Name: Har Dam Sahara
Brand: Rafiki Jazz

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Catalogue number

TUGCD1106

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2017-06-30

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0605633010626

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Artist

Rafiki Jazz

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Rest of World

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Riverboat

Rafiki Jazz create mesmeric music that resonates deep, bound through with the rich colour tones of the ancient musical heritages they explore. United in their mission to create a sound that crosses cultural boundaries, the music melds traditional vernaculars anew and expresses the power and beauty of difference: Rafiki Jazz is a band like no other. Formed in Sheffield, UK in 2006 Rafiki Jazz began as a meeting between regional roots and jazz musicians with migrant and refugee artists. Today founding member and bassist Tony 'Tk' Koni remains at the helm steering the band's collective artistic direction and co-producing. The album title Har Dam Sahara can be translated from Urdu as 'In life's every moment, there is always support'. A sage yet hopeful incantation reflected in many of the morals and messages of the songs. Opening track 'Sunno' meditates on the inevitability of death and features Senegalese musician Kadialy Kouyate on kora with the Sufi-inspired vocals of Sarah Yaseen. <br><br>Rafiki Jazz distil the meaning of their name in two-part translation: Rafiki for 'friends' and jazz for 'freedom'. Their indefinable, many-sided music is testament to their shared respect for those two key values. Har Dam Sahara is a love-letter to complexity, an embracing of this intricate world within which we live, and a beautiful one at that. 

Har Dam Sahara

Music GB