‘A retrospective of the forty-member Somali supergroup featured on Sweet As Broken Dates. 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. The LP comes with a poster inspired by the political banners of 1980s Djibouti; the CD in a hard cover, with a 12-page booklet.’