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Cat: AALP 089. Rel: 13 Jan 20
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Side 1 - Track 1. Dur Dur Band - Daraadaa Muxibo Side 1 - Track 2. Omar Shoolil - Hab Isii Side 1 - Track 3. Mukhtar Ramadan Idii - Check Up My Head Side 2 - Track 1. Bakaka Band - Geesiyada Halgamayow Side 2 - Track 2. Fadumo Qassim & Waaberi Band - Waa Kaa Helaa Side 2 - Track 3. Iftin Band - Sirmaqabe Side 3 - Track 1. Mukhtar Ramadan Idii - Baayo Side 3 - Track 2. Ahmed Shimaali & Ahmed Sharif "Killer" - Hoobeya Side 3 - Track 3. Dur Dur Band - Shaleedayaa Side 4 - Track 1. Dur Dur Band - Ladaney Side 4 - Track 2. Bakaka Band - Gobonimada Jira Side 4 - Track 3. Iftin Band - Ii Ooy Aniga

The result of three years of digging through tapes of "strange music" in the Radio Mogadishu archives and restless research to find the musicians involved, Analog Africa's latest compilation shines a light on Somalia's previously undocumented dance music scene. It features tracks recorded between 1972 and '91 by a variety of unknown artists, with the assembled music touching on disco, psych-funk, Moog-laden club-focused instrumentals and heavyweight, Bob Marley-inspired reggae rhythms. It's a hugely vibrant and entertaining set of off-kilter and unusual Somalian translations of American and Caribbean music styles, with the bumper accompanying booklet offering up a wealth of little-known information.