the big list I've been drawing from for a while of curated ambient ethno-tronica re-imagined from places that never were.
"For decades, Hassell has been developing a philosophy of both playing and composing that he calls "fourth world," which he says is "a term to describe the possibility of music in global terms - beyond First World, beyond Third World, beyond classical , beyond pop." He's described fourth world as an ideal blend of traditional music from around the world with Western forms and modern electronics, forming a kind of contemporary folk music from "unknown and imaginary regions."
–Building a Musical 'Fourth World'" by Richard Kadrey, Wired, 1997
"For decades, Hassell has been developing a philosophy of both playing and composing that he calls "fourth world," which he says is "a term to describe the possibility of music in global terms - beyond First World, beyond Third World, beyond classical, beyond pop."
This is a database of vintage (pre-1991) Electronic Music. It includes Electronic Music released / recorded before 1991. This list is graded by country of origin and doesn’t include some EM-related projects like Hawkwind, Magma, Nurse With Wound etc.
big ol' dating list covering the major online match-making sites. I use the term "match-making" quite loosely here.