Before I plunge into June's madness, I'm going to take this day for Playing my Bills. I Played my Nelson Bill a few days ago so the only one due right now is my Laswell Bill. & perfectly, this ties right in with another request from the ole Bill collector hisself, Richie M.
On the Rachid Taha share Mister Muster sez:
"Nicely, thank you Nate. Looking forward to giving this a listen. Um, just out of curiosity, and only mentioned because Algeria's next door to Morocco, but do you have anything by Aisha Kandisha's Jarring Effects and if so, would you consider posting some at some point? I used to have a tape of El Buya but it vanished some time ago."
Pretty clever how he segued the geographic proximity of Algeria / Morocco into a sly request.
Aisha Kandisha's Jarring Effects are indeed from Morocco, formed in Marrakech in 1987 by Abdou El Shaheed, Habib El Malak, & Pat Jabbar, to develop a Shabee (a popular Moroccan music) / Dance crossover, influenced by diverse elements such as Gnawa, Reggae, Ragga, HipHop, Ambient, Trance, House, & experimental noises.
The group was named after a spirit from the Moroccan mythology. Aisha Kandisha appears in the form of a woman. Legion. Manifold. A Mass Psychosis. 25 years ago Paul Bowles calculated that she was married to some 35,000 men in Morocco. A lot of the people in Ber Rechid, a Moroccan psychiatric Hospital, are married to her.
In 1988 Cheb My Ahmed, S’Mohamed Kbirr, & Cheb Qchatar joined the band. Their first recordings were made for the debut album, El Buya. The label Barraka el Farnatshi Productions was started in 1990 to release & distribute the album, which got a surprising positive reaction from all around the globe. During this time all band members were still students & so promoting the album with a live tour was not possible.
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Before Jedba -
Aisha
Majiti Mataliti
El Mouka
Sankara
Jedba -
Moulsinnia
El Farrah
Laroussa
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In the meantime, an American journalist, whom the band met at Paul Bowles' home in Tangiers, made contact with Bill Laswell in 1992. Laswell became producer & bassist for Shabeesation, released in 1993. The New York experience, which included jams with Omar Ben Hassan from the Last Poets & Bernie Worrell from Funkadelic/Parliament, helped the band a lot to get a worldwide response as well as to find booking agencies for their first Europe tour in 1994.
Shabeesation is how I'm Playing the Laswell Bill.
When Jarring Effects teamed up with Laswell, the mind-bendingly prolific bassist/producer added his well known eclectic mosaic of traditional & contemporary Arabic/Indian elements, ambient electronica & acid jazz, meticulously layered atop narcotic, dub-infused beats with thick, throbbing bass riffs, mantra-like in their disciplined minimalism.
A Shabeesation Tour 94/95 followed the release & was a big success, with audiences varying from small Jazz Clubs to Open Airs with over 40,000 attendees. Everyone seemed to be deeply enthralled by the Marrakshi Jedba Beat.
A Muey A Muey
Dunya
Fin Roh
Nbrik
Nbrik Dub
Lahbab
Nenzak
Zin
El Harb
Thanks Richie,
NØ
El Buya
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Incredible! I can't heap enough gratitude upon you, Nate. This has really made my day. A mate lent me El Buya years ago and i made a tape of it, but it vanished somewhere/somehow. Now I'm a happy chappy indeed. And the bonus of Shabeesation just makes the day even sunnier. Top work, my friend.
ReplyDeleteGlad I could replace a lost treasure. Having a sunny day myself. Thanks, mate.
DeleteThank you! This is a wonderful treat today. I'd only heard Shabeesation when I picked it up years ago, having read a review that said Aisha Kandisha's Jarring Effects, Muslimgauze, and Badwai were three sides of the same coin. That really stuck with me, and have been a devoted fan of all them ever since.
ReplyDeleteNot sure about Jarring Effects & Muslimgauze being different sides of the same coin. I am big fan of both but find them quite different. Don't know Badwai (sp), but if you meant Badawi, big fan of his music also, but he's more illbient & quite different from the other two. All are great in my book though. Glad to be able to share some Jarring Effects, thanks to Richie.
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DeleteMany thanks for 'El Buya'. I've got 'Shabeesation' and like it a lot so I look forward to 'El Buya'.
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El Buya is AK Jarring Effects straight, no chaser. A real joy.
DeletePost listening update: great stuff! Thanks again NØ!
ReplyDeleteI bought a digital download of Shabeesation after reading a glowing recommendation in Richie Unterberger's book "Unknown Legends of Rock & Roll". It seemed like a real outlier that didn't fit with the themes of the book, which got me curious to hear it. Here's a list of all the artists in the book (which is quite good). If you look it over, you'll see what I mean. It's almost like the author thought, "I need something contemporary that could become a future Unknown Legend" to add to all the artists from the 50's, 60's and 70's (decades that are much more in his wheelhouse as a rock critic). But hey, his ears were open to it!
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PS - THANK YOU for El Buya! Sorry for blabbing on without expressing gratitude.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the Unterberger link & thanks for the thanks. Peace, brother.
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