MAROC IN MANHATTAN
short version: free North African music at Central Park Summerstage this Saturday Sunday!
new school princes of Moroccan beats, Fnaïre, make what they call ‘traditional rap’. until hearing their new album, Yed El Henna, i couldn’t get with Maghrebi hiphop — it always sounded like behind the times French rap or slightly more behind the times American rap. but Fnaïre is on it. The pan-Moroccan samples & structures sit inside the music in a comfortable way; the sound has become its own thing. Masala blogs em. check ‘Sah Raoui feat. Salah Edin.’ for the most successful gnawa-hiphop fusion tune i’ve ever heard (and it’s a genre i’m suspicious of!)
this tune, i can almost ID the sample/riff they are using. I have this music… somewhere.
Fnaïre - Tagine Loghate feat. Providence
for old-school Moroccan styles, the Orchestre de Tanger is giving a special NYC concert tomorrow. $35, ouch! thankfully, the virtuoso classical Andalusian music ensemble will give a FREE concert this Saturday, as part of the Mediterranean-themed Central Park Summerstage event. Also appearing at that, Hassan Hakmoun, a gnawa fusionist who’ve work i’ve never warmed up to.
September 14, 2007
ooooo, does that mean you’re actually crossing the river to my side?
thanks for posting this.
September 14, 2007
I’ve been looking around for Yed El Henna but I can’t find anywhere to purchase it. The few fnaire tracks I’ve heard are awesome!
September 14, 2007
pretty awesome hearing the dutch lyrics on the Sah Raoui feat. Salah Edin. track
September 15, 2007
The show at central park is on SUNDAY!
September 15, 2007
aaah! my bad. fixed. hope you didnt find out the hard way… although this means i may actually be able to go
September 17, 2007
we did find out the hard way, unfortunately. there was some german holiday celebration, really weird, lots of hats with feathers and polka bands. was a nice day in the park nonetheless… did you go?
January 15, 2008
wow maroc rakom mnowren vive le maroc et bravo bonne continuation fnaire
February 1, 2008
merci pour fnaire et viva likom maroc meftakhar bekom zedo l9odam
February 29, 2008
salam ca va fnaire antouma ahsan grup de kulchi de marroc un bisou de tout le mounde ok
April 10, 2008
merci fnayr hhhhhhhh bien by
April 10, 2008
moi oussi bien avec fnayr louuuuuve les muzik de fnayr
June 20, 2008
salam fnayr a mi me encanta toda vuestras canciones deverdad os deseo todo lo mejor del mundo .
June 27, 2008
wala fnaire les meilleures du monde entiers