Real World Records

The goal of its founding in 1989 was to give talented musicians from around the world access to state-of-the-art recording facilities and audiences beyond their geographic region. The musical relationships formed at WOMAD festivals were also intended to lead to new music recordings. As a result, the music label is known for bringing together musicians who share a common interest in music in general. New recording methods and new meeting places are created.^[4]

In 1999, the label had sold over 3 million records worldwide and released 90 albums.^[5] In 2015, it had reached the mark of over 200 albums.^[3]

Many of the released recordings continue to be made at Real World Studios, also founded in 1989, whose facilities support the goals of Real World Records.^[4]

In 2011, EMI Music Publishing renewed the distribution deal for the Real World catalogue outside of the United Kingdom, thereby also covering the United States for the first time.^[6]

• Afro Celt Sound System
• Ashkhabad
• Ayub Ogada
• Bernard Kabanda
• Blind Boys of Alabama
• Charlie Winston
• Creole Choir of Cuba
• Dengue Fever
• Farafina
• Fatala
• Geoffrey Oryema
• Guo Brothers
• Hoba Hoba Spirit
• Jasdeep Singh Degun^[7]
• Johnny Kalsi
• Joi
• Joseph Arthur^[8]
• Les Amazones d'Afrique
• Little Axe
• Mamer
• Maryam Mursal
• Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
• Ozomatli
• Paban Das Baul
• Pan-African Orchestra
• Papa Wemba
• Peter Gabriel
• Portico Quartet
• Rupert Hine
• Samuel Yirga
• Sheila Chandra
• Sevara Nazarkhan
• Spiro
• The Imagined Village
• U. Srinivas
• Värttinä
• Yungchen Lhamo
• The Zawose Queens

• ABoneCroneDrone, Sheila Chandra, 1996
• Among Brothers, Abderrahmane Abdelli, 2003
• And I'll Scratch Yours, various artists, 2013
• Atom Bomb, The Blind Boys of Alabama, 2005
• Beat the Border, Geoffrey Oryema, 1993
• Big Blue Ball, various artists, 2008 (recorded 1991, 1992, 1995)
• Big City Secrets, Joseph Arthur, 1997
• Black Rock, Djivan Gasparyan & Michael Brook, 1998
• Coming Home, Yungchen Lhamo, 1998
• Djabote, Doudou Ndiaye Rose, 1992
• Emotion, Papa Wemba, 1995
• En Mana Kuoyo, Ayub Ogada, 1993
• Espace, Tama, 2002
• Go Tell It on the Mountain, Blind Boys of Alabama, 2003
• Higher Ground, The Blind Boys of Alabama, with Robert Randolph and the Family Band, and special guest Ben Harper, 2002
• In Your Hands, Charlie Winston, 2009
• Le Voyageur, Papa Wemba
• My Songs and a Poem, Estrella Morente, 2001
• Mustt Mustt, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Michael Brook, 1990
• New Blood, Peter Gabriel, 2011
• Night Song, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Michael Brook, 1995
• Night to Night, Geoffrey Oryema, 1996
• Passion: Music for The Last Temptation of Christ, Peter Gabriel, 1989
• Pod, Afro Celt Sound System, 2004
• Plus from US, various artists, 1993
• Quick Look, Pina, 2002
• Rama Sreerama, U. Srinivas, 1994
• Real Sugar, Paban Das Baul & Sam Mills, 1997
• Sampradaya, Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma, with Rahul Sharma, Shafaat Ahmed Khan & Manorama Sharma, 1999
• Scratch My Back, Peter Gabriel, 2010
• Serious Tam, Telek, 2000
• Sezoni, Mara! with Martenitsa Choir, 1999^[9] (original release on Rufus Records, 1997)
• Songs for the Poor Man, Remmy Ongala, 1989
• The Journey, Maryam Mursal, 1998
• The Last Prophet, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Party, 1994
• The Truth (Ny Marina), The Justin Vali Trio, 1995
• The Zen Kiss, Sheila Chandra, 1994
• Tibet, Tibet, Yungchen Lhamo, 1996
• Trance, Hassan Hakmoun and Zahar, 1993
• Untold Things, Jocelyn Pook, 2001
• Up, Peter Gabriel, 2002
• Us, Peter Gabriel, 1992
• Volume 2: Release, Afro Celt Sound System, 1999
• Volume 3: Further in Time, Afro Celt Sound System, 2001
• Weaving My Ancestor's Voices Sheila Chandra, 1992
• Yo‘l Bo‘lsin, Sevara Nazarkhan, 2003