Jajouka New York, by Bachir Attar & Elliott Sharp

Jajouka New York

by Bachir Attar & Elliott Sharp

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1.	Memories Of My Father 05:58	buy track
2.	In New York 05:14	buy track
3.	El M'Dahi 06:23	buy track
4.	Boujeloud 07:48	buy track
5.	Guimbri One 03:08	buy track
6.	Long Night 04:48	buy track
7.	Arracks Tehta'L Kamar 08:31	buy track
8.	Guimbri Two 03:55	buy track
9.	NY Return 00:51	buy track
10.	X-Moghreb 05:00	buy track
11.	Rif Rok 03:04	buy track
12.	In New York - Live 03:30	buy track

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Bachir Attar, leader of the ecstatic and legendary Master Musicians of Jajouka and composer-multiinstrumentalist Elliott Sharp first met in NYC in 1987 through photographer Cherie Nutting. After playing duo gigs in 1988 at CBGB's and the Knitting Factory, the two decided to record with the idea of creating a mythical locus midway between Jajouka, Bachir's village in the Atlas mountains of Morocco, and New York's East Village, then a hotbed of artistic activity. Bachir had taught the Jajouka rhythms to E# who translated them to drum machines. Over these grooves, the two layered instruments with Bachir playing the double-reed rhaita, lira (an end-blown wooden flute), and the guimbri, a lute with a goatskin soundboard as well as singing on one track. E# played electric guitars, basses and drum machine as well as the slab, his invented percussive horizontal bass. Jane Tomkiewicz added the frame-drum bendir on selected tracks. This album, titled "In New York", was released in 1989. After the release, Bachir joined Sharp's electric band Carbon for tours in Europe in 1990 and 1991. With Jajouka New York , we finally see the reissue of the long out-of-print album plus live bonus tracks of Bachir plus Carbon, mastered from a board tape from the Rive-de-Gier Festival in Montpelier, France, January 1991.

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released May 6, 2020

Recorded and mixed at Baby Monster studio, NYC, by Bryce Goggin.

Bachir Attar: rhaita, lira, guimbri, voice

E#: guitars, basses, slab, drum programming

Jane Tomkiewicz - bendir - 6

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Bachir Attar & Elliott Sharp Jahejouka, Morocco

Bachir Attar is the leader of the "world's oldest rock band", the Master Musicians of Jajouka, from the Atlas Mountains in Morocco. His collaboration with NYC composer and producer began in 1988 with duo concerts and appearances with Sharp's ensemble Carbon.. ... more

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