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MOGADOR

by MAJID BEKKAS

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1.
Bossoyo 09:43
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2.
Barma Soussandi 05:28
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3.
Chabakrou 05:31
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4.
Aalach Ya Dounia 04:45
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5.
Moussaoui 07:44
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6.
Soye 09:29
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7.
Mogador 09:24
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8.
Soudan Yebki 05:50
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9.
Balade A Niamey 08:27
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10.
Nekcha 06:34
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This record, his second, reflects that. It offers roots and openness, tradition and modernness. He starts by offering us some beautiful traditional melodies in the broad and powerful style of his master, Ba Houmane, the mââlem* that taught him the essence of gnawa. Majid's voice joins that of his elder and all the gnawi** masters that have been connecting deepest Africa to the mysticism of the Orient. Music and lay instruments - such as the guembri*** that is so rudimentary yet reveals such extreme beauty in the hands of Majid - create their own space and time. Another trip arrives. The blues. Jazz chords follow. We are in the universal. Roots lead towards the top, where the tree is biggest and the fruits the ripest.

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released April 15, 2004

℗ & © IGLOO Records

Serge Marne: Percussion
Flavio Boltro: Trumpet
Charles Loos: Piano
Paolo Radoni: Guitar

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MAJID BEKKAS Morocco

ABDELMAJID BEKKAS embarked on his musical career in 1972 playing banjo in Moroccan “Jil” groups rather like Nass El Ghiwane. Over the years, the master Ba Houmane, in Salé, initiated him into Gnawa music. He studied classical guitar and oud at the National Conservatory of Music and Dance in Rabat, where he later taught classical guitar. In parallel, Majid was delving deeper in the blues and soul. ... more

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