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

 

fnaire

[Fnaïre, myspace foto]

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.

Group Picture

[Orchestre de Tanger]



20 comments

  1. Susana:

    ooooo, does that mean you’re actually crossing the river to my side?

    thanks for posting this.

  2. Naru:

    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!

  3. buzz_aldrin:

    pretty awesome hearing the dutch lyrics on the Sah Raoui feat. Salah Edin. track

  4. brian:

    The show at central park is on SUNDAY!

  5. jace:

    aaah! my bad. fixed. hope you didnt find out the hard way… although this means i may actually be able to go

  6. brian:

    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?

  7. majda:

    wow maroc rakom mnowren vive le maroc et bravo bonne continuation fnaire

  8. chaimae:

    merci pour fnaire et viva likom maroc meftakhar bekom zedo l9odam

  9. samira:

    salam ca va fnaire antouma ahsan grup de kulchi de marroc un bisou de tout le mounde ok

  10. lamya:

    merci fnayr hhhhhhhh bien by

  11. lamya:

    moi oussi bien avec fnayr louuuuuve les muzik de fnayr

  12. samia:

    salam fnayr a mi me encanta toda vuestras canciones deverdad os deseo todo lo mejor del mundo .

  13. abdelahad:

    wala fnaire les meilleures du monde entiers

  14. zakia:

    salam fnaire le meilleur groube de maroc et vive wlad marakche jaime tout les music de fnaire

  15. Sofyan:

    aana buissnees fel denmark
    3omri 13
    ntuma oua3rin walakin khasna an 3aunu palestine/gaza
    men israel oudahramin

  16. mouhssine:

    o belle tof l3az la fnaire o wlad marrakche peace

  17. Anonymous:

    fnair sois los mejores y he escuchado el cancion nueva es WHY es xula.
    xaoooooooooooooooooo marrakchen

  18. fata:

    fnair 7ta lmut kan7ma9 3likom och7al kantmna n7dr lchi 7fla dylkom

  19. ayna:

    je vous aime bcp que dieu vous bénisse

  20. chayma:

    anachayma kan7ma9 3la fnaire

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