Exoticamusicmusic beyond the familiar

An independent magazine about unusual music. It is not a record label, production company or shop and has no connection with the former website on this domain; we do not sell or distribute recordings.

Archive

Archive

The archive helps you find the section you need quickly. It lists every section of the magazine with a short description, grouped by topic, and collects the domain's old addresses that links around the web still point to. At each of those addresses there is now a note explaining what used to be there and what useful reading you can find now.

An archive is not a storeroom but a table of contents. It shows how the magazine thinks about music.

— Editor's thought

Magazine sections by topic

  • Home: about the magazine, four ways into the subject and five steps to getting to know a new genre
  • Articles: six core topics and a catalogue of standalone articles
  • History: a timeline from the theremin to the world music label, with notes
  • People and creators: the roles behind a recording and checking facts about a musician
  • Collections: routes through the magazine (imaginary lands, sounds of many cultures, sound as material)
  • Events: types of concerts and festivals, checking a listing, what to bring
  • Analysis: four layers of sound and a step-by-step track breakdown with hypothetical examples
  • Archive: this page

Old addresses on the domain

The domain once hosted a music association's website with artist pages, a CD catalogue and a page about the association. That material has not survived, and we are not restoring it. Four of those addresses now carry reference pages available in Russian only.

The old artist page address offers advice on finding reliable information about musicians. The association page address covers independent labels as a phenomenon. The catalogue and CD card addresses explain the credits and details of a compact disc and how to store and catalogue a home collection.

  • Home

    A guide to unusual music: exotica, world music, experimental sounds, rare instruments, field recordings and building a home collection.

  • Articles

    The magazine's core topics and a catalogue of standalone articles for English-speaking readers.

  • Artists (archive) (in Russian)

    A note on the old artist page address and how to find reliable information about musicians.

  • CD catalogue (archive) (in Russian)

    A note on the old CD catalogue address and how to read the credits and details of a compact disc.

Sources

  • Exoticamusic magazine materials
  • Public web archives

Historical information is based on music encyclopedias and reference works. Details of releases, concerts and venues change, so check them with publishers and organisers.