These lost and found Somali tapes are now nominated for a Grammy award

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laila

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It is an album that captures the melodious voices of prominent Somali singers like Hibo Nura, Nimo Jama, the Waberi troupe, and the Iftin Band, among others.

In it, they meditate on love, life, and a Somalia rising from the ashes of colonialism. The music, plaintive and treacle-like to the ear, is influenced by American funk and pop, features influences from Arab and Indian sounds, and instruments ranging from the short-neck lute oud, to the guitar and accordion.

And now, these songs, collated from lost tapes from the 1970s and collected into an album this year by the US-based Ostinato Records, has been nominated for a Grammy award.

https://qz.com/1142624/grammy-nomin...et-as-broken-dates-is-nominated-for-a-grammy/
 
BANTU

BANTU

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Xooshdheere said:
Is there any Iftin band and Duur duur music?
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There is...

You guys can listen to it in the Music section, I posted it months ago :kodaksmiley:


https://www.somalispot.com/threads/sweet-as-broken-dates-lost-somali-tapes-1970s.29782/


Fucking hipsters claiming they "found" OUR music


Read this article: https://qz.com/1073483/fela-kuti-wi...ed-by-labels-like-strut-sterns-and-luaka-bop/

Culture philosopher Walter Benjamin argued that collecting is about control. It is about creating (or even imposing) some kind of order on the world. And a collection is never finished. There’s always one more record. Crate digging, is part and parcel of a compulsion to collect shaped by addiction and compulsion, believes media studies academic Roy Shuker. And it feeds into a DJ’s sub-cultural capital, whereby unknown African tracks bestow respect within a dance culture that has always fetishised obscurity and the “white label” (rare records with white labels to conceal which records DJ were playing)
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gacalio

gacalio

laila said:
It is an album that captures the melodious voices of prominent Somali singers like Hibo Nura, Nimo Jama, the Waberi troupe, and the Iftin Band, among others.

In it, they meditate on love, life, and a Somalia rising from the ashes of colonialism. The music, plaintive and treacle-like to the ear, is influenced by American funk and pop, features influences from Arab and Indian sounds, and instruments ranging from the short-neck lute oud, to the guitar and accordion.

And now, these songs, collated from lost tapes from the 1970s and collected into an album this year by the US-based Ostinato Records, has been nominated for a Grammy award.

https://qz.com/1142624/grammy-nomin...et-as-broken-dates-is-nominated-for-a-grammy/
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they will profit big time from somali music
 
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Ahlubayt

:qri8gs7:Gold treasure Absolutely a gem- it took cadaan guy effort,time, and money to collect and share with us. Waa in loo hambalyeeya runtii lana taageeraa.
 
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Somali Legend

laila said:
It is an album that captures the melodious voices of prominent Somali singers like Hibo Nura, Nimo Jama, the Waberi troupe, and the Iftin Band, among others.

In it, they meditate on love, life, and a Somalia rising from the ashes of colonialism. The music, plaintive and treacle-like to the ear, is influenced by American funk and pop, features influences from Arab and Indian sounds, and instruments ranging from the short-neck lute oud, to the guitar and accordion.

And now, these songs, collated from lost tapes from the 1970s and collected into an album this year by the US-based Ostinato Records, has been nominated for a Grammy award.

https://qz.com/1142624/grammy-nomin...et-as-broken-dates-is-nominated-for-a-grammy/
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Somalis had a very successful year in mainstream media. Its about time they get recognized for something positive.

They're the first Somalis in history to get nominated for a grammy which is an amazing feat.
 
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