This is where you'll find music that would be suitable on the Travel Channel and, to some extent, on Discovery Channel and National Geographic. This music will have a sense of discovery and exploration and often with World / Ethnic influences. That's not to say that all the music here will be tribal or have a strong ethnic feel. There's also some music here that just has a slight Latin or Mediterranean feel, making it suitable for enjoying while chilling out on the beach or just enjoying a relaxing holiday at a fine hotel. Mostly, though, this music will convey the moods of Africa, Eastern / Middle East, Far East, South American or other exotic destinations.
Bouncy and feelgood latin track, with acoustic guitars, piano and percussion, with organ joining later. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
A mixture of the East (India) and the West (USA) from Indian composer-guitarist Arjun Sen. Smooth and jazzy drums combine with acoustic bass to provide a traditional U.S. jazz backing but this is mixed withsitars and exotic Indian flavours to create a wonderfully inspiring and groovy feelgood smooth jazz track with an Indian feel. Melodic, refreshing, soothing and invigorating all at the same time. [Tempo: Medium / 74 BPM]
Fresh, original track blending ethnic instruments with modern Electronica sounds and dance rhythms. This uplifting music features african percussion like udu, shakers or kalimba mixed with more contemporary guitars, bass, synthesizers and fast beat. Full instrumentation kicks in at 1:13. Melodic, joyful world music. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 130 BPM]
A medium tempo Latin track featuring brass, piano, and Latin percussion grooves. Nice as background music for a vacation summer scene or a quirky comedy. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Smooth and meditative soundtrack was made with ethnic instruments in contemporary vision. Medium tempo. Relaxing and peaceful, calm and beautiful river that slowly flowing down through the valleys. Good suitable for the travel and documentary programs. Ethnic, Indian, Oriental. Sitar, tabla, Indian flute. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 95 BPM]
Mysterious / Mystical sound of India or the Orient / Middle East. Sitar and flute over Tablas / Eastern percussion. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 850 BPM]
A mellow paced theme played on a Dawn Yueqin and ethnic Chinese flute. Evokes the soft, peaceful and beautiful landscapes of modern China. Perfect modern production which bridges the old historic China with the emergence of the new generation. Ideal for corporate, travel channel and drama. [Tempo: Slow / 68 BPM]
A mixture of cinematic orchestra and ethnic instruments and vocals. The music is positive and loving yet has a very large sounding feel to it. The powerful percussions together with the brasses and strings give the piece an epic touch. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Sexy and moving featuring flute, bass and cajons in a sensual musical journey. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Groovy bouncey track with a very strong Middle Eastern flavour. Equally spacey and danceable. Plucked Eastern strings combine with shenai oboe and orchestral strings. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
Exciting street rumba. Latin, salsa, rumba. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Positive and happy track made in Pacific calypso ska style. Suitable for cartoon, travel programs. Dancing festive cheerful. [Tempo: Medium / 105 BPM]
Uplifting, vibrant, and bouncing track, with a strong Latin flavor, this is a modern version of a traditional Mambo. It has an up-tempo and rhythmic drumbeat, and strong wind section theme. Suitable for productions that require a dancing vibe, or a exciting, pulsating, warm backdrop. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 112 BPM]
A track with all the flavor of Africa. Travel, culture, food and everything that represents this amazing continent and its people. [Tempo: Slow / 90 BPM]
Red blooded Spanish flamenco with a modern take. Moody, warm and excotic featuring spanish guitars, slightly jazzy drums and bass, soft string pads. [Tempo: Medium / 94 BPM]
Nice and pretty music with a friendly World/Island sound. Can be a breezy and relaxing time at a lovely Island, or can also be Thailand, etc. Positive and inviting music, joyful holiday, exotic, feelgood World/Ethnic. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 103 BPM]
Authentic brazilian berimbau played over a crossover samba/trip-hop beat. Lots of percussion, some delay-based effects and cool loops. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
Up-tempo South African. Africa style electric guitar with marimbas and drums / percussion. Fun, friendly, and sunny. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 115 BPM]
Drone, wind chimes and wood flute in an earthy / earth / tribal track. Ethnic, genuine, organic. Can be Native American, middle east / desert, south american / central america or other indigenous, aboriginal, tribe, primal. Also available in two sub-mixes: One with only the flute by itself, and one without the flute, leaving only the drone and windchimes; great for media underscore use. Mysticism / mystical / ancient / cultural / historical / world heritage. [Tempo: Slow / 50 BPM]
Modern latin pop track, with guitars and percussion with some flavor "a la Santana". [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 105 BPM]
Modern African trance music. Spirtual, mystic, jungle, stalking. [Tempo: Medium / 112 BPM]
Eastern and Western influences mix in this blend of downtempo chill-hop drums with Middle Eastern instruments and vocals. A version without the vocals is also available. [Tempo: Slow / 86 BPM]
Native American Flute with light orchestral strings and tribal style rhythm played on drum kit. A gentle and inspiring soundtrack perfect for nature and cultural documentaries, American desert landscapes, commercials, travel, spiritual soundscapes and video games. [Tempo: Slow / 87 BPM]
A stylish blend of the East and the West. This track features traditional japanese instruments like koto (playing the main melody) and shamisen in the background. Shakuhachi joins second time around. Tong Zi drums and other hand percussion instruments. The West is represented by the contemporary r'n'b groove and occasional electronic elements. Highly suitable for travel, journeys, holidays and vacations in exotic and far-away places. "Underscore" version omits all lead/high pitched instruments. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
