SWEET AS BROKEN DATES: LOST SOMALI TAPES FROM THE HORN OF AFRICA by V/A
| SKU | 97891 |
| Artist | V/A |
| Title | SWEET AS BROKEN DATES: LOST SOMALI TAPES FROM THE HORN OF AFRICA |
| Label | OSTINATO RECORDS |
| Catalog # | OSTLP 003 |
| Tag | |
| Release | W 35 - 2017 |
| Format | Vinyl - EU2LP |
| EAN Barcode | 616892505549 |
| € 34,99 | incl. VAT, excl. shipping |
Tracks
- Nimco Jamaac - Buuraha U Dheer (The Highest Mountains)
- Aamina Camaari - Rag Waa Nacab Iyo Nasteexo (Men Are Cruel & Kind)
- Ali Nuur - Unknown
- Hibo Nuura - Haddii Hoobalkii Gabay (If The Artist Let's You Down)
- Gacaltooyo Band - Ninkaan Ogayn (He Who Does Not Know) (feat Faduumina Hilowle)
- Iftiin Band - Xuduud Ma Leh Xubigaan (This Love Has No Boundaries) (feat Mahmud Abdalla "Jerry" Hussen & Maryan Naasir) Xasan Diiriye - Qaraami (Love)
- Iftiin Band - Xuduud Ma Leh Xubigaan (This Love Has No Boundaries) (feat Mahmud Abdalla "Jerry" Hussen & Maryan Naasir)
- Dur Dur Band - Gorof (Elixir) (feat Sahra Dawo)
- Sharaf Band - Kadeed Badanaa Naftaydani (My Life Is Full Of Tribulations) (feat Xaawo Hiiraan)
- 4 Mars - Na Daadihi (Guide Us)
- Danan Hargeysa - Uur Hooyo (Mother's Womb) (feat Mohamed "Huro" Abdihashi)
- Sharero Band - Qays Iyo Layla (Romeo & Juliet) (feat Faadumo Qaasim)
- Waaberi - Oktoobar Waatee? Waa Taayadii (What's October? It's Ours)
- Danan Hargeysa - Mama" (feat Mohamed "Huro" Abdihashi)
- Dur Dur Band - Duruuf Maa Laygu Diidee (Rejected Due To My Circumstance)" (feat Muqtar Idi Ramadan)
- Iftiin Band - Anaa Qaylodhaanta" (feat Mahmud Abdalla "Jerry" Hussen)
Description
This compilation seeks to revive the rightful image, history, and identity of the Somali people, detached from war, violence, piracy, and the specter of a persistent threat. These 15 tracks should serve as a necessary starting point...In 1988, on the eve of a two decade civil war, Somalia's authoritarian ruler Siad Barre launched punishing air strikes on the north of the country, known today as Somaliland, in response to agitations for independence. The bombing leveled the entire city. Barre targeted Radio Hargeisa to prevent any kind of central communication system that could organize a resistance.
With the attack imminent, a few brave radio operators and dedicated vanguards of Somali culture knew the archives, containing over half a century of Somali music had to be preserved. Thousands upon thousands of cassette tapes and master reels were quickly removed from the soon-to-be targeted buildings. They were dispersed to neighboring countries like Djibouti and Ethiopia, and buried deep under the ground to withstand even the most powerful airstrikes.
These audio artifacts were excavated and recalled from their foreign shelters only very recently. Some of those recordings are now kept safe in the 10,000-strong cassette tape archive of the Red Sea Foundation, the largest collection of Somali cassettes in the world, in Somaliland's capital, Hargeisa. The Ostinato Records team digitized a large portion of the archive, distilling 15 songs that reveal the panoramic diversity of styles and sophistication of Somali musicianship.
