ONE WORLD

A worldwide music production company

Founded by Carolina Vallejo, who has been involved in music production since 2001, ONE WORLD is an international music and art production company based in Copenhagen, Denmark. The company produces concerts around the world — more than 2,000 concerts on five continents, at major festivals — and develops the careers of artists from Africa, Cuba, Europe and beyond. It runs recording and production studios in Copenhagen and Accra (Ghana), and also records in Bamako (Mali).

Its services cover artist management, tour management, music publishing, public relations, photography, concert filming, graphic design, coaching and festival consulting. The team attends the major professional gatherings every year — WOMEX, Visa For Music, Jazz Ahead — and works in English, Spanish, French, Greek and Danish.

The One World Records label

One World Records is the company's independent record label and music publisher, established in 2015. It was ranked “Top 20 Best Independent Labels” in 2023, 2024 and 2025. Its landmark release: “Vida” by Omara Portuondo, winner of the 2023 Latin Grammy for Best Traditional Tropical Album and nominated at the 2024 Grammy Awards. The label's albums are mastered by Tom Leader (formerly of World Circuit) and distributed by Xango Music (Benelux), Indigo (Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Japan, Greece, Italy), Trapeze (UK, Scandinavia), Inpartmaint (Japan) and The Orchard for digital, among others.

Carolina Vallejo, founder

Carolina Vallejo founded ONE WORLD, where she handles production, design, project development and consulting. On the label's official website she is presented as “Producer & Executive Producer at One World Records”: she has produced or co-produced albums by Makadem, Sekou Kouyate, Harouna Samake, Yuliesky Gonzalez, Adédèjì, Hawa & Kassé Mady Diabaté, Kankou Kouyate, Mah Damba and Aly Keïta, among others. She is also the manager of Adédèjì and manages Salif Keita — One World Records and Les Visiteurs Du Soir hold his exclusive worldwide booking for 2027-2028. Personally, she received the RockAfrique Award in 2014 and the African Achievement Award for “Best African Promoter in Denmark” in 2011. She is also a jewellery designer, heading AURUMCPH in Copenhagen.

The One World Records artists

The artists whose albums are released on One World Records — each has a profile in the Festival TV artists directory:

• Adédèjì
• Harouna Samake
• Sekou Kouyate
• Makadem
• Omara Portuondo
• Trio Da Kali
• Hawa Kassé Mady Diabaté
• Mah Damba
• Bassekou Kouyate
• Kankou Kouyate
• Gaoussou Kouyate
• Yuliesky Gonzalez
• Rain Sultanov
• Atàndá
• Bholoja
• Pongo
• Tito Paris
• Aly Keïta
• Eliza Marshall
• Salif Keita — already in the Festival TV catalogue: the single “Bah Poulo (Afro House Mix)” was released on the label in 2026, and the label holds his worldwide booking for 2027-2028

Artists presented live by ONE WORLD's live production:

• Alune Wade
• Carlos Sarduy

The label catalogue — a selection

• 2015 — Makadem — « Koko Rio »
• 2015 — Sekou Kouyate — « Sabaru »
• 2018 — Harouna Samake — « Kamale Blues »
• 2020 — Yuliesky Gonzalez — « Cubanaché »
• 2022 — Yuliesky Gonzalez — « Kind of Cuban »
• 2022 — Adédèjì — « Yoruba Odyssey »
• 2023 — Omara Portuondo — « Vida »
• 2023 — Bholoja — « Imphilo »
• 2024 — Kankou Kouyate — « N'Darila »
• 2024 — Atàndá — « Omonile, Son of the Soil »
• 2024 — Bassekou Kouyate & Amy Sacko — « Djudjon, L'Oiseau de Garana »
• 2025 — Trio Da Kali — « Bagola »
• 2025 — Hawa & Kassé Mady Diabaté — « TOUMARO »
• 2025 — Rain Sultanov Syndicate — « Mr. Joe »
• 2025 — Estrellas de Buena Vista — « Live in Havana »
• 2026 — Mah Damba — « Taabolo Koura »
• 2026 — Aly Keïta Trio — « Balafon Evolution »
• 2026 — Eliza Marshall — « Eternal Birth »
• 2026 — Gaoussou Kouyate — « Sobra Dance · Django Blues »
• 2026 — Salif Keita — « Bah Poulo (Afro House Mix) »