Awesome! Vintage picture by the sea with FIAT (I guess) is ace too! :)

What an album!! Nostalgia is coming to ligth when listening this selection! 

Beautiful work thanks for sharing it’s been years since I heard some of the tracks on this album

Whats this song called ? love love love it 

Love this!  Excited for part two of sweetest dates!

Ethiopia - From Church to Folk-music, to Government Orchestras and Independent Bands. A brief history of variation and development in Ethiopian music, recorded in between 1961-1980. 

01 * Orthodox Priests * Music from the Central Highlands / 12'' Tangent, 1970

02 * Nyabole, Hamar (South-Ethiopia) * Playing the Musical Bow /12'', 1970-76 

03 * Derashe Performers (South-Ethiopia) * Flutes, Steps, Meleket & Voice / Field Recording

04 * Axum Performers, Tigray (North-Ethiopia) * Wedding Ceremony / 12'' Tangent, 1970

05 * Gurage Performers, Butajira (Central-Ethiopia) * Dance Performance / 12'' Tangent, 1970

06 * Orchestra Ethiopia * 'Goraw' (War-encouragement song) / Ethiopiques Vol.23, early 70s

07 * Asellefech Mulat * 'Ante Ledj', Hagir Fikir Theater Group / From Reel, 1961

08 * Munaye Menberru * 'Tezeta' / 7'', mid 70s

09 * Menelik Wossenatchu * 'Aderetch Arada' * His Imperial Majesty Theater Band / 7'', early 70s

10 * Bezunesh Bekkele * 'Fikir Kesekesegn' * Imperial Body Guard Band / 7'', early 70s

11 * Hirut Bekkele * 'Zimam Nehwoy' * AA, Police Orchestra / 7'', 1971

12 * Singer & Title Unknown * Eastern Police Orchestra / from Reel, mid 70s

13 * Wegayehu Degennetu * Title Unknown * Harer Police Orchestra / from Reel, late 70s

14 * Zennebech Tesfaye * 'Wendemiye' * HIM Theater Band (Amhara Wedding Song) / from Reel

15 * Essatu Tesemma * 'Tchebo Aymollam' (Amhara Wedding Song) / 7'', 1970

16 * Popular Band Songs Mash-up *

17 * Ali Muhammed Birra * 'Awash' * Adu Birra Band (Oromo) / Ethiopiques Vol.28, 1975

18 * Ayalew Mesfin * 'Wegene' * Black Lion Band / 7'' 1975

19 * Telahun Gessesse * 'Sak' * Orchestra Ethiopia / 7'' 1976

20 * Traditional Group of National Theater * 'Wind of Revolution' (Communist song) / 12'' Russia, 1980

Ethiopian music mix made for Norwegian Radio Nova - Recordings from 1961 - 80

Live recording at Radio Tempo Não Pára (05.06.2021) 

Artist: @vintagevoudou & @soumarecords

Vintage Voudou & Souma Records @ Radio TNP 05.06.2021

TPS 047 - SACRED SONGS - selections by a man called Warwick 

More blessings for those who enjoy the sounds we love to share loud. 
Amazing Afro Latin Carib Indo Asian Arabic Balkan flavours
from past and forward that you will enjoy more than once, 
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TPS 047 - SACRED SONGS - Selections by a man called Warwick

