Acid Arab
Formed in 2012 by Parisian DJs Guido Minisky and View Full Artist Page
Aksak Maboul
Playfully mixing and deconstructing various genres to create its own sonic world, the seminal band ...
Amatorski
Considered as one of the most inspired and inventive current young Belgian bands, Amatorski were formed in Ghent by singer/keyboardist Inne Eysermans, guitarist/vocalist ...
Aquaserge
Experimental pop band Aquaserge has been a subterranean driving force in the international music scene for the last few years, inspiring and influencing countless ...
Axel Krygier
A devoted practitioner of cultural mashup and an adept of chaos theory, Argentine maverick Axel Krygier presents his fifth album Hombre de Piedra ("Man ...
Band of Gypsies
Taraf de Haïdouks and Kocani Orkestar are undoubtedly two of the most famous and emblematic Balkan Gypsy bands. Started in 1991 in the small Romanian village of ...
Bobvan
Crammed's current roster includes Konono N°1, Cibelle, Koçani Orkestar, Taraf de Haidouks, Bebel Gilberto, Balkan Beat Box, DJ Dolores, Tuxedomoon, Shantel, Kasai Allstars, Think Of One, Mahala Rai Banda ...
Brown Reininger Bodson
Tuxedomoon mainstays Steven Brown & Blaine Reininger have joined forces with Belgian musician/sound designer Maxime Bodson to create this fascinating ...
Chicha Libre
Inspired by the Amazonian music craze that shares its name with the liquor favored by the Incas and still very popular throughout Peru, this new Brooklyn-based band ...
Cibelle
One of the most imaginative artists around, Cibelle (pronounced "See-bell-ee") first came to attention as the main vocalist on the late Suba's cult São ...
Congotronics International
A collaborative ensemble featuring Konono No1, Deerhoof, Juana Molina, Kasai Allstars, Wildbirds & Peacedrums and Skeletons: 10 Congolese and 10 indie rock musicians, ...
Crammed Archives 1 - Rare SSR Electronica 1989-94
From The Crammed Archives: digital reissues of 250 rare tracksAs the Crammed Discs label turns 42 this year, we’re using the opportunity of this not-round ...
Crammed Archives 2 - Rare Global Pop 1980s
Phase 2 of our Crammed Archives digital reissue series, this time focusing on hidden gems released by the label during the '80s, including lots of colourful, ...
Crammed Archives 3 - Rare SSR Electronica 1994-01
Thhe 3rd phase of our series of archival, digital reissues comprises 76 rare tracks spread across 9 releases, showcasing various directions in techno, house, downtempo, ...
Doctor Fluorescent
Doctor Fluorescent’s debut album opens a door to a world of seductive, fresh electronic pop ...
Don The Tiger
Don the Tiger is the solo project of Adrián de Alfonso, an ubiquitous presence in Barcelona's underground until recently, and the nomadic guitarist who ...
Ekiti Sound
Spearheading a new wave of electronic music originating from Nigeria by way of London, musician/producer/vocalist Leke aka CHiF has been travelling ...
Ensemble 0
Ensemble 0 [ɑ̃.sɑ̃bl ˈziro] is a contemporary music ensemble founded in 2004 and directed by Stéphane Garin and Sylvain Chauveau. It mostly performs ...
Fauna Twin
The latest, exciting addition to the Crammed roster consist of Parisian singer-songwriter Claire Jacquemard & North Wales' Owain Ginsberg (leader of ...
Jagwa Music
The exciting Afro-punk collective from Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania), whose electrifying appearances at festivals such as Roskilde have created a sensation. Imagine a ...
Juana Molina
The inimitable, wonderful, bewitching Juana Molina is a deeply original ...
Kasai Allstars
Kasai Allstars is a collective which regoups members from several other bands, including Masanka Sankayi and Basokin. They all originate from Kasai (a Congolese ...
Kinshasa 1978
KINSHASA 1978
Kocani Orkestar
The mighty Macedonian brass band took the Western world by surprise in 1997 with their album "L'Orient est rouge". The band's trademark thundering ...
Konono No.1
Konono No.1's "Congotronics" album introduced the world to the strange and spectacular electro-traditional mixtures which are being concocted in the suburbs ...
Le Ton Mité
LE TON MITÉ is a musical cooperative that revolves around the compositions of itinerant musician, instrument maker and fine artist McCloud Zicmuse, an American ...
Lio
Idolized in his country but less known abroad, Dorival Caymmi (1914-2008) is one of the most influential singer-songwriters in the history of Brazil's popular ...
Lula Pena
With only 2 albums released since 1998, the reclusive Portuguese singer, composer, guitarist and poet has achieved a rare feat: gathering a stream of devoted followers ...
Maïa Vidal
Maïa Vidal can be an unpredictable whirlwind of musical styles and different cultures, but at 28-years-old and with 3 albums already under belt, she’s proved ...
Made To Measure - ‘Fictions’
Crammed's current roster includes Konono N°1, Cibelle, Koçani Orkestar, Taraf de Haidouks, Bebel Gilberto, Balkan Beat Box, DJ Dolores, Tuxedomoon, Shantel, Kasai Allstars, Think Of One, Mahala Rai Banda ...
