- country:Germany
- region:North Africa
- style(s):Traditional
- label:contact
- artist posted by:Saframusic
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Saframusic: " the music and traditional songs of the
Eastern Maghreb"
Saframusic aims at promoting and developing
traditional music from the Eastern Maghreb.
Because of its geographical location this part of the
Maghreb, which is a melting pot for Arab, Berber
and Sub-Saharan African culture, has fostered one
of the richest musical and poetic traditions in the
region.
Some of the groups Saframusic is working with
have gained recognition appearing in various
festivals in France like Alain Weber's « Orientales »,
the « Dock des suds » in Marseille and the « Café
de la Danse » in Paris:
Marzoug from Biskra is a group who uses their
own bagpipe which was invented by their family,
the "Chekwa": a repertoire which plunges you into a
mix of Arabic and African music, which is
extremely rhythmic, lively and cheerful.
A women's ensemble, the Fqiret d’Annaba offers
delightful songs, singing along with different
percussions. The repertoire consists in songs with a
very rich poetic content. It used to be led by the
siblings Zhour and Hadj Nasser, who were then
joined by the famous traditionnal singers from
Annaba, Sheikha Linda, Laouabdia, Fella, Sheikha
Nadia. With their outstanding voices they now form
an unprecedented group accompanied by the Fhel
flute and the Kamanja (violin), instruments used in
the learned music.
How can we forget the performance of the famous
ensemble of flutes Gasba and percussions from
Annaba and Souk-Ahras in Paris! This group is
inherited from the secular popular patrimony of the
North-East. One of the famous Noubat (a piece
celebrating the Saints) is performed during many
ceremonies such as baptism, weddings bringing to
their own musical style to the region. The magic
nature of this noubat gives this music a unique
strength where the tender expression of the
plaintive flute, the rich melodic varieties combined
with the rhythms of the percussions touch the
bottom of the soul.