Name: The Dancing Devils of Djibouti
Brand: Groupe RTD

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

OSTLP009

{"blocks": [{"data": {"text": "OSTLP009"}, "type": "paragraph"}]}

Colour

Black

Colour details

Discogs ID

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

2 x 45rpm. 

{"blocks": [{"data": {"text": "2 x 45rpm. "}, "type": "paragraph"}]}

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2020-06-05

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Kudos

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

827565062799

{"blocks": [{"data": {"text": "827565062799"}, "type": "paragraph"}]}

Total Cap

2 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Groupe RTD

Genre GB

African

Label GB

Ostinato

{"time": 1665948391, "blocks": [{"data": {"text": ""}, "type": "paragraph"}], "version": "2.20.0"}

Helmed by Mohamed Abdi Alto, possibly the most unheralded saxophone virtuoso in all of Africa, and mentored by guitarist Abdirazak Hagi Sufi -- both of whom feature as instrumentalists on our Grammy-nominated compilation Sweet As Broken Dates -- Groupe RTD is the finest expression of Djibouti's cosmopolitan music style.

Alto honed his trade from a steady diet of John Coltrane and Charlie Parker. Abdirazak's guitar style draws heavily from his love affair with Jamaican music. Young singers Asma Omar and Hassan Omar Houssein are fluent in the classic hits of Bollywood and Indian music. Synth player Moussa Aden Ainan brings a distinctly dexterous Somali touch, reminiscent of the exceptional keys work of Somalia's Iftin and Waaberi Band. Their sound is kept afloat by measured Tadjouran rhythms, courtesy of drummer Omar Farah Houssein and dumbek player Salem Mohamed Ahmed's perfect interplay.

Recorded in three days -- as per the strict limit set by Djibouti's national radio authorities -- with a state-of-the-art mobile recording studio replete with the very best audio interfaces and carefully positioned microphones around a less than soundproof room to achieve a vibrant, professional sound while maintaining the analog warmth of decades prior.

The Dancing Devils of Djibouti

Music GB

Buy Groupe RTD - The Dancing Devils of Djibouti (Vinyl, CD) now from Rough Trade - independent purveyors of great music, since 1976.