OUM EL Ghait is the first name that Morocco's Saharian nomads were wont to give to girls born on a rainy day, thinking it's the luck of the new born that brings with it the water, the relief, or deliverance; where the meaning of the name, which literally means "Mother of relief " 
OUM, was born in Casablanca, the economic capital of Morocco, and grew up in the city of Marrakech. She takes her name from her paternal grandmother: Lalla Oum el Ghait Bent Bella.

OUM is an eclectic feminine vocalist who dare to play soul music mixed with her natural influences, as the Hassany poetry (culture of the Moroccan desert) and african rythmes that she consideres as the roots of soul, gospel and jazz music.

Malouma Mint El Maidah, Ella Fitzgerald, Miriam Makeba, Billie Holliday, Dimi Mint Abba, Aretha Franklin and Eryka Badu are her vocalists of reference. 

Her first album LIK'OUM was presented in Casablanca in May 2009. She's considered one of the vocalists with most future on the feminin Moroccan scene. 

Since september 2010 she started working on her second album "SWEERTY". "WHOWA" first single of this second opus was released with a video clip in January 2010. Last july she released "HARGUIN"a collaboration with BLITZ the AMBASSADOR on the topic of illegal immigration from sub-Saharian Africa. The new album SWEERTY is coming up in September 2011.


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Playlist 1

Fnaïre Feat. Aâbidate Rma - Z'waq (Prod By Tizaf) 2013

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new soul jazzy love song. From Lik'Oum album

I can't stop

Après "Whowa", OUM sort "HARGUIN", second single de son nouvel album "Sweerty". 

Dans HARGUIN, OUM invite l'artiste BLITZ the AMBASSADOR pour une collaboration Afrique du Nord/Afrique de l'Ouest sur le thème de l'immigration clandestine des subsahariens.


Qui est BLITZ the AMBASSADOR?
Avec une clarté aveuglante et un véritable sens du flow, Blitz évoque dans ses chansons Basquiat et Lumumba, l'aliénation des émigrés, et les ombres de l'histoire de l'Afrique. Sur une toile faite de guitares distordues, violons orchestrés, percussions africaines et crépitement de vieux amplis, ce MC ghanéen d'origine, basé à New York, s'exprime avec une audace politique digne de Chuck D, et un sens du groove à la Fela Kuti. 
Auteur, compositeur et producteur, BLITZ the AMBASSADOR en est à son deuxième album NATIVE SUN, sorti le 3 mai 2011.


HARGUIN a été co-écrit par OUM et son père A.Benessahraoui.
Composé et réalisé par:
Philippe Bonnet,Pierre Bonnet et Blaise Batisse.
Joué par: 
Philippe Bonnet, Blaise Batisse, Pierre Bonnet et Houssine Assabry: enregistrés par Pierre Bonnet au Studio KNT Grenoble

Voix enregistrées et mixées par: 
Rano Torqui au Studio GOSTO, Paris.

Produit par OUM et Laurent FOULON: LOFMUSIC Maroc.

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(ENG)
After her new album's first single "Whowa" OUM is about to release "HARGUIN", a collaboration with BLITZ the AMBASSADOR on the topic of illegal immigration from sub-Saharian Africa.

WHO IS BLITZ?
A blindingly bright clarity drives Blitz the Ambassador. With a spot-on sense of flow, he name-checks Basquiat and Lumumba, evokes lovelorn sighs on Accra Buses, emigre alienation, history’s shadows. All set to swirls of brass, distorted guitars, and the crackle and pop of old amplifiers. With a lightning-fast mind, the political boldness of Chuck D, and the sixth groove sense of Fela Kuti, the Ghanaian-born, New York-based MC, composer, and producer unleashes psychedelic Afrobeat colors and triple-time rhymes on Native Sun (Embassy MVMT; May 3, 2011). The album was sparked in Accra yet forged in the African diaspora.

HARGUIN was written by OUM and her father A.Benessahraoui.
Composed and produced by:
Philippe Bonnet,Pierre Bonnet and Blaise Batisse.
Played by: 
Philippe Bonnet, Blaise Batisse, Pierre Bonnet et Houssine Assabry, recorded by Pierre Bonnet at KNT Studio, Grenoble.
OUM voice tracks recorded and mixed by: 
Rano Torqui at Studio GOSTO, Paris.

Produced by OUM and Laurent FOULON: LOFMUSIC Morocco.

