The first in our percussion-heavy Wild Gems series, this episode is an exotic time travel odyssey taking place between 1959 to 2012, visiting tons of great moments in hard funk, psych rock and groovy Latin music along its journey. Selections hail from the international psychedelic continuum, and the exploitative proto-“world music” LPs of orchestrators like Martin Denny and Arthur Lyman, among other sources like Peruvian chicha and French soundtracks.

Tracklist: Martin Denny – Temptation, John Hill – Amalthea, Ersen – Kozan Daği, Alessandro Alessandroni feat. I Cantori Moderni di Alessandroni – Spiagge Azzure, Sam Spence Orchestra – Wie Ein Blitz, The Wrecking Crew (as Christopher Monte) – Giants of Bombora, Atomic Forest – Obession ’77, Resonnance – O.K. Chicago, Adventure Time – Kick It, Gérard Levecque & Claude Romat – Grey Pepper (Africadelic In Safari Mood); (Montparnasse: Africadelic’s the Name N° 2; with percussion by Black Colored Drums), M. Ashraf (feat. A. Nayyar) – Main Hoon Play Boy, Fred Weinberg – Big Fat Woman, Bharat Karki & Party – Dancing Rope, The Aay Jays – Lal Qalander Lal, The Son of P.M. – Azava Leela (Guaracha), Les Brown, Jr. – Drum’s Safari, Telegraph Avenue – Sungaligali, Lucía de La Cruz – Toro Mata, Marty Manning and His Orchesta – Night On Bald Mountain (from “The Twilight Zone”), Twistin’ Kings – Congo (Part 1), Dick Hyman & Mary Mayo – Imagination, Arthur Lyman – Jungle Fantasy, Jacques Loussier – Clara’s Jerk, Los Beltons – Cumbia Pop, Mandingo – Chant of the Virgins (Columbia: The Primeval Rhythm Of Life), Erkin Koray – Estarabim, Troupe Majidi – Essiniya, Aisha Kandisha’s Jarring Effects – El Mouka, Papete & Luís Lopes – Berimbalis, Manzanita y Su Conjunto – Serrano Con Orgullo