one of Scotland's most exciting young musicians.

Agricantus

Agricantus' music combines a dizzying array of traditional world music forms from across the globe not only with each other, but with club-ready electronic dance grooves, producing a ...

Ayşenur Kolivar

Ayşenur Kolivar's first release under her own name 'Bahçeye Hanımeli” was published in February 2012 by Kalan Records which attracts many of the best musicians in Turkey. Ayşenur Kolivar had a ...

Café Aman Istanbul

Drawing on the rembetiko repertoires of Anatolia and Greece, Café Aman marks a rebirth for rembetiko in Istanbul, reviving and renewing the spirit of the Café Aman taverns as a symbol of the ...

Ana Tijoux

Born in France with Roots in Chile Ana Tijoux became one of the most respected female MCs. Her album „1977“ that harkened back to the 90s and the golden age of intellectual hiphop; ended up at ...

Barış Güney

Barış Güney is a virtuoso bağlama player. He released his first album “Tohum” consisting of his own compositions. In 2009, the artist recorded his second album “Düşlere Yolculuk”. Finally, in his ...

Calypso Rose

Calypso Rose is an iconic cultural figure in her native Trinidad and Tobago, where she is revered as one of the greatest Calypso singers ever, and a key figure in bringing the music of the Caribbean to ...

Ana & The Changes

Ana Ćurčin is a singer-songwriter born in Baghdad, raised in Moscow and all of the band members are coming from different cultural and musical backgrounds but are currently based in Belgrade. Ana’s music also blends the traditions of folk and dream pop into a musical atmosphere of her own....

Birth of Joy

Influenced by psychedelica, blues and steaming rock&roll this trio takes you back to the old times of MC5, The Doors and even Pink Floyd! With a drumplayer that could be Keith Moon's son, an ...

CASP

CASP is Hazar Kayaaltı’s solo project that forms a balanced fusion with neo-classical and electronica disciplines. The formation includes dance, minimal techno, IDM, ambient, electronica ...

Charlotte Gainsbourg

From the first steps to the first words, to the first kisses ... Life is made of first times that lead to a series of last times, Charlotte Gainsbourg speaks about herself in her latest album Rest. ...

Eis Ten Polin

Unmastered draft songs, mixes and running order for Eis Ten Polin's album 'Wild Flowers of Anatolia' recorded at Deneyevi, Istanbul, over August 14th-22nd, 2013 with the vocals completed at ...

DJ İpek aka İpek İpekçioğlu

Turkish artist İpek İpekçioğlu, who has built a solid career in the capital of electronic music, Berlin, is known for her eclectic sound and characteristic mixes. Acknowledged as one of Berlin’s most ...

Electric Litany

In their formative years the band occupied an abandoned town hall in East London. United by an affinity for post rock, synth pop and electronica, the four piece spent six months refining their sound before performing in underground venues across London.

DJ Maestro

Blue Note Trip, his platina awarded mix series for legendary jazzlabel Blue Note Records, reached worldwide recognition and record sales. Apart from the 9 albums done for Blue Note, DJ Maestro ...

Edgar Tones & The Su'sis

Edgar Tones is the brand-new project by Vlado dZihan – from dZihan & Kamien fame. Edgar Tones is based on the title of his track “Stiff Jazz” (dZihan & Kamien “Gran Riserva” 2002), a pioneering ...

Džambo Aguševi Orchestra

Džambo Aguševi Orchestra is a brass band from Macedonia virtuously performing a music that might be defined as fusion of traditional Balkan, Gypsy and Turkish music influenced by swing, jazz ...

Freedoms Trio

Three musicians from three continents. Three world class artists on their respective instruments. An outstanding example of the uniting force of music... World jazz rock group Freedoms Trio - based in Stockholm Sweden - is acoustic nylon guitarist Steinar Aadnekvam from Norway, electr...

Goran Bregovic & Bijelo Dugme

Goran Bregovic´ is the most famous contemporary song and soundtrack composer from the Balkans. With a host of successful albums ...

In Hoodies

In Hoodies is the moniker of Turkish indie artist Murat Kılıkçıer. Performing with Turkey’s prominent musicians, In Hoodies is known for his rich melodies, intricate lyrics, both intimate and cathartic live shows and his way of involving different art forms in music. Apart from two solo Lo...

Guardians of Dreams

Guardians of Dreams is a unique high-tech fantasy play that merges startling contemporary dance performance, breathtaking acrobatics and mesmerizing 3D mapping effects. The original winter fairy tale is ...