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HARGUIN

Après "Whowa", OUM sort "HARGUIN", second single de son nouvel album "Sweerty".

Dans HARGUIN, OUM invite l'artiste BLITZ the AMBASSADOR pour une collaboration Afrique du Nord/Afrique de l'Ouest sur le thème de l'immigration clandestine des subsahariens.

Qui est BLITZ the AMBASSADOR? 
Avec une clarté aveuglante et un véritable sens du flow, Blitz évoque dans ses chansons Basquiat et Lumumba, l'aliénation des émigrés, et les ombres de l'histoire de l'Afrique. Sur une toile faite de guitares distordues, violons orchestrés, percussions africaines et crépitement de vieux amplis, ce MC ghanéen d'origine, basé à New York, s'exprime avec une audace politique digne de Chuck D, et un sens du groove à la Fela Kuti. 
Auteur, compositeur et producteur, BLITZ the AMBASSADOR en est à son deuxième album NATIVE SUN, sorti le 3 mai 2011.

HARGUIN a été co-écrit par OUM et son père A.Benessahraoui. 
Composé et réalisé par: 
Philippe Bonnet,Pierre Bonnet et Blaise Batisse. 
Joué par: 
Philippe Bonnet, Blaise Batisse, Pierre Bonnet et Houssine Assabry: enregistrés par Pierre Bonnet au Studio KNT Grenoble

Voix enregistrées et mixées par: 
Rano Torqui au Studio GOSTO, Paris.

Produit par OUM et Laurent FOULON: LOFMUSIC Maroc.

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(ENG) 
After her new album's first single "Whowa" OUM is about to release "HARGUIN", a collaboration with BLITZ the AMBASSADOR on the topic of illegal immigration from sub-Saharian Africa.

WHO IS BLITZ? 
A blindingly bright clarity drives Blitz the Ambassador. With a spot-on sense of flow, he name-checks Basquiat and Lumumba, evokes lovelorn sighs on Accra Buses, emigre alienation, history’s shadows. All set to swirls of brass, distorted guitars, and the crackle and pop of old amplifiers. With a lightning-fast mind, the political boldness of Chuck D, and the sixth groove sense of Fela Kuti, the Ghanaian-born, New York-based MC, composer, and producer unleashes psychedelic Afrobeat colors and triple-time rhymes on Native Sun (Embassy MVMT; May 3, 2011). The album was sparked in Accra yet forged in the African diaspora.

HARGUIN was written by OUM and her father A.Benessahraoui. 
Composed and produced by: 
Philippe Bonnet,Pierre Bonnet and Blaise Batisse. 
Played by: 
Philippe Bonnet, Blaise Batisse, Pierre Bonnet et Houssine Assabry, recorded by Pierre Bonnet at KNT Studio, Grenoble. 
OUM voice tracks recorded and mixed by: 
Rano Torqui at Studio GOSTO, Paris.

Produced by OUM and Laurent FOULON: LOFMUSIC Morocco.

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HARGUIN - Oum feat Blitz The Ambassador

Chanson pour La Journée de la Terre Maroc 2010.
Musiciens et chanteurs:
Oum El Ghaït Benessahraoui
Hicham Bajjou
Hayat El Idrissi
Tachinwit
Hamid El Kasri
Adil Sif lssan
Rachid Zeroual
Brahim Terkemani
Azzedine Berhilia
Tarik Lahjaily
Saad Bouidi
Jauk Armal
Adnane Laayouni

Production: Rezo pour la Journee de la Terre
Coordination Artistique: Hicham El Kebbaj

Akkal

NEDDIK

Written by Oum
Produced and bass played by Pierre Bonnet 
Drums: Philippe Bonnet
Guitar : Houssine Assabry
Keybords: Blaise Batisse

Mixed by Julien Espinoza & Pierre Bonnet aux studios de La Ruche, Lyon.
Mastered by Pascal Coquard

Executive producers: Oum & Laurent Foulon for LOFMUSIC 




NEDDIK - Oum Sweerty

un avant goût de l'album acoustique best of live 2010, à paraître avant la fin de l'année.

Lof Music 2010.