Matias Aguayo
Born in Chile and raised in Germany, he's created a varied body of genre-defying work since the early 00s, including several albums ...
Matias Aguayo & The Desdemonas
Renowned electronic music producer & DJ Matias Aguayo presents his new project, which will unfold on several levels. The Desdemonas are ...
Nihiloxica
Nihiloxica is a project that harnesses the full force of the ancient Bugandan drumming tradition ...
Nova Materia
Powerful, original and hypnotic French/Chilean band Nova Materia are currently ...
OY
Consisting of Ghanaian-Swiss vocalist & musician Joy Frempong and producer & musician Lleluja-Ha, incomparable Berlin-based duet OY ...
Rozzma
Rozzma is a fictional character, his only existence is on stage, videos and space. Rozzma was lost in time and space 7000 years ago and has now returned to earth ...
SKIP&DIE
Welcome to the dual natures that exist within the SKIP&DIE universe; filled with cosmic psychedelia, metamorphic body shaking, socio-political undertones ...
Soapkills
Crammed Discs are delighted to re-issue the catalogue of Soapkills, Yasmine Hamdan’s former band, whose cult status has kept growing in the Arab world ever ...
Stubbleman
Stubbleman is the alter-ego of maverick composer and producer Pascal Gabriel.From humble beginnings in a Belgian punk band, Pascal moved to London ...
Taraf de Haidouks
Ever since their first visit to western Europe back in 1991, Taraf de Haïdouks have been considered as the epitome of Gypsy music's fabulous vitality. They've relentlessly ...
Tartit
Nothing is more evocative of the fascinating expanses of the Sahara desert than the music of Tartit, a Tuareg band consisting of five women and four men residing ...
Tuxedomoon
Cult legends Tuxedomoon are a welcome exception in today's over-formatted musical world. Born in 1977, in the heady atmosphere of San Francisco’s postpunk golden ...
Véronique Vincent & Aksak Maboul
LATEST NEWS: AKSAK MABOUL 'REVUE' To celebrate the release of the "16 Visions of Ex-Futur" tribute album, Véronique Vincent ...
Yasmine Hamdan
Yasmine became known with Soapkills, the duo she founded in Beirut, which must have been the first indie/electronic band to appear in the Middle East. The music ...
Yasuaki Shimizu
Musical boundaries are no barrier to Yasuaki Shimizu, who performs and composes in all fields from improvisation to classical. Born in Shizuoka, just west of Tokyo, ...
Zap Mama
Crammed's current roster includes Konono N°1, Cibelle, Koçani Orkestar, Taraf de Haidouks, Bebel Gilberto, Balkan Beat Box, DJ Dolores, Tuxedomoon, Shantel, Kasai Allstars, Think Of One, Mahala Rai Banda ...
Zenobia
We’re delighted to announce the debut EP by Zenobia, the mighty electronic music duo from Haifa.Combining Arabic pop melodies, Palestinian/Syrian dabke ...
And that's not all...
For a (non-exhaustive) list of other artists, remixers & producers who have crossed our path, contributed to albums or appeared on compilations, go here:
For a (non-exhaustive) list of other artists, remixers & producers who have crossed our path, contributed to albums or appeared on compilations, go here:
OY
Consisting of Ghanaian-Swiss vocalist & musician Joy Frempong and producer & musician Lleluja-Ha, incomparable Berlin-based duet OY are about to release "Space Diaspora", their 3rd album.
OY was conceived by Joy in 2010. After an initlal solo release, she joined forces with Lleluja-ha, and the fruitful combination of Joy's anarchic spirit and Lleluja’s focused arrangements opened new possibilities, and led to the "No Problem Saloon" album, which used a series of field recordings and proverbs collected during a trip to Africa as building blocks to create a highly-original piece of work, blending OY's own strains of electronica, whirling ...
OY was conceived by Joy in 2010. After an initlal solo release, she joined forces with Lleluja-ha, and the fruitful combination of Joy's anarchic spirit and Lleluja’s focused arrangements opened new possibilities, and led to the "No Problem Saloon" album, which used a series of field recordings and proverbs collected during a trip to Africa as building blocks to create a highly-original piece of work, blending OY's own strains of electronica, whirling ...
Acid Arab
Formed in 2012 by Parisian DJs Guido Minisky and View Full Artist Page
Akron/Family
The visionary psychedelic global folk rock band ascends to new heights with their new album "Set 'EmWild...".
After building up a great, word-of-mouth ...
Aksak Maboul
Playfully mixing and deconstructing various genres to create its own sonic world, the seminal band ...
Allá
Mexican-American sound voyagers Allá have forged a distinctive sound encompassing some of their favourite styles of music from the last four decades: from German ...
Amatorski
Considered as one of the most inspired and inventive current young Belgian bands, Amatorski were formed in Ghent by singer/keyboardist Inne Eysermans, guitarist/vocalist ...
Apollo Nove
How to describe someone as eclectic as Apollo Nove? A modern-day pop Tropicalista à la Mutantes (as indicated by the collaboration of Mutantes lead ...
Aquaserge
Experimental pop band Aquaserge has been a subterranean driving force in the international music scene for the last few years, inspiring and influencing countless ...
