4030433615027
4030433615010

Mawja

Aziza Brahim

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Format: CD

Cat No: GBCD150

Release Date:  01 March 2024

Label:  Glitterbeat GmbH

Packaging Type:  Digipak

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  4030433615027

Genres:  World Music  Africa  

Release Date:  01 March 2024

Label:  Glitterbeat GmbH

Packaging Type:  Gate Fold Vinyl

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  4030433615010

Genres:  World Music  Africa  

  • Description

    Sahrawi singer-songwriter activist Aziza Brahim's fifth album Mawja (Wave in Hassaniya Arabic) is fashioned from a simple but powerful foundational palette: Saharan and Iberian percussion entwining with stately guitars and warm, enveloping bass - Co-produced by Brahim with
    long-time collaborator Guillem Aguilar, the record from her oeuvre that Mawja most sonically resembles is her revered and graceful debut Soutak (2014).


    That noted, there is a confident eclecticism found here, an expansive take on her vision that even includes a drum pattern inspired by the Clash. Brahim's voice, as always, is a wellspring of deep and resonant emotions. The yearning for homeland. The struggle for freedom. The love for one's elders. The unfurling of time. Waves of history, waves of sound. Mawja.



    "Brahim's keening take on Afro- blues, is beautiful, bewitching, aquiver with timeless sorrow" - Mojo.



    "This is a sound and message that reaches the heart, beyond imposed borders,
    curfews and barbed wire, with a dream for the end to the struggle." - The Quietus.

    Description

    Sahrawi singer-songwriter activist Aziza Brahim's fifth album Mawja (Wave in Hassaniya Arabic) is fashioned from a simple but powerful foundational palette: Saharan and Iberian percussion entwining with stately guitars and warm, enveloping bass - Co-produced by Brahim with
    long-time collaborator Guillem Aguilar, the record from her oeuvre that Mawja most sonically resembles is her revered and graceful debut Soutak (2014).


    That noted, there is a confident eclecticism found here, an expansive take on her vision that even includes a drum pattern inspired by the Clash. Brahim's voice, as always, is a wellspring of deep and resonant emotions. The yearning for homeland. The struggle for freedom. The love for one's elders. The unfurling of time. Waves of history, waves of sound. Mawja.



    "Brahim's keening take on Afro- blues, is beautiful, bewitching, aquiver with timeless sorrow" - Mojo.



    "This is a sound and message that reaches the heart, beyond imposed borders,
    curfews and barbed wire, with a dream for the end to the struggle." - The Quietus.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Bein trab u lihjar
      • 2. Thajliba
      • 3. Duaa
      • 4. Marhabna 2.1
      • 5. Bubisher
      • 6. Ljaima likbira
      • 7. Mawja
      • 8. Metal, madera
      • 9. Haiyu ya zuwar
      • 10. Fuadi

    Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Bein trab u lihjar
      • 2. Thajliba
      • 3. Duaa
      • 4. Marhabna 2.1
      • 5. Bubisher

      Side 2

      • 1. Ljaima likbira
      • 2. Mawja
      • 3. Metal, madera
      • 4. Haiyu ya zuwar
      • 5. Fuadi