Aziza Brahim

Line up

  • Aziza Brahim  (vocals, tabal )
  • Guillem Aguilar Nolis  (bass)
  • Ignasi Cusso Ruis (Guitar )
  • Nicolas Roca Gomez (drums)
  • Pep Mendoza (Guitar )

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Booking Territory: Germany / Austria / Switzerland / Scandinavia / Eastern Europe


Current album: Abbar el Hamada (Glitterbeat Records, March 4th, 2016)

Voiced with deep passion and grace, Aziza Brahim's music adeptly travels the expanse between her Western Saharan roots and Barcelona, the European cosmopolis where she now lives. Aziza is both a contemporary sonic poet and a prominent and eloquent spokesperson for the Saharawi people and their ongoing struggle for recognition and justice.

After growing up in refugee camps in Western Sahara, although she had to flee to Cuba because of political oppression in 1975, she returned to those Saharawi camps in Algeria and began singing and playing in different musical ensembles.

Aziza’s new album 'Soutak' (“Your Voice”), her debut for the Glitterbeat label, is her first recording to predominantly focus on the cadence of her majestic voice and the soulful critique of her lyrics. The album was produced by Chris Eckman (Tamikrest, Ben Zabo, Dirtmusic) and was recorded live and direct in Barcelona in June of 2013.

Her music is a powerful and nuanced mixture of musical cultures and features Malian, Spanish, Cuban and contemporary Anglo-European motifs all held together by Aziza’s deeply rooted knowledge of traditional Saharawi song and sound.