EAST AFRICAN FRQUENCIES (RIAFC)
1. ZANZIBAR CACOPHONIES & ROASTED SQUID. AN AMAZING UNPUBLISHED FIELD RECORDING OF A FAIR IN ZANZIBAR, RECORDED IN 1987 BY GERRIT KALSBEEK, WHERE THE MAIN SNACK WAS ROASTED SQUID ON A STICK. IT CAN BE FOUND, AMONG MANY OTHER AUDIO TREASURES AND WONDERS, AT LOLA RADIO BLOGSPOT.
2. NUBA MOUNTAIN ETHNO-FOLK BANGER. RECORDED OFF THE RADIO AT KOSH RADIO اذاعة كوش (ATTBARA, SUDAN). UNFORTUNATELY, THE ARTIST AND SONG TITLE ARE UNKNOWN. MANY THANKS TO KIDUS BERHANU (MITMITTA), NICOLAS SHEIKHOLESLAMI (ÇAYKH), AND MORTON ZAKARIA FOR THEIR HELP IN TRYING TO TRACK DOWN MORE INFORMATION. IF YOU RECOGNIZE THIS ARTIST LET US KNOW. 
3. REBABA MELODIES. UNKNOWN ARTIST & SONG TITLE. COURTESY OF RABABA MELODIES. 
4. REBABA JAM IN A LORRY. REBABA PERFORMED INSIDE A LORRY. ALTHOUGH THE ARTIST IS UNKNOWN, THIS IS BATAHIN MUSIC FROM THE BUTANA REGION OF EASTERN SUDAN. COURTESY OF OMAR EL-TAYEB HASSAN.
5. VILLAGE DISTORTION FEST – MAHMOUD ALI AL-HOUT. 
6. RIAFC BUMPER – FAHIMA ABDULLAH LOOP
7. WED AL-BALLAH HOWIDE (ود البله هويدي)
8. UNKNOWN ARTIST & SONG TITLE RECORDED OFF THE RADIO AT KOSH RADIO اذاعة كوش (ATTBARA, SUDAN).  
9. EXCERPT FROM AL SAQRIA CASSETTE (SUDAN) - COURTESY OF BRENDAN GARVEY. 
10. ALI ABAYAZID DAHABLI GICLO GAD (DJIBOUTI).
11. “NAS FI NAS” FROM THE SHAIGIYA SOUND OF SUDAN, ABU OBAIDA HASSAN & HIS TAMBOUR (OSTINATO RECORDS).
12. “DEBDABE LAKIBIGN” – BEZAWORK ASFAW (ETHIOPIA).
13. “WUBA” FROM TEWOLDE REDDA: ERITREA'S GUITAR PIONEER: SINGLES 1970-73. COMPILED BY MITMITTA (DOMINO SOUND). 
14. RADIO DANAB WANLAWEYN (SOMALIA).
15. KARAMA ZIJIRI – ZUHURA SWALEH & MORNING STAR (ZILIZOPENDWA – KENYA). COURTESY OF LOLA RADIO. 
16. JUMA SULTWANA – ZUHURA SWALEH & MORNING STAR (ZILIZOPENDWA – KENYA). COURTESY OF LOLA RADIO.

East African Frequencies (RIAFC091)

The first time I was introduced to Ethiopian music, I believe that, like many, it was through the "Ethiopiques" compilations of the French musicologist Francis Falceto. My first reaction was: "my god! From what planet does this music come from, it can't be from planet earth!" This sound is so unique, it makes you go from tears to dance... 

This music comes from the planet earth, it comes from Ethiopia. 

Very quickly, I had the desire to go there to see what made this sound so particular. In October 2017, I flew to Addis Ababa to spend three weeks there. I met some key people without whom my stay would not have been the same. Thanks to them, I could feel on the spot a part of the spirit of this music and also find some of these so rare records.

This mix is in memory of this trip, as a tribute to my friends and also to share the emotions that I have on this so unique music. 

Tracklist :
1 - Telela Kebede - Alemiye
2 - Alemayehu Eshete - Shegitu Mari
3 - Alemayehu Eshete - Enkoy Nat Yabay Dar
4 - Getachew Kassa - Bey Lesenabetsh
5 - Selomon Shibeshi - Endet Zenegashiw
6 - Lemma G. Hiwot - Yeweyn Abebaye
7 - Lemma G. Hiwot - Hay Loga
8 - Bezunesh Bekele - Aha Gedawo
9 - Mahmoud Ahmed - Gebtuat Yihon Fikire
10 - Alemayehu Eshete - Gizew Honeshyna
11 - Alemayehu Eshete - Tenageri
12 - Ayalew Mesfin - Yewofie Birr Abeba
13 - Beyene H. Mariam - Biiwanu Afkire
14 - Zenebetch Tesfaye - Indalayish
15 - Lemma G. Hiwot - Kulun Man Qualesh
16 - Tilahun Gessesse – Leyito Blaskerew
17 - Mahmoud Ahmed – Befikir Atkeligi 
18 - Tilahun Gessesse - Sima 
19 - Telela Kebede – Kelemewa
20 - Tilahun Gessesse – Min Bileshin Neber
21 - Alemayehu Borobor - Tew Irres
22 - Tefera Kassa - Lemin Tefashi
23 - Menelik Wossenatchew - Belew Bedubaye
24 - Menelik Wossenatchew - Tezeta

The Mystic Sound Of Addis-Abeba

For his second show of the year Dangdut Banget pulls out his favourite records from Peru. Hot tropical music from the Amazon to the Andes mountains ...

Dangdut Banget On Another Note: Peru Special - 25th March 2023

This is side (A) of a 90min mixtape of sounds from Somalia. Mostly everything was recorded before the beginning of the war (1991) or in exile.

Pre-order the upcoming Somali compilation that I did together with Ostinato Records (it features two of the songs of the a-side of ARM Vol. 1):

https://ostinatorecords.bandcamp.com/album/sweet-as-broken-dates-lost-somali-tapes-from-the-horn-of-africa

Au Revoir, Mogadishu (A)

Northern club bangers, electro-simpa, Dagbani hip-hop and 90's reggae: The Dagbani pop music scene in Tamale, the north of Ghana, is a world of it's own. Mixed by Morgan Greenstreet

Dagbani Pop

A selection of lost sounds from a Somali archive, a teaser for the upcoming compilation "Sweet As Broken Dates: Lost Somali Tapes from the Horn of Africa." Out Now! 

