Search - Dar Beida 04, Natacha Atlas :: Impiria Consequential

Crazy Beauty of Arabic Chill Out Sounds

rocka | london | 11/30/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This album is a must for all freaks being into lounge and chill out sounds. its a wonderfull world of Arabic voices mixed with electronica at its best. featuring guests such as Nina Hagen, Natacha Atlas, Amina Annabi.... BUY IT !!!"

Amazing

Wilhelm A Palmen | San Jose, California United States | 01/26/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"WOW! Just what I have been looking for: danceable devotional techo-enhanced music. AMAZINGLY PUT TOGETHER - THE NINA HAGEN ~ 'DURGA-KALI MANTRA' IS OUT OF THIS WORLD! MAHA'S 'TO THE GODDESS' - creepy, powerful & sincere! Thank You!"

001 in the deepest night i wake up i front of the blue

yajdubuddah | cheboygan,michigan usa | 06/20/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is another great barbarity release & another pat jabbar programmed and produced album. pat also used this tremendious still on the beautifle album azzddine with bill laswell massafat which is the best eastern asian dub album ever. but this came out about 4 years earlier and is great for the time. i will worn you that some of the songs are a but fast and techno e. but most are excellent downtempo electronic and semi industrial with dub effects and eastern elementz. the singin on this is also amazing and fill's the album extremelly well, especially the godess natach atlas who orignally worked with transglobal underground and moved to solo career with transglobal, all in tongue. i think that some of the ahlam stuff is ok but not up to the realm of this even with the likes of bill laswell. so take a chance on this one and discover the truelly amazing sounds that are barbarity. fans of transglobal undergroung, temple of sound, samsara sound system and asian dub electronic. full review from barbarity web site



Dar Beida = Casablanca in Arabic; 04 = Popular and intense part of the city; Impiria = Place in the old medina, where all started !

Casablanca, summer 1997, Bill Laswell`s incredible Ambient album "Lost in Translation", gave Abderrahim Akkaoui and Pat Jabbar the impulse to start a new project, focusing on instrumental Chill Out soundscapes. The first tracks were recorded 1997/98 in Basel. They sounded very smooth and calm, not one human voice, no beat, loop or bassline was to be found. But one track, "Mesk El Lil", had by accident a strange rhythmic cycle from a keyboard pad, so to accentuate it, a little loop was added to the song. The reaction was: Wow, let`s introduce also a kick, a bassline.... and the Ambient track was completly gone ! Slowly this also happened to all other tracks and the decision was taken to do a "real" Ambient thing at another time.

During this period, French distributor Night and Day, had a press attaché working on the Sapho album. Her name was Mady. By accident or by "Mektoub" (destiny), she was and still is one of Nina Hagen`s best friends. From that moment on, the idea of an only instrumental album was gone too ! The rest came automatically ... If having a track featuring Nina, why not also asking Sapho for a participation.

roskilde, summer 1998, AKJE plays the festival with Orchestre National de Barbes and Natacha Atlas. After her show, the chance was given to meet her and to exchange some words as the addresses.... with the help of her husband Abdullah Shahadi, who played some great Kanun parts to the track, another instrumental track was gone.

Sevilla, March 2000, AKJE plays a festival with Manu Dibango and B-Net Marrakech, a fabulous Sheikhat-combo, driving people crazy with their deep performances. They also appear on seven songs on Rachid Taha`s new album "Made in Medina". A few weeks later in Marrakech, their voices on "Wydadi Ahlam" got recorded at Cheb Youssef`s studio under very spacy circumstances.... !

At the same time, Youssef`s 18 years old sister Aisha Al Majjad pops in and is agree to record one track too, which became the chilling lover-trip of "Hemak Bzef". Back in Casablanca, good old friend Jalal (from Mara & Jalal), had the excellent idea to introduce Amina Ray to Dar Beida 04. She has already two tapes out in Morocco and does not only seem to redefine the next Raï generation, but could also become very soon the next big Moroccan Raï thing. And again another instrumental track got ticked off the list.

The web, strange, mysterious and consequential connections. Nobody knows where Maha comes from. She appears on the darkest night of the month to deliver words and strength from the Goddess. Or was it just another religious dream again ? Preparing the small AKJE tour of 2000, a club in Paris who`s famous for Arabic fusion nights, got asked to book the band. While talking to the clubmanager about the new releases and the guests, he said : "...do you know Amina Annabi from Tunisia ? here`s her number...", the answer was : "wow, sure, we will call her right away, let`s reduce all these instrumentals". With the help of her accordion player Sami, the very engaged but peaceable Palestinian support track "Fet Li Fet" became the perfect balance to the slightly more direct and agressive "Intifada-contribution" of Raï singer Vicky from Oujda.

Since seven years living in Zürich, he is still musically more focused on the Moroccan market and has several tapes out. Young Turkish Hip Hop crew from Basel Makale, (album out on Barraka this year), comes with a heavy bonustrack and a serious affront to xenophobia.























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