MOROCCO – MAROC
Bennasser Ou Khoia / بناصر وخويا / and Cheikha Hadda Ouakki – Khaldiphone KH 2046 (Vinyl 7 inch, 45 RPM)
Following a Cheikha Donna post on the label Khaldiphone, we continue our explorations with a particularly fiery 7-inch Khaldiphone record by Bennasser Ou Khouya. He released many wonderful 45 rpms on a variety of labels (Boussiphone, La Voix du Sud, Atlassiphone, Sakhi Disque, Ifriquiaphone, 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–clapping, and a bendir frame drum.
Sadly Ou Khouya’s precious Amazigh musical heritage is now largely unknown by younger generations and his recordings are difficult to find.
Suite à notre post de Cheikha Donna sur label Khaldiphone, nous poursuivons notre exploration du label avec un enregistrement particulièrement fougueux de Bennasser Ou Khouya (né en 1939). Il enregistra de nombreux 45 tours publiés sur une multitude de labels (Boussiphone, La Voix du Sud, Atlassiphone, Sakhi Disque, Ifriquiaphone, etc.) au cours de sa carrière musicale allant du milieu des années 1960 à sa retraite en 1984. Sa musique traditionnelle et son répertoire en amazigh et en arabe jouissaient d’une grande popularité 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, des battements de mains, et un tambour sur cadre bendir.
Many thanks to Hakim from Marrakesh for making me discover many great Moroccan 60s-70s 45 RPM records, including this one.
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