Wow - props to my blogosphere colleagues for a bumper few weeks of Moroccan grooves! Well worth checking out:
Snap, Crackle & PopMr. Tear over at Snap, Crackle & Pop is back from a recent Morocco trip and promises to share some goodies in the weeks to come. If the current offerings are any indication, these should be fantastic! Already up is the Mustapha Baqbou tape pictured above - IF YOU LIKE GNAWA MUSIC, YOU NEED THIS TAPE!! This is my all-time favorite Baqbou tape - stunning virtuosity on the guinbri, masterful control of dynamics and drama, passionate singing, and songs from deep in the Ghaba suite! I lost my copy about 15 years back - so happy to hear this again. Also up at SC&P is a lovely album by the group Izmaz - an intense yet laid back offering from one of the '70s folk revival groups.
Bodega PopGary recently dropped a CD by old-school amarg artist Rais (Hajj) Omar Wahrouche. These are some great recordings, well worth a listen!
Audiotopia
Still digesting this huge cache of Jil Jilala tunes over at Hammer's. Some of it familiar, some of it very obscure!
See ya soon!
That Audiotopia blog is such a rip off of Holy Warbles! How ironic that Hammer seemed to be the Owl's biggest critic, only to completely jack his swag :) Best not to associate with that racist, hate-mongering loser. Just a heads up Tim
ReplyDeleteHahaha! How on earth should I be a rip-off of H.W. when not one album I upped was on any of his posts, plus... I really don't give a fuck about who he is, what he has done, or how he's disappeared rather mysteriously. Ergh? Care to share bubba boi?
ReplyDeleteHeads-Up? Leave that sci-fi shyat to film-blogs, dearest RRR. Wonder if the triple R's is short for anything other than Racist? Rip-Off? Hmm, and the last R? (Always) Right?
Get real.
H.H.
Away from Amer-Hatred and bullshack... and, as a dedication to your work Tim... I posted a small Mustapha Baqbu post in my joint.
ReplyDeleteCheck it out.
Stay tuned for more as we also will stay tuned for more of your wonderful posts.
Bi'Slama!
H.H.
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ReplyDeleteThanks for the mention Tim, I'm glad you're appreciating these (re)discoveries.
ReplyDeleteYup, Hammer is a total copycat. He even steals much of Owl's slang. What a poser. Sorry Hamhock, you don't have enough substance to be convincing. You come off as disgruntled, sexually frustrated, aging hipster desperately trying to make anyone care about you :-) Such a hypocrite too. No one cares!
ReplyDeleteOne last remark:
ReplyDeleteStop using smileys as if this was a chat-site. ":)", ":-)" etc... as as old as the doo-doo birds.
Grow a brain. Really. And, psst... Y U SO MADDD?
*shakes his head in total apathy* what a retardoonery!
H.H.
@Tim:
ReplyDeleteMan, please with sugar on top, maple syrup, sprinkle candy... whatever...
Remove all of these unnecessary comments. Refresh and Reload ma friend. Thanks.
Note: that Gnawa post has taken a lot of time to write. But, be assured that it will amaze even specialists like your very esteemed self here, sir.
I saw your website (timabdellah.com), and listened to some of the audio snippets in it, and truth be said here... You do rock! Good music. I also have read http://www.sonispheric.net/the_gnawa_and_their_lila.htm your dissertation and it's a good introduction to that musical genre. Still, there is a lot left to be said.
Hope I would make it by the weekend and that you can read my own point of view on this subject.
Take care till then.
H.H.
I found this "apathy" very amusing. Thanks for the lulz, big man on Urban Pictionary. Here's Urban Dick's own definition of Hamma:
Delete"One sad motherfucker with no life as seen by his 501,337 decisions (316 per day) he made as an Urban dictionary editor. Assuming he made 316 decisions every day, he would have to had spent 1587 days to get to that number, that's 4.3 years of nonstop editing 24/7. It's obvious to all that he doesn't get out much."
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hammer%20---%3B%20%2C%20hytham&defid=4434284
Hurr
The difference between Audiotopia and Holy Warbles is that Hammer actually writes and researches obscure stuff...unlike the "owl" who merely uploaded liner notes and wrote meaningless hipster slang. I don't recall Holy Warbles ever doing anything original, he was merely an aggregator, which is fine. But you can't really claim Audiotopia is a rip-off when he's presenting original research and unreleased recordings.
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