Description
Tracklist:
A1. Ohiyee
A2. Yabaal
A3. Heelo
B1. Hiyeeley
B2. Aw baahilowlow
B3. Doon Baa Maraysoo
C1. Intro Vol.2
C2. Jaceyl Mirahiis
C3. Dab
C4. Saafiyeey Makaa Saraayeey
D1. Jaajumoow Jees
D2. Diinleeya
D3. Caashaqa Maxaa ii Baray
E1. Keene Gardaran
E2. Jubba Aaka
E3. Aduun Hawli Kama Dhamaato
F1. Salkudhigey (Previously Unreleased)
F2. Haddi Aanan Gacaloy (Previously Unreleased)
Yet from the very beginning, Dur-Dur’s doctrine was the fusion of traditional Somali music with whatever rhythms would make people dance: Funk, Reggae, Soul, Disco and New Wave were mixed effortlessly with Banaadiri beats, Daantho and spiritual Saar music. The concoction was explosive and when they stormed the Mogadishu music scene in 1986 with their very first hit single, ‘Yabaal,’ featuring vocals from Sahra Dawo, it was clear that a new meteorite had crash-landed in Somalia. As Abdulahi Ahmed, author of Somali Folk Dances explains: “Yabaal is a traditional song, but the way it was played and recorded was like nothing else we had heard before, it was new to us.” ‘Yabaal’ was one of the songs that resurfaced on the Likembe blog, and it became the symbolic starting point of this project.
