TWO NILES TO SING A MELODY: THE VIOLINS & SYNTHS OF SUDAN by V/A
| SKU | 105808 |
| Artist | V/A |
| Title | TWO NILES TO SING A MELODY: THE VIOLINS & SYNTHS OF SUDAN |
| Label | OSTINATO RECORDS |
| Catalog # | OSTLP 005 |
| Tag | |
| Release | W 38 - 2018 |
| Format | Vinyl - UK3LP |
| EAN Barcode | 843563105658 |
| € 29,50 | incl. VAT, excl. shipping |
Tracks
- Emad Youssef - Al Bareedo Ana (The One I Love)
- Abdel El Aziz Al Mubarak - Ma Kunta Aarif Yarait (I Wish I Had Known)
- Kamal Tarbas - Min Ozzalna Seebak Seeb (Forget Those That Divide Us)
- Madjzoub Ounsa - Arraid Arraid Ya Ahal (Love, Love Family)
- Khojali Osman - Malo Law Safeetna Inta (What If You Resolve What's Between Us?)
- Zaidan Ibrahim - Ma Hammak Azabna (You Don't Care About My Suffering) (live)
- Saied Khalifa - Igd Allooli (The Pearl Necklace)
- Taj Makki - Ma Aarfeen Nagool Shino! (We Don't Know What To Say!)
- Hanan Bulu Bulu - Alamy Wa Shagiya (My Pain And Suffering) (live)
- Abdelmoniem Ekhaldi - Droob A Shoag (Paths To Love)
- Samira Dunia - Galbi La Tahwa Tani (My Heart, Don't Fall In Love Again)
- Mohammed Wardi - Al Sourah (The Photo)
- Abdullah Abdelkader - Al Zaman Zamanak (It's Your Time)
- Mustafa Modawi & Ibrahim El Hassan - Al Wilaid Al Daif (The Youth Who Came As A Guest)
- Ibrahim El Kashif - Elhabeeb Wain? (Where Is My Sweetheart?)
- Mohammed Wardi - Al Mursal (The Messenger)
Description
Compilation that holds rare recordings of orchestral violin music of the 1970s and synthesizer music of the 1980s and 90s - the golden eras of Sudanese musicIn Sudan, the political and cultural are inseparable. In 1989, a coup brought a hardline religious government to power. Music was violently condemned. Many musicians and artists were persecuted, tortured, forced to flee into exile — and even murdered, ending one of the most beloved music eras in all of Africa and largely denying Sudan’s gifted instrumentalists, singers, and poets, from strutting
their creative heritage on the global stage. What came before in a special era that protected and promoted the arts was one of the richest music scenes anywhere in the world. Although Sudanese styles are endlessly diverse, this compilation celebrates the golden sound of the capital, Khartoum. Each chapter of the cosmopolitan city’s tumultuous musical story is covered through 16 tracks: from the hypnotic violin and accordion-driven orchestral music of the 1970s that captured the ears and hearts of Africa and the Arabic-speaking world, to the synthesizer and drum machine music of the 1980s, and the music produced in exile in the 1990s. The deep kicks of tum tum and Nubian rhythms keep the sound infectious