Arto Lindsay
Arto Lindsay and Peter Scherer (who were known together at the time as The Ambitious Lovers) recorded this no less ambitious soundtrack for two dance performance ...
Aural Expansion
Minimal/bleep/glitch precursor Aural Expansion came from Finland.
Aka bright young Finnish mad professor of electronica Jouni Alkio, he was an alumnus of the Sahko/Dum ...
Auto Repeat
Auto Repeat put out some of the weirdest tracks which came out in the mid 90s. These trash situationist disco punk pieces with a full-on Chicago shimmy have bent ...
Avalon
US-born Tim Handels was in his early twenties when he released this album for SSR.
Tim lived in Brussels... a music fan since his early childhood, he fell ...
Axel Krygier
A devoted practitioner of cultural mashup and an adept of chaos theory, Argentine maverick Axel Krygier presents his fifth album Hombre de Piedra ("Man ...
Baloji
Baloji, whose name means "sorcerer” in Swahili, was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1978. At the age of 4, he arrived in Belgium with his father ...
Band Apart
This New York band consisted of US vocalist Jayne Bliss and Marseille musician Medor Mader.
Jayne Bliss wrote very personal lyrics. Mader played guitars and ...
Band of Gypsies
Taraf de Haïdouks and Kocani Orkestar are undoubtedly two of the most famous and emblematic Balkan Gypsy bands. Started in 1991 in the small Romanian village of ...
Barbara Gogan
Made On Earth was a mysterious, short-lived project combining the talents of Irish songstress Barbara Gogan and mercurial French composer/ producer Hector ...
Basokin
One of the 5 bands who joined forces to form the Kasai Allstars collective, Basokin ("the Basongye from Kinshasa") are from the Songye region, at the eastern ...
Batida
Angolan born, Lisbon raised Pedro Coquenão (aka Batida) is referred to as a game changer on the Afro-Electronic scene. Released on Crammed Discs in Oct 2022, ...
BATIDA apresenta IKOQWE
IKOQWE (pronounced ee-kok-weh) are a pair of fictional characters who, coming from a distant time ...
Bauls Of Bengal
Purna Das Baul is a real folk hero in his country, where he is referred to as “the King of Bauls”. The Bauls are wandering mystical musicians from Bengal. They ...
Béco Dranoff
New York-based A&R, producer, compiler and filmmaker Béco Dranoff joined forces with Crammed in 1998 to start the Ziriguiboom sub-label...
BBB (Balkan Beat Box)
Combining assorted flavours from all around the Mediterranean with solid rock+reggae foundations, this New York-based band are one of the electro/world sensations ...
Bebel Gilberto
Bebel Gilberto’s magical voice and her soulful blend of Brazilian and electronic music took the world by surprise with the release of Tanto Tempo in 2000. Bebel ...
Bel Canto
The members of Bel Canto were in their late teens when they recorded their debut album "White Out Conditions". The scene is set: gorgeous melodies ...
Benjamin Lew
Alone or with Tuxedomoon's Steven Brown, Belgian electronic artist Benjamin Lew has been creating inspired, hypnotic and instantly recognizable musical landscapes ...
Berangere Maximin
Berangere Maximin makes spacious colorful music. A sonic sculptress of exception, she started out in an academic environment with an electroacoustic training, and ...
Bio Muse
"Bio Muse take the concept of metal-funk to ultra-intense extremes… more demanding than a Baader-Meinhof ransom note…” (Muzik).
This ...
Blaine Reininger
Tuxedomoon founding member Reininger's solo ventures on Crammed include the post-minimal opus "Colorado Suite", recorded in collaboration with composer ...
Bleep
Bleep was the project name used by Geir Jenssen (later known as Biosphere, and formerly part Norwegian band Bel Canto) for the first all-electronic recordings he ...
Bobvan
Bobvan aka Bob Vanderbob is a composer, video artist, writer and communication artist based in Brussels. He attended the legendary Creative Music Studio in ...
Bobvan
Crammed's current roster includes Konono N°1, Cibelle, Koçani Orkestar, Taraf de Haidouks, Bebel Gilberto, Balkan Beat Box, DJ Dolores, Tuxedomoon, Shantel, Kasai Allstars, Think Of One, Mahala Rai Banda ...
Bossacucanova
Bossacucanova first tackled the electronic/bossa fusion with their milestone debut album back in '98. They are celebrating the 50th anniversary of bossa nova with ...
Brion Gysin
The legendary American poet, painter and writer who has influenced two generations of artists recorded this album based on his texts back in 1986, shortly ...
Brown Reininger Bodson
Tuxedomoon mainstays Steven Brown & Blaine Reininger have joined forces with Belgian musician/sound designer Maxime Bodson to create this fascinating ...
Buckfunk 3000
Techno maverick Si Begg pre-dated the electro revival by a few years with his mad, bad, hilarious & nasty Buckfunk 3000 project.
Growing up on mad TV and making ...
Bustan Abraham
Bustan Abraham was a multi-ethnic ensemble comprising Palestinian & Israeli musicians. Weaving various strands of traditional music & jazz, they aspired ...
