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Gift
Hassan Hakmoun
Gift
Genres: International Music, Jazz, Pop
 
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The Gnawa people of Morocco arrived in the country as slaves centuries ago. They now perform hypnotic healing music that combines ancient indigenous and Islamic sacred syncopations that's unlike any other music on the pl...  more »

     
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All Artists: Hassan Hakmoun
Title: Gift
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Label: Triloka Records
Release Date: 6/11/2002
Album Type: Import
Genres: International Music, Jazz, Pop
Style: Africa
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 793018522823

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The Gnawa people of Morocco arrived in the country as slaves centuries ago. They now perform hypnotic healing music that combines ancient indigenous and Islamic sacred syncopations that's unlike any other music on the planet. The Marrakesh-born gimbri master Hassan Hakmoun, who once worked with Peter Gabriel, beautifully marries Western pop grooves and synths with those ancestral anthems. This CD is his most accomplished to date; instead of a sterile superimposition of styles, it's a true hybrid that produces something equally old and new. On tracks such as the gospel-toned "Syada Ana," "Sala, Allaho, Alaik," and "Mimouna," the tantric derdeba tones power the percussion. "This Gift" is a dreamy midtempo duet between Hakmoun and the pop vocalist Paula Cole. Hassan Hakmoun's syncretic sepia tones give a new color to world music. --Eugene Holley, Jr.

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Hassan,you outdid yourself with this one.
Lalla Aicha Qandicha | Zazamanqa | 01/01/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Excellent,excellent,excellent,is all I can say. He shows us that he can masterfully mix the rhythms of gnawa with western and other musical styles while not taking away,and even adding to the hypnotic,spiritual,sensual music that is gnawa.I waith eagarly for his next album.It all remains to see if he can top the appropriately titled "The gift.""