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Salaam:
To all the musicians who showered so much baraka and inspiration.
Choukrane:
The film crew: Khalil Benkirane, Mohamed Achaour,
Nour-Eddine Tilsaghani, Matthieu Daude, Elijah Opium.
Wolfgang Funk and family.
Ali Essafi, Fatema Loukili, Rachida, Momo Loudiyi,
Aniko Boehler, Louise Prankerd, Maria Daif.
Riad Masson, Souné Wade and Mathilde Chevrel at L’Institut Français De... Learn More »
Salaam:
To all the musicians who showered so much baraka and inspiration.
Choukrane:
The film crew: Khalil Benkirane, Mohamed Achaour,
Nour-Eddine Tilsaghani, Matthieu Daude, Elijah Opium.
Wolfgang Funk and family.
Ali Essafi, Fatema Loukili, Rachida, Momo Loudiyi,
Aniko Boehler, Louise Prankerd, Maria Daif.
Riad Masson, Souné Wade and Mathilde Chevrel at L’Institut Français De Marrakech.
Abdellatif Aït Ben Abdallah and Dar Zellige Marrakech.
Abel and Kenza Damoussi, Abdelkader Mana, Rabiaa Zehriri, Fouad and Suleyman.
The Jemaa el Fna musicians.
Merci à:
Jwana “Jima” Harfouch for calling out Haïm.
Khaled, Souad Massi, Amina Annabi, Nouredine Gafaiti, Roger Zaouch, Steve Shehan, Florence Cattin.
Thank you:
Suzanne, Elijah, Eva, Nahïr and bébé.
To all my karmic families and my apologies for the ones i have failed.
Six Degrees Records, Dawn Elder, Gillian Zali, Navdeep Mundi, Anthony Kornarens, Hamid Kherief, Mounir Mohamed, Adam Basma, Banning Eyre.
Ameur Ben Arab, Ben Mohamed, Azam Ali, Loganath Torkian, Ali Sachedina, Howard Palmer, Nusrat, Afshan and Laila Durrani, Yatrika Shah-Rais, Mamak Kadem.
The Dhamaal crew, Taal Dance Troupe, The Urban Groove crew.
Eddie Stern and family, The SoundWalk crew.
Maya, Robert Koch, Rukmini, Corey Weinstein, Steve Ben Israel and family, Goa Gil and Ariane, Bill Bowen and family, Michael Snyder.
EveryOne at Temple Bar, KCRW, KPFK 90.7FM, KPFA 94.1FM.
Darek Mazzone, Eric Schmidt, Rick Senechal, Chad Hodge, Eddie Rehfeldt and the crew at Microsoft Studios.
Shukria:
Bir Giri Maharaj, Prem Giri, Rampuri Baba, The Juna Akhara.
Gaurav Raina and Mallika, Akshaya Pandit, Tapan Raj and Anoushka,
Jayant Luthra and Gayatri, Gautam Kaul and Sonia,
Anoushka Shankar and Nishan Peralta, Bijinder.
For the Zaouch sisters, The Falcon family and Constantine: Ya Hasra!
For all Jews and Muslims, daughters and sons of Sarah, Hagar and Abraham.
1. Esh ’Dani, Alash Mshit: Why Did I Follow Him?
Cheba Zahouania: voice - Ouled Ben Aguida: chorus - Othmane Assi: oud - Gibril Bennani: violin - Brahim Elbelkani: Gnawa guimbri - B’Net Marrakech: voices, derbouka, bendirs, tabsel - Farid Hamidat: derbouka - Mokhtar “Kamy” Gaid: keyboards.
2. Sadats: Saints Of Marrakesh
“Aziza” Malika Ait-Zouin: lead voice, oud - Halima Chamkhi, Fatimah Bakkou, Fatimah Malih: voices, percussion - Brahim Elbelkani: Gnawa guimbri.
3. Toura Toura
Brahim Elbelkani: Gnawa guimbri, voice - Khadija Lilich, Atika Lilich, Zahira Elbelkani: chorus - Ismail Elbelkani, Mohamed Naïm: qarqabas, handclaps.
