Saturday, February 21, 2015

Mahmoud Kania | Essaouira




Listen to track 1

Reupped the 16-track album here

[Originally posted on December 2, 2013.] I've got a number of gnawa and chaabi CDs that I've yet to post -- I suppose I've been reluctant in the past for two reasons: (a) I can't translate/or even transliterate the tracklists for you and (b) I don't know much about either genre, other than what each, generally, sounds like. Most were plucked from the Moroccan aisle of the late, great Princess Music in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn; a few were brought back home with me from a trip to Marrakech. 

 In the case of this morning's offering, I'm almost certain I picked it up in Marrakech, though I'm not 100% sure. While it looks like the CD version of this cassette posted by the mighty Tim at the xtremely fabulous Moroccan Tape Stash, the CD version here has 6 more songs, so could either be the cassette + 6 or simply a bunch of different songs with a similar cover image. If we're nice, perhaps Tim will hip us to what we've got here. 

 [UPDATE: Special thanks to Tim, who provides a track list in the comments below.]
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5 comments:

  1. tim abdellahDecember 2, 2013 at 4:29 PM

    Oh yeeeeeeeees! This is indeed the same psychedelic album (tracks #7-16), with 6 additional, traditional tracks (#1-6). I'll send a transliteration of the song titles later. Thanks so much for posting this one!

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  2. GaryDecember 2, 2013 at 4:58 PM

    Thank you, Tim, for the info, to say nothing of the insane amount of great music you've posted!

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  3. tim abdellahDecember 5, 2013 at 12:06 AM

    Back atcha, Gary! Here's the tracklist transliterated:

    01) Bunga Bulila
    02) Subaî
    03) Kamil Lana
    04) Fulani Baba Sidi
    05) Sudani
    06) Bangara
    07) L-Jilali Buâlam
    08) Wahyana ya Silama
    09) Ya Jwadi
    10) Allah Yuhibb L-Kurama
    11) Allah ya Dunya
    12) Al-Hubb Wahid
    13) Sutarbi Hutarni
    14) L-Haqiqa Tenjahu Dawman
    15) Ifriqiya Muwwahida
    16) Allah Al-Jenna

    The sequence of the psychedelic tracks is a tad different from that on my cassette, but the overall arc is pretty similar. I'm still really curious about who worked on this album with him!

    The traditional tracks 1-6 are very nice too!

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  4. GaryDecember 5, 2013 at 6:02 AM

    Tim, thank you so much -- the world thanks you so much!

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  5. HollyDecember 16, 2013 at 6:25 PM

    This is great Gary, thank you!
    And thank you Tim as well!

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