Carl Craig
Detroit icon Carl Craig released his milestone 1997 album "More Songs About Food and Revolutionary Art" in collaboration with Crammed's SSR imprint...
Celso Fonseca
The seductive Brazilian singer/guitarist has recorded two luminous and sunny albums on Crammed's Ziriguiboom imprint: Natural (2003), in which he soulfully revisited ...
Chancha Via Circuito
Argentine producer Pedro Canale aka Chancha Via Circuito returns with his long awaited third album, Amansara. Originally coming out of Buenos Aires’ ...
Chicha Libre
Inspired by the Amazonian music craze that shares its name with the liquor favored by the Incas and still very popular throughout Peru, this new Brooklyn-based band ...
Cibelle
One of the most imaginative artists around, Cibelle (pronounced "See-bell-ee") first came to attention as the main vocalist on the late Suba's cult São ...
Circadian Rhythms
Future jazz outfit Circadian Rhythms was the brainchild of Charles Bullen, who used to be one-third of highly influential early 80s band ...
City Boy Players
The band formed by Eddie "Flashin" Fowlkes and Niko Marks to record their eponymous album....
Classic Swede Swede
Conceived in the late 80s as a reaction to the polished sound of Zairean pop, the sound of Classic Swede Swede was raw, pure energy.
Classic Swede Swede's music ...
Colin Newman
In the late '80s, Wire vocalist Colin Newman recorded two masterpieces of refined electronic pop for Crammed. They both contained excentric lyrics in the ...
Congo Classics
Following the recent success of contemporary bands such as Staff Benda Bilili and Konono N°1, it's time once again for Crammed Discs to revisit the rich heritage ...
Congotronics
The Congotronics series is devoted to the strange and spectacular electro-traditional mixtures which are being concocted in the suburbs of Kinshasa, Congo. Konono ...
Congotronics International
A collaborative ensemble featuring Konono No1, Deerhoof, Juana Molina, Kasai Allstars, Wildbirds & Peacedrums and Skeletons: 10 Congolese and 10 indie rock musicians, ...
Crammed Archives 1 - Rare SSR Electronica 1989-94
From The Crammed Archives: digital reissues of 250 rare tracksAs the Crammed Discs label turns 42 this year, we’re using the opportunity of this not-round ...
Crammed Archives 2 - Rare Global Pop 1980s
Phase 2 of our Crammed Archives digital reissue series, this time focusing on hidden gems released by the label during the '80s, including lots of colourful, ...
Crammed Archives 3 - Rare SSR Electronica 1994-01
Thhe 3rd phase of our series of archival, digital reissues comprises 76 rare tracks spread across 9 releases, showcasing various directions in techno, house, downtempo, ...
Crammed Compilations
Compilations featuring (mostly) Crammed artists: "It's A Crammed, Crammed World (3)" and "20 Ways..." present the state of the label's ...
Crammed Global Soundclash
The Crammed Global Soundclash 1980-89 series: an introduction to the label's own strange '80s, a decade during ...
Daniel Schell
The ultimate Great Excentric Belgian Composer... After several albums with his post prog rock band COS, Daniel Schellfound new inspiration in medieval polyphonics, ...
Des Airs
One of the very first Crammed bands, Des Airs comprised Bob Vanderbob (aka Bobvan), Stephane Karo (of Taraf de Haidouks fame), Catherine Jauniaux and Fanchon Nuyens ...
DJ Dolores
DJ Dolores (aka Helder Aragão) has been active in the ebullient musical scene of his hometown Recife since his collaboration with Mangue Beat originators Chico ...
DJ Morpheus
Mostly known as the man behind the acclaimed Freezone series, and as the host of his own Lysergic Factory radio show (aired weekly on several cutting-edge ...
Doctor Fluorescent
Doctor Fluorescent’s debut album opens a door to a world of seductive, fresh electronic pop ...
Dominic Sonic
Dominic Sonic became the darling of the French rock press and public with his debut album, released on Crammed in 1989. Most notable was the infectious "When ...
Dominique Dalcan
Before creating his SNOOZE persona, Dalcan released two albums which were something of a revolution in the world of French pop.“Entre l’Etoile et le Carré” ...
Don The Tiger
Don the Tiger is the solo project of Adrián de Alfonso, an ubiquitous presence in Barcelona's underground until recently, and the nomadic guitarist who ...
Eddie Fowlkes
Eddie Flashin’ Fowlkes, one of the most creative and multi-faceted founders of the Detroit techno scene, joined forces with with mega-talented producer, ...
Ekiti Sound
Spearheading a new wave of electronic music originating from Nigeria by way of London, musician/producer/vocalist Leke aka CHiF has been travelling ...
Electric Gypsyland
Crammed's leading Balkan Gypsy bands get reinterpreted by a host of indie and electronic artists from Europe and America in the 2-volume Electric Gypsyland series. ...
Elixir
Taking in a galaxy of influences (Wu Tang to Bacharach to My Bloody Valentine), these North London alchemists boys have fused twisted cinematic soundscapes and the ...
Endemic Void
"Ennio Morricone meeting Isaac Hayes in a full-on jungle vibe, Endemic Void push the limits of time-stretchology with this deep, cinematic, frontline ...
