EL HAL / THE FEELING by ELECTRIC JALABA

SKU116544
ArtistELECTRIC JALABA
TitleEL HAL / THE FEELING
LabelSTRUT
Catalog #STRUT 226LP
Tag
ReleaseW 03 - 2021
FormatVinyl - UKLP
Import
 € 22,50 incl. VAT, excl. shipping

Tracks

  1. tora tora
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/s/strut_226lp_el_hal_the_feeling/01-01_electric_jalaba_tora_tora_deg932000811.mp3
  2. cubaili ba
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/s/strut_226lp_el_hal_the_feeling/01-02_electric_jalaba_cubaili_ba_deg932000812.mp3
  3. agia hausa
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/s/strut_226lp_el_hal_the_feeling/01-03_electric_jalaba_agia_hausa_deg932000813.mp3
  4. daimla
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/s/strut_226lp_el_hal_the_feeling/01-04_electric_jalaba_daimla_deg932000814.mp3
  5. fulan
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/s/strut_226lp_el_hal_the_feeling/01-05_electric_jalaba_fulan_deg932000815.mp3
  6. shabakru
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/s/strut_226lp_el_hal_the_feeling/01-06_electric_jalaba_shabakru_deg932000816.mp3
  7. briando
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/s/strut_226lp_el_hal_the_feeling/01-07_electric_jalaba_briando_deg932000817.mp3
  8. tugra
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/s/strut_226lp_el_hal_the_feeling/01-08_electric_jalaba_tugra_deg932000818.mp3
  9. hindewu
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/s/strut_226lp_el_hal_the_feeling/01-09_electric_jalaba_hindewu_deg932000819.mp3
  10. agmami
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/s/strut_226lp_el_hal_the_feeling/01-10_electric_jalaba_lagmami_deg932000820.mp3

Description

A captivating, versatile and rhythmic album of contemporary Gnawa music! 

Deploying a vast cache of influences across nine tracks improvised and developed in their south London studio. Some tracks pay homage to the origins of Gnawa music, whose repertoire of Arabic-language praise songs contains remnants of West African dialects – Bambara from Mali, Fulani and Hausa from the Sahel region – that point to a centuries-old migration. 

“The trance-inducing effect of Gnawa was what hit us first. It was visceral, heart stopping,” continues Olly, whose siblings – producer / keys player Henry Keen, guitarist / multi-instrumentalist Nathaniel Keen and singer / multi-instrumentalist Barnaby Keen – make up Electric Jalaba alongside revered Anglo-Italian kit drummer Dave De Rose and Simo on vocals, krakeb and guimbri. “Simo selected the chant from the traditional song suites and, as a band, we extended these short pieces of ceremonial music and experimented with sound and structure,” explains Olly. Tracks include the Juno-led dancefloor single ‘Cubaili Ba’, ‘Agia Hausa’, a multi-layered wig-out that partly takes its inspiration from Senegal’s fiercely percussive mbalax rhythms and ‘Daimla’, a gloriously dubby ode to Allah and iconic maalems including the late Mahmoud Guinea. “There’s a very strong rhythmic element within the band but because of our different perspectives but the melodic components are really unique as well,” says Henry. That feeling of being outside of yourself but totally within yourself at the same time… That’s what all of us, collectively, are striving for.”

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