Ecstatic Music Of The Jemaa El Fna, by Various Artists

Ecstatic Music Of The Jemaa El Fna

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1.	Amal Saha - Daouini 04:31	buy track
2.	Troupe Majidi - Essiniya 05:43	buy track
3.	Mustapha Mahjoub - Tal Raibak Arzali 04:32	buy track
4.	Troupe Majidi - Khoudrini 05:04	buy track
5.	Amal Saha - Sabra & Shatilla 02:18	buy track
6.	Troupe Majidi - Khlili 03:31	buy track
7.	Amal Saha - Lahmami 04:02	buy track
8.	Troupe Majidi - Rsami 03:44	buy track
9.	Troupe Majidi - Afriquiya 05:27	buy track

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For centuries, the Jemaa El Fna (Rendezvous of the Dead) has remained the stage for one of the most spectacular social forums on the planet. By day, this central square in the city of Marrakesh, one of Morocco's great imperial cities, fosters a kaleidoscope of entertainment for its local inhabitants; storytellers, acrobats, magicians and snake charmers all create intriguing displays of bewitching spectacle. As the sun sets, the evening grows frantic with the pulse of the crowd; it is then that the night musicians set up. Free from the restrictions and expectations of light entertainment for a tourist crowd, these musicians manifest ecstatic performances that animate the audience and players alike. The groups represented on this album; Troupe Majidi, Amal Saha, and Mustapha Mahjoub, are working and carrying the torch of their musical heroes nightly in the square. These songs come from the repertoire of Morocco's greatest musical exports: Nass El Ghiwane, Lemchaheb, Jil Jilala, Larssad and many others from the Chaabi (Moroccan popular music) canon and are given a raw, emotional and fiery interpretation. Instruments are powered by car batteries and blown out through megaphone speakers. These recordings represent a rare opportunity to hear this music at such close proximity taking in all the power and passion of the performances. The raw fidelity captures an unflinching immersion of what is simply some of the greatest street music on earth. Recorded by Hisham Mayet in 2005, a few of these performances were featured in his film Musical Brotherhoods from the Trans-Saharan Highway (Sublime Frequencies DVD SF041).

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released October 16, 2010

Recorded on location, July 2005 at the Jemaa Al Fina, Marrakesh, Morocco.

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SUBLIME FREQUENCIES is a collective of explorers dedicated to exposing obscure sights and sounds from modern and traditional urban and rural frontiers via film and video, field recordings, radio and short wave transmissions, international folk and pop music, sound anomalies, other forms of human and natural natural expression not documented sufficiently enough by various communication channels. ... more

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