Posts Tagged morocco
THE DOORS GETTING STONED IN MOROCCO – Rafael Aragon vs Jamal Nouman – Cumbia Touria
December 22, 2012 by dj umb
Ma’ dude John Newell already posted this earlier today as part of his Sexxy Saturday Cumbia round-up but when I heard it, I felt it needed some individual attention all on its own. If you ever imagined what The Doors would have sounded like had they gone to Morocco and got stoned, then this is [...]
Tags: cumbia touria, essouira, gnawa, Jim Morrison, morocco, Rafael Aragon vs Jamal Nouman - Cumbia Touria, the doors
COCO BRYCE – MOROCCO MIXTAPE
June 15, 2012 by dj umb
Awesome mixtape from my dude Coco. I luv this country so much and the music is sooo special too. This is an awesome mix of authentic sounds from that beautiful place. Here’s what Coco says: A bunch of Moroccan tunes I picked up during my vacation in Marrakech.
Tags: berber, chaabi, coco bryce, gnawa, morocco, north africa, Transnational Roots
Va Fan Fahre : Balkan Brass goes Arab
May 31, 2011 by dj umb
You must know by now just how much I love my Arabian & Balkan beats and here the 2 are combined to supa-effect!!! Take it away PR: The collaboration with Moroccan singer Aicha Haskal on the previous CD, made the band decide to firmly root the new project into two radically different cultures at once. [...]
Tags: 5 free downloads, Abdelhamid Farag, aicha haskal, Al Wa’ Debt, arabian, balkan, balkan arab, morocco, Omar Khorshid
Beyond Digital: Morocco – what if the DJ were the NGO?
February 24, 2011 by wizraeli
Our buddy Maga Bo is involved in one of the coolest projects I’ve ever heard of. Actually it is very similar to an idea I had back in 2008 while speaking to a very cool dude from Morocco. He was telling me about how musically talented the kids in his village were and how passionate [...]
Tags: beyond digital, maga bo, morocco, ngo, total awesomeness
MODESELEKTOR DROP ARABIC BANGER
November 27, 2010 by dj umb
[Image artwork by my bretheren Hassan Hajjaj - check out his stuff HERE] I’ve been waiting for an Arabic music renaissance for a lil’ while but I never thought in a million years that my favourite electronica band, Modeselektor, might be responsible for bringing it back. My mind just EXPLODED! UPDATE: Ok, well apprently it’s [...]
Tags: arabic music, belly dance, electronica, hassan hajjaj, modeselektor, Modeselektor & Pfadfinderei - My mosquee is my cathedral, morocco
GENERATION BASS FESTIVAL 2010 : DUB GABRIEL & DJ RUPTURE
August 21, 2010 by dj umb
Continuing with our Generation Bass Festival coverage of artists who we gonna be jammin’ wid, here are another 2 super-coool dudes who we love very much! DUB GABRIEL Producer, DJ and multi-instrumentalist, Dub Gabriel has been pushing the boundaries of rock, dub, world and electronic music for over a decade. His musical explorations in Brooklyn [...]
Tags: bidoun sessions, dabyre, destroy all concepts, dj rupture, dub gabriel, dubstep, generation bass festival 2010, gnawa music, kelis, liquid stranger remix, mc zulu, morocco, mp3, nass el ghiwane, restless youth ep
SUNDAY MORNING SUBLIME : KAYA PROJECT
March 28, 2010 by dj umb
KAYA PROJECT, been into this band for a few years now and any new release by them is always worth checking out if you’re into Transnational Chilled Vybz with Indian, Middle Eastern (Jewish/Arabic) and African flavas! Grab a free track from their new album, DESERT PHASE released on INTERCHILL and then check out all the [...]
Tags: african, amazing clay, arabic, desert phase, interchill records, jewish, kaya project, middle eastern, morocco, mp3, transnational chill
Zina Daoudia, queen of the tecno-chaabi
March 24, 2010 by Rebel Up Seb Bass
introducing miss Daoudia (or sometimes spelled as Dawdia) Infectious puzzled djarbouka beats, strokes on string and a constant raspy female voice- that’s Zina Daoudia’s steady-as-she-goes trademark tecno-Chaabi that has won over Moroccan and even Algerian youths with fastpaced beats. Chaabi is the new Maghrebi sound of berber folk-meets-pop that all the young folks listen & [...]
Tags: berber, chaabi, dawdia, morocco, zina daoudia
DEMOCRACY IN BURUNDI MIXTAPE
September 21, 2009 by dj umb
Picked this up from NOMADIC WAX. Named one of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people, Alexis Sinduhije has turned away from his career in journalism and begun the long journey down the electoral road as a candidate for the upcoming Presidential elections in Burundi. His career and life have been defined by his commitment to [...]
Tags: alfaress, angola, democracy in burundi mixtape, diamond dog, dj mix, infinite, mixtape, morocco, nomadic wax, senegal, yardsteppa, zimbabwe
DARTH VADER OF THE US ADMINISTRATION!….IT'S SO TRANSPARENT, IT'S NUDE!
July 11, 2009 by dj umb
THIS FUCK UP IS REALLY Man, it’s quite funny how tracks sometimes find their way to us. In a direct response to my APOCALYPTIC DUBSTEP post earlier this week, Stephan Lucacic who is based in Casblanca, Morocco and somebody I’ve known through my Morocco music projects, contacted me and sent me a funky elektro house [...]
Tags: awesome nude remix, darth vader of us administration, dick cheney, morocco, mp3, nude radiohead, stephan lucacic
