Gnawa Electric Laune
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Release Date: 15 May 2020
Label: Tru Thoughts
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5060609662264
Genres: Electronic  World Music  
Release Date: 15 May 2020
Label: Tru Thoughts
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5060609662264
Genres: Electronic  World Music  
Description
'GNAWA ELECTRIC LAUNE' is the magical collaboration between Moroccan Gnawa-master (maâlem) Rabii Harnoune and Frankfurt electronic producer V.B.Kühl. Recorded at Achim Sauer's 7V-Studio, collectively Rabii Harnoune & V.B. Kühl have produced an LP which represents entirely new territory, building a bridge from old to new, from Africa to Europe, and from to person to person. This melange of traditional North African Gnawa music and modern club sounds results in a fascinating debut, cross-cultural friction which is electric and otherworldly.
"Gnawa music was exclusively played by families whose parents came from Sub-Saharan or Central African tribes to Morocco in colonial times" Rabii explains, "it was rare to be able to listen to Gnawa music on radio, so I started to collect rare live recordings". Rabii's mastery at the Guembri, a three-string lute and Gnawa singing (a central aspect to the culture), would lead him to play world-class festivals in Essaouira, Fes, Marrakesh, and Casablanca – all spiritual centres for the genre.
V.B.Kühl realised his own musical vision and ambition when he inherited his first ghettoblaster (boombox) and bought a four-track recorder: "rhythm is deep in me, and although music is not my profession, the passion never stopped".
Tracklisting
Rebecca Vasmant
Sly5thAve
Quantic
Quantic
Various Artists
Tiawa
Catpack
Sefi Zisling
Sessa
The Ipanemas
Azymuth
Dobet Gnahore
Kuljit Bhamra
Madala Kunene
Marechal Papillon
Barbara Hernandez