so powerful. anywhere i can find this poem/ mix?

so beautiful and powerful, thank you ♥️ FREE PALESTINE 🇵🇸

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Dirtmusic’s previous album “Troubles,” released in June of last year, was recorded in Bamako, Mali in the dark days of the 2012 political upheaval. A propulsive collection of cinematic Afro-rock, “Troubles” for the most part rose out of improvisational sessions involving Hugo Race (Fatalists, Bad Seeds) and Chris Eckman (The Walkabouts) of Dirtmusic and the nimble, balafon driven Ben Zabo band. Malian luminaries like Samba Touré, Zoumana Téréta, Aminata Wassidjé Traoré and Virginie Dembélé from the Rokia Traoré band, brought exhilarating vocal and instrumental contributions to the collective.

“Troubles” was not a mere construct or hybrid, but rather something deeply collaborative and genre-busting. Louder Than War wrote: “an incisive and unique journey in sound…this album is rock, it’s roll, its funk, it’s African, it’s an aural delight.”

“Lion City” the new Dirtmusic album, is culled from the same Bamako sessions as “Troubles” but offers a decidedly different atmosphere and ambiance. While the Ben Zabo band is still the core collaborator, the textures and tempos are slower and more opaque. Organics and electronics intertwine and unfold unpredictably. There are less guitars and more liquid sounds. The outward frustration and fear documented on the previous album has given way to something more insular and pensive. The echoing space between the notes is emphasized and subsequently so are the voices and the texts.

Samba Touré provides a vocal and lyric for “Red Dust” a song that enshrines the contemplative mood of the album. Over a swirling dub-scape he intones:

How can we reconcile and forgive?
How can we bring peace to those that hate us?
Yet we have no choice
We need to stop fighting

While Samba Touré, Ben Zabo and his band, and Aminata Wassidjé Traoré previously appeared on “Troubles”, “Lion City” also features an inspired team of new collaborators.

+Tamikrest members Ousmane Ag Mossa (guitar), Cheikhe Ag Tiglia (Bass) & Aghaly Ag Mohamedine (percussion) appear on the bluesy and meditative “Movin’ Careful.” This is the first time the two groups have collaborated since Dirtmusic’s BKO album from 2010.

+The iconic Takamba band Super 11, from northern Mali, exchange thorn-like trance sounds with Hugo and Chris on the album’s opening number “Stars of Gao.”

+MC Jazz, an up and coming Bamako Hip Hop artist adds a fiery incantation 
to the mostly instrumental “Day the Grid Went Down.”

+Ibrahima Douf, a young singer from Senegal, provides a stunning vocal on the album’s final track “September 12.” The song is an ode to his grandmother.

The 21st century claims to be borderless. A world of hyper-communication and instant nostalgia that is both celebrated and feared. On “Lion City” Dirtmusic stayed clear of such theorizing and just got on with the practice. The collective joy they found in making this music is what mattered most.

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Dirtmusic - Red Dust (feat. Samba Touré)

Kabul Intercontinental: Music from Television & Teahouses - Nicolas Sheikholeslami (Çaykh)

Ghoula: Gumbri/Piano/fx
Nuri: Drum/Percussion/Guitar
Xavier Descarpentries: Trumpet
Bornholm 2014

Ghoula ft Nuri- Le het le khoudh menni  لا هات لا خوذ منّي

Ón abhainn chuig an fharraige, beidh saoirse ag an bPalaistín.

A tribute to our Palestinian brothers and sisters. My intention is to showcase the beauty and power of music and poetry from Palestine, and honour the anger, grief and suffering. Meant with respect and solidarity, and prayers of peace from Ireland.

Painting by Sliman Mansour.

