Arab Tunes mixtape # 42 - Cosmic Gnawa

A new mixtape that collects some beautiful songs belonging to  (non) genre that some call Nu Gnawa. The rhythms and sounds of the North African area have contaminated over the years the entire planet and have come to create truly unique musical fusions. I have collected here some , in my opinion, of the most successful experiments . Good listening and a good journey.








Arab Tunes mixtape # 42 - Cosmic Gnawa

01 Electric Jalaba - Yomala - Soy
02 Farid & JWO - Foulani Hiriza
03 Gnawa Njoum Experience - Baba Arabi
04 Tariqa - Baba Moussa
05 Fawda Trio- Lâafou
06 Hassan Hakmoun and Adam Rudolph - Larmane
07 Gnawa Impulse - Gnawa Airlines
08 Gnawa Express de Tanger & Mâäk's Spirit - Mawama (Feat. Baba Sissoko)
09 Majid Bekkas - Noussik (AkizzBeatzz Remix)
10 Fangnawa Experience - Gnawi
11 Gnawa Diffusion - El Hadia
12 Innov Gnawa - Baniya
13 Round Coloured Note - Gnawabbuo' 

HERE

Arab Tunes mixtape # 42 - Cosmic Gnawa from lazyproduction on 8tracks Radio.

Electric Jalaba

Electric Jabala is an English musical group dedicated to the exploration and reinvention of Gnawa music. The official biography of the group tells that the meeting between the various souls of the project took place in the English countryside during a music festival. Fascinated by the sounds of Gnawa music, after that first meeting they decided to meet again in a London studio for a series of exploratory Jam sessions.

From those sessions will come out the material that will end on their first album released in 2012 and entitled "Introducing Electric Jalaba". The sounds produced by the group represent an evolution of classical Gnawa music, an evolution that some critics have called Psychedelic Space-Age Gnawa, born from the different experiences of the individual participants in the project.

The group consists of brothers Henry, Oliver, Nathaniel and Barnaby Keen, all musicians and producers with a decade of experience in the music field. Henry and Oliver (the two older brothers) are very well known in the field of electronic music thanks to their DJ sets and their productions under the name of Soundspecies, while Barnaby, singer, composer and multi-instrumentalist, has gathered many acclaim for his publications with the Flying Ibex alias.

This modern Partridge Family is joined by Dave De Rose, a highly experienced drummer (he has worked among others with Moloko, Mark Ronson, Jamie Cullum, Rokia Traore and Mulatu Astatke) and Simo Lagnawi, an Italian / English Gimbri player who moved to England in 2009 after a long stay in Morocco, considered one of the main performers of Gnawa music in the United Kingdom.

The project, which gives its best in the live dimension, will be carried around in various festivals, both in England and in Europe and the group will be asked to perform in Rabat during the Mawazine Festival, one of the most important musical events in Morocco .

In 2015 the second album of the group entitled "Merhaba" will be unveiled, representing a maturation and a deepening of their writing process. Well produced and well recorded the album, although notable, partly loses the freshness of the first work but consolidates the fame of the group that is one of the most exciting musical reality in Europe.

For 2018 a new album was expected, but there is no news yet.


Electric Jalaba :

Simo Lagnawi - gimbri, lead vocals, krakabs and percussion
Dave De Rose - drum kit and percussion
Barnaby Keen - guitar, backing vocals, krakabs and percussion
Nathaniel Keen - lead guitar, backing vocals, pianet, organ and percussion
Oliver Keen - bass guitar, fx and percussion
Henry Keen - synthesizers, rhodes, space echo and percussion 









Electric Jabala è un gruppo musicale inglese dedito all'esplorazione e alla reinvenzione della musica Gnawa. La biografia ufficiale del gruppo narra che l'incontro tra le varie anime del progetto sia avvenuto nella campagna inglese nel corso di un festival musicale. Affascinati tutti dalle sonorità della musica Gnawa , dopo quel primo incontro decisero di rivedersi in uno studio londinese per una serie di Jam sessions esplorative. Da quelle sessions verrà ricavato il materiale che finirà sul loro primo album uscito nel 2012 e intitolato “ Introducing Electric Jalaba” . Le sonorità prodotte dal gruppo rappresentano un evoluzione della classica musica Gnawa, evoluzione che alcuni critici hanno denomiato Psychedelic Space-Age Gnawa , nata dalle diverse esperienze dei singoli partecipanti al progetto .

