Two things - the quavering wobble of Freddie McKay's voice when singing e.g. 'yard'. And the punch of the bass, which I assume we can credit Tubby for.
Derived from my Zar tape of the women in Omdurman (recorded in 1989), remixed by Holger Czukay for BBC World Service - producer Radek Boschetty - c.1999.
This song was made by Swedes and was big in Italy and its success, in execution and reception, seems to be the result of multiple, overlapping and mutually exclusive misunderstandings and mistranslations. Nevertheless, it’s a fucking banger:
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