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alsarah & the nubatones - silt - wonder wheel - vinyl

New Copy

Genre: African

1. Habibi Taal
2. Soukura (It's Late)
3. Nuba Noutou
4. Oud Solo
5. Bilad Aldahb
6. Fugu (Shams Alhurria)
7. Rennat
8. Wad Alnuba (feat Sounds Of Taraab)
9. Yanas Baridou
10. Nuba Drums (solo)
11. Jibal Alnuba

The debut album from Sudanese singer Alsarah and her band the Nubatones. Called "The New Star Of Nubian Pop" by The Guardian, the album was produced solely by Alsarah who describes the sound of Silt as "East African Retro Pop" - it's music that harkens back to the hazy sounds of 1960s and 70s Nubian music with it's Eastern instrumentation, soaring vocal melodies, and pentatonic arrangements.

Alsarah, is a Sudanese born singer, songwriter and ethnomusicologist. Born in the capital city of Khartoum, where she spent the first 8 years of her life, she relocated to Taez, Yemen with her family to escape the ever stifling regime in her native country. She abruptly moved to the US in 1994, when a brief civil war broke out in Yemen. Now residing in Brooklyn, NY, she is a self-proclaimed practitioner of East-African retro-pop. Working on various projects, she most recently has been working with The Nile Project and was featured on their debut release, Aswan (named 1 of the Top 5 "Must Hear" international albums by NPR). She has also collaborated with French producer Debruit on the album Aljwal, released this past November via Soundway Records UK.