The #zot2017 review takes you around the world with this project by Francois Cambuzat released last year on Glitterbeat.
Ifriqiyya Electrique - Ruwahine (Glitterbeat, May 26, 2017)
An incredibly interesting project published on Glitterbeat last May. The idea comes from Francois Cambuzat, leader of the Putan Club, a Frenchman, but historically connected to Southern Italy. "Ifriqiyya Electrique" is more than just a band; it could be described as the moniker he has adopted specifically for this project in which - accompanied by his long-time collaborator, bassist Gianna Greco, and Pierpaolo Leo - he literally gazes out over the Mediterranean and looks towards the adorcist ritual culture of Sidi Marzuq practiced by the Banga community, which constitutes an annual event in the black communities of Southern Tunisia. They are descendants of the Hausa slaves brought there from sub-Saharan Africa: it is a ritual of worship towards the spirits. A kind of ecstatic rite that Cambouzat has defined as post-industrial, developing it in this album titled "Ruwahine" (just like the spirits of the invocation), blending experimental and avant-rock sounds with the Sufi rituals of the Tunisian desert and the voices of Ali Choucen, Youssef Ghazala, Tarek Sultan, and Yahia Choucen, along with the indistinguishable sound of the tabla. The post-industrial fury and the powerful bass sound compulsively dominate all the compositions, combined with no-wave experimentation and the verve of the interpretations, evoking the roar of large sub-Saharan felines, akin to artists like Lydia Lunch. Yet, in some rituals beyond the arrangements, we can recognize that distant blues matrix which later develops in the new continent, and I wouldn't be surprised if some mantras and Sufi rituals recited vocally and without any instrumentation, like "Mawwel" or "Sidriiya," could ultimately make you think of Leadbelly. One world, one species, the same roots.
Ifriqiyya Electrique - Arrah arrah abbaina - Bahari - Tenouiba
#ruwahine #tunisia #glitterbeat
Ifriqiyya Electrique - Ruwahine (Glitterbeat, May 26, 2017)
An incredibly interesting project published on Glitterbeat last May. The idea comes from Francois Cambuzat, leader of the Putan Club, a Frenchman, but historically connected to Southern Italy. "Ifriqiyya Electrique" is more than just a band; it could be described as the moniker he has adopted specifically for this project in which - accompanied by his long-time collaborator, bassist Gianna Greco, and Pierpaolo Leo - he literally gazes out over the Mediterranean and looks towards the adorcist ritual culture of Sidi Marzuq practiced by the Banga community, which constitutes an annual event in the black communities of Southern Tunisia. They are descendants of the Hausa slaves brought there from sub-Saharan Africa: it is a ritual of worship towards the spirits. A kind of ecstatic rite that Cambouzat has defined as post-industrial, developing it in this album titled "Ruwahine" (just like the spirits of the invocation), blending experimental and avant-rock sounds with the Sufi rituals of the Tunisian desert and the voices of Ali Choucen, Youssef Ghazala, Tarek Sultan, and Yahia Choucen, along with the indistinguishable sound of the tabla. The post-industrial fury and the powerful bass sound compulsively dominate all the compositions, combined with no-wave experimentation and the verve of the interpretations, evoking the roar of large sub-Saharan felines, akin to artists like Lydia Lunch. Yet, in some rituals beyond the arrangements, we can recognize that distant blues matrix which later develops in the new continent, and I wouldn't be surprised if some mantras and Sufi rituals recited vocally and without any instrumentation, like "Mawwel" or "Sidriiya," could ultimately make you think of Leadbelly. One world, one species, the same roots.
Ifriqiyya Electrique - Arrah arrah abbaina - Bahari - Tenouiba
#ruwahine #tunisia #glitterbeat
sotomayor
31 jan 18
DeRank ™: 16,62
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