MARHABA (INCL 16 PAGE BOOKLET) by V/A

Sam ‘Flo Po’ Shepherd, James Holden, Vessel and Biosphere were invited to participate in a collaborative project with Gwana exponents Maâlem Mahmoud Guinia and Maâlem Mohamed Kouyou by the Dar Al-Ma’Mûn centre for artistic residencies in Marrakech. This is the result.The invitation came as part of the fifth Marrakech Biennale and their recording sessions with these local artists were documented in great detail in an excellent feature by Kat Leinhert published on the RBMA website which is worth investigating. It has now been revealed that Eglo and Border Communitywill jointly release some of the music recorded during that week long project from Maâlem Mahmoud Guinia, Floating Points and James Holden. Entitled Marhaba, it will initially arrive as a two-track 12″ that Guinia shares sides with Shepherd and Holden respectively and comes accompanied by a 20-page booklet of photographs documenting the week by Camilla Blake.