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Artists:
Moudou ould Mattalla Album:
Mauritanie Guitare des Sables
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Label:
MONDOMIX
| Title | Listen | Buy | |
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| 1. | Improvisation (Mode Karr) | ||
| 2. | Chor, plaise à Dieu qu'il vive longtemps | ||
| 3. | Ouezn, La dédicace de l'année | ||
| 4. | Tebra | ||
| 5. | Ouezn, Le sentiment divers | ||
| 6. | Improvisation (Mode Lebtayt) | ||
| 7. | Ouezn, le dattier mehboula | ||
| 8. | Improvisation (mode Varhou) | ||
| 9. | Benja-oh ma mère Leila | ||
| 10. | Ouezn, Chaoueda | ||
| 11. | Improvisation (Mode Lekhal) | ||
| 12. | Chor, meya je t'aime | ||
| 13. | Ouezn, la joie de la femme | ||
| 14. | Improvisation (Mode Lebyad) | ||
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Review:
Between country and city, between acoustic and electric, the music by Moudou ould Mattalla and the El Mouna singers recounts the thread on which Chinguetti tries to find its balance: oscillating between urban camp and desert city, blending local collective practices and personal innovations where individual creativity draws from both the local and global cultural heritage, and finally managing to give a strong coherence to the most heteroclite assemblages. This is somewhat like the effect that the desert has on things: the wind and the sand quickly give them a Sahara patina that tends to unify everything under the same monochrome colour tone. This patina also affects men and, inevitably, music. Released in 2003. — CalabashMusic.com |
