Is Ethno-techno exploiting world music?

Ethno-techno is taking over the dancefloor. But is it simply another form of cultural colonialism, wonders Tony NaylorMan the bongos! In what's turning out to be more than just a passing fad, techno remains in thrall to what we clumsily call "world music".After a year in which a middle-aged Syrian singer Omar Souleyman stole the show at Sonar, and Michel Cleis sampled Chilean star Toto La Momposina to produce the anthemic La Mezcla, Sven Väth's new Cocoon compilation, The Sound Of The Tenth S...

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