Shouka (album)

Shouka is the second album of Sahrawi singer Mariem Hassan. It was recorded again at Axis studios, in Madrid, and produced by Manuel Domínguez, who is also the boss of the label Nubenegra. The album reached Number 1 on the World Music Charts Europe (WMCE) in March 2010.[2] "Shouka", the central song that titles the album, is a new experience in the Sahrawi music, as it is structured as a cantata. Taking the verses of Sahrawi poet Lamine Allal, Hassan developed a nine paragraph critical response to the 1976 speech of then Spanish opposition leader and later president of Spain Felipe González at the Sahrawi refugee camps (he compromised Spanish Socialist Workers' Party support to the Sahrawi people until "the final victory"), by using all scales and rhythms of the Haul. In this work, Mariem's group is completed with Lamgaifri Brahim (lead guitar) and Vadiya Mint El Hanevi (tbal, choruses and dances). Several other musicians contributed to the album, as Senegalese Malick Diaw (guitar), Spanish Kepa Osés (bass), Hugo Westerdahl (bass), Josemi Sánchez (guitar) and Jaime Muñoz (flutes), Iranian Behnam Samani (daf & tombak) and Davood Varzideh (ney), and Cuban-Haitian Mel Seme (percussionist).[3]

Shouka
Studio album by
Mariem Hassan
Released25 March 2010 (UK)
RecordedOctober 2009
Axis estudios, Madrid
GenreBlues, Folk, World
Length69:10
LabelNubenegra
ProducerManuel Domínguez
Mariem Hassan chronology
Deseos
(2005)		 Shouka
(2010)		 El Aaiun egdat
(2012)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AudioVideoHD.com [1]
RootsWorld.comfavorable link

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Azzagfa"4:49
2."Terwah"3:23
3."Tefla madlouma"4:09
4."Baba Salama"4:17
5."Ala Ahd Shaid"3:32
6."Alu ummi"4:15
7."Nabiyu rahma"3:06
8."Maatal-la"3:04
9."Laguman mbalgu"4:18
10."Ragsat naàma"3:55
11."Hinwani"3:11
12."Abeina u manna"3:43
13."Salem"4:29
14."Fergan Leyuad"4:21
15."Shouka"12:08
16."Eid Arbain"3:18
17."Haiyu"3:22
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References
  1. Oscar Delgado (11 April 2010). ""SHOUKA" el nuevo disco de la saharaui Mariem Hassan". AudioVideoHD.com. Retrieved 8 April 2012. (in Spanish)
  2. "Charts March 2010". wmce.de. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  3. "Mariem Hassan - Shouka". Nubenegra. Retrieved 9 April 2012.


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