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| DISSIDENTEN AND LEM CHAHEB | SAHARA ELEKTRIK | ORB004 | LP | £ 0.00 |  |
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| DISSIDENTEN AND LEM CHAHEB | SAHARA ELEKTRIK | SHAN64005 | TC | £ 0.00 | |
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| GROUPE AFLACK | MODERN MOROCCAN MUSIC | AAA102 | CD | £ 0.00 | |
| The Aflak brothers Aziz, Jamal and Lucien lead their group through a selection of their top hits. They sing and play a lively and infectious mix of music which draws upon Algerian Rai, Western Rock plus the traditional sounds of Morocco and has been described very aptly as MAROCK'N ROLL. In the late 80's and early 90's their music won them many prizes at festivals across North Africa as well as in Europe. To my mind there is definitely a bit of 'Influence de ABBA' in there somewhere! [10T/57M] | |
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| GROUPE AMARNA | EL GHABA | MCPE1362 | TC | £ 0.00 | |
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| GROUPE LAAZAZ | A PARIS | SH462 | TC | £ 8.00 | |
| Following on from SH461 this is the second of two albums both issued on cassette in 1982 and both called A Paris. No inlay details of who the artists are or who is playing what instrument. Very little info on the internet but the artists do seem to be still playing across Europe today. Their original folk or street music known as chaabi has seen a Westernisation over the years but this is the original style and instrumentation and I love it. | 1. EL OUALIDA
2. LAHLAL
3. CHEFTOU FI BARIS
4. AMA SAAFINI 5. ZAARI |
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| JIL JILALA | MAZZINE OSSOLAK | ESP1706 | LP | £ 0.00 | |
| | 1. MAZZINE OSSOLAK
2. NADITAK FALGHONNA
3. LAHKAYA
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| JILALA CONFRATERNITY | CONFRERES DES JILALA | C560131 | CD | £ 0.00 | |
| Recorded back in 1999 this is a lovely album of the traditional music of the mysterious Jilala Confraternity. Copious notes in English, French and German. ( F.T.Index: Dhikr, Tahlila, Chourafa Ghabaoui, Chourafa Sahraoui, Qasida, Mlouk Gnaoui. ) [6T/71M] | |
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| LEM CHAHEB | EL JOUNOUD | EH3410 | LP | £ 0.00 | |
| | 1. EL JOUNOUD
2. YA LATIF
3. TALIT EL HARMAIN
4. AJI NETSAMHOU
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| MASTER MUSICIANS OF JAJOUKA | APOCALYPSE ACROSS THE SKY | 510857-4 | TC | £ 0.00 | |
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| NASS EL GHIWAN | CHANSONS DE NASS EL GHIWAN | 82467-2 | CD | £ 0.00 | |
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| NASS EL GHIWAN | GNAWA SONGS FROM MOROCCO | 824682 | CD | £ 0.00 | |
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| NASS EL GHIWANE | EL MAANA | AZW140 | LP | £ 0.00 | |
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| NASS EL GHIWANE | ZAD EL ELHAME | TM33278 | LP | £ 0.00 | |
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| NASS MARAKECH | BOUDERBALA | 498001 | CD | £ 0.00 | |
| The music and trance rituals of the Gnawa of the Atlas mountains have long fascinated the world since the Master Musicians of Joujouka came out. The group was formed 10 years ago and on this release they include the Cuban jazz piano of Omar Sosa and the sax of Spain's Jorge Pardo alongside the Moroccan instrumenation and vocals. The guests in no way intrude into the ambiance but rather add colour to an understated musical reverie. A TOP SELLING ALBUM | |
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| OUCHAK ESSALAM | JADBA | AAA72632 | LP | £ 0.00 |  |
A softly played and gentle album of Moroccan folk music from five piece band Ouchak Essalam who play ouds, darbouka and bendirs. A very rare item which was made as part of the Club du Disque Arabe series.
CONDITION BOTH RECORD AND SLEEVE AS NEW | 1. JADBA
2. ALMAHBOUB
3. LAHMAM
4. MAKTOUB
5. ALGHORBA |
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| OUM | SOUL OF MOROCCO | MDC011 | CD | £ 20.00 | |
Moroccan singer Oum el Ghait Benessahraoui to give her full title is known for her colourful head gear. A superb singer, song writer she blends local music styles like Hassania, Sufi and Gnawa with jazz, gospel and other African rhythms. Released in 2013 it achieved international distribution with its more Westernised sound which includes guitar, drums and woodwind along with local instrumentation.
BRAND NEW AND STILL SEALED. | 1. WHOWA
2. SHINE
3. SALAM
4. LIK
5. HAYLALA
6. MNAMA
7. TARAGALTE
8. MENNI LIK
9. AJI |
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| OUM | ZARABI | MDC013 | CD | £ 20.00 | |
With Zarabi, Oum weaves her music out of her experiences, her roots and the memories of the moroccan people. A Moroccan of Saharan origin, Oum immediately impresses with her remarkable combination of power and sensitivity. With her sensual voice she explores the diversity of Moroccan music that she blends with soul and Gnawa and Hassani rhythms. Inspired by the music of her native country but also by the music of the whole African continent and by Jazz, she develops a subtle musical world in which her Saharan origins echo. Her new album, Zarabi was recorded in two unusual settings: in rural Normandy and the desert outside the village of M'Hamid El Ghizlane in Southern Morocco. Zarabi, which means rugs in the Moroccan dialect Darija, is a tribute to the female weavers of that same village. The artists create their rugs from old clothes supplied by their clients, and they are therefore assembling not just a rug but also a memory in their delicate creations. Oum felt her own creative process echoed that of the memory-weaving artists.
BRAND NEW AND STILL SEALED. | 1. NIA
2. LILA
3. HNA
4. JINI
5. AH WAH
6. WALI
7. MANSIT
8. N ' NAY
9. SAADI
10. VEINTE ANOS |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | LA FETE AU MAROC ( 2 x CD ) | 520172-2 | CDx2 | £ 0.00 | |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | L'ANNEE DU MAROC | B11712 | CD | £ 0.00 | |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | OUJDA-CASABLANCA INTROSPECTIONS VOL. 1 | BARBARITY006 | CD | £ 0.00 | |
I can't do better than Robert Christgau's 1994 review. - With Oran's chebs and chabas repressed, depressed, or scared away by the fundamentalists, superproducer Ben Omar Rachid took to prospecting just over the Moroccan border in Oujda and finally far west in Casablanca. His first export is these eight 1988-to-1993 singles, which sound from here like the rawest, most arresting rai compilation ever. Mixing old and new with a fine disregard for anybody's verities, the Berber-Gnawa-Shabi admixtures are lighter sonically and quirkier culturally, with male-female interplay a convention and the battle-of-Algiers ululations a surefire attention getter.
CONDITION AS NEW | 1. MELHOUNE - LOZANE
2. HAKILI HAKAWA - RACHED KABBAJ
3. ANA DELALI - CHEB ARAB
4. BYE BYE - CHEB SETOFF
5. YA LEBNET - BOUCHRA
6. RANI TEBLITE - CHEB SAMIR
7. ALIK ENTI - BOUCHEBCHOUB
8. GHATI MEN EL BAL - RACHED KABBAJ |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | TROIS CHEIKHATES MYTHIQUES DU MAROC | BAC104 | CD | £ 0.00 | |
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