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Weltbeat's Jean Trouillet has been airing his far-reaching regular Globalwize format on Frankfurt community radio X since 1987 and most recently hosted his 400th show! In December of each year, he takes a look back at the most significant and favourite releases in his book and has begun compiling best-of Spotify playlists to archive these annual selections via Greedio. Today, we travel back in time to see what was hot back in 2001. 

The "Best of Globalwize [...]

Please join us in congratulating Weltbeat host and selector Jean Trouillet on his 400th Globalwize show! That is an absolutely amazing feat and we look forward to many more far-reaching listening journeys in the years to come. Before we get ahead of ourselves, however, let's take a closer look at what episode number 400 has in store for us, shall we?

To start the show we hear five tracks from German multi-instrumentalist Christoph "Stofferl" Well's star-studded [...]

Hello world! We awake from our self-induced slumber to take one last look back at the year past or rather the month past and give you more listening inspiration. As usual, it's that time of the month where we share our favourite musical discoveries of the previous month with you. We've readied another 20-track Spotify playlist for you in our Greedio channel, as we revisit our top picks of December '21. 

Our "Greedio X December '21" playlist starts off on an [...]

The countdown to 2022 is definitely underway and the spirits at Greedy headquarters are running high. As we ready ourselves for a smooth transition into 2022, we make time for another tradition, being Weltbeat host and selector Jean Trouillet's annual selection of his favourite albums of the past year, as previously aired in his far-reaching monthly Globalwize format on Frankfurt's Radio X and now streaming in our Greedio Mixcloud channel. Roughly two weeks [...]

As the year draws to a close, we take a moment to reflect on the past months and, in this case, revel in the abundance of extraordinary music released. As for Weltbeat selector and host Jean Trouillet, he returned to the studio to record a new episode of his far-reaching Globalwize format, originally aired on Frankfurt's Radio X and now available exclusively in our Greedio Mixcloud channel. For show #398, Trouillet takes a look back at his personal favourite [...]

Welcome to December! And with that we look back once more, as we bring you our latest selection of extraordinary tracks from the past month. Our brand new "Greedio X November '21" Spotify playlist spans the globe and presents 20 musical discoveries, both old and new,  made in the past weeks with the hope of entertaining, inspiring or simply introducing our listeners to what we consider 'best music'.

Our current selection is inspired by the increasing global [...]

Oh boy, oh boy, have we been busy! With Germany currently nearing another lockdown situation, we were lucky enough to stage and witness three wonderful live shows by the Jewish Monkeys here earlier this month and are grateful that everything went smoothly. So now it is back to providing you with new music via our digital Greedio outlet and who better to do this than our very own Weltbeat selector and host, Jean Trouillet, who just uploaded the latest two-hour [...]

Frankfurt's inseparable two-piece The OhOhOhs recently releasd its new album "Sturm & Drang",  unleashing a world of thrilling, high-intensity musicality on unsuspecting listeners near and far. Combining the classical with the club universe, the duo has produced a collection of 12 tracks that skilfully merge two distinct genres to form something magical, as cliché as that might sound. Tirelessly de- and reconstructing material, pianist Florian Waeldele and [...]

A belated happy Halloween, goodbye October and welcome to November! It's daylight savings time again, as we choose to confront the darkness with another selection of 20 extraordinary tracks from around the globe to light up your day. That being said, here comes our latest Spotify playlist for Greedio, featuring our favourite new releases and musical discoveries of the past month: 

We selected the opener of "Yn Rio", from the recently released album by Carwyn [...]

Weltbeat selector and host Jean Trouillet returned to the studio to ready another instalment of his horizon-expanding, bi-monthly Globalwize radio show for Frankfurt's Radio X, now exclusively made available in our Greedio Mixcloud channel, for 'greedy' listeners from around the globe. Episode #396 places a focus on female voices and brings us another wide array of enjoyable and noteworthy tunes regardless of genre or provenance. In other words, there should be [...]

Do you remember? September brought us a bunch of great releases and so we took it upon ourselves to ready yet another 20-track Spotify playlist of our favourite finds from the past month for you to discover at your convenience. Ready or not, here we go: 

Our "Greedio X September '21" selection kicks off with a delicious slice of surf rock by Indonesion band The Panturas and then reloads on an equally lush offering of vintage Peruvian grooves on Infopesa, before [...]

We honestly believe that Jean Trouillet's regular "Globalwize" format for Weltbeat / Radio X should be considered required listening, seeing as each episode is packed with a wide selection of sounds and great background information for more context, inviting listeners on a far-reaching, eclectic journey through time and space. 

Now streaming exclusively in our Greedio channel on Mixcloud is the latest instalment of his two-hour show, so please lend your ears to [...]