COLOURS OF THE NIGHT by MAALEM MAHMOUD GANIA

SKU99328
ArtistMAALEM MAHMOUD GANIA
TitleCOLOURS OF THE NIGHT
LabelHIVE MIND
Catalog #HMRLP 1
Tag
ReleaseW 37 - 2017
FormatVinyl - UK2LP
EAN Barcode0700461903437
 € 33,50 incl. VAT, excl. shipping

Tracks

  1. Sadati Houma El Bouhala
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/h/hmrlp_1_colours_of_the_night/sf660980-01-01-01.mp3
  2. Shaba Kouria
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/h/hmrlp_1_colours_of_the_night/sf660980-01-01-02.mp3
  3. Bala Matinba
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/h/hmrlp_1_colours_of_the_night/sf660980-01-02-01.mp3
  4. Amara Mousseye
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/h/hmrlp_1_colours_of_the_night/sf660980-01-02-02.mp3
  5. Foulani
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/h/hmrlp_1_colours_of_the_night/sf660980-01-03-01.mp3
  6. Sidi Sma Ya Boulandi
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/h/hmrlp_1_colours_of_the_night/sf660980-01-03-02.mp3
  7. Ba Yourki
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/h/hmrlp_1_colours_of_the_night/sf660980-01-04-01.mp3
  8. Mrahba Baba Hamouda
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/h/hmrlp_1_colours_of_the_night/sf660980-01-04-02.mp3

Description

Hive Mind Records present Colours of the Night, the final studio recordings of deep, hypnotic Gnawa trance music from the late, great Maalem Mahmoud Gania.

The recordings see their first release outside of Morocco in September 2017, and will be available as a double vinyl LP, as digital download and through streaming services. The release has been licensed from the Gania family and comes with the support of all who were involved in the original recordings. Colours of the Night is his first solo recording to receive a vinyl release.

Maalem Mahmoud Gania was one of Morocco's most famous Gnawa musicians. Gnawa is a musical and spiritual tradition originating in sub-Saharan Africa that has survived as a subculture within Moroccan society for centuries. The roots of the blues can be heard in its hypnotic rhythms.

Born in 1951 and brought up in the coastal city of Essaouira, Mahmoud was raised in one of the country's great Gnawa families. A well-respected singer and master guimbri player renowned for his command of the Gnawa songbook, he became one of Morocco's most prolific recording musicians. From the 1970s until his death in 2015 he released numerous albums for a variety of local labels including Tichkaphone, La Voix El Maaraf and Sonya Disques, as well as recording with Western musicians such as Pharoah Sanders, Peter Brotzmann, and most recently James Holden and Floating Points.

The original recordings have been remastered for vinyl by Julian Tardo at Church Road Studios, and the sleeve features the beautiful portrait photography of Nicolas Diop..

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