4. i - Alla Al ’Hbab: Blessed Be My Friends
ii - Hajti Fi Gurini: Longing For My Lover
Cheikhate Hafida Houane, Cheikhate Mina Houni: voices, tâarija - Bouchaïb Benchlih: violin, voice - Miloud El Hilali: oud, voice - Boujemâa Benchlih: derbouka, voice - Mostafa Houkaki: bendir, voice.
5. Madh Assalhin: Praising Of The Saints
Lala Kaboura Ben Faraji: lead voice, tabla - Fatna Khalef, Tarjma Khadouj, Fatema Legrem, Zoubida Azzarkaouia: voices, bendirs, tryer.
6. i - Alkher Illa Doffor: Peace Is Found Behind Wounds
ii - Ad Izayanugass: What Will Happen Will Happen
Khadija Othmani: tinde drum, voice - Khadija Othmani, Dassin Nori, Zhora Thameur, Malika Ali Chali: voices - Baly Othmani, Brahim Naïmi: drums.
7. Im Ninalou: If The Doors Are Locked
Michal Cohen: voice.
8. Jarat Fil Hub: Love's Chalice
Nadia: voice - Gibril Bennani: violin - Othmane Assi: oud, chorus - M’Hammed Kahkahni: derbouka, riq, chorus – Mustapha Ramadan: qanun.
All songs published by 1008 Puja Music (BMI).
For all song translations: www.chebisabbah.com
Bill Laswell: bass on all tracks. Richard Horowitz: nay, keyboards on 6-7. Karsh Kale: keyboards on 3, drums on 5. Mercan Dede: nay on 5.
Rufus Cappadocia: cello on 7. Bouchaib Abdelhadi: bendir, derbouka, tar, qarqabas, handclaps on 1-2-3-4-5-6-7, added vocals on 5. Gaurav Raina: keyboards on 1-2-6-7-8.
Recorded & engineered in Marrakesh, Morocco at Marrakech Prod Recording Studio by Wolfgang Funk.
Jemaa el Fna street sounds recorded by Matthieu Daude.
Track 6 recorded by Steve Shehan in 1997 in Djanet, Algeria and at Studio Des Fontenelles, France, for SAFAR Productions et Editions.
ProTooled, Nuendoed, engineered, programmed by Gaurav Raina at Punditz Studios, New Delhi, India. Added programmation by Jayant Luthra on track 1. Technical assistance by Gautam Kaul.
Bill Laswell, Karsh Kale, Richard Horowitz recorded at Orange Studio, NJ, engineered by Robert Musso, assisted by James Dellatacoma.
Added recordings at SF Soundworks, engineered by Justin Lieberman, San Francisco, CA.
Additional technical assistance by Bob “Bouba” Appel.
Mastered by Brian “Big Bass” Gardner at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Los Angeles, CA.
Windows Media Audio 9 Professional 5.1 surround sound mixes produced and engineered at Microsoft Studios, Redmond, WA.
Rick Senechal: 5.1 Audio Engineering.
John Ball, Joel Johns, Bob Palmer, Jason Bilyeu: Engineering Support.
Eric Schmidt, Darek Mazzone, Chad Hodge: Project Production
Arabic assistance: Ameur Ben Arab. Musical assistance: Bouchaib Abdelhadi. Translation assistance: Hamid Kherief, Mounir Mohamed Fatema Loukili, Ziad Bentahar.
Photoshop: Michael Snyder, Design: 1002 NIGHTS.
Cover photo of Louisa Zaouch, circa 1935.
Cheb i Sabbah photo: Anthony Pidgeon.
Marrakesh photos: Nour-Eddine Tilsaghani, Elijah Opium.
Khadija Othmani photos: Steve Shehan.
Michal Cohen photo: Shai Navon.
Artist management: Dawn Elder Management + World Entertainment
www.demgmt.com
Bookings: 805 963 2415
www.chebisabbah.com
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