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It's DJ Madame's celebration of #TransworldTitleTracks capturing the essence of recent sounds around the world in their thematic title tracks on this cross-cultural musical journey united in voices and rhythms.

Susanne Lundeng is one of the most celebrated folk musicians from Northern Norway, with sounds from solistic traditional fiddle to projects of classical, jazz and world music elements.

With this second album embedded in La Réunion, Gwendoline Absalon delivers the fruit of her own introspection: a world made of sounds, scents, wishes, consciousness and Creole.

The distinctively psychedelic element of Thracian music was enhanced with the introduction of the CRB Elettronica- Diamond 800 organ and the Moog, giving the whole project a hybrid sound with a unique identity.

For more than 1300 years, the path of Japanese traditional music (hogaku) has been rooted in the traditional instruments with which it is performed. Yukihiro Atsumi's Hogaku 2.0's project is a progressive journey in modern Japanese music where a Western instrument, the guitar, is added to the traditional mix.

Born in the Andean Province of La Rioja, Argentina, Ana studied in Buenos Aires and London. Classical and jazz trained pianist, singer-songwriter and composer, Ana has developed a unique sound by blending her traditional homeland music with jazz and other Afro-root music.

NIEMI is a mystical combination of lullabies, ambient music, strong imagery and the healing power of nature with Finnish lullaby tradition is hypnotically entwined with elements of electronic music starting a magical journey beyond the reach of space and time.

She is a Finnish folk music professional who works currently as a folk singer, kantele player, composer and researcher.

"First Dance" is the debut album of the international trio Evelina Petrova Trio, consisting of renowned Russian accordionist and folk singer Evelina Petrova, Canadian Hardanger fiddle player Laura Ellestad and Norwegian Andreas Rotevatn on trombone and electronics.

For her third album, the Moroccan singer-songwriter Oum went to Berlin with her musicians to make a record that was both atmospheric and danceable.

Led by singer-songwriter Kielo Kärkkäinen, the world music quartet Belize includes Anri Tuohimäki and Anri Tuohimäki on violin, with influences from South American traditional music and Nordic folk melodies, in Finland.

Led by Laura Ryhänen on Vocals, Finnish Tango, on Uusikuu (New Moon). It features her band's take on Nordic dance music from the 1930s to the 1960s.

Women led borderline of blues and Finnish folk music

They show the musical culture of ancient and medieval Russia, when instrumental music was closely intertwined with the vocal tradition.

Maya Kamaty was born in Reunion and plays her scales in the midst of musicians and poets, lulled by the beautiful Creole language and the rhythms of Maloya, traditional music of Reunion.

Born in Oulu, in Northern Finland, Anna is the world’s northernmost flamenco singer.

Based in Helsinki, Joonas Widenius is part of a generation of Nordic musicians busy creating the soundtrack of today's Europe. Joonas Widenius Trio's new album New Nordik Sagas is a trip through a new Scandinavian musical landscape, drawing inspiration from the spirits of nature, folk tales and mythology, blending past and present, north and south.

Based in Haifa, Israel, they emerged from the vibrant Palestinian electronic music scene, combining Levantine dabke rhythms and Arabic popular melodies, drawing their inspiration from pop & folk music from all over the region (Egypt, Palestine, Lebanon, Syria).