I stumbled across this on Discogs - street recordings from Marrakech in 2018, released by Radio Khiyaban out of the Netherlands. Sounds from walking and hanging around Marrakech, primarily at the Djemaa el Fna plaza. There's plenty of music here, including some spirited tracks from an "Electric Banjo Band", including the old Houcine Slaoui standard "Alala Yelali" and the Nass el Ghiwane standard "Allah ya Moulana", 70 and 45 years old respectively (in 2018) and still pleasing the assembled crowds! Also some nighttime Gnawa sit-down musicking with guinbri and full group.
If you've spent any time strolling around the Djemaa el Fna, or even if not, you may enjoy this. A physical cassette edition was released but is sold out. However, the album is free to download via Bandcamp.
Another one set of interesting field recordings here : M O N S : N U M E N – Atlas Mountains (Berbers) (2020) https://perennialpyrenees.com/music/ - https://perennialpyrenees.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/atlas-mountains-berbers.zip
ReplyDeleteand the last one for today :) Ait Hadiddu field recordings - Pitt Rivers Museum
ReplyDeleteSix reel to reel tapes of Berber music and soundscapes from the Moroccan High Atlas Mountain were recorded in August 1961 among the Ait Hadiddu people during an Oxford University Expedition to the Atlas Mountains. The recordings and several Ait Hadiddu objects were purchased by the Pitt Rivers Museum in 1963.
The music includes examples of violin and drum playing, men and women singing, and some soundscapes recorded in markets, inside a mosque, and at a Festival at Rich. The collection includes several examples of Berber poets singing love songs, beggars singing for charity in Rabat Market, and poets praising the Prophet and also the King of Morocco (Hassain II). https://1fichier.com/?4dv50xplecozo7tf1fh0