The latest stuff I've discovered is Korean classical music, on a CD by Won Kwang Ho ("Komungo Sanjo", SRCD-1122, barcode 8 804775 008320). This is for a zither-like instrument (no picture but sounds rather like a koto) accompanied by a drum. It mostly goes at a fairly slow pace but is syncopated in extraordinary ways, producing fantastic energy and life. (It's also probably the least MP3-able music you could imagine - those simultaneous attacks from strings and drum couldn't possibly encode right).

Last year I came across a CD compiled by Michael Church, "Songs of Defiance: music of Chechnya and the North Caucasus", Topic TSCD934. Passionate and gripping stuff. The liner notes are excellent.