All the music and poetry here, I believe, is from Palestine, with the exception of tracks 9&20 (UK), 15 (Morocco), 16 (US), 28 (Ireland) 

Tracklist:
1. Field Recordings of the Palestine Sunbird
2. Muhiddine Al Baghdadi - Al Fajir
3. Palestine - Ministry of Dub-Key
4. Masar - Le Trio Joubran 
5. Poem by Mahmoud Darwish - Think of Others
6. هي هي يا فلسطين - Rola Azar
7. Al Mizan - Clarissa Bitar
8. Excerpts from spoken word “Shades of Anger” - Rafeef Ziadah
9. Every Grain of Palestinian Sand - Muslimgauze 
10. Poem by Mahmoud Darwish (read by Omar Offendum) - On This Land 
11. ميمة الخليل - يا معلمتى - جودة عالية 
12. زغرتوا - Zaghritu - Maya Al Khaldi 
13. Initiation of Ecstasy (instrumental) - El-Funoun Palestinian Popular Dance Troupe
14. Nijmet El-Subeh - Sanaa Moussa
15. Palestine - Nass El Ghiwane
16. Excerpts from “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” - Gil Scott-Heron
17. Palestinian Shibbabeh Flute - Solidarity Studios
18. Dance of the Resistance (Instrumental) - Sabreen
19. يا طير السنونو - Rola Azar
20. All The Stolen Land Of Palestine - Muslimgauze
21. Excerpts from spoken word “Love Letters from Palestine” - Dana Dajani 
22. A New Love - El-Funoun Palestinian Popular Dance Troupe
23. Al Raba'yye - In A'd Rifaki [Edit]
24. Safar Barlek - Sanaa Moussa
25. Nami Ya Hanin - Marwan Abado
26. Poem by Refaat Alareer - If I Must Die
27. I Don’t Have Freedom - DAM, Children of Lod
28. Caoine For a Dead Child - Kitty Gallagher (a Caoine is an ancient Irish tradition of lament singing) 
29. Lovers’ Hymn - El-Funoun Palestinian Popular Dance Troupe
30. Excerpt from spoken word “Love Letters from Palestine” - Dana Dajani 
31. Field Recordings of the Palestine Sunbird
32. Palestinian Shibbabeh Flute - Solidarity Studios
33. Poem by Marwan Makhoul - Birds and Warplanes

From the River to the Sea

Second single from the forthcoming Marewrew compilation on Pingipung.
Release: MAY 10th.
Press contact: flow@morrmusic.com

Marewrew (pronounced: Ma-leoo-leoo / mɑleːu̯leːu̯) is a female vocal group that sings traditional Ainu songs. The music of the long-suppressed people from northern Japan has been a particular focus of Pingipung's output in recent years, together with Oki Kano who recorded and produced many Ainu artists. Following various re-releases by Umeko Ando, the late grande dame of traditional Ainu music, the spotlight is now on the a cappella music of Marewrew, which by the way means ‘butterfly’ in Ainu. Attentive listeners will recognise the voices, as some of the band have already performed as backing singers on recordings by Umeko Ando. Their a cappella versions of traditional Ainu music shed a whole new light on the fascinating songs that have been passed down through generations exclusively through song.

'Ukouk' means 'round singing', which refers to the form in which Marewrew perform and record. Many of the songs are set as tightly interwoven canons: one starts, the others join in, but slightly out of phase: Almost like dub echoes, except that they are sung and not created in post-production. The short songs sometimes unfold into a wondrous trance ('Sikata Kuykuy', 'Honkaya') that seems to spin round and round - if singing can actually dance, then this is how. Nature sounds and woodpeckers can be heard ('Hawsa’), and there is a funny miniature in which the ladies imitate birdsong ('Takuro'). Things get hypnotic with an evocative song about stranded whales ('Hunpe Yan Na’) or an ode to the Orca as ‘Little Sea God’ (‘Pon Repun Kamuy’). The album culminates in unexpected pop ('Yaykatekara') or cumbia moments ('Kanerenren') with a band line-up including percussions and Oki Kano on the famous Tonkori harp.

Marewrew are Rekpo, Hisae and Mayunkiki. Rim-Rim was a member of the group until 2022. Mayunkiki reflects on the ambivalence of performing traditional music as a contemporary band: "When we first started performing, we all thought we had to perform in an Ainu way. But over time we have become more and more open to new ways of singing. I think if our way of singing is seen as the only, correct way of our tradition, then it won't spread, it's not alive. We like it when it's traditional, but it changes, just like our voices have changed over time.” ( Quote from the film 'Marewrew's Voice' by Eiko Soga (2021))

'Ukouk' is a selection of Marewrew's work from the last 13 years, compiled from CD releases by Pingipung's Andi Otto. Oki Kano has contributed unreleased material and added new versions of the songs which had only been released in Japan. The album has been remastered by Kassian Troyer and is now available on LP for the first time.

