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Naya Beat Records is launching a new series of compilations which it hopes will shine a light on unknown scenes and hidden electronic gems from the 80s and 90s in and around South Asia.

Volume 1 is a real banger with what will surely become future classics from Pakistan, India, Canada, Guyana, Suriname, the UK and Canada. Many of the tunes have never before been on vinyl, and some have but are hard to find and expensive.

The genres are familiar - disco, funk and synth-pop - but the stylings are super fresh, with hooky melodies and soaring vocals taking you to brightly coloured and exotic worlds of tropicalia.