I am a huge fan of world music, especially where folk and modern sounds are mixing into some fantastic hybrids. The last few years I've really started to love Tango. From Argentina, it combines folk traditions with Jazz, Classical and recently Electronica. Very sensual stuff.

Astor Piazzolla - pretty much the founder of modern tango music


Some more modern and electronic sounds
Gotan Project


Bajofondo


Then for something different there's this, by Polish filmmaker Zbigniew Rybczyński.

Because time is just nature's way of keeping everything from happening at once.

Fun stuff: got our toddler dancing. It's Kaia approved.

You may really enjoy Hossam Ramzy- he does modern belly dance music, but it has a lot of parallels with the stuff you posted... Great rhythms.

I was just listening to him yesterday.