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Recommend me some northern african music

finelikewinefinelikewine "ONCE UPON A TIME, I HAD A VINYL." http://www.discogs.com/user/permabulker 1,416 Posts
edited April 2011 in Strut Central
I`ve been asked to dj a vernissage of an exhibition of an artist from Marocco called Nabil El Makhloufi and they wish to hear northern african music. I have got lots of african music but mostly from south of the sahara. Therefore I don`t know much about northern african music.
The music I`m looking for can be old or new and It must not necessarily be dance music. It would be great if you could recommend me some jazzy, funky and soulful stuff. I`m not that keen on traditional arabic sounding music.
Thanks in advance!

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  • pcmrpcmr 5,591 Posts
    Tinariwen
  • finelikewinefinelikewine "ONCE UPON A TIME, I HAD A VINYL." http://www.discogs.com/user/permabulker 1,416 Posts
    pcmr said:
    Tinariwen

    Thanks! That sounds like the stuff I`m looking for. Keep em coming.
  • exte82exte82 202 Posts
    Bellemou & Benfissa They are from Algeria.

    This is one interesting comp I'd recommend You to listen.... http://www.discogs.com/Various-1970s-Algerian-Proto-Rai-Underground/release/1487108
  • georgeibrahimgeorgeibrahim 676 Posts
  • finelikewinefinelikewine "ONCE UPON A TIME, I HAD A VINYL." http://www.discogs.com/user/permabulker 1,416 Posts
    djmario said:

    This one is great! I wouldn`t mind a rip of it. ;-) Got one?
  • finelikewinefinelikewine "ONCE UPON A TIME, I HAD A VINYL." http://www.discogs.com/user/permabulker 1,416 Posts
    exte82 said:
    Bellemou & Benfissa They are from Algeria.

    This is one interesting comp I'd recommend You to listen.... http://www.discogs.com/Various-1970s-Algerian-Proto-Rai-Underground/release/1487108

    Thanks! That compilation is rather pricey unfortunatly.
  • dwyhajlodwyhajlo 420 Posts
    You should try some rai music. My personal favorite is Cheb Khaled's Hada Raykoum album, though it seems like a bit of a turning point in his career right before he went into bad French pop stuff.



    It's actually a really diverse genre, and a lot of sounds not a lot like this.

    EDIT: I think that the "Rough Guide to Rai" or something like that, is pretty good for a basic understanding. There's a lot of rai music available - especially through French world music channels - but a lot of the more readily available stuff isn't so good. It's often a bit "overdone" and syrupy in my experience.

    Sublime Frequencies has some really dope North African music, also.





    Those are my favorites, but they have a whole bunch of other cool North African stuff, too. You should check their catalog if you're interested.
  • finelikewinefinelikewine "ONCE UPON A TIME, I HAD A VINYL." http://www.discogs.com/user/permabulker 1,416 Posts
    dwyhajlo said:
    You should try some rai music. My personal favorite is Cheb Khaled's Hada Raykoum album, though it seems like a bit of a turning point in his career right before he went into bad French pop stuff.



    It's actually a really diverse genre, and a lot of sounds not a lot like this.

    EDIT: I think that the "Rough Guide to Rai" or something like that, is pretty good for a basic understanding. There's a lot of rai music available - especially through French world music channels - but a lot of the more readily available stuff isn't so good. It's often a bit "overdone" and syrupy in my experience.

    Sublime Frequencies has some really dope North African music, also.





    Those are my favorites, but they have a whole bunch of other cool North African stuff, too. You should check their catalog if you're interested.

    Great, thanks! It`s good that the music at sublimefrequencies is downloadable as well. I`ll definetly check it out,
  • JamalJamal 410 Posts
    Les freres Megri aka the Megri brothers.
    and also Nas el Giwan
  • finelikewinefinelikewine "ONCE UPON A TIME, I HAD A VINYL." http://www.discogs.com/user/permabulker 1,416 Posts
    Jamal said:
    Les freres Megri aka the Megri brothers.
    and also Nas el Giwan

    Can you recommend some songs by them which I should check out?
  • SnagglepusSnagglepus 1,756 Posts
    The Rough Guide series is usually a decent starting point. When I DJ'd a "world music" radio show, they often came in handy. They're at least a notch up from Putumayo.

    Rough Guide to North African Music
  • pcmrpcmr 5,591 Posts
    Etran Finatawa

    and check this site
    http://www.bledconnexion.com/45tours.htm
  • doisndoisn baleadas&pupuzas 303 Posts
    finelikewine said:
    djmario said:

    This one is great! I wouldn`t mind a rip of it. ;-) Got one?


    Here you go:

    http://www.sendspace.com/file/hau7fc

    its also the edit, would be nice to hear the untouched version.
  • finelikewinefinelikewine "ONCE UPON A TIME, I HAD A VINYL." http://www.discogs.com/user/permabulker 1,416 Posts
    doisn said:
    finelikewine said:
    djmario said:

    This one is great! I wouldn`t mind a rip of it. ;-) Got one?


    Here you go:

    http://www.sendspace.com/file/hau7fc

    its also the edit, would be nice to hear the untouched version.

    Another strutter was a tad faster thany you and was kind enough to pm me a download link. But thanky anyway.
    The knowledge on obscure music over here is really amazing. Thanks everybody,

    I`m also considering to play some northern african themed music like this one:



    Any recommendations?
  • finelikewinefinelikewine "ONCE UPON A TIME, I HAD A VINYL." http://www.discogs.com/user/permabulker 1,416 Posts
    At DJhistory they recommended me this one, which I`m really excited about:

  • JamalJamal 410 Posts
    finelikewine said:
    Jamal said:
    Les freres Megri aka the Megri brothers.
    and also Nas el Giwan

    Can you recommend some songs by them which I should check out?

    the secret's out;)






    egyptian:


    I have some weird northern african 45's.. not on google shit.
  • finelikewinefinelikewine "ONCE UPON A TIME, I HAD A VINYL." http://www.discogs.com/user/permabulker 1,416 Posts
    Jamal said:
    finelikewine said:
    Jamal said:
    Les freres Megri aka the Megri brothers.
    and also Nas el Giwan

    Can you recommend some songs by them which I should check out?

    the secret's out;)






    egyptian:




    I have some weird northern african 45's.. not on google shit.

    Good shit!
  • JamalJamal 410 Posts
  • georgeibrahimgeorgeibrahim 676 Posts
    doisn said:

    its also the edit, would be nice to hear the untouched version.
    It's edited really simply, just slowed down a little and extended out so it gets into a really good groove. Also, check this out:



    Strictly it's not northern african since the band are French, but it sounds like it fits the bill for what you want.
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