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Our annual compilation series which always features many rare and
unreleased tracks and remixes
TRAVELER '08 (digital-only release)
Six Degrees' highly regarded annual compilation series returns once again to showcase the finest in grooves from around the planet. As is always the case with Traveler releases, this year's installment is filled with exclusive tracks and remixes from label favorites as well as new artists. Traveler '08 features such Six Degrees staples as Bebel Gilberto, Karsh Kale, CéU, Midival Punditz, Bombay Dub Orchestra and Ojos de Brujo while also showcasing up and comers like Pacifika, Jef Stott, David Starfire and others.
TRAVELER '06
After a three year absence, Six Degrees Records revives its popular annual Traveler compilation series to once again showcase the year's best in global grooves. This latest musical dispatch features a variety of Six Degrees favorites like Cheb i Sabbah, Karsh Kale and Issa Bagayogo rubbing elbows with newcomers Shrift, Bombay Dub
Orchestra and Niyaz. Traveler '06 is a collection packed with exclusive tracks and remixes not available anywhere else. Well known remixers include Junkie XL, Banco de Gaia, Temple of Sound and Da Lata.
TRAVELER '03
Ever since the release of Traveler '99, Six Degrees has made their annual sampler a cause for celebration among fans of global grooves everywhere. Traveler '03 builds on its predecessor's reputation for cutting edge quality and keeps the series fresh with some new names and exclusive tracks and remixes. In fact, a full 9 tracks on this year's Traveler compilation are exclusive to this collection. Traveler '03 features tracks and remixes from such label favorites as Karsh Kale, dZihan & Kamien, MIDIval PunditZ and Bobi Céspedes as well as a sneak peek at some new upcoming signings for Six Degrees. The first pressing of Traveler '03 will feature a special added bonus disc of Six Degrees rarities previously unavailable on CD, making this year's package our best yet for both loyal fans and those new to the label.
TRAVELER '02
Traveler '02 is Six Degrees Records' latest dispatch from the front lines of innovation in music from around the world. Karsh Kale, Bob Holroyd, dj Cheb i Sabbah, Michael Franti & Spearhead and Hawke are among the artists contributing exclusive tracks and new remixes unique to this collection.
TRAVELER '01
Traveler '01 is the latest of the annual compilations from Six Degrees Records, and like its acclaimed predecessors, it is a quilt of many colors, bound together by the vision of producer and label co-founder Bob Duskis. From leading electronica artist State of Bengal to the legendary Cuban percussionist Patato, Traveler '01 offers a musical journey with a point of view. "It's emblematic of what we're about," Duskis explains; "crossing musical boundaries and refusing to be put in any musical box." With Karsh Kale's personal brand of East Asian trip-hop, Monica Ramos' ambient pop, and Zuco 103's urban approach to Brazilian samba, Traveler '01 covers a lot of ground. But this is not some loosely-knit patchwork of dissimilar materials. "When we started Six Degrees," Duskis explains, "I saw this exciting thing happening - but it wasn't being heard here in the States; it was mostly in Europe. The idea was taking music from other parts of the world, other cultures, and mixing it with electronica and dance music." Duskis is quick to distinguish this from the phenomenon where European producers used token ethnic samples (often uncredited and unpaid) to create dance hits with an exotic flavor. "Now," he points out, "with the technology so accessible, you have Brazilian producers, African musicians - the cultures themselves - participating in this fusion."
TRAVELER '00
Last year, as the world whipped itself up into a millennial frenzy, the Six Degrees Travel Series was busy releasing a crop of genre-defying records from around the planet. Brazilian beats mixed it up with electronic percussion, Indian classical players performed to DJ-programmed beats, musicians and producers from many different locations and backgrounds made a beautiful noise together and somehow it all seemed perfectly natural. We think it's a short and immensely pleasurable trip from what you're familiar with to something brand new. Traveler '00 features twelve such journeys culled from our Travel Series releases as well as some favorite tracks from like-minded labels around the globe. Don't worry if you find yourself in new sonic terrain...everything is closer than you think.
TRAVELER '99
The comedian Steven Wright jokes, "it's a small world, but I wouldn't want to paint it." The fact of the matter is, it's a HUGE world filled with a dizzying amount of amazing music. At Six Degrees, we are fascinated by the way technology has brought the sounds of different cultures through our speakers and into our everyday lives. Love it or hate it, the digital sampler has become a sort of musical blender, allowing producers to mix up everything from Senegalese chants to cantors to Hindustani ragas and Bossa Nova crooning into some new kind of elixir. Like most technological breakthroughs, the potential for abuse is enormous, but in the right hands, magic happens. The tracks on Traveler '99 are produced by some of our favorite magicians. We hope they take you, like us, to uncharted territories where a planetful of sounds exists together.
- Bob Duskis/Six Degrees
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