MOROCCO – MAROC
Our friend Hakim from Marrakech recently sent me dozens more rare Moroccan 7-inch albums to record for his very popular Youtube channel here.
For starters, here’s a second fascinating 45 rpm of Zine Mohamed’s Ferka Jilaliya on the little-known Tangephone label, which highlights the traditional folk music of northeastern Morocco, between Tangier and Hoceima.
Like other brotherhood musical traditions related to Sufism (the esoteric and mystical branch of Islam) in Morocco – such as Gnawa and Aïssawa, which we’ve already showcased – the Ferka Jilaliya refers to the brotherhood founded in Iraq by Cheikh Abdelkader Al Jilani (1075-1166), whose Qadiriyya Brotherhood spread throughout the Muslim world, particularly in North Africa, Sahelian Africa and India. The Moroccan Boutchichiyya branch of the Qadiriyya Brotherhood was founded in the 18th century in the northeastern part of the country.
The Ferka – literally meaning troupe or group – directed here by Zine Mohamed, traditionally consists of four musicians playing two long ashari gasba flutes and two bendir frame drums. Mohamed sings poems praising the Prophet Muhammad or paying tribute to saintly figures, like Cheikh Abdelkader Al Jilani, carried by two spellbinding flutes weaving eerie sonorities and precise, dynamic trance-like rhythms.
Notre ami Hakim de Marrakech m'a récemment envoyé des dizaines de 45 tours marocains supplémentaires à enregistrer pour sa très populaire chaîne Youtube ici.
Pour commencer, j’ai le grand plaisir de partager un deuxième album fascinant de la Ferka Jilaliya de Zine Mohamed sur le label Tangephone, qui présente la musique folklorique traditionnelle du nord-est du Maroc, entre Tanger et Hoceima.
A l’instar d’autres traditions musicales confrériques Marocaines liées au soufisme (la branche ésotérique et mystique de l’Islam) – tels le Gnawa et l’Aïssawa que j’ai déjà présenté – la Ferka Jilaliya se réfère à la confrérie fondée en Irak par le Cheikh Abdelkader Al Jilani (1075-1166) dont la confrérie Qadiriyya s’est disseminé dans le pays musulmans, notamment en Afrique du Nord, en Afrique Sahélienne et en Inde. La Boutchichiyya, branche Marocaine de la confrérie Qadiriyya, est née au XVIIIe siècle dans le nord-est du pays.
I would like to extend my sincerest gratitude to Hakim for his invaluable contributions to the preservation of Morocco's rich musical heritage:
Our other Morrocan sufi brotherhood music posts /
Nos autres posts de musiques confrériques marocaines:
Ferka Jilaliya & Zine Mohamed – Tangephone TAN 480 here
Musique Confrérique du Maroc – Les Possédés d'Allah – BAM LD 5897 here
Aissaoua – Club du Disque Arabe CDA 301 – MC 647 here
Music of the Arabian Orient and North Africa – Supraphon 0 17 1934 here
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