Ensemble 0
Ensemble 0 [ɑ̃.sɑ̃bl ˈziro] is a contemporary music ensemble founded in 2004 and directed by Stéphane Garin and Sylvain Chauveau. It mostly performs ...
Fauna Twin
The latest, exciting addition to the Crammed roster consist of Parisian singer-songwriter Claire Jacquemard & North Wales' Owain Ginsberg (leader of ...
Flat Earth Society
Delirious yet sophisticated, lush yet furious, sarcastic yet sentimental, Flat Earth Society are one of the most exciting big bands around.
Flat Earth Society (sometimes ...
Foreign Affair
Following the demise of Minimal Compact, Rami Fortis and Berry Sakharof (the two guitarists/singers with the band) recorded an album under the name Foreign Affair. ...
Fred Frith
The list of Fred Frith's achievements (recordings, collaborations, compositions) couldn't possibly fit onto this page... Let it just be reminded that Fred was one ...
Freezone
The Freezone Series was launched in 94 in order to explore all things down-tempo.
Thanks to DJ Morpheus' legendary flair and impeccable taste, Freezone has been ...
Gabor Kristof
A Geneva-based jazz guitarist & composer of Hungarian descent, Gabor G.Kristof teamed up in 1984 with Iraqi vocalist Nadjma to produce "Rapture In Baghdad", ...
Gary Moscheles
Who was Gary Moscheles ?? According to persistent rumours, he counted a manufacturer of tennis rackets and a professor of ancient Greek among his close relatives.“Shaped” ...
Harold Budd
The inspired American composer, pianist and poet has collaborated with Hector Zazou to create the "Glyph" album in 1996...
Hector Zazou
Algerian-born French composer/producer Hector Zazou had a surprise waiting with each new record: twisted rock, neo-classical compositions, world music (from Africa ...
Hermine
An essentially unclassifiable performer, whose career spans acting, comedy and tightrope walking as well as singing, Hermine’s musical reputation rests on her ...
Hoquets
Presenting a brand new, totally unique musical proposition: HOQUETS are an international musical trio who play instruments, also named "hoquets", ...
Hugo
if you don't understand French, you will miss some of the content of his Twin-Peaks-meets-Conan-Doyle-on-a-surnatural-sarcastic-tip stories, but then again you’ll ...
Ian Simmonds
The visionary, soulful electro/jazz artist also known as Juryman and Wise In Time (see under these names)...
Jagwa Music
The exciting Afro-punk collective from Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania), whose electrifying appearances at festivals such as Roskilde have created a sensation. Imagine a ...
John Lurie
After forming the emblematic Lounge Lizards (for which the term "fake jazz" was coined), John Lurie acted in and wrote the soundtrack music for Jim Jarmusch's ...
Jozef Van Wissem
I owned a bar/coffeshop in Groningen, Netherlands, and lived the rock and roll lifestyle in the early nineties: I played electric guitar in new wave (Desert Corbusier) ...
Juana Molina
The inimitable, wonderful, bewitching Juana Molina is a deeply original ...
Juryman
The Juryman trilogy by visionary electro-jazz artist Ian Simmonds have made a deep impression on press and music lovers alike. He was described in the media ...
Karen Finley
Often described as “a female Lenny Bruce”, sometimes even as “worse than Genêt and Bataille”, the scandalous performance artist from NYC put conservative ...
Karindula
In the south-eastern part of the Congo, young local musicians are creating their own tradi-modern style of music, which they call Karindula, a word which also ...
Karl Biscuit
He came from the world of contemporary ballet and became a mysterious cult figure following his three releases which combined electro beats, tongue-in-cheek romantic ...
Kasai Allstars
Kasai Allstars is a collective which regoups members from several other bands, including Masanka Sankayi and Basokin. They all originate from Kasai (a Congolese ...
Kevin Saunderson
Ever since he came up with the good idea to invent Techno in the late 80s (with fellow Detroit producers Juan Atkins and Derrick May), Kevin Saunderson put out a ...
Kinshasa 1978
KINSHASA 1978
Kocani Orkestar
The mighty Macedonian brass band took the Western world by surprise in 1997 with their album "L'Orient est rouge". The band's trademark thundering ...
Konono No.1
Konono No.1's "Congotronics" album introduced the world to the strange and spectacular electro-traditional mixtures which are being concocted in the suburbs ...
La Chiva Gantiva
Crammed Discs is pleased to present “PELAO” The first full length recording by LA CHIVA GANTIVA. “Pelao” (which equally means “kid”, “hairless”, ...
Language
London-based Crammed/SSR offshoot Language was the brainchild of Tony Thorpe (of Moody Boyz fame).Language was started from scratch in the spring of ‘95, and immediately ...
Le PM
Le PM was a hip hop collective from the suburbs of Paris, based around toaster & producer Little J (originally from Reunion Island) and rapper Fresh Ali (who ...
Le Ton Mité
LE TON MITÉ is a musical cooperative that revolves around the compositions of itinerant musician, instrument maker and fine artist McCloud Zicmuse, an American ...
Les Tueurs de la lune de miel
Les Tueurs were an early incarnation of the band later widely known as The Honeymoon Killers. Consisting of of an assortment of miscreants, taxi drivers, cooks, ...
