Sanjah

Sanjah - 無線 / 伊豆 (2006, Japan)
avant-folk / free improvisation

Kazuki Tomokawa

Kazuki Tomokawa - Muzan no Bi / Beauty Without Mercy (1986, Japan)
folk / singer-songwriter

Kazuki Tomokawa - Nikusei (1976)
avant folk

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Probably my favourite singer-songwriter ever. Has been making consistently great music for 40+ years (!).

Valentin Clastrier

Valentin Clastrier - Heresie (1991, France)
avant-folk / french folk / avant-jazz

Ihor Cymbrows'kyj

Ihor Cymbrows'kyj - Przyjdź aniele (1996, Ukraine)
avant-folk / singer-songwriter / poetry
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Naná Vasconcelos

Naná Vasconcelos - Saudades (1980, Brazil)
avant-folk / modern classical / brazilian music

Naná Vasconcelos - 4 Elementos (2013)
brazilian music / avant-folk / jazz fusion

Ossian

Ossian - Księga chmur (1979, Poland)
avant folk / jazz fusion

Best of 2015

1. Terakaft - Alone (Mali)

Tishoumaren

2. Susanne Sundfor - Ten Love Songs (Norway) - no link

art pop / synthpop

3. Fedorov & Kruzenshtern - Взрыв цветов  (Russia)

experimental rock / avant-folk / avant-prog

4. Ibeyi - Ibeyi (Cuba/France) - no link
art pop / alternative r&b / yoruba

4. Nozinja - Nozinja Lodge (South Africa)

Shangaan Electro / Kwaito / ambient dub

5. Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba - Ba Power (Mali)

Mande music / afro-funk

6. Seval Eroglu - Iki Cihan (Turkey)

turkish folk

7. Insanlar - Kime Ne (Turkey)

turkish folk / minimal techno

8. Ghost Bath - Moonlover (USA) - no link

blackgaze / black metal 

9. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly (USA) - no link

hip-hop

10. Senyawa - Menjadi (Indonesia)

indonesian folk / psych folk

  

11. Tal National - Zoy Zoy (Niger)

afro-funk

12. Fedorov, Martynov, Volkov, Grindenko, Opus Posth - Элегия  (Russia)

 avant-folk / modern classical

13. Samba Toure - Gandadiko (Mali)

mande music

  

14. Beglomeg - Eurokrjem (Norway)

experimental rock

15. Locrian - Infinite Dissolution

post rock / atmospheric black metal / drone / dark ambient

bonus song: Rundek Cargo Trio - Ima ih (Croatia) - youtube

best films: The Lobster, Ex Machina, Victoria

Music of ex-Yugoslavia

Just to start this blog with my old post from expetc, these are the best albums made in this corner of the world.

Idoli : Odbrana i Poslednji Dani (1982, Belgrade)

my favourite post-punk album ever.

Paraf : Zastave (1984, Rijeka)

post-punk / gothic rock

Marko Brecelj : Cocktail (1974, Ljubljana)

blues / avant folk / singer-songwriter

Idoli / Šarlo Akrobata / Električni Orgazam : Paket Aranžman (1981, Belgrade)

new wave / post-punk

Haustor : Treći Svijet (1984, Zagreb)

new wave / art pop

Borghesia : Escorts and Models (1988, Ljubljana)

EBM / electronic / minimal wave

Tomaž Pengov : Odpotovanja (1973, Ljubljana)

folk

Šarlo Akrobata : Bistriji ili Tuplji Čovek Biva Kad... (1981, Belgrade)

post-punk / experimental / art punk

Toma Bebić : Volite se Ljudožderi  (1976, Split) 

+ Ča smo na ovon svitu (single, 1973)

avant folk / singer-songwriter

Laibach : Opus Dei (1987, Ljubljana)

industrial

Luna : Nestvarne Stvari (1984, Novi Sad)

post-punk

Sedmina : II Dejanje (1982, Ljubljana)

psych folk