Beatte Harab
The traditional, mostly acoustic record, made in Dakhla in 2010, before Zayna Jumma.
Group Doueh, 2010
- Released
- 2010
- Recorded
- April 2010
- Studio
- Dakhla, Western Sahara
- Label
- Sublime Frequencies
Group Doueh and Hisham Mayet recorded it in Dakhla in April 2010, and Timothy Stollenwerk mastered it. The LP came in a glossy gatefold sleeve. Sublime Frequencies describes it as Saharawi music rooted in classical Mauritanian modes, and Mayet says the title means The War Room.
Doueh plays tinidit and guitar, Halima Jakani plays the ardin harp and sings, Lamnaya plays the tbal, Traicha strikes tea glasses, and El Waer Baamar plays Korg synthesizer.
Track listing
- Kar Wazan Abyad
- Mawal Lakhaal
- Badbaba
- Beatte Harab
- Kar Lakhaal
- Waydana
- Kar Wazan Abyad
- Lehi Teyilu
- Wazan Fagu Doueh
- Yadanat Lamayma
- Kar Labyad Doueh
Personnel
- Doueh tinidit, guitar
- Halima Jakani ardin, vocals
- Lamnaya tbal
- Traicha tea glasses
- El Waer Baamar Korg synthesizer
- Hisham Mayet recording, editing, photography
- Timothy Stollenwerk mastering
More from Group Doueh
Guitar Music from the Western Sahara (2007), Treeg Salaam (2009), Zayna Jumma (2011), Dakhla Sahara Session (2017)
Sources
- Group Doueh: Beatte Harab, Sublime Frequencies
- Beatte Harab, Discogs
- Sublime Frequencies and Group Doueh: Hisham Mayet interview, The Big Takeover (2011)