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U-CEF
Halalwood
First there was Hollywood…then Bollywood…and now…Halalwood, Morocco's first and foremost digitalizer's debut album for Crammed.
‘Halalwood’ is a tour-de-force which puts gnawa music, dub, sinuous classic Arabic arrangements for qanun, flute & violins, electronic beats, rappers & MCs, big drums & crunchy rock guitars in a giant blender to produce something fresh and original… U-Cef has all the legitimacy & inspiration needed to navigate between cultures, without any prejudices, disrespect or fear: Born and raised in Rabat, he absorbed much of his native Morocco's multiple traditions before moving first to New York and then to London, immersing himself along the way in the Western world's electronic & rock scenes. His first CD ‘Halalium’ (2001) was a milestone in Moroccan urban dance music, and has inspired a whole generation of rappers, b-boys and pro-tools adventurers, from Tangiers to Taroudant and Melilla to Marrakech.
Featuring an exciting cast of high-profile guests including Damon Albarn, Natacha Atlas, Rachid Taha, Mirror System (Steve Hillage & Miquette Giraudy), Oum Alright, UK Apache, Amina Annabi, Justin Adams and Moroccan rap duo Dar Gnawa.
Out NOW...
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U-Cefs potential is as limitless as the Sahara Chris Nickson.
One of the most ambitious and best-executed fusions of ethnic traditionalism and urban futurism Ive ever heard Chicago Reader.
U-Cef is a drummer and a perfect creator of distant voices and magnetic sounds Il Manifesto.
U-Cef melts technological dance rhythms and big beats with the strength of the trance elements in the halal rhythms from Morocco World Music.
Here comes the world music of the new millennium Oor.
He represents what the term world music really means today more than anyone else Lhumanit.
The dance floor is a natural habitat for U-Cef Time Out.
U-Cef hasnt just combined these elements to jump on the world music bandwagon, hes done it to bring the honoured tradition of Arabic music into the 21st century. Needless to say, he does it with finesse DJ Magazine.
A lesson in subtlety for all worldbeat remixers BFM.
In the same way that Outcaste did with Indian music, U-Cef has managed to show that dance music can be morphed into the most unlikely of places Music. |
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