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Cat: OSTLP 003. Rel: 18 Dec 17
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Side 1 - Track 1. Nimco Jamaac - Buuraha U Dheer (The Highest Mountains) Side 1 - Track 2. Aamina Camaari - Rag Waa Nacab Iyo Nasteexo (Men Are Cruel & Kind) Side 1 - Track 3. Ali Nuur - Unknown Side 1 - Track 4. Hibo Nuura - Haddii Hoobalkii Gabay (If The Artist Let's You Down) Side 2 - Track 1. Gacaltooyo Band - Ninkaan Ogayn (He Who Does Not Know) (feat Faduumina Hilowle) Side 2 - Track 2. Iftiin Band - Xuduud Ma Leh Xubigaan (This Love Has No Boundaries) (feat Mahmud Abdalla "Jerry" Hussen & Maryan Naasir) Side 2 - Track 3. Xasan Diiriye - Qaraami (Love) Side 2 - Track 4. Dur Dur Band - Gorof (Elixir) (feat Sahra Dawo) Side 3 - Track 1. Sharaf Band - Kadeed Badanaa Naftaydani (My Life Is Full Of Tribulations) (feat Xaawo Hiiraan) Side 3 - Track 2. 4 Mars - Na Daadihi (Guide Us) Side 3 - Track 3. Danan Hargeysa - Uur Hooyo (Mother's Womb) (feat Mohamed "Huro" Abdihashi) Side 3 - Track 4. Sharero Band - Qays Iyo Layla (Romeo & Juliet) (feat Faadumo Qaasim) Side 4 - Track 1. Waaberi Band - Oktoobar Waatee? Waa Taayadii (What's October? It's Ours) Side 4 - Track 2. Danan Hargeysa - Mama (feat Mohamed "Huro" Abdihashi) Side 4 - Track 3. Dur Dur Band - Duruuf Maa Laygu Diidee (Rejected Due To My Circumstance) (feat Muqtar Idi Ramadan) Side 4 - Track 4. Iftiin Band - Anaa Qaylodhaankaan (feat Mahmud Abdalla "Jerry" Hussen)

In 1988, on the eve of the civil war that began to tear apart Somalia in the early 1990s, an intrepid band of broadcasters and journalists secretly salvaged some 10,000 cassettes of homegrown music from the archives of Radio Hargeissa in Somaliland. Almost 30 years on, those tapes have finally been mined for Sweet as Broken Dates, a brilliant compilation that finally showcases some of the multitude of gems that were recorded and released in the country between the late '60s and early '90s. It's a brilliant collection, all told, full of exotic music that combines Western styles - soul, funk, disco, pop, reggae, boogie, psychedelic rock and even early hip-hop- with musical influences from the wider region (most notably Arabic and tropical music from islands in the Indian Ocean). In other words, it should be an essential purchase.