Ukouk. Round Singing Voices of the Ainu 2012​-​2024

Yaykatekara - Wedding Song

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Marewrew: Yaykatekara - Wedding Song (Pingipung 085 / LP, digital)

The hypnotic folk music of the Ainu a cappella group Marewrew receives the second of two remix treatments. Part 02 is dedicated to dub music. It’s a 7'' single by Elijah Minnelli and Peter Presto, complete with remixes by Contact Field Orchestra, Cloud Management and Andi Otto in the digital package.

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Marewrew - Uekap (Elijah Minnelli Remix)

I found this old rough recording from 7 years ago, a version of an Irish air, Táimse im' Chodladh [i am asleep]. Quick guitar drone, and recorded in one take, straight into the computer. Thought i might as well not be too precious and just upload it.

Táimse im' Chodladh

Tinariwen remix done by Daniel Lanois in the back of 1972 Cadillac Fleetwood. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WB5vt3kyCE

Adounia Ti Chidjret (Tinariwen - Lanois Remix)

An adaptation of an ancient muslim/byzantine chant into dub reggae with Oud taksim .
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Dub Byzantine

Our guest for this 6th episode is Yasmine Hamdan, the stellar Paris-based artist from Lebanon. She’s prepared a fascinating mix for us, featuring a selection of tracks from her collection of rare cassettes from all over the Arab world (Yemen, Syria, Sudan, Iraq etc), many of them from the ‘80s and earlier. Yasmine’s “Jamilat Reprise”, a collection of reconstructions of tracks off her latest album “Al Jamilat”, is due to drop in early June 2018. Among these reworks is Cubenx’s remix of “K2”, which appears in the 1st hour of this show. 

The show’s initial 50 minutes is a mix by Marc Hollander entitled ‘Crammed By Numbers’, consisting of tracks from the label’s catalogue which all contain numbers in their titles.

1st hour:  Crammed by Numbers Mix by Marc Hollander

Gary Moscheles - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8	(1996)	
Chicha Libre - Gnossienne No. 1	(2009)
Alla - 1 Dia Otra Noche     (2008)
Yasmine Hamdan - K2 (Cubenx remix)  (2018)	
Tek 9 - 2001 (feat. Opio)		(1999)
Hector Zazou - Le borgne n'a qu'1 oeil (1985)
Gabor Kristof - Ardèche 106	(1990)
Tuxedomoon - 59 to 1 (’93 remix)	(1993)
Kasai Allstars x High Wolf - Félicité 1 	 (2017)
Buckfunk 3000 - 1st Class Ticket to Telos	(1997)
Hoquets - 1815  (2011)
Daniel Schell & Karo - Parfume Mon Frere Bilingue (Van De 7 Sloten) (1990)	
Elixir - 35 Prophetic Signs (1998)	
Juana Molina - A00B01  (2017)
Minimal Compact - Next 1 Is Real (1984)	
Aksak Maboul x Juryman - (Mit 1) Saure Gurke (2003 Remix)	
(special countdown guests: Paolo Radoni, Yvon Vromman, Sonoko, and a couple more).

2nd hour:  Rare Arab Grooves Mix by Yasmine Hamdan 

Faycal Alawi - Ya Ward Bakadi 
Unknown - Ich Hal Winin
Faycal El Saad -(Unknown Title) 
Al Balabil - Baborkosona
Maryam Mursal - Lei Lei (I Feel Alone)
Souad Mohamad - Choubi
Fayçal El Alawi - Rouhi Ta
Omar Souleyman - Don't Wear Black - Green Suits You Better
Melhel Baraket - Kbouch E Touti
Sami Ali & Sahar Hamdy - Elli Shatr Enhaa Tgannen
Chadia - Irma La Douce 
Wedad - Fi Wardi
Asmahan - Ya Habibi Ta3Ala
Talal Madah - Ta3Alaqa Qalbi

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Inside & Around Crammed #6: Yasmine Hamdan

Bassekou Kouyate with Samba Touré - Amandrai - live 2008 in Niafunké
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