Lio
Idolized in his country but less known abroad, Dorival Caymmi (1914-2008) is one of the most influential singer-songwriters in the history of Brazil's popular ...
Lone Kent
American guitarist/singer Lone Kent (aka Kent Condon) released a spacey & very atmospheric country rock album in 1993, which elicited descriptions such as “somewhere ...
Lonely Drifter Karen
2012 sees the release of Poles, the sensational, 3rd album by Lonely Drifter Karen, which shatters many preconceived notions of their music. The colours have morphed: ...
Lula Pena
With only 2 albums released since 1998, the reclusive Portuguese singer, composer, guitarist and poet has achieved a rare feat: gathering a stream of devoted followers ...
Maïa Vidal
Maïa Vidal can be an unpredictable whirlwind of musical styles and different cultures, but at 28-years-old and with 3 albums already under belt, she’s proved ...
Made To Measure
Crammed’s legendary Composers’ Series is reactivated ...
Made To Measure - ‘Fictions’
Crammed's current roster includes Konono N°1, Cibelle, Koçani Orkestar, Taraf de Haidouks, Bebel Gilberto, Balkan Beat Box, DJ Dolores, Tuxedomoon, Shantel, Kasai Allstars, Think Of One, Mahala Rai Banda ...
Mahala Rai Banda
Shaped in the Gypsy ghettos (Mahala) around Bucharest, Mahala Rai Banda (literally Noble Band from the Ghetto), combines a surprising array of trends and styles. ...
Mahmoud Ahmed
The Northern hemisphere's first introduction to the wonderful music created in Ethiopia during the 70s was Mahmoud Ahmed's "Ere Mela Mela", which came ...
Marc Hollander
Originally a musician, a composer and a producer, Marc ...
Masanka Sankayi
One of the 5 bands who joined forces to create the Kasai Allstars collective.
Masanka Sankayi is fronted by dancers, singers and story-tellers Mbuyamba Nyunyi and ...
Matias Aguayo
Born in Chile and raised in Germany, he's created a varied body of genre-defying work since the early 00s, including several albums ...
Matias Aguayo & The Desdemonas
Renowned electronic music producer & DJ Matias Aguayo presents his new project, which will unfold on several levels. The Desdemonas are ...
Megafaun
"Megafaun don't just catalog American musical languages, they breed them", writes Pitchfork in a preview of the band's album "Gather, Form & Fly".The ...
Meira Asher
Like some kind of possessed digital-age shaman, Israeli avant-electronic artist Meira Asher crawls into the skin of a shahid (Islamic suicide commando), then sneaks ...
Michel Moers
Telex lead singer M.Moers recorded this electronic French pop album for Crammed in 1991...
Minimal Compact
Fronted by vocalist Samy Birnbach (aka DJ Morpheus, freestyle DJ extraordinaire and compiler of the Freezone series), Minimal Compact were one of the most inspirational ...
Mocky
Mocky (real name Dominic Giancarlo Salole) is a Canadian–born musician with a reputation for eclectic songs, humour and blending musical depth with a pop sensibility. ...
Mr. Crammed Series
We have been keeping ourselves quite busy over the past 30-or-so years! In that time, we’ve put out almost 300 albums and nearly as many singles, showcasing ...
Musicasión
Nadjma
Jazz guitarist & composer Gabor G.Kristof (whose family had left Hungary in 1956 to settle in Switzerland) and vocalist Nadjma (a Swiss resident of Iraqi origin) ...
Nihiloxica
Nihiloxica is a project that harnesses the full force of the ancient Bugandan drumming tradition ...
Nova Materia
Powerful, original and hypnotic French/Chilean band Nova Materia are currently ...
Nu Era
Nu Era was the moniker used by 4hero to create pure, Detroit-like techno. After an album on their own label and a single on Josh Wink's US imprint Ovum, Nu Era entrusted ...
Nynke
Nynke Laverman grew up in Friesland and sings in Frisian, a language with a rich history and a great poetic quality, which is only spoken in the northern ...
OY
Consisting of Ghanaian-Swiss vocalist & musician Joy Frempong and producer & musician Lleluja-Ha, incomparable Berlin-based duet OY ...
People In Control
A loose London collective centred around Martin Harrison (aka Frederix), who also worked with Family Fodder and with Adrian Sherwood, and who later became Aswad’s ...
Peter Principle
Tuxedomoon bassist/guitarist and sound designer Peter Principle discovered the magic of noise by listening to the sound of lawn-mowers in his native New-York suburb, ...
Phosphorus
"Who needs Prozac with tunes like this around" ? asked UK monthly Muzik. Great songwriting + evocative, lush & dreamy production + inspired vocal interpretation, ...
Phume
This London duo consisting of Tom Withers (aka Klute on Certificate 18) and Dave Campbell (who has worked under various guises for R&S, Rising High etc.) were ...
Q-Moog
Straight from the deepest heart of Detroit, experimental techno at its best...
The being referred to as “Q-Moog” says that he was born and raised in New York, ...
Radioclit : Secousse
Radioclit are definitely on the rise, both as remixers/DJs (with their popular Secousse club nights in London & Paris) and as two-thirds of acclaimed Afro-electronic ...
