| Format: | LP |
| Availability: | In stock |
OSTLP013
16/12/2022
The official retrospective on one of Somalia's most famous private bands, Iftin, and a companion compilation to the Grammy-nominated Sweet As Broken Dates. Digitized from cassettes recorded between 1982 and 1987 at the legendary Al-Uruba hotel's secret studio and the jams for the masses performed in the basement of Somalia's national theatre. Banaadiri rhythms from Somalia's south, Mogadishu's finest vocalists, Dhaanto reggae-like guitar licks, and smouldering brass blend seamlessly with the sounds of Asia, the Middle East, and Africa to form one of rawest, most cosmopolitan eras of music anywhere. Iftin's Mogadishu is where the world's sounds begin and end.