Travel with us to the Al Curuuba hotel in Mogadishu, the dusty streets of Hargeisa, and the shores of the Gulf of Tadjoura in Djibouti. 

We hope you enjoy!

Get it here: https://ostinato-records.lnk.to/sweetasbrokendates

★★★★ 
-- The Guardian

"A mega mixtape of Somali classics."
-- BBC

"Sparkles with superior voices, superb musicians and both familiar & refreshingly new sounds." 
-- Wall Street Journal

"This record is a miracle. A legacy of the past that blurs the trauma of the present." 
-- Le Monde

"Perhaps the most beautiful music in the world, finally rediscovered."
-- Radio Nova Paris

Read/Listen more here: 

— BBC bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05btd5h
— Wall Street Journal on.wsj.com/2wTYAzQ 
— Al Jazeera http://bit.ly/2vfgc4g
— Yahoo / AFP https://yhoo.it/2w2ofFe
— OkayAfrica http://bit.ly/2uNaGsn | http://bit.ly/2f0kaLB
— Music in Africa http://bit.ly/2hfMx9n
— Quartz Africa http://bit.ly/2hfWTpC
— Radio Nova Paris http://bit.ly/2ubY3U7
— Thump Germany http://bit.ly/2vkS708

Watch the TED talk about the project: http://bit.ly/2vleB1g

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Somali Sounds from Mogadishu to Djibouti (Selected by Nicolas Sheikholeslami & Vik Sohonie)

Artwork, Selection & Mix by Nicolas Sheikholeslami
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In 2017, “Sweet As Broken Dates", our Grammy-nominated compilation of stellar Somali music from before the country’s civil war, captured the entire world's imagination. The songs revived heartwarming memories of a lavish Mogadishu and Hargeisa not known to many non-Somalis, and in many ways allowed the Somali diaspora to reconnect with a time and place ransacked by the wicked fates of history.

All our due diligence and research led us to believe that some of finest music ever made firmly stopped when the war started. Hibo Nuura’s song on the compilation, “If the Artist Lets You Down”, added to this perception, as the widely respected Nuura chastised her fellow musicians for what she saw as a failure of their responsibility to keep the country’s rich music culture alive amid tragedy.

But we were wrong. The music did not stop. Both famous and obscure Somali musicians quietly kept their culture alive in the 1990s and 2000s on drum machines, synthesizers, and laptops. The Somali pentatonic sound melded perfectly with new digital equipment, almost exhibiting an even more authentic sound as analog western instrumentation vacated the repertoire. Most of these recordings were kept private or shared in small circles, never reaching the same audiences in luxurious venues as the music of the 70s and 80s.

This is Chapter 2 in the Somali music story, not Vol. 2. 

At Ostinato Records, we want to reimagine the sequel for music compilations. Too often, “Vol. 2” is filled with the choice cuts that simply did not qualify for the first volume. As storytellers and image-makers, this approach needs a rethink. We have a responsibility to carry the story forward, to not simply rehash what has already been available, and to give agency to the recent past rather than constantly hark back to the 70s and 80s.

“Import/Export Mogadishu” is the side A of a mixtape to announce that we are deeply immersed in producing "Sweet As Broken Dates Chapter 2" and to give fans who relished the first compilation a sneak peak into the direction we’re headed. Side B of the mixtape will be an insight into Chapter 3.

The selection begins with a slow-burning groover by the lively Xabib Shaarabi, a key Somali music figure in the 1990s whose digital disco style was celebrated in a short but viral documentary by The Guardian. We are also proud to announce that Xabib Shaarabi along with lifetime achievement award winner, Cabdinuur Alale, will be performing in Berlin on March 23 as part of the Find the File Festival (https://www.facebook.com/events/1142289929266253/)

These are the next stages in the Somali music revival: the advancement of a story with endless chapters and the resurrection of former greats and live bands, reunited to showcase what no war could vanquish: the resilience and adaptability of the Somali experience.

Import-Export Mogadishu: Up & Down the Pentatonic

We wanted to put this set together for quiet a while now, something different for your listening ears raw #folkmusic from the #Balkans a historical rich musical region that shouldn't be over looked, submerged in #tradition #diversity and #culture we hope to shine a little light to your #soul and open the door to your heart with these sounds, so tune in like subscribe Follow and share

TPS 036 - A BALKAN FOLK ODYSSEY

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