Aziza Brahim - Mawja (CD)

Aziza Brahim - Mawja

• CD

RELEASE DATE: 2/23/2024

DESCRIPTION 

Sahrawi singer-songwriter activist Aziza Brahim's fifth album Mawja ("wave" in Hassaniya Arabic) is fashioned from a simple but powerful foundational palette: Saharan and Iberian percussion entwining with stately guitars and warm, enveloping bass. Co-produced by Brahim with long-time collaborator Guillem Aguilar, the record from her oeuvre that Mawja most sonically resembles is her revered and graceful debut Soutak (GB 009LP, 2014). That noted, there is a confident eclecticism found here, an expansive take on her vision that even includes a drum pattern inspired by the Clash. Brahim's voice, as always, is a wellspring of deep and resonant emotions. The yearning for homeland. The struggle for freedom. The love for one's elders. The unfurling of time. Waves of history, waves of sound. Mawja.

TRACKLIST

1 Bein Trab U Lihjar
2 Thajliba
3 Duaa
4 Marhabna 2.1
5 Bubisher
6 Ljaima Likbira
7 Mawja
8 Metal Madera
9 Haiyu Ya Zuwar
10 Fuadi

LABEL: Glitterbeat
UPC: 4030433615027