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$22.00
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1-2 Weeks
ARTIST
TITLE
Mogadishu's Finest: The Al-Uruba Sessions
FORMAT
LP

LABEL
CATALOG #
OST 013LP OST 013LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
8/4/2023

2022 release. "Seven years in the making, the official retrospective of one of Somalia's most famous and beloved private bands, Iftin. 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 theater. Banaadiri rhythms from Somalia's south, Mogadishu's finest vocalists, Dhaanto reggae-like guitar licks, and smoldering 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."