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Out now on Glitterbeat Records
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GDEIM IZIK 
(English translation)

I witnessed the horror and the torture
that the voices accuse you of.
I saw the young victims
in your prisons of death.
Proof of this,
are the events of Gdeim Izik.

The oppression made news in the media
against this people that challenged you,
when they claimed back their land and its riches
and peacefully erecting Gdeim Izik.

Surrounded by the break of dawn
and the violent troops
that support this monarch
in his attempt to intimidate
the masses of Gdeim Izik.

How many prisoners are in your cells
and how many kidnapped and missing
by your hands
in the occupied cities,
the sovereignty of the people is
inevitable.

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Voiced with deep passion and grace, Aziza Brahim's music adeptly travels the expanse between her Western Saharan roots and Barcelona, the European cosmopolis where she now lives. Aziza is both a contemporary sonic poet and a prominent and eloquent spokesperson for the Saharawi people and their ongoing struggle for recognition and justice.

Born and raised in the Saharawi refugee camps lining the frontier between Algeria and Western Sahara, Aziza’s life has been marked by both daunting hardship and inspired will. Fleeing from these camps and the regime of political oppression that followed Morocco’s 1975 invasion of Western Sahara, as a young teenager Aziza travelled to Cuba for her secondary school studies. There she experienced first hand the deep Cuban economic crisis of the 1990’s and the subsequent denial of her request to pursue a university degree in music.

Music had been Aziza’s passion since she was a small girl and despite this setback she returned to the Saharawi camps in Algeria and began singing and playing in different musical ensembles, a process that continued when she moved to Spain in the year 2000. There she founded the eclectic Saharawi/Spanish band Gulili Mankoo with whom she released two acclaimed self-produced recordings: the EP “Mi Canto” (2008) and an album “Mabruk” (2012) both on Reaktion, a French label specializing in Saharan music. In the last years Aziza has performed extensively appearing at major festivals and venues including WOMAD Cáceres (2012) and Queen Elizabeth Hall in London (2009).

Aziza’s new album Soutak (“Your Voice”), her debut for the Glitterbeat label, is her first recording to predominantly focus on the cadence of her majestic voice and the soulful critique of her lyrics. The album was produced by Chris Eckman (Tamikrest, Ben Zabo, Dirtmusic) and was recorded live and direct in Barcelona in June of 2013.

In the liner notes to the album Aziza describes her vision for Soutak:

“Feeling the need to make an acoustic record, I imagined a somewhat modest musical outline, which would not involve too many instruments and in which the voices would take the expressive emotional lead. I wanted to further explore the range of possibilities found in the Haul, the Saharawi’s traditional rhythmic sources, played on the tabal and a source of inspiration for the Desert Blues.”

The hand picked band she assembled for the album consists of Spaniards Nico Roca (percussion) & Guillem Aguilar (bass), Malian Kalilou Sangare (acoustic lead guitar), Aziza’s sister Badra Abdallahe (backing voice) and in addition to singing, Aziza contributes acoustic rhythm guitar and the tabal, the traditional Saharawi hand-drum.

The music on Soutak is a powerful and nuanced mixture of musical cultures and features Malian, Spanish, Cuban and contemporary Anglo-European motifs all held together by Aziza’s deeply rooted knowledge of traditional Saharawi song and sound.

Throughout Soutak, the band frames Aziza’s voice with dignified restraint and leaves unvarnished space for her lyrics, lyrics which range from the sharply political “Gdeim Izik” (named after the “Camp of Dignity” crushed by the Moroccan-backed authorities) to the whispered enigmas of “La Palabra/The Word” (“Cradled by the wind it left/ it went around the world and returned/ and there beyond the word was heard”)

The song “Julud,” dedicated to Aziza’s mother, is possibly the most emblematic song on the album combining intimate and stark desert poetry with an unyielding faith in the Saharawi political struggle:

You are like the night and the stars/ Your voice goes beyond the top of the clouds/
You are the smiling breeze of today/ You are an example of humanity and of fight.
Resist, immortal, resist.

Though the songs on Soutak can be unsparing in their details of oppression, there is more often than not a “smiling breeze” to be found. Aziza’s essential voice, headstrong commitment and subtly inventive music are that breeze.

With Soutak Aziza Brahim has delivered an empowered flight to freedom; an alternative world where hope is imminent and dancing is justified.

Aziza Brahim:
Homepage: www.aziza-brahim.blogspot.com/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/aziza.brahim.official
Twitter: twitter.com/AzizaBrahim1

Glitterbeat Records:
Homepage: www.glitterbeat.com/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/Glitterbeat
YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/glitterbeattv
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Aziza Brahim - Gdeim Izik

Bachar Mar-Khalifé - Ya Nas (Labelle Remix)

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taken off the forthcoming fadoul lp on habibi funk. more infos and pre-order coming soon.

fadaul is maybe our fav discovery from traveling north africa. his raw and energetic recordings are pretty stand alone in the arab world. we have invested quite some time into research but we were not able to find too much infos about this guy. a mystical figure.



