Mabruk (album)
| Mabruk | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 11 June 2012 | |||
| Genre | Sahrawi music, Folk, World | |||
| Length | 60:56 | |||
| Label | Reaktion | |||
| Producer | Aziza Brahim | |||
| Aziza Brahim chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Mondomix |  [1] |
| Les Inrockuptibles |  [2] |
| Global Sounds | [3] |
| Songlines | [4] |
Mabruk is the first LP of Sahrawi singer Aziza Brahim, after her 2008 EP Mi Canto. The album is accompanied by a 16-page booklet which includes French translation of the songs, and a text by Sahrawi writer Bahia Mahmud Awah on the history of their people.[5] It was elected as 2012 World Music Album of the Year by the Dutch magazine Heaven.[6]
Track listing[edit]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Marhabna" | 3:21 |
| 2. | "Ard El Salam" | 5:18 |
| 3. | "Wilaya Blues" | 5:03 |
| 4. | "Hamid Rabi" | 4:24 |
| 5. | "Invasores" | 4:56 |
| 6. | "Laaiún Ezeina" | 5:07 |
| 7. | "Mohamed Yislim" | 5:25 |
| 8. | "Liberación de Guelta" | 4:04 |
| 9. | "Ya Mulana" | 5:24 |
| 10. | "Sensación Del Tanque" | 4:15 |
| 11. | "La Tierra Derrama Lágrimas" | 4:54 |
| 12. | "Regreso" | 3:39 |
| 13. | "Machair" | 2:58 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 14. | "Lamentos" | 2:08 |
References[edit]
- ^ Benjamin Minimum (23 May 2012). "Aziza Brahim "Mabruk"". Mondomix. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
- ^ Stéphane Deschamps (21 June 2012). "Aziza Brahim & Gulili Mankoo – Mabruk. Une tempête soul et brûlante venue du Sahara: critique et écoute". Les Inrockuptibles (in French). Retrieved 24 June 2012.
- ^ "Aziza Brahim – Mabruk" (in German). GlobalSounds.info. 18 July 2012. Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
- ^ "Aziza Brahim & Gulili Mankoo – Mabruk. Saharan struggle, from a female perspective". 4 September 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
- ^ Aziza Brahim :: Mabruk Groovalizacion.com
- ^ Kees Van Wee (8 December 2012). "Aziza Brahim, indrukwekkende woestijnvrouw". Heaven magazine (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 December 2012.
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