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Abbar El Hamada

Aziza Brahim

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Format: CD

Cat No: GBCD031

Release Date:  04 March 2016

Label:  Glitterbeat GmbH

Packaging Type:  Digipak

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  4030433603123

Genres:  World Music  Africa  

Release Date:  04 March 2016

Label:  Glitterbeat GmbH

Packaging Type:  Gate Fold Vinyl

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  4030433603116

Genres:  World Music  Africa  

  • Description

    Western Saharan musician/activist Aziza Brahim’s new album Abbar el Hamada (Across the Hamada), is a commanding and compassionate musical statement about, and for, the tumultuous age in which we live.



    Raised in a Saharawi refugee camp in the Algerian desert, and living in exile for more than two decades (first in Cuba and currently in Barcelona), Brahim’s life and music embodies both the tragedies and hopes of the present-day migrant and refugee experience.



    As walls and borders are again being raised though-out Europe and other corners of the world, Aziza Brahim’s passionately sung poetic defiance, is especially timely and profound.



    Los Muros (The Walls), a dignified desert dreamscape; is emblematic of Aziza’s artistry. The lyrics morph from condemning the sand fortifications Morocco has erected along the Western Saharan border (to prevent the return of the Saharawi to their homeland), to a recognition that while walls are tragically universal, so is the imaginative spirit that encourages us to transcend them.

    Description

    Western Saharan musician/activist Aziza Brahim’s new album Abbar el Hamada (Across the Hamada), is a commanding and compassionate musical statement about, and for, the tumultuous age in which we live.



    Raised in a Saharawi refugee camp in the Algerian desert, and living in exile for more than two decades (first in Cuba and currently in Barcelona), Brahim’s life and music embodies both the tragedies and hopes of the present-day migrant and refugee experience.



    As walls and borders are again being raised though-out Europe and other corners of the world, Aziza Brahim’s passionately sung poetic defiance, is especially timely and profound.



    Los Muros (The Walls), a dignified desert dreamscape; is emblematic of Aziza’s artistry. The lyrics morph from condemning the sand fortifications Morocco has erected along the Western Saharan border (to prevent the return of the Saharawi to their homeland), to a recognition that while walls are tragically universal, so is the imaginative spirit that encourages us to transcend them.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Buscando la Paz 03:08
      • 2. Calles de Dajla 02:50
      • 3. El canto de la arena 04:48
      • 4. El wad 03:14
      • 5. La cordillera negra 03:55
      • 6. Abbar el Hamada 03:36
      • 7. Baraka 03:51
      • 8. Mani 05:25
      • 9. Intifada 02:55
      • 10. Los muros 04:41

    Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Buscando la Paz 03:08
      • 2. Calles de Dajla 02:50
      • 3. El canto de la arena 04:48
      • 4. El wad 03:14
      • 5. La cordillera negra 03:55
      • 6. Abbar el Hamada 03:36
      • 7. Baraka 03:51
      • 8. Mani 05:25
      • 9. Intifada 02:55
      • 10. Los muros 04:41