Habibi Funk 002: Fadaul (Fadoul) - Sid Redad (Pre-Order link in the describtion)

EP "YELLI YELLI" produit par @Piers-Faccini(Beating Drum / Tsunami-Addiction) maintenant disponible:

- Beating Drum Shop: http://shop.beatingdrumrecords.com
- Deezer: http://www.deezer.com/album/10209924
- Spotify: http://spoti.fi/1zH16Ga
- iTunes: http://smarturl.it/yelliyelli_ep

Petite, la mère de Yelli Yelli lui faisait écouter les airs traditionnels kabyles. La fillette avait beau ne pas en comprendre les paroles, les chansons l’entrainaient, mystérieuses, déployant sous les mélodies leurs rythmes et dans ces rythmes l’émotion d’un peuple d’âmes et de corps. 

Les années passèrent ; l’enfant devint adolescente, l’adolescente adulte, l’adulte la chanteuse Folk, brute et sensible, généreuse et espiègle, que nous connaissons sous le nom de Milkymee.
A la rencontre de @Piers-Faccini, le trésor secret des airs enfouis depuis l’enfance est remonté soudain à la surface avec une voix chaude et sauvage, kabyle, folk. Yelli Yelli est redevenue celle que son grand-père appelait, en kabyle, “la fillette” : Yelli Yelli. 

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http://yelliyelli.com/
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Yelli Yelli - Yemma (Radio Edit)

Vincent Peirani et Emile Parisien Duo - Egyptian Fantasy

THE NEW MARTIKO 7 INCH RE-ISSUE!
Mindblowing Greek psychedelic Belly Dance! Uncomparable exotic sounds from the Greek 60's!
Available on our website:
http://www.radiomartiko.be/releases.html

RM004 - Vassilis Vassiliadis - Tsiftetelli 1969

Pre-order our new release on bandcamp. 
LP + DL and a limited coloured vinyl edition:
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Miracles Of The Seven Dances Vinyl Masters

RMLP 004 - Hany Mehanna - The Miracles Of The Seven Dances - Badaouiah

Mazouni - Ecoute moi camarade

Ya Raiyat’ is the product of a traditional Yemeni folk song, dismantled and reformed by El Khat and Yemeni inventor, carpenter and music producer Eyal El Wahab. 
Recorded in Eyal's backstreet studio in Tel Aviv filled with mics, speakers and a lot of junk much of which has been repurposed and turned into instruments of every persuasion. 

Sung in Yemeni Arabic, it features a series of handmade instruments including the self-named 'Kearat', a large steel bowl with a piece of wood, some nails and screws and 6 strings sounding like a Banjo-Bass as well as a fuel plastic container and olive oil containers. 
There’s a Pancello as well, which is played with a bow like a cello made out of a saucepan, broken shelf and rope. 

Khat is the natural plant chewed in Yemen and across the Arabic world. 

'Ya Raiyat' comes from a debut album by El Khat set for release later this year.

7inch Vinyl

El Khat - Ya Raiyat - يا راعيات (Single)

EP available on Bandcamp : https://bachar-mar-khalife.bandcamp.com/album/machins-choses-ep
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EP « Machins Choses » 
Release date :  March 11th, 2013

Machins choses (feat. Kid A) [Remixes] - EP

Machins choses (Camera Remix) [feat. Kid A]

Bachar Mar-Khalifé - Machins Choses feat. Kid A (Camera remix)

On emploie parfois à tout-va l’expression “électron libre”. Mais pour lui il faut reconnaître qu’elle colle parfaitement au personnage. Même le mot électron, qui donne l’impression d’être de l’électronique à moitié ne pourrai pas mieux dire le caractère de sa musique au croisement des musiques traditionnelles et des expériences électroniques. À l’image de la liste de ses collaborations '(de Christophe à Bojan Z en passant par Kerry James, Jeanne Cherhal, Francesco Tristano ou Carl Craig), le nouveau disque du franco-libanais explore presque une nouvelle voie esthétique à chaque piste: inspiré par une retraite artistique dans les montagnes de Jaj, au Liban, On / Off est aussi et surtout un disque profondément émouvant. On est donc heureux et confiants à l’heure de filer les clés de la programmation pour une heure à Bachar Mar-Khalifé. On mise sur un grand shot de liberté(s).
https://www.le-grigri.com/shows/2021/1/18/carte-blanche-bachar-mar-khalife

1.    Steps Ahead - In a sentimental mood
2.    John Coltrane - You Dont Know What Love Is
3.    Nick Drake - Riverman
4.    Hamza El Din – Greetings
5.    Ciwan Haco - Xerîbi
6.    Khalifa Ould Eide, Dimi Mint Abba - Yar Allahoo 
7.    Bojan Z - Xenos blues
8.    Mahmoud Ahmed – Tezeta
9.    Ziad Rahbani - Prelude Theme From Mais Al Rim

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Carte Blanche à Bachar Mar-Khalifé

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