Phil Von & The Gnawa Musicians Of Fès - L'Autre Nuit (Prikosnovénie, 2001)

"Phil Von realised together with The Gnawa Musicians of Fés a surprising and impressive release. Surprising, because of the idea and the concept to collaborate with other musicians from another culture (even if Phil Von has the same origin). Impressive because he never released such a refined, emotional and inter-cultural piece of music! "L'autre nuit" sounds from many points of view like picture of the Maghreb. The musicians are healing from Morocco and throughout their way of playing, they reinforce the North-African influence, Phil Von always injects in his different releases (with Von Magnet and Atlas Project). This one comes closer to world-music, but you may also call it tribal (cf. "Hicham Bilali"), approximately trance (cf. "Transe incolore") or ritual (cf. "La parole"). The cultures are even meeting together on "Fés Mejdoub" with traditional soundscapes. A lot of voices and very different noises have been sampled, recreating a kind of impression from the daily life in the streets and markets of Morocco."

(SIDE-LINE #36)

01 La Parole
02 Hicham Bilali
03 Transe Incolore
04 Eden Miseria
05 Fés Mejdoub
06 Parcours
07 Les Esprits
08 Derdeba

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