MOROCCO – MAROC
Bennasser Ou Khoia / بناصر وخويا / and Cheikha Hadda Ouakki – Ifriquiaphone IFK 381 (Vinyl 7 inch, 45 RPM)
Bennasser Ou Khoia / بناصر وخويا / and Cheikha Hadda Ouakki – Ifriquiaphone IFK 381 (Vinyl 7 inch, 45 RPM)
After sharing Bennasser Ou Khouya’s only LP here, we now showcase one of his many wonderful 45 rpms, released on a variety of labels (Boussiphone, La Voix du Sud, Atlassiphone, Sakhi Disque, etc.) throughout his musical career, which lasted from the mid-1960s until his retirement in 1984. Born in 1939, Ou Khouia's traditional music and repertoire, in Amazigh and Arabic, was extremely popular throughout Morocco.
The group’s excellence also owes much to the accomplished female singer Cheikha Hadda Ouakki (b. 1953), who joined Ou Khouya’s group in 1969 to form a formidable male-female singing duo. Ouakki is an iconic Amazigh singer in her own right, and pursued a successful solo career that continues to this day.
This dynamic, poetic pair is brilliantly supported here by a mellifluous violin–played upright like the traditional rebab–a loutar lute, and a bendir frame drum.
Sadly Ou Khouya’s precious Amazigh musical heritage is now largely unknown by younger generations and his are recordings difficult to find.
Après avoir partagé le seul album de Bennasser Ou Khouya (né en 1939) ici, nous présentons maintenant l'un de ses nombreux 45 tours publiés sur une multitude de labels (Boussiphone, La Voix du Sud, Atlassiphone, Sakhi Disque, etc.) au cours de sa carrière musicale allant du milieu des années 1960 à sa retraite en 1984. Sa musique traditionnelle et le répertoire en amazigh et en arabe était très populaire dans tout le Maroc.
La remarquable musique d’Ou Khouya doit également beaucoup à la présence de la formidable chanteuse Cheikha Hadda Ouakki (née en 1953) qui rejoint la formation d’Ou Khouya en 1969 pour former un grand duo de chant masculin-féminin. Cheikha Hadda Ouakki est une chanteuse amazighe emblématique qui poursuivra une grande carrière solo.
Le couple de chanteurs, mêlant éloquence, dynamisme et poésie, est brillamment soutenu ici par un violon lyrique, joué verticalement comme le rebab, un luth loutar et un tambour sur cadre bendir.
Le précieux patrimoine musical amazigh de Bennasser Ou Khouya reste malheureusement largement méconnu des jeunes générations et ses œuvres sont notoirement difficiles à trouver.
Our other Middle-Atlas Berber music shares:
Bennacer Ou Khouya – Folklore du Moyen Atlas – Atlassiphone ATLS 1900 here
Cheikh Baïza Mohamed – Koutoubiaphone KTP 1280 hereMany thanks to our friend João for sharing this precious 7 inch.
CD/digital reissue of rare Moroccan 45s from the Golden Age, featuring an Oukhouya track:
https://dusttodigital.bandcamp.com/album/kassidat-raw-45s-from-moroccoGirls celebrating the birthday of the Prophet Muhammed, singing to the accompaniment of the bendir frame drum, central to Berber identity, Ouzoud, Morocco.
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