Playlist Central

Music has been "global" at least as long as sails (or feet, or camels) have carried it. But there's no doubt that the rates of exchange have accelerated in the 21st century, and nowhere is this more true than in electronic music, whose universal pulse has served as musical Esperanto the world over. Like M.I.A. says in "Paper Planes," "If you catch me at the border, got visas in my name." From kuduru to funk carioca, here are some cuts to give "fusion" a good name again.