Altered Zones

Mark Gengis has been collecting records from around the world for the past 20 years, and has worked with world music beacon Sublime Frequencies on some of their most memorable releases, like the Iraqi pop comp Choubi Choubi!, the Cambodian Cassette Archives, and the recent Erkin Koray singles and rarities collection. Now he's starting his own label, Sham Palace, and is gearing up for a double LP from Omar Souleyman called Le Jani, due November 22nd. On the horizon is also some "later-period music, long-form pieces harvested from international cassettes, electronic folk pop and even some contemporary artists." --Ric Leichtung, Altered Zones via The Wire