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Guedra Guedra: Vexillology review | Ammar Kalia's global album of the month | Musique Non Stop

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Friday, March 5, 2021

Guedra Guedra: Vexillology review | Ammar Kalia's global album of the month

(On the Corner)
Abdellah M Hassak integrates the rhythms of north African folk music with a bassline-heavy electronic pulse


From the spiritual polyrhythms of gnawa to the looping vocalisations of Sufism and the percussive tessellations of Berber folk, the world of north African cultures meet in the music of Morocco. Producer Abdellah M Hassak, AKA Guedra Guedra, has taken these rhythms as the core of his work. His name comes from the Berber dance music performed on the guedra drum; his debut EP, 2020’s Son of Sun, explored these diffuse roots through a dancefloor filter, with added field recordings and electronic Midi sequencing, a junglist collage that straddles tradition and contemporary dance musics.

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by Ammar Kalia via Electronic music | The Guardian

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