Il gruppo è composto dai fratelli Henry,Oliver ,Nathaniel e Barnaby Keen , tutti musicisti e produttori con un esperienza decennale in campo musicale. Henry e Oliver (i due fratelli maggiori) sono molto conosciuti nel campo della musica elettronica grazie ai loro dj set e alle loro produzioni con il nome di Soundspecies, mentre Barnaby, cantante,compositore e polistrumentista , ha raccolto molti consensi per le sue pubblicazioni realizzate con l'alias Flying Ibex.

A questa Partridge Family moderna si uniscono Dave De Rose , batterista di grande esperienza (ha lavorato tra gli altri con Moloko, Mark Ronson, Jamie Cullum, Rokia Traore e Mulatu Astatke) e Simo Lagnawi , suonatore di Gimbri italo/inglese trasferitosi in Inghilterra nel 2009 dopo una lunga permanenza in Marocco,considerato uno dei principali interpreti della musica Gnawa nel Regno Unito.

Il progetto,che da il meglio di sé nella dimensione live, sarà portato in giro in vari festival , sia in Inghilterra che in Europa e al gruppo verrà chiesto di esibirsi a Rabat nel corso del Mawazine Festival , una delle più importanti manifestazioni musicali del Marocco.

Nel 2015 vedrà la luce il secondo album del gruppo intitolato “Merhaba “ ,che rappresenta una maturazione ed un approfondimento del loro processo di scrittura. Ben prodotto e ben registrato l'album , seppur notevole, perde in parte la freschezza del primo lavoro ma consolida la fama del gruppo che rappresenta una delle più eccitanti realtà musicali in ambito europeo.

Per il 2018 era atteso un nuovo album del quale però non si hanno ancora notizie. 

Electric Jalaba :

Simo Lagnawi - gimbri, Voce , krakabs e percussioni
Dave De Rose - Batteria e percussioni
Barnaby Keen - Chitarra, Voce , krakabs  e percussioni
Nathaniel Keen - Chitarra solista , voce , pianet, organo e percussioni
Oliver Keen - Basso, effetti e percussioni 
Henry Keen - synth , rhodes, echi spaziali e percussioni    





 

Electric Jalaba - Introducing Electric Jalaba

01 Yomala / Soy
02 Moses
03 Sudaniman
04 Sadiye
05 Lagnawia 
06 Salam Alekum
07 Aisha


HERE



Electric Jalaba - Merhaba

01 Moulana
02 Elbania
03 Merhaba
04 Interlude
05 Ngsha
06 Cubaili
07 Jalaba
08 Subai
09 Fatima
10 Hausa


HERE

Fawda Trio ثـلاثـي الـفوضــة

Gnawa music is pure reflected by the warm bass sound and a voice guembri groove: real "invitation to travel".

Led by Reda Zine, a native of Casablanca, polyglot singer, guitarist and guembri player, the project "Fawda Trio" navigates between sacred and secular repertoires testifying to an antique musical heritage that remains open to contamination.

Fawda is an encounter between tradition and innovation that touches on the sonorities of Gnawa music, psychedelia and jazz. Gnawa music is pure groove, the warm, low sound of the guembri and voices transporting you across time.

REDA ZINE : Voice & Guembri Bass,
FABRIZIO PUGLISI : Fender Rhodes, synthesizer ARP , Voice, Percussion.
DANILO MINEO : Percussion, Voice.




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Fawda Trio ثـلاثـي الـفوضــة - Fawda Live الـــفوضــة في حـفـل مبــاشر


  

Live @Bar Maurizio
01 Sandya (1st lesson from women slave)
02 Zid L'Mal (More Money) 
03 Sallou (Pray roots) 
04 Lâafou (Lord Mercy)  
Bonus track :  
05 intro ( ancestral dialogue from the Sky) live

 
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Fawda Trio - genesis from redA Zine on Vimeo.

