Mabruk (album)

Mabruk is the first LP of Sahrawi singer Aziza Brahim, after her 2008 EP Mi Canto. The album is accompanied by a 16-page booklet which includes French translation of the songs, and a text by Sahrawi writer Bahia Mahmud Awah on the history of their people.[5] It was elected as 2012 World Music Album of the Year by the Dutch magazine Heaven.[6]

Mabruk
Studio album by
Released11 June 2012
GenreSahrawi music, Folk, World
Length60:56
LabelReaktion
ProducerAziza Brahim
Aziza Brahim chronology
O.S.T. Wilaya
(2011)
Mabruk
(2012)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Mondomix[1]
Les Inrockuptibles[2]
Global Sounds[3]
Songlines[4]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Marhabna"3:21
2."Ard El Salam"5:18
3."Wilaya Blues"5:03
4."Hamid Rabi"4:24
5."Invasores"4:56
6."Laaiún Ezeina"5:07
7."Mohamed Yislim"5:25
8."Liberación de Guelta"4:04
9."Ya Mulana"5:24
10."Sensación Del Tanque"4:15
11."La Tierra Derrama Lágrimas"4:54
12."Regreso"3:39
13."Machair"2:58
International release bonus track
No.TitleLength
14."Lamentos"2:08

References

  1. Benjamin Minimum (23 May 2012). "Aziza Brahim "Mabruk"". Mondomix. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
  2. Stéphane Deschamps (21 June 2012). "Aziza Brahim & Gulili Mankoo – Mabruk. Une tempête soul et brûlante venue du Sahara: critique et écoute". Les Inrockuptibles (in French). Retrieved 24 June 2012.
  3. "Aziza Brahim – Mabruk" (in German). GlobalSounds.info. 18 July 2012. Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  4. "Aziza Brahim & Gulili Mankoo – Mabruk. Saharan struggle, from a female perspective". 4 September 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
  5. Aziza Brahim :: Mabruk Groovalizacion.com
  6. Kees Van Wee (8 December 2012). "Aziza Brahim, indrukwekkende woestijnvrouw". Heaven magazine