Real World Records

Real World Records
Parent company	Real World Records
Founded	1989
Founder	Peter Gabriel
Distributor(s)	Virgin/EMI Records, Narada Productions, Rykodisc, Republic Records
Genre	World music
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Official website	www.realworldrecords.com

Real World Records is a record label started in 1989 by Peter Gabriel to record and produce world music as well as his own releases.

Overview

The label grew up alongside the success of the WOMAD festivals and Peter Gabriel's exploration of music from other cultures, and helped push world music into the general public's consciousness during the 1990s. Many of the label's releases are recorded at Real World Studios. The label is distributed worldwide by Caroline Records.^[1] The label had previous distribution agreements with Ryko,^[2] Virgin Records and Narada Productions.

Artists

Artists who have recorded on the label include the following:

• Afro Celt Sound System
• Ashkhabad (band)
• Bernard Kabanda
• Big Blue Ball
• Charlie Winston
• Creole Choir of Cuba
• Dengue Fever
• Farafina
• Fatala
• Geoffrey Oryema
• Guo Brothers
• Hoba Hoba Spirit
• Johnny Kalsi
• Joi
• Joseph Arthur^[3]
• Little Axe
• Maryam Mursal
• Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
• Ozomatli
• Paban Das Baul ^[4]
• Pan-African Orchestra
• Papa Wemba
• Peter Gabriel
• Portico Quartet
• Samuel Yirga
• Sheila Chandra
• Sevara Nazarkhan
• Spiro (band)
• The Blind Boys of Alabama
• The Imagined Village
• Värttinä

Partial discography

• ABoneCroneDrone, Sheila Chandra, 1996
• Among Brothers, Abderrahmane Abdelli, 2003
• Atom Bomb, The Blind Boys of Alabama, 2005
• Beat the Border, Geoffrey Oryema, 1993
• Big Blue Ball, various artists, 2008 (recorded 1991, 1992, 1995)
• Big City Secrets, Joseph Arthur, 1997
• Black Rock, Djivan Gasparyan & Michael Brook, 1998
• Coming Home, Yungchen Lhamo, 1998
• Djabote, Doudou Ndiaye Rose, 1992
• Emotion, Papa Wemba, 1995
• En Mana Kuoyo, Ayub Ogada, 1993
• Espace, Tama, 2002
• Higher Ground, The Blind Boys of Alabama, with Robert Randolph and the Family Band, and special guest Ben Harper, 2002
• In Your Hands, Charlie Winston, 2009
• Le Voyageur, Papa Wemba
• My Songs and a Poem, Estrella Morente, 2001
• Night Song, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Michael Brook, 1995
• Night to Night, Geoffrey Oryema, 1996
• Pod, Afro Celt Sound System, 2004
• Plus from US, 1993
• Quick Look, Pina, 2002
• Real Sugar, Paban Das Baul & Sam Mills, 1997
• Sampradaya, Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma, with Rahul Sharma, Shafaat Ahmed Khan & Manorama Sharma, 1999
• Serious Tam, Telek, 2000
• Sezoni, Mara! with Martenitsa Choir, 1999 (original release on Rufus Records, 1997)
• The Journey, Maryam Mursal, 1998
• The Last Prophet, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Party, 1994
• The Mahabharata, Soundtrack, Various Artists, 1990
• The Truth (Ny Marina), The Justin Vali Trio, 1995
• The Zen Kiss, Sheila Chandra, 1994
• Tibet, Tibet, Yungchen Lhamo, 1996
• Trance, Hassan Hakmoun and Zahar, 1993
• Trísan, Trísan, 1992
• Untold Things, Jocelyn Pook, 2001
• Volume 2: Release, Afro Celt Sound System, 1999
• Volume 3: Further in Time, Afro Celt Sound System, 2001
• Weaving My Ancestor's Voices Sheila Chandra, 1992
• Yo‘l Bo‘lsin, Sevara Nazarkhan, 2003

References

1. "Peter Gabriel to distribute solo catalogue through Caroline International | Complete Music Update". www.completemusicupdate.com. Retrieved 2015-10-30.
2. announcement of distribution agreement with Ryko
3. "Joseph Arthur & The Lonely Astronauts Enter the S.S." Rolling Stone, 1/27/2009
4. Paban Das Baul

External links

• Real World Records official Web site