Mahmoud Guinia محمود ﯕينيا

Mahmoud Guinia (Arabic: محمود ﯕينيا‎, and rarely ﯕنيا or کانية also spelled Gania, Guinea or Khania; Born 1951), is a Moroccan Gnawa musician, singer and guembri player, who is traditionally regarded as a Maâllem (معلم محمود ﯕينيا), i.e. master.
He recorded for both domestic and foreign labels, and collaborated with numerous western musicians.

Guinia was born in the city Essaouira on the Atlantic coast. He is the second son of the master of Gnawa music, Maâllem Boubker Guinia (1927–2000) and the famous clairvoyant and "moqaddema" A'isha Qabral. His brothers Mokhtar Guinia and Abdellah Guinia are gnawa Maâllems too,and their sister Zaida is another moqqaddema.Mahmoud Guinia is married to a woman from Marrakech, with whom he has two sons and a daughter. 

His family of both the father's and mother's sides came from present day Mali. They were employed as soldiers in the sultan's army.  They are regarded as the main representatives for the style of Essaouira, the Saouiri style.

Mahmoud Guinia has put out numerous recordings, which have not been documented very well. In the 1970s or so Moroccan music label Fikriphone released records of both live Lila ceremonies and studio sessions. In the next decades it was followed by Tichkaphone, whose materials were distributed in France by Sonodisc, and Agadir's La Voix El Maarif.

The most famous western release was recorded by Bill Laswell in 1994 and featured the American saxophone player Pharoah Sanders. Another, with Peter Brötzmann and Hamid Drake, was recorded at Wels's 1996 Music Unlimited festival.

(Source : Wikipedia)


 Mahmoud Guinia  محمود ﯕينيا - F.P 25


                          

1) Ftih ar Rahba
2) Hammadi
3) Sala Nabina (Salihin)
4) Jilala
5) Jilali Bualam / Jilali Dawi Hali / Mulay Abdelqader
6) Allah ya Bu Derbala

HERE 


Mahmoud Guinia  محمود ﯕينيا - TCK 886 ‎

01 Sast Demanio ساست ديمانيو
02 Makawyah مكاويّة
03 Ed Zalba إد زالبــا
04 Ya Jawadi يا جوادي  

HERE

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Mahmoud Guinia محمود ﯕينيا‎ - Gnawa's star نجم  ﯕناوة


                          

1) Jilali Bouâlem
2) Lâayoune Dahika
3) Jwedi ya Jwedi
4) Allah Yuhibb Alkurama
5) Fofo Denba
6) Berrma Nana Soutanbi
7) Alhubb Wahid Wa Eddunya Wahida
8) Africa Muwahhada
9) Alhaqiqa
10) Al Umm

HERE


Mahmoud Guinia محمود ﯕينيا - FP41 & FP 42



                                         

1) Allah Allah Bulila
2) Yumali Ye Yumala
3) La ilaha illa Llah
4) Fulani Baba Sidi

1) Ya Sudani Bangara Bangara
2) Lalla Maymouna Sultan Gnawiya
3) Lalla Fatima Zahra - Shay Llah Dar Dammana
4) 'Awwenuna Rijal Allah Baba L'Arabi
5) Soyo Soyo Kamilana

HERE 


Mahmoud Guinia محمود ﯕينيا‎ - Mimouna  مـيــمــونــة

                                     

01 Mimouna
02 Moulay Ahmed
03 Makawiya
04 Soudan

HERE
 


Mahmoud Guinia محمود ﯕينيا‎ - El Folani Baba Ya Sidi


                                         

01 - El Folani Baba Ya Sidi
02 - Allah Allah Ya Donia
03 - Adora Adora Ayieh
04 - Bolila Ya Bolila

HERE

Maleem Mahmoud Ghania With Pharoah Sanders -  The Trance Of Seven Colors حلم السبعة الــوان

01  La Allah Dayim Moulenah الله يا الله دايم مولانا
02 Bala Moussaka بابا موسكا
03 Hamdouchi حمدوشي
04 Peace In Essaouria السلم في الصويرة
05 Boulandi Samawi بولاندي
06 Moussa Berkiyo / Koubaliy Beriah La'Foh بابنديو , كوبالي برياه لعفو
07 Salat Anbi صلاة النبي
08 Casa Casa Atougra كازا كازا يا توكرا
09 Mrahba مرحبا
 
HERE