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“There’s a Great Human Story to be Told”: The Music and Practices of Ostinato Records - Various Artists. Sweet As Broken Dates: Lost Somali Tapes from the Horn of Africa. 2017. Ostinato Records OSTCD003. Compiled by Vik Sohonie and Nicolas Sheikholeslami. Digitized by Nicolas Sheikholeslami. Mastered by Michael Graves. CD, 16 tracks, 86 minutes. - Groupe RTD. The Dancing Devils of Djibouti. 2020. Ostinato Records OSTCD009. Produced by Vik Sohonie, Janto Djassi, and Mark Gergis. Recorded and mixed by Janto Djassi. Mastered by Mark Gergis. CD, 10 tracks, 48 minutes. - 4Mars. Djibouti Archives, Vol. 1: Super Somali Sounds from the Gulf of Tadjoura. 2021. Ostinato Records OSTCD0010. Produced and compiled by Vik Sohonie. Archive digitization, restoration, and remastering by Mark Gergis. CD, 13 tracks, 73 minutes. - Noori and His Dorpa Band. Beja Power! Electric Soul & Brass from Sudan’s Red Sea Coast. 2022. Ostinato Records OSTCD012. Produced by Omer Alghali, Janto Djassi, and Vik Sohonie. Recorded and mixed by Janto Djassi. Mastered by Michael Graves. Digital download and LP, 6 tracks, 41 minutes. - Jantra. Synthesized Sudan: Astro-Nubian Electronic Jaglara Dance Sounds from the Fashaga Underground. 2023. Ostinato Records OSTCD012. Produced and Arranged by Vik Sohonie and Janto Koité. Mixed, recording, and data extraction by Janto Koité. Mastered by Helge Hasselberg. Digital download and LP, 10 tracks, 36 minutes.
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Various Artists. Sweet As Broken Dates: Lost Somali Tapes from the Horn of Africa. 2017. Ostinato Records OSTCD003. Compiled by Vik Sohonie and Nicolas Sheikholeslami. Digitized by Nicolas Sheikholeslami. Mastered by Michael Graves. CD, 16 tracks, 86 minutes.
Groupe RTD. The Dancing Devils of Djibouti. 2020. Ostinato Records OSTCD009. Produced by Vik Sohonie, Janto Djassi, and Mark Gergis. Recorded and mixed by Janto Djassi. Mastered by Mark Gergis. CD, 10 tracks, 48 minutes.
4Mars. Djibouti Archives, Vol. 1: Super Somali Sounds from the Gulf of Tadjoura. 2021. Ostinato Records OSTCD0010. Produced and compiled by Vik Sohonie. Archive digitization, restoration, and remastering by Mark Gergis. CD, 13 tracks, 73 minutes.
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 March 2024
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- Yearbook for Traditional Music , Volume 55 , Special Issue 2: 46th World Conference of the ICTM , December 2023 , pp. 281 - 286
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- © The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the International Council for Traditions of Music and Dance
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