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Sahara Elektrik

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This album is completely sung in moroccan arabic and is truly a work of art. The instruments and musical style of this album is principally moroccan, but also reflecting other parts of the middle east. The songs are extremely long and at times monotonous, but if you have a taste for arabic music as I have you won't be disappointed. My favorite song in this album is Fata Morgana, it makes me want to dance. Inshalla, Sahara Eleckrik and Casablanca/Wacha Wacha are also great songs and can be a blast to dance to, especially if you like to dance to middle eastern music. This album is highly recommended if you like that kind of music as I do.

in the middle of the swamp "neue deutsche welle" there were loads of very interessting bands like einstuerzende neubauten, sprung aus den wolken, grauzone and so on. one of these bands is the "Dissidenten". the core of the band is german who had worked with arabic musicians. some years later mano negra (from france) followed the same concept. a nice mixture between alternative, traditional arabic music and dancefloor.

I first heard the title track of this album in the early 80's and it remains to date one of my favorite albums. For those of you who like African Electric Guitars this is a must. Almost 20 years later it still sounds as fresh as it did on a crackling FM station in the eastern Mediterranean way back when.