Tag: The Dancing Devils of Djibouti

• LABEL FEATURE: Ostinato Records – founder Vik Sohonie discusses latest Groupe RTD project and the challenges and rewards of running a label on a global mission

  

  Gathering ‘lost’ music from around the world and reissuing the work of under-exposed artists, is a difficult task. Getting beyond the global communications, licensing and digital legwork or travel can be challenging enough, but what about the role of cultural excavation and regeneration post-war? Among a range of projects across numerous nations, Ostinato Records has…

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  July 8, 2020

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  Asma Omar, Ostinato Records, Sweet As Broken Dates: Lost Somali Tapes from the Horn Of Africa, The Dancing Devils of Djibouti, Vik Sohonie

• Ostinato Records negotiate release of Groupe RTD’s music from Djibouti government – another landmark release

  Ostinato Records have pulled off a major musical coup by recording and releasing the wonderful music of Groupe RTD: The Dancing Devils of Djibouti – some of Africa’s most globally underheard music – a result of state control in the Republic of Djibouti. The exhilarating three-day, khat fuelled session will be released worldwide next month.…

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  May 14, 2020

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  Abdirazak Hagi Sufi, Asma Omar, Bab El Mandeb, Charlie Parker, Djibouti, Grammy-nominated, Groupe RTD, Hassan Omar Houssein, Iftin and Waaberi Band, Janto Djassi, John Coltrane, Mohamed Abdi Alto, Omar Farah Houssein, Ostinato Records, Radiodiffusion-Télévision Djibouti, Salem Mohamed Ahmed, Somalia, Sweet As Broken Dates, Tadjouran, The Dancing Devils of Djibouti