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After Dinner is from Japan, founded by Haco (singer, lyricist-composer). Bandcamp

Acid Queen are Christian Grimshei and Stephan Groth.

"Sema" was also issued on the Six Degrees compilation "Arabian Travels" in 2001

Oum Kalthoum (1898-1975) was a legendary Egyptian singer. Wikipedia

Taken from 78 rpm record originally issued in 1926.

Another in a series of releases by Water Lily Acoustics that brings together disparate musicians: this one Simon Shaheen (ud and violin player born in 1955 in the Arab village of Tarshiha, Upper Galilee), and Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (slide guitarist born in 1950 in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India).

After winning the Grammy in 1993 for his duet with Ry Cooder on this label, Vishwa Mohan Bhatt was paired with all sorts of people, hoping lightning would strike twice.

Korean-born / Australian-based drummer. Bandcamp

violinist and cellist respectively

Norwegian pianist, composer and author, born 25 April 1952 in Oslo.

The Tannahill Weavers are a band from Scotland, who perform traditional Scottish music, and named after Scottish poet Robert Tannahill.

This song is actually about Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie).

Iqbal Jogi was a famous "murli" player from Sindh Pakistan.

The 'murli' reed instrument is often associated with "snake charmers" in the Indian Subcontinent.

Béla Anton Leoš Fleck, born 10 July 1958 in New York City, is credited with bringing the banjo from its bluegrass roots to jazz, classical, rock and various world music genres.

SanFrancisco based math rock trio, led by Yvette Young (who also creates the cover art). Bandcamp

Le Dernier Mot (The Last Word) was the fifth and final release by the French instrumental prog trio Philharmonie. After 10 years of work, Philharmonie disbanded in 1997. They had written & rehearsed all the material for a new release, & once Cuneiform heard the rough demos, they suggested that they record The Last Word before disbanding.

Recorded at the annual Molde jazz festival in Norway in 1981.

Dhafer bin Youssef bin Tahar Maarref, composer, singer and oud player, born 1967 in Teboulba, Tunisia.

Montreal based jazz pianist.

Ʊt GrΞƫ are an American experimental RIO/avant-garde progressive band from Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Their music is totally unclassifiable in that it not only bridges world-folk (Gamelan, Americana, European) genres, it also cross-breeds with jazz, prog, RIO, Canterbury and Zeuhl styles, amongst many other influences. Bandcamp

Magma Futura is not a cover of any Magma song, but clearly inspired by Magma.

Maryland prog rock/jazz band from the 1970's and early 80's noted for work with Fred Frith, reformed again in recent years.

A French fusion super-group, formed in 1971 by two early members of Magma: François "Faton" Cahen and Jeff "Yochk'o" Seffer, and featuring many other talents of the 1970's prog and fusion fields. Zao took the Magma "Zeuhl" brand of fusion and jazzed it up a bit, adding folk elements of Seffer's Hungarian heritage, and lots of other unique touches.

Sekouba "Bambino" is the stage name of Sekouba Diabaté, a multi-instrumentalist and singer born in Guinea, West Africa, in 1964. He was born into a musical family, and is descended from a long line of griots.

London based chill out duo: Dennis Wheatley with singer and songwriter Nina Miranda. The Airlock! 12" was issued 5 years prior to their Six Degrees debut "Lost In A Moment".

Mitar Subotic was born in 1961 in Serbia, but emigrated to Brazil where he became a prominent producer. This was his debut record, issued a few days before he died. Wikipedia

Praveen Sparsh is a South Indian mridangam player. While customarily accompanying Carnatic classical singers, he is also part of the Indian jazz fusion group Jatayu. Bandcamp

Conceptualized by Andrew Greenaway, this compilation collects 15 versions of Zappa's "Son of Mr. Green Genes".