ROAD TO ESSAOUIRA by FAWDA TRIO
SKU | 92939 |
Artist | FAWDA TRIO |
Title | ROAD TO ESSAOUIRA |
Label | ORIGINAL CULTURES |
Catalog # | OCLP 001 |
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Release | W 42 - 2016 |
Format | Vinyl - UKLP |
€ 15,99 | incl. VAT, excl. shipping |
Tracks
- Essaouira Ganga (intro)
- I Got The Blues
- Money Beat (feat SwamiMillion)
- Aisha (feat Maalem Soudani)
- Youmala
- Reflections On An African Piano
- Road To Essaouira
- No History (feat SwamiMillion)
- La Fou
Description
Jazz and Gnawa fusion album recorded in Morocco by Bologna-based Fawda Trio and London duo LV (under their SwamiMillion alias).The album began with a live collaboration between Fawda Trio and SwamiMillion in Bologna in 2013 and culminated with a ten-day recording session in the old city of Essaouira in 2014, featuring local musicians including the acclaimed Gnawa master Maalem Soudani.
The album is conceived as a journey to Essaouira and features original compositions by Fawda Trio, who work at the nexus of African-American traditions and Gnawa music with keyboards, percussions, and gimbri, as well as two electronic pieces based on sampling by SwamiMillion and covers of traditional Gnawa and Morrocan pieces.