This recording is my love letter to African music, with focus on sounds from north and west Africa, spanning from 1950s to present and covering genres like gnawa, chaabi, rai, soukous or palm wine music.

I wanted to present the tracks I’m most obsessed with, drawn from the endlessly diverse well of African musical genius.
 
Tracklist:
Master Musicians of Tanzania - Mateso // Tanzania, 1987
Ahmed Khelifi - Ida Hab Allah // Algeria, 196?
Ayub Ogada - Obiero // Kenya, 1993
Kwaa Mensah & His Fanti Trio - Wa Sun Szi Domo // Ghana, 195?
Ishie Brothers - Onyeoma Rosa // Nigeria, 1960
Mamman Sani - Five Hundred Miles // Niger, 1981
Hamza El Din - Anesigu // Egypt, 1982
Rabah Driassa - Lemthal // Algeria, 196?
Meriem Fekkai - Baghi Netoub, Pt. 1 // Algeria, 1959
Ahmed Wahby - Youm el djemâa // Algeria, 195?
Tajdid El Houari - El Baz // Morocco, ??
Abdou El Omari - Fatine // Morocco, 1976
Gnawa Music Of Marrakesh - Jillala // Morocco, 1990
Mustapha Baqbou - Shabek Ruu // Morocco, 1998
Gnaoui Sec - Bangoro // Morocco, 2005
Collectif - Bouyandi // Morocco, 2006
Hamid Kasri - Aicha Hamdouchia // Morocco, 2006
Maalem Mahmoud Gania - Amara Mousseye // Morocco, 2017
Groupe Dago - Réveil Créole // Reunion Island, 1978
Sir Waziri Oshomah & His Traditional Sound Makers - Forgive Them Oh God Amin-Amin // Nigeria, 1978
Johnny Dedy Lafleur - Wassika // Ivory Coast, 1983

Mike.H @ ZMAR #3 (17-08-2024)

booking: mikehdj@gmail.com

DATES:
26/7 United 4 Ankali
30/7 Tendance
2/8 Symbiosium
15-17/8 ZMAR festival
6/9 Ostroff, Podebrady