Ramuntcho Matta
The eclectic and ever-curious Ramuntcho has played & produced with/for Don Cherry, poet Brion Gysin, French-Urugayan icon Elli Medeiros & more.He has released ...
Rozzma
Rozzma is a fictional character, his only existence is on stage, videos and space. Rozzma was lost in time and space 7000 years ago and has now returned to earth ...
Sainkho
Now known as Saynkho Namchylak, the stunning Tuvan vocalist released a classic album on Crammed in 1993. It contains lovely orchestral (and almost Yma Sumac-like) ...
Samy Birnbach
The lead vocalist and main lyricist with 80s band Minimal Compact later became known as DJ Morpheus......
Samy Birnbach & Benjamin Lew
Minimal Compact frontman Samy Birnbach and aural landscape painter Benjamin Lew teamed up in 1989 to write and record a wonderful album of poetry and music, 'When ...
Sandy Dillon
The gravel-voiced maverick American singer/songwriter has collaborated with Hector Zazou to create the avant-rock "Las Vegas Is Cursed" album...
Seigen Ono
Japanese composer & producer Seigen Ono has collaborated with the likes of the Lounge Lizards, John Zorn & Ryuichi Sakamoto. He has released several albums ...
Selector
With its "Jungle Vibes" compilation (released back in 1994), Crammed Discs was one of the very first labels to release and promote drum'n'bass / jungle ...
Shantel
After pioneering the concept of Balkan clubbing with his now-legendary Bucovina Club parties and albums, Shantel moved on to the next level and released Disko Partizani! ...
Si Begg
Also known as the mad, bad & witty electro scientist Buckfunk 3000......
Skeletons
One of the most fascinating bands from the hugely creative Brooklyn/NYC scene of recent times, Skeletons create intense, original and revelatory music, working ...
SKIP&DIE
Welcome to the dual natures that exist within the SKIP&DIE universe; filled with cosmic psychedelia, metamorphic body shaking, socio-political undertones ...
Snooze
One of the undisputed forerunners of the vibrant French downtempo scene in the late '90s, Snooze was formerly known for his adventurous pop productions under his ...
Soapkills
Crammed Discs are delighted to re-issue the catalogue of Soapkills, Yasmine Hamdan’s former band, whose cult status has kept growing in the Arab world ever ...
Solar Quest
Scottish musician George Saunders is responsible for one of the most emblematic albums of ambient techno in the mid 90s. Solar Quest also released a series of harder, ...
Sonoko
Europe (and more specifically France) as seen by a young Japanese girl in the mid-Eighties... A study in inverted exoticism... Sonoko charmingly conjures ...
SSR
Crammed's electronic music imprint SSR ("Sampler & Sans Reproche") was founded in 88, around the time of the first explosion of house music in the ...
Staff Benda Bilili
One of the great global success stories of the past few years, Staff Benda Bilili have become an unstoppable force. A group of street musicians who used to live ...
Steve Shehan
US-born percussionist & composer Steven Shehan has travelled around the world, collecting instruments and sounds along the way. He's collaborated with a host ...
Steven Brown
Tuxedomoon founding member Steven Brown has released several solo or collaborative albums, four of which came out as part of the Made To Measure series: his two ...
Stubbleman
Stubbleman is the alter-ego of maverick composer and producer Pascal Gabriel.From humble beginnings in a Belgian punk band, Pascal moved to London ...
Suba
Serbian-born musician/composer SUBA was about to become one of Brazil's most prominent producers when he tragically passed away in November 1999, just a few ...
Subject 13
"awesome excursions into jazz-step and tough-edged drum & bass... they trip out on deep atmospherics while wielding a very big beat stick" (Muzik, ...
Sussan Deyhim
Extraordinary, New York-based Iranian vocalist Sussan Deyhim has developed her own unique sound which draws equally from Persian traditions and Western avant-garde.
Born ...
Tao
London-based Masayuki Ishikawa created "a dense musical ideogram", " a collection of mystical, mysterious, mashed up trip hop downbeats, grungy drum ...
Taraf de Haidouks
Ever since their first visit to western Europe back in 1991, Taraf de Haïdouks have been considered as the epitome of Gypsy music's fabulous vitality. They've relentlessly ...
Tartit
Nothing is more evocative of the fascinating expanses of the Sahara desert than the music of Tartit, a Tuareg band consisting of five women and four men residing ...
Tek 9
As one half of avant-jungle outfit 4hero, Dego McFarlane has been one of the most influential electronic music producers of the last 15 years.
He's put out ...
Telex
The electronic disco pop tracks produced by legendary Belgian band Telex between the late 70's and the mid-80's have influenced numerous producers of house and techno, ...
The Gruesome Twosome
Centered around one Solomon Pearbrook (aka Samy Birnbach from Minimal Compact, aka DJ Morpheus), The Gruesome Twosome also included Bertrand Burgalat and Per Martinsen.
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The Honeymoon Killers
Fronted by the late Yvon Vromman, The Honeymoon Killers were a provocative band with a strong pop sensibility. They became the darlings of the music press all around ...
