Arabic

Tamikrest is a group of musicians who belong to the Tuareg people. The band was founded in 2006. They mix traditional African music with Western rock, blues and pop influences and sing in Tamashek (Tuareg People Language)

Aratane N'Adagh - Tamikrest

Bombino - Takamba (Live on KEXP)

Out NOW on LP, Digital, CD and Tape! Purchase from our Bandcamp http://wonderwheelrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/silt

Wonderwheel Recordings is proud to present the debut album, Silt, from Sudanese singer Alsarah and her band the Nubatones. Called “The New Star Of Nubian Pop” by The Guardian, the album was produced solely by Alsarah who describes the sound of Silt as “East African Retro Pop” - it’s music that harkens back to the hazy sounds of 1960s and 70s Nubian music with it’s Eastern instrumentation, soaring vocal melodies, and pentatonic arrangements. 

The album has it’s musical roots in the Nubian “Songs of Return” that began to spring up after mass displacement and resettlement of hundreds of thousands in a region of lower Nubia that went under water after Egypt built Aswan High Dam to control the flooding of the Nile in 1970. The focus of these songs, both thematically and lyrically is about a return to home and the beauty of home and embodies a certain kind of saudade – a nostalgic longing for a place that no longer exists. The album encompasses Alsarah and her band’s musical curiosities in the concept of migration and Silt is their take on this mixed with the musical fusion happening in 1970s Khartoum, along with Arabic and North African influences appearing in the mix. 

Alsarah, is a Sudanese born singer, songwriter and ethnomusicologist. Born in the capital city of Khartoum, where she spent the first 8 years of her life, she relocated to Taez, Yemen with her family to escape the ever stifling regime in her native country. She abruptly moved to the US in 1994, when a brief civil war broke out in Yemen. Now residing in Brooklyn, NY, she is a self-proclaimed practitioner of East-African retro-pop. Working on various projects, she most recently has been working with The Nile Project and was featured on their debut release, Aswan (named 1 of the Top 5 “Must Hear” international albums by NPR). She has also collaborated with French producer Débruit on the album Aljwal, released this past November via Soundway Records UK. 

The Nubatones started out as dinner conversation between Alsarah and percussionist Rami El Aasser in his living room, digging thru archives of old music from North Africa, and reading about migration patterns in modern day Nubia, Soon the conversation opened into a musical one and spread to include master Oud player and Luthier Haig Manoukian and bass player Mawuena Kodjovi. With a collective love for pentatonic music and a common understanding of what it means to be an immigrant, the group went on to perform both nationally and internationally at prestigious venues such as The Kennedy Center, The Apollo Music Cafe, Celebrate Brooklyn at Prospect Park, The World Music festival in Chicago, and the Festival du Mond Arab in Montreal just to name a few. 



Habibi Taal

From 'Azel' out April 1, 2016. 
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LYRICS:
English:
My girlfriend where are our memories, our intimate memories?
What is the value of a relationship when it separates two connected hearts?
My brother I want you to advise and console me because my lover has gone and left me alone 
From this day, I decided to avoid a physical love
My friends, What, What do you advise me?
My girlfriend where are our memories, our intimate memories?

French:
Mon amie, ou sont nos souvenirs, nos souvenirs intimes?
Quelle est la valeur d'une relation quand elle sépare deux coeurs connectés
Mon frère, je veux que tu me conseilles et me consoles parce que mon amie est partie et m'a laissé seul
Depuis lors, j'ai décidé d'éviter l'amour physique
Mes amis, Quoi? Que me conseillez­vous?
Mon amie, ou sont nos souvenirs, nos souvenirs intimes?

Tamasheq:
Tamiditin Nikammani timtar
Mani timtart Tchin GARENAGH
Iyat Adounia Matinfa Zamayjaynin 
Zamajaynin Iwalan Ninmatafinin 
Ayitmanin Kouni Mahi Tin nam
Mahi Tin nam; Tin nam Fel Tarhanin 
Nak Tarhanin Tigla Touyi Dassouf 
Toyi Dassouf Fel mederan
Ijil wen dagh niskharam tarha N iblis

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Bombino - Timtar (Memories)

Vokal: Merve Daşdemir

Hey gidi gidi koca dünya
Gam yükümüsün
Söyle fani dünya söyle
Dert küpümüsün

Dünya handır han içinde
Yaşar o ruh can içinde
Rüya gibi gelir geçer
İnsanoğlu gam içinde

Dertli ağlar dertsiz ağlar
Dünya içinde

Hey gidi gidi koca dünya
Gam yükümüsün
Söyle fani dünya söyle
Dert küpümüsün

Dünya döner değirmende
İnsan içinde çavdardır
Bugün gelen yarın gider
Dolup boşalan bir handır

Goca Dünya 7" Single

Altın Gün - Goca Dünya (2017)

Le Trio Joubran - Masar

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Bombino - Takamba (Live on KEXP)

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