Salum Abdallah and Cuban Marimba Band - Ngoma Tanzania LP folk together with Ash Ra Tempel

together with Ash Ra Tempel

Optic Sink return with their second album

to the present day

the Black Jazz label had its roots in the Black Power movement of the late ‘60s and early ‘70s

Salum Abdallah and Cuban Marimba Band - Ngoma Tanzania LP folk together with Ash Ra TempelSweet and joyful sounds from the first half of 1960s Tanzania. Salum Abdallah and Cuban Marimba Band were at the forefront of muziki wa dansi, the emerging dance music scene influenced by Cuban 78s, crazes like the twist and cha cha cha, and the local sounds of their home country. Hailing from the town of Morogoro, they rose to be stars across the country. Out of over 100 sides recorded for local labels, mostly Mzuri Records of Kenya, these twelve