dj Markey Funk
Agitpop Records
http://www.agitpoprecords.com

- I bought his "Beats!!! AMN Manifesto Sound! Vol 1" cd
Beats from AMS Manifesto shows 2003-2004
nice collection of beats. sort of ninja tune / turntablism style if
you're into that. he has some other radio shows recorded & available
for download on the site @
http://agitpoprecords.com/go_ask_alice/index.html. just downloading
now to take a listen.

his myspace page is http://myspace.com/markeyfunk - songs there also & info

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The Apples
- funk / jazz / beats
http://www.theapplesmusic.com/
http://myspace.com/theapplesmusic

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Radio Trip
http://www.myspace.com/radiotrip

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follow some of the myspace friends links there's probably more like this

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The Voice of Peace radio station

my friend from work told me about the Voice of Peace pirate radio
station which was broadcast from a ship which sailed just outside
Israeli borders during 70s-90s. it was a non-profit station and didn't
have ads but had peace messages / jingles. there's a double cd with
some of the jingles and songs from the station. it was really popular
with the youth at the time - some stats say 40% of the population
tuned in, and it reached other countries over certain periods when
they ran off dual transmitters/higher power transmission. my friend
was working/living on a kibbutz at the time and remembers hearing this
station all the time and he has very fond memories of it. he can still
say all the jingles - must have heard them all a thousand times! it
was run by Abie Nathan who has a really interesting history also
including illegally flying over the boarder to present peace messages
to the political leaders. the station had support from around the
world - the djs were mostly British djs.
there's a film about the station called "Abe Nathan – As The Sun Sets"
by Eytan Harris - I haven't seen this but I think it'd be really
interesting

http://www.offshore-radio.de/VOP.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_of_peace
http://www.israelradio.org/history/history.html
http://www.abie-nathan.com/about-en.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abie_Nathan

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=323074&contrassID=...
(a story mentioning they were going to start the station up again)

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ambient music:

Morphlexis
AMB works vol 1 - A Music for Art, Dreams & Fine Hearts
http://myspace.com/morphlexis
Music House Records

- nice lo fi ambient / sound art release

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world music:

Idan Raichel
http://www.idanraichelproject.com/en/index.php
http://www.myspace.com/theidanraichelproject
Mima'amakim - Out of The Depths is the album I bought but he has a new
one out also
- world music, ethiopian influence

Sahara Lounge
"entrancing fusions of middle eastern melodies and rhythms with cutting edge electronica and remixes"
www.putumayo.org
- I think I have others in this series, the Indian one. I think it's in storage in the UK somewhere so I'll find out when I get back.

Hammam Cafe
"the finest oriental lounge"
www.helicon.co.il