Drone, tribal drum and wood flute in an earthy / earth / tribal track. Ethnic, genuine, organic. Can be Native American, mid east / desert, south american / central america or other indigenous, aboriginal, tribe, primal. Also available in two sub-mixes: One with only the flute by itself, and one without the flute, leaving only the drone and percussion; great for media underscore use. Mysticism / mystical / ancient / cultural / historical / world heritage. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 71 BPM]
Latin, salsa, cha-cha. Rhythmic, Positive, Confident. Featuring trumpet, vibes, Latin percussion, bass, piano. [Tempo: Medium / 126 BPM]
Indian sitars and Indian orchestral strings over tablas and other exotic percussion. Drone line background strumming. Exotic, mystical. This track builds in intensity as it goes on. [Tempo: Medium / 88 BPM]
A warm-blooded, sensual Mexican ballad with spanish guitars and accordeon. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 110 BPM]
Pastel colors, beach-side margaritas, and fun in the sun are what this track is about. Positive, engaged, laidback are easily evoked through the feel and melody. The instruments include marimba, harp, kalimba, bass and drums. Excellent music for travel, documentaries, lifestyle, and commercials. [Tempo: Medium / 118 BPM]
Latin feel, South American, Andes etc. Guitars with pan pipes. Melancholic, ethnic. Passionate. [Tempo: Medium / 85 BPM]
Hawaiian style instrumental ballad featuring steel and "twangy" Hawaii guitars. [Tempo: Medium / 125 BPM]
The joy and happiness of Peru is expressed in this beautiful and lively track. Traditional instruments and groove from South America. [Tempo: Medium / 114 BPM]
Traditional wedding music from The Kangra region of Himachal Pradesh in India. The instruments used are the Pipdi - a reed blowing instrument somewhat similar to the Shenai used in other regions of India (Played by Mangal Ram from Bir Village), and the Nagara Drums - similar to the nagras in the plains (these are very old pieces) they are made of metal with skin stretched on the playing surface. The skin is tightened with straps that weave into the edge of the skin and meet at the centre bottom of the drums. Two drums are placed opposite each other and the drummer plays them with a cross stick action. The drummer here is Jondu Ram (father of Mangal Ram.) Please note: This is a genuinely live, on-the-spot recording, and as such, there may be slight flaws in the performance and recording. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 113 BPM]
Smooth jazz with a mediterranean, slightly latin feel. Vibraphone, warm electric pianos, with modern style chopped-up drum beats in Cafe del Mar chill-out style. Flute lead. [Tempo: Medium / 118 BPM]
A strong Chacarera ( Argentina Folk Music) with all the drive of the farms and the tradition of the gauchos of the pampa in Argentina. Ideal for use with travel images, field landscapes, and cultural documentaries. 100% authentic & live performed. No computers, no samples. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
Electronic music track made in an oriental ambient techno style. Bright dancing positive with ethnic Arabian Indian instruments good suitable for commercial purposes, soundtrack, travel, presentation, business, club music. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
A warm and breezy, easy-listening track with the feel of a paradise island. Suitable for travel, holiday, relaxation. Smooth and exotic, with orchestral string section with marimba and soft drums. [Tempo: Medium / 124 BPM]
Percussive Afro-Cuban party music. Afro-Cuban, Latin, salsa. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 126 BPM]
This is a collection of 4 separate recordings of a live Samba Drums group performing live in a street during a street carnival/festival. These are live street recordings and as such, you can hear the crowd around, and the recording quality is not as pristine as it would have been in a studio recording. [Tempo: Medium / 105 BPM]
Asian ethnic soundtrack with a live Chinese instruments. Well suited for the documentary travel culinary programs and video background about Asia. Spa massage, meditation and relaxation too. Slow tempo. [Tempo: Slow / 120 BPM]
This track was made in an ambient ethnic style. Well suited for the movie and documentary programs and slide show about wild nature life. Ethnic percussive instruments along with acoustic guitar are creating the sensation of wild animals in the lap of Nature. Medium tempo. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
World beat track. Chilled-out drum groove with lush orchestration and a wailing, sorrowful female vocal. A sense of the Middle East, Arabia, Persia or perhaps Northern Africa, mixed with modern/western elements. Somewhat mystical/mysterious. [Tempo: Medium / 89 BPM]
Intense, colourful and very cinematic ethnic/rock track. Middle Eastern vocals float over hypnotic synth sequences, pads and a relaxed drum feel. The track slowly builds as it goes until walls of rock guitars join the trance-like vocal refrains. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
Ambient Indian music with an air of mystery and tension featuring sitar, percussion, flute and strings. Great for travel, movies, documentaries or any project in need of an exotic, asian underscore. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
A soft and reflective light pop-rock ballad that starts with an ambient soundscape and develops into a tender light rock piece with strings and guitar arpeggios and heartfelt piano interludes. Loving, romantic, tender and heartwarming. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 76 BPM]
A somewhat quirky and strange track with a slightly European or World feel and a fragile female vocal singing or scatting a tentative melody line. Charming / intimate. Different, unique, characteristic. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
Middle Eastern / Arabic / Oriental track with tabla, tamborines, sitar and plucked strings. Moderately busy, groovy, with a sense of mysticism and playfulness. Good for games, films, media projects with an Arabian or Eastern feel. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
A gong hit and a cliché shakuhachi phrase. That's it! If you don't know what a shakuhachi is, just listen to the track and you will remember the classic Japanese flute extensively used in stereotyped Kung Fu films. [Tempo: Very slow / 0 BPM]
Authentic salsa dance music. Festive, happy, dance hall, party. [Tempo: Medium / 184 BPM]
Reggae track with a nice groove. Medium- to up tempo, with electric guitar, subtle organ, drums and understated melody lines. [Tempo: Medium / 99 BPM]
