It is no surprise that this is such an essential compilation, put together as it is by OMM's regular contributor and BBC Radio London broadcaster Charlie Gillett. Many of the acts that he has championed in these pages in recent months feature - from the French singer Camille to Croatia's Darko Rundek to Daby Balde; in fact, 33 artists from 28 different countries are represented, a far wider sweep than the 'world music' marketeers would normally allow. And while there is plenty of 'traditional' instrumentation here, there's very little that isn't unashamedly modern, either. Brilliantly sequenced, this is a passport to exciting new horizons.