Name: Super Somali Sounds from the Gulf of Tadjoura
Brand: 4 Mars

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

OSTCD010

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Colour

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Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Hardcover Bookcase CD w/ 12-page Booklet

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2021-02-19

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Kudos

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

843563132296

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Total Cap

1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

4 Mars

Genre GB

African

Label GB

Ostinato

In 2019, after negotiations spanning many years, Ostinato Records became the first label granted access to the grand Archives of Radiodiffusion-Télévision de Djibouti (RTD), a vault of secrets and stories from East Africa.

The first result in our Djibouti Archives series is a seminal anthology of 4 Mars, a 40-member Somali supergroup behind the most streamed and downloaded track on our Grammy-nominated Sweet As Broken Dates compilation.

Turkish synths, Jamaican Reggae, American brass, Bollywood vocals, Egyptian and Yemeni rhythms, and Chinese and Mongolian flutes all rendezvous in a corner of East Africa that for centuries served as the world's most brisk trading hub, the midway point connecting Africa, Asia, and the Mediterranean.

This is Somali music at its sassy, soulful, synthesized best.

Super Somali Sounds from the Gulf of Tadjoura

Music GB