Buda Musique
Buda Musique is a French record label specializing in world music. It was founded in 1987 by Gilles Fruchaux and Dominique Buscall. After Buscall died in 1990, Fruchaux became the sole owner.
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Buda Musique
BUDA MUSIQUE · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Name
- Buda Musique
- Founded
- 1987
- Founder
- Dominique Buscail · Gilles Fruchaux · François Dacla
- Headquarters
- France
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Buda Musique is a French record label specializing in world music. It was founded in 1987 by Gilles Fruchaux and Dominique Buscall. After Buscall died in 1990, Fruchaux became the sole owner.
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The label is especially known for its 32 Volume Éthiopiques series. Musique has released over 400 albums, including recordings by ethio-jazz figures Mulatu Astatke, Mahmoud Ahmed, Alemayehu Eshete, saxophonist Getatchew Mekurya; klezmer musicians as Nano Peylet, Denis Cuniot, Yom; and world-music singers and bands like Les Yeux Noirs, Lo Còr de la Plana, Los Incas, Ray Lema, Cheikha Remitti, Cheb Hasni, Mugar and Jean-Pierre Drouet among others.
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• Name — Buda Musique • Genre — World music • Founder — Gilles Fruchaux, Dominique Buscall • Location — France • Url — budamusique.com
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1987
Buda Musique established.
1987
Buda Musique is recorded from 1987.
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- 1.Jean-Louis. Mingalon. Gilles Fruchaux, producteur épicurien. Mondomix. 07. 2003. 16. 1639-8726.
- 2.Entretien avec Gilles Fruchaux. gallica.bnf.fr.
- 3.Jérôme Pichon. Buda Musique, défricheur responsable. Mondomix. 39. 03. 2010. 60. 1772-8916.
- 4.Sœuf Elbadawi. Buda Musique ou le label de la découverte. Radio France internationale. 17 juillet 2001.
- 5.Jazz from the Horn of Africa: 'Ethiopiques'. National Public Radio. 16 juillet 2006.
- 6.« Sounds of Africa (the Four-Hour Mix) », The New York Times, 21 août 2008.
- 7.Musique du monde - Buda Musique. www.budamusique.com.
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Buda Musique is recorded as founded by Dominique Buscail, Gilles Fruchaux and François Dacla. Associated with France. Recorded from 1987.
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