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I've been on a bit of a roll listening to gamelan lately (going to Singapore had something to do with it).
Your post reminded me of a kora jazz piece that someone introduced me to in grad school.
A Coptic Christian hymn that allegedly preserves some Ancient Egyptian musical forms. I can't speak to the accuracy of this claim, but it does sound somewhat different from other Oriental Orthodox fare I've heard.
Some Tech Indians doing very fun raga/rock fusion, from the same person who introduced me to kora jazz.
A stupidly catchy Moroccan song that properly clusters with Gangnam Style.
You said no anime, but maybe non-anime Japanese material is fair game? I rather like some of Shiina Ringo's songs.
I liked this Finnish Civil War era propaganda song, courtesy of none other than Sibelius. Also, the Soviet Armenian anthem is among my favourites.
The PRC's implicit cultural policy has evolved from overwhelming minority cultures to mining them for colour a while back. Some good things come of this, like this appropriation of a Thai-adjacent people's choral tradition for dark techno game BGM. The original, incidentally, sounds like this.
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