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Mariem HassanShouka (Nube Negra) Mariem Hassan sings with entrancing intimacy and poetry, in a a clear message calling for all to fight injustice, discrimination and persecution. All of these new songs have been developed in a close complicity with the poet Lamin Allal and the guitarist, Lamgaifri Brahim. Although very young, he has masered all the subtleties of haul music. And Mariem, with the lack of a appropriate Saharaui guitarist over the last years, was inspired to finally realize all the songs she has been carrying in her heart for so many years. The CD also contains innovative new ideas: the title song Shouka (The Thorn) is a cantata developed by using all scales and rhythms of the Haul. The essence of the traditional haul is impressively kept by Vadiya Mint el Hanevi, percussionist, chorus and dance, Lamgaifri Brahim, guitar, Mariem Hassan herself , with the important cooperation of poet Lamin Allal. |
More about Mariem Hassan
Mariem Hassan has become the most representative voice of the music of Western Sahara throughout the world. With two electric guitars and two tebals she has synthesized the spirit of the Haul and without losing an apex of freshness been able to place it into the XXIst century. Her concerts are powerful. The public can discover a solid and decided artist singing about her wishes and the needs of her people. Mariem sings in hassania, the language of that corner in the desert which is her homeland. Her intense voice leads us through mysterious paths on which struggle and tragedy shake hands with tenderness and intimate feelings. Different dances, performed by the percussionist, enrich a repertoire based on traditional and spiritual songs as well as modern ones. The group has been able to develop a sound where there is space for blues, reggae and echoes of other current music. In the seventies, Mariem joined forces with El Uali. With this group she toured many countries to take part in cultural events of high political impact. From this supported base, Mariem Hassan has sung for more than thirty years. She had recorded and participated in different collective CDs. DESEOS (Nubenegra, 2005) is her real first solo album. A documentary film: MARIEM HASSAN, The Voice of the Sahara (55’), was released in 2008 and presented at the FISAHARA festival. SHOUKA (Nubenegra, 2010) is an ambitious work. She has performed with a cream of talent on numerous occasions and extensively toured Europe performing at numerous concerts and festivals. These include WOMEX, Forum de las Culturas in Barcelona, Casa Encendida in Madrid, Espace Senghor, AfroPfingsten, Africa Festival Würzburg, Les Escales festival, Umo Jazz Club in Helsinki, Festival FMM Sines (Portugal), Festival Habibi Beats (Cologne), Festival Ostrava (Czech Republic), and concerts in Antwerpen, Zurich, Luxembourg, Austria, Stockholm and Spain. After her performances at WOMAD Cáceres and WOMAD Canarias, Mariem Hassan was invited to the WOMAD UK, Chartlon Park where she performed in July 2009. And in march 2010 Mariem will participate at WOMADelaide and WOMAD NZ in Australia and New Zealand.
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