I can't stop acoustic live @ Safi Amwaj

مسمعتش يا غايب حدوتة حتتنا
عن قلب كان هايب  من حلوة حتتنا
هايب 
لكن طمعان 
يا حرام يا حرام ع اللي جراله
شبعان لكن عطشان 
اللي جراله ما كان علي باله
مجنون حبيب ولهان 

كلمات : صلاح جاهين
ألحان : عمر خيرت


محسن محي الدين - حدوتة حتتنا - فيلم اليوم السادس

From the second Album [Autostrad 2011]

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Ana Bukra Muattel أنا بكرة معطل

Stanna Shway إستنى شوي

Oum, Aji live accoustic.
Oum/Pierre Bonnet/Houssine Assabry/Kermit/Reda Boukili/RanoKhalid El Berkaoui.
Concert: 14 juillet 2010.
Consulat General de France Casablanca.
Maroc.
Lof Music.


AJI - Live

The first Album [Autostrad 2007]

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Mafi eshi Tsawi مافي إشي تسوي

 من التراث الشعبي الصعيدى 

مظلوم - حفني أحمد حسن

Whowa * . Oum - Lof Music 2010
*(trad: lui;  him)
Auteur: O.Benessahraoui
Compositeur: O.Benessahraoui
Basse: Pierre Bonnet. Batterie: Philippe Bonnet
Guitare: Houssine Assabry. Piano et arrangements Orgue: Blaise Batisse
Choeurs:Oum. Arrangement choeurs: Oum/Pierre Bonnet
Enregistré et mixé par Rano au Studio Gosto/Paris
Produit par Oum et Laurent Foulon, pour LOF MUSIC.


WHOWA

Fnaïre - Zero3o Al Basma (Prod By Tizaf) 2012

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Fnaïre - Zero3o Al Basma (Prod By Tizaf)

Fnaïre - Hde Rasek (Prod By Tizaf) 2012

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Fnaïre - Hde Rasek (Prod By Tizaf)

Fnaïre Feat. Soprano - A Mâalam (Prod By Tizaf) 2012

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Fnaïre Feat. Soprano - A Mâalam (Prod By Tizaf)

Fnaïre - Bent Nas (Prod By Tizaf) 2012

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Fnaïre - Bent Nas (Prod By Tizaf)

The Flaxo remix of Lianne La Havas's song 'Elusive'

Elusive (Flako Remix)

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Here it is guys. The Desi Slow Jams Mixtape as chosen by you guys! This mixtape contains the very best in desi slow jams and a twist of Dukhi songs guaranteed to put you in a relaxed mood. Enjoy Guys
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SHINE

A tribute to the city of Mhamid El Ghizlane and its festival of desert and world music. Oum was the godmother of Taragalte festival's 4th edition in 2012.

TARAGALTE

HAYLALA

LIK - Soul of Morocco

WHOWA - Soul Of Morocco

24 soul donuts. All 45s. All mixed from the original vinyl.

Tracklist:
1. Donald Jenkins And The Delighters "Music Revolution"
2. Otis Leavill "I Need You"
3. Erroll Gaye And The Imaginations "You Dont Want My Love"
4. Billy Harner "Fool Me"
5. Continental Four "How Can I Pretend"
6. The Tenth Dymentions "My Love For You Is Growing Wild"
7. JJ And G "Thats What I Get (For Loving You)"
8. Brothers Of Soul "A Lifetime"
9. Wes Wells And The Steelers "It Must Be Love"
10. Frankie Karl And The Dreams "Dont Be Afraid (Do As I Say)"
11. Four Mints "Row-Row-Row My Boat"
12. The Dynamic Tints "Be My Lady"
13. Final Decisions "Keep On Walking"
14. Dee Dee Warwick "Its Not Fair"
15. Carl Carlton "Dont Walk Away"
16. Sly, Slick And Wicked "Sho Nuff"
17. Jimmy (Soul) Clark "If I Only Knew Then (What I Know Now)"
18. The Original Breed "The Prophet"
19. The Prime Ministers "I Dont Know No More"
20. Deon Jackson "All On A Sunny Day"
21. The Marvelettes "As Long As I Know Hes Mine"
22. The Admirations "Don't Leave Me"
23. The Toys "Whats Wrong With Me Baby"
24. The Ordells "Sippin A Cup Of Coffee"



Soul With A Hole Vol. 1

After the release of "Funkrangi" & "Kangana Dub" Switch is proud to release his third instalment entitled
"Gandasi" featuring the vocals of up coming vocalist Manu Singh.
 
This track is set to bring yet another side of the production you can expect from Switch.
Bringing desi lyrics with a raw hip hop feel is what has been created.
 
 
Watch out for "YAAR DHA VIAH" ft Manu singh coming out early july 2013.
 
 
Check out the free download link to "Gandasi" out now!!!
 
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