Rabii Harnoune - Gnawa Electric Laune - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

'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. InchGnawa music was exclusively played by families whose parents came from Sub-Saharan or Central African tribes to Morocco in colonial timesInch Rabii explains, Inchit was rare to be able to listen to Gnawa music on radio, so I started to collect rare live recordingsInch. 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 Inchrhythm is deep in me, and although music is not my profession, the passion never stoppedInch. 1 Forest2 Yomali3 Light Out Night On4 Traveller5 Soyo6 Invitation To Dance7 Arabian Echo8 Sowiyi9 Baniya10 Negsha11 Zid l'Mal12 Jalaba Album Tracks 1. Forest 2. Yomali 3. Light Out Night on 4. Traveller 5. Soyo 6. Invitation to Dance 7. Arabian Echo 8. Sowiyi 9. Baniya 10. Negsha 11. Zid L'mal 12. Jalaba