The Moody Boyz
The Moody Boyz are Tony Thorpe, a Londoner of Jamaican origin who has been at the forefront of the electronic music scene since the mid-'80s. He produced some of ...
The Real Tuesday Weld
"What does an album mean anymore unless it has a narrative behind it?"
The Real Tuesday Weld album 'The Last Werewolf' takes Glen Duncan's novel ...
Think Of One
The antagonism between Belgium's two communities has never been as pronounced… the Arab world and the West are more at odds than ever… Yet, our favourite musical ...
Tony Thorpe
Also known as The Moody Boyz, Tony Thorpe joined forced with Crammed/SSR in '95 to start the Language imprint, for which he signed & A&R'd artists such as ...
Tradi-Mods vs Rockers
Invited by Crammed, 26 artists from the indie and electronic scene offer their personal take on the incredible "tradi-modern" sound of the Congotronics ...
Trio Mocoto
Considered by many as the "Fathers of Samba Soul", legendary veteran Brazilian band Trio Mocotó have made a remarkable comeback : they reformed in 2001 ...
Tuxedomoon
Cult legends Tuxedomoon are a welcome exception in today's over-formatted musical world. Born in 1977, in the heady atmosphere of San Francisco’s postpunk golden ...
Tuxedomoon & Cult With No Name
Crammed Discs are happy to present a new volume in their revived MADE TO MEASURE composers' series: the original soundtrack written and recorded in 2015 by Tuxedomoon ...
Tuxedomoon - The Vinyl Box
Crammed's current roster includes Konono N°1, Cibelle, Koçani Orkestar, Taraf de Haidouks, Bebel Gilberto, Balkan Beat Box, DJ Dolores, Tuxedomoon, Shantel, Kasai Allstars, Think Of One, Mahala Rai Banda ...
U-Cef
U-cef is Morocco's first and foremost digitalizer. In the course of his two albums, he's managed to put gnawa music, dub, sinuous classic Arabic arrangements electronic ...
Various Artists
You can find all multi-artist albums on this page...
(except for the compilations containing only -or mostly- Crammed artists, which are on this page)....
Véronique Vincent
Véronique Vincent is part of Aksak Maboul (she joined the band in 1980), and was the co-lead singer of The Honeymoon Killers.
Véronique sang and co-wrote ...
Véronique Vincent & Aksak Maboul
LATEST NEWS: AKSAK MABOUL 'REVUE' To celebrate the release of the "16 Visions of Ex-Futur" tribute album, Véronique Vincent ...
Vincent Kenis
Musician & producer Vincent Kenis has played a key role at Crammed Discs since the early days. The label's roots can be traced back to a musical project called ...
Wise In Time
Wise in Time is the brainchild of Ian Simmonds, the visionary electro-jazz artist who released the soulful Juryman trilogy on Crammed/SSR....
Yasmine Hamdan
Yasmine became known with Soapkills, the duo she founded in Beirut, which must have been the first indie/electronic band to appear in the Middle East. The music ...
Yasuaki Shimizu
Musical boundaries are no barrier to Yasuaki Shimizu, who performs and composes in all fields from improvisation to classical. Born in Shizuoka, just west of Tokyo, ...
YBU
YBU was responsible for two of SSR's biggest club tracks of the early 90s: "Keep It Up" (feat. vocals by Bel Canto's Anneli Drecker) and "Soul Magic" ...
Zap Mama
"Discovered" by Crammed in 1990, the Afro-Belgian acapella band conquered the world with their joyful mix of Pygmy music, human beatbox sounds, Central ...
Zap Mama
Crammed's current roster includes Konono N°1, Cibelle, Koçani Orkestar, Taraf de Haidouks, Bebel Gilberto, Balkan Beat Box, DJ Dolores, Tuxedomoon, Shantel, Kasai Allstars, Think Of One, Mahala Rai Banda ...
Zazou Bikaye
An unsurpassed milestone in European/African fusion, Zazou Bikaye created a head-on collision between traditional Central African vocals and uncompromising analog ...
Zeep
Zeep, aka the London-based duet of Nina Miranda & Chris Franck bring us a fresh, immediate pop album that dips its elegant toes into many musical pools. ...
Zelwer
French musician/composer Zelwer's lovely 1990 album "La Fiancée aux Yeux de Bois" was one of Crammed's first forays into (imaginary) Gypsyland. An ...
Zenobia
We’re delighted to announce the debut EP by Zenobia, the mighty electronic music duo from Haifa.Combining Arabic pop melodies, Palestinian/Syrian dabke ...
Ziriguiboom
Founded in 1998 by Crammed in collaboration with Brazilian A&R/producer Béco Dranoff, the Ziriguiboom sub-label is devoted to those new Brazilian sounds which ...
Ziryab Trio
Ziryab Trio concentrated on performing Arab and Turkish music from the 19th and the 20th century, works by great classical composers such as Riad Al-Sunbati, ...
Zita Swoon Group
ZITA SWOON GROUP's brilliant Wait For Me album wonderfully combines raw acoustic blues with traditional Mandinka music, and results from the encounter between the ...
Zuco 103
Ever since their debut album in 99, the Brazilian/European band have been at the vanguard of the world/electronic fusion movement.
A truly multicultural band, ...