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what's new in world music?Dissidenten on tour in 2009
The Dissidenten will be again on tour with their new album "Tanger Sessions" in 2009. "The Godfathers of Worldbeat" (Rolling Stone) are actualy working on festival dates in Morroco, the United States and all over Europe.
Dissidenten & Jil Jilala Tanger-Sessions 2008 - a short introduction: Hard-rocking electric guitars and driving rhythms create a mysterious and metallic atmosphere evoking the hysterical voices of war orrespondents of CNN and Al Jazeera. The unison choral singing of the Malhoun magnifies the emotions, as they go into a trance that unites the whole assembly.
The opener 'Akaaboune's Homage'is a majestic tribute to the legendary patron of art of the Moroccan music scene. Introduced to the band by writer/composer Paul Bowles, Akaaboune was also co-producer of Sahara Elektrik. Hooks abound, prominent guitars grab your ears and choirs soothe them in 'Morock'n'Roll'. After an atmospheric intro, the hard-bitten 'Gun Factory' reveals itself as a savage attack upon those who profit from the weapons industry. 'The World is a Mirror' refers the established DISSIDENTEN principle, and 'Truth is the Only Religion' praises the benefits of a humanistic world. After an ethereal flute intro, 'Song 4 A Rainbow' refers hopefully to the ideal rainbow of nations, races and cultures that some feel is possible to achieve. 'Fata Morgana' takes centre stage in the Tanger Sessions as an electric/acoustic oasis, resplendent under the Saharan sun. Alongside the DISSIDENTEN and Jil Jilala are an illustrious collection of musicians from Marrakech and Munich, Casablanca and Berlin.
The Tanger Sessions contain the seeds of a new reality, one which makes obvious the ever-developing cross-fertilization between western and Arabic culture. Rather than vague 'one world' philosophies, it is the wild spirit of the hard-rocking Seventies which connects the musicians involved. The CD cover shows an
amalgamation of the German and Moroccan flags - the central pentagram represents a ban on evil. Under this new flag, the DISSIDENTEN once again become activists campaigning for a 'world' music free from the burden of globalisation. The Tanger Sessions reflect in music both the light and dark sides of the clash of cultures.
'The World' was Dissidenten's main musical subject long before such ideas floated into fashion. Over a thirty-year span their projects have ranked not only among the most innovative multicultural collaborations but they also figure among the most telling and groundbreaking contributions to the development and broadening of today's popular music. Since the term 'World Music' entered the music lexicon in the early 1980s their name has been synonymous with, and at the forefront of 'World Music'. After all, it was the Rolling Stone that dubbed Dissidenten "Godfathers of World-Beat" long before the term became popular.(More Info: The Penguin Encyclopedia of Popular Music)
contact: Siggi Kögel
promoarte@dissidenten.com
Tel. 0034-955-132274
- article submitted by: Siegfried Kögel, PromoArte M. Serrano S.L.
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