Ivo Dimchev

Ivo Dimchev’s reputation has been firstly as a choreographer, dancer, and performance artist, while his songs have been ornaments for his dance and theatre works. Then in 2016, just as an experiment, after making more than 30 shows, he took 15 of those songs and presented them together in ...

HarpEast Project / Mızıkçı Melodiler

Following act of ethnic-folk harmonica record Mızıkçı Melodiler, HarpEast Project is an experimental harmonica fusion with eastern authentic instruments by multi instrumentalist Tuncay Korkmaz.

J.R. August

.R. August is Croatian based singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer who possess a captivating and enigmatic style. The artist’s small town roots and his connection to mountains and ...

Hitler (rejoice for we are absolved)

A performance in the first place about Hitler and the roots of anti-Semitism, but in the second place about the 'ordinary men' who carried out the ...

Jamala

Jamala is singer and composer from Ukraine. She performs music written by herself mixing influences of soul, jazz, funk and rock. The turning point in Jamala’s career is her performance at ...

Hoca Nasreddin / Breath

The three musicians behind the breath instruments which make up Hoca Nasreddin strive for music which is unfettered by formal rules yet rich in musicality, a music which is cutting-edge while ...

Kadebostany

New colonists of the pop empire, Kadebostany have swiftly catapulted themselves into thespotlight with their irresistible blend of pop music devouring unlikely influences to create a ...

La Yegros

Queen of Nu Cumbia, La Yegros released her debut album « Viene de Mi » on Zizek records/EMI and the last album « Magnetismo » on Soundway records. La Yegros incorporates South American ...

Lura

Herança (Heritage) perfectly follows the natural progression of Lura’s discography after Di Korpu ku Alma (2004), M’Bem di Fora (2006) and Eclipse (2009), as well as her Best of (2010) parenthesis ...

Jane Birkin / Gainsbourg Symphonic

Jane Birkin was the longtime muse and partner of the classic French songwriter Serge Gainsbourg. And from the moment they recorded “Je T’Aime …

Micah P. Hinson

Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Hinson is an old fashioned trouble man who fell pray to drugs and loose women, winding up homeless, destitute and incarcerated by the time most of his peers were ...

Julian Perretta

Julian Perretta is singer-songwriter and tunesmith who rose to fame in Europe with the single “Wonder Why” which became a summer hit of 2009.He released his debut album “Stitch Me Up” on ...

Nana Mouskuri

Having been born with only one vocal cord which give her voice a unique character, the angel voiced soprano superstar has sold over 350 million records worldwide, with a total of 1500 songs ...

Mind Shifter

After the first album 'Disconnected Space' released in 2013 from Partapart Records, Meriç Erseçgen (bass player) joined the project to explore new sounds & performance together with the founder Orhan Yılmaz. In 2014, they released the second album called 'Another Lif...

Metá Metá

São Paulo trio Metá Metá fuses punk, jazz, samba, Afrobeat and candomblé into a compelling, visceral whole, permeated with Brazilian song, orixá chants and Yoruba roots. Guitarist Kiko ...

Lisa Knapp

Lisa was hailed as one of Brit folk's brightest new young stars when she appeared as if from nowhere with her stirring, passionate debut album, Wild and Undaunted, in 2007. Successful spots ...

Otava Yo

A group of folk musicians in St. Petersburg, Russia, spontaneously formed Otava Yo in 2005. They wanted to create new interpretations of Russian folk music, open to everyone with open ears ...

JUSTIBLVCK

JUSTIBLVCK is young, precocious and ambitious artist. She writes her own music and lyrics and aims to eradicate the boundaries between genres. She has released an EP and several singles, made together with Narquise, known for his work with Rich The Kid (The World Is Yours), Lil Baby (Too...

Monarchy

Monarchy's single 'Disintegration' was released digitally in 2013 and features Neo-Burlesque performer Dita Von Teese, who also appears on the track's accompanying music video. They have ...

Nishtiman

Nishtiman, meaning 'Homeland', is an audacious and pioneering musical adventure that gathers musicians of several nationalities around the music, language and culture of the Kurdish people.

Natacha Atlas

Natacha Atlas was born in Brussels of Anglo-Middle Eastern parentage, and lived there until the age of eight before moving to the UK. At the age of 18, after travelling for extended periods through ...

Mamak Khadem

Called '...one of the wonders of world trance music', by The Los Angeles Times, Mamak Khadem captivates audiences by blending her roots in the ancient poetry and music of the Persian masters ...

Motorama

Even if it may be so predictable to talk about a Russian band in the most Russian clichéd manner, it has still turned out to be relevant to point out what Motorama have been so typically performing ...

‘Ndiaz

With a solid background acquired at the Fest Noz festivals, these four bandmates lay out their vision of trance with danceable music open to the world; Youn Kamm gives his trumpet-playing an ...

Pink Martini

Pink Martini is a 13-member “little orchestra”. They draw inspiration from music from all over the world – crossing genres of classical, jazz and old-fashioned pop. Band’s leader Thomas Lauderdale ...

Mari Kalkun

Stephan Micus

Fascinated by the variety of musical cultures around the world Micus has travelled in virtually every Asian and European country as well as in Africa and the Americas. Studying with local master ...

Pyrit

In 2013, after finishing his studies in Zurich‘s Film Academy, director and musician Thomas Kuratli moved from Switzerland to Paris. He first set out on his journey with the intention of writing the ...

Omar Faruk Tekbilek

Honoured as both a virtuoso musician and peacemaker, Omar Faruk Tekbilek is one of the most sought-after Turkish and Middle Eastern musicians living in the United States, and has played with ...

Selah Sue

In just two years, Belgian 22-year-old Selah Sue has gone through a stellar ascent from an unknown artist publishing home-recorded song drafts via Myspace. After a few LP’s in 2011, she ...

Spearmint / Shirley Lee

Spearmint is one of the best indie pop band in their style in London. Their music has a Northern Soul energy with brilliant tunes, hunting instruments and poignant lyrics. Bringing pop, indie guitar ...

Svetlana Spajic Group

Svetlana Spajic Group is a powerful re-discovery of forgotten vocal idioms, Dinaric second interval strikes and unexpected harmonies. What brought them the reputation of “traditional avant-garde” is ...

Susheela Raman

As a singer, composer and curator, she moves between genres, across frontiers into new spaces with uncanny ease. Born to South Indian parents in London and raised in Australia, she is about ...

The Drain

he Drain is a bunch of young cheeky brats blowing your head with their disgustingly overdriven guitars and nasty vocals that make the unique garage sound of this band. Their music is based on ...

Thom Artway

Thom Artway marries a modern sound to classic songwriting. His folk-pop draws you in with a distinctive voice and naggingly melodic earworms. He has built his own emotional musical world with impassioned, introspective lyrics.

Port Mone

Since 2006, when Port Mone Trio established in Minsk, Belarus, they became a favorite band of Eastern European music critics. Their music touches both classical times and rumbling artillery fire ...

The Mysterious House of Adventures

Illusion and acrobatics, aerial gymnastics and dance performances, comedy and live vocals on one stage, enhanced with state of the art visual effects ...

Trio Tekke

With two albums under their belt, Trio Tekke has continued to forge their own take on Rebetiko. From their early days of re-arranging traditional songs on 'Ta Reggetika' (2009) through to the sonic ...

St. Germain (Ludovic Navarre)

One of the few producers to pursue a real fusion of jazz and house music, Frenchman Ludovic Navarre began recording in the early '90s using various aliases ...

The Great Gatsby Ballet

The Great Gatsby is a Ukranian production with the Ukranian producer Alyona Matvienko, the American choreographer, scenographer and director Dwight Rhoden, the Georgian composer Kontstantin Meladze ...

Tindersticks

Mighty Parisian electronic crew Acid Arab is an intoxicating blend of sharp Western electronic music with Easter sounds and codes which drive dancers to trance just like acid house does. ...

Tsar B

A classically trained vocalist and violinist, her music can be best described as an eclectic mix of progressive R&B inspired by baroque music, ‘90s female-fronted R&B and eastern influences.

Yasmine Hamdan

Yasmine's vocals are definitely connected to traditions of Arabic music (to which she takes an unconventional and fresh approach), the structures and arrangements of the songs are very ...

Yat-Kha

he group from Tuva, playing an organic fusion of musical traditions of Tuva, Siberia, Asia, with rock music. Her longtime leader and founder - guitarist and singer Albert Kuvezhin, which is also ...

Yelle

Yelle, Julie Budet, a sparky gamine with a deceptively demure schoolgirl voice. Joined by producers GrandMarnier (Jean-Francois Perrier) and Tepr (Tanguy Destable), Yelle first arrived amid a flurry of ...

Whispering Sons

Whispering Sons is a Belgian post punk band currently residing in Brussels. Feeding on the dynamics of the city, their music unveils feelings of alienation, propelled by an urging and ominous sound...

Zbigniew Preisner & Lisa Gerrard

Zbigniew Preisner is Poland's leading film music composer and is considered to be one ofthe most outstanding film composers of his generation.

Σtella

Σtella was born beside the sea and raised by a Canadian nanny who waterskied topless. She writes songs that walk a razor thin line between happy and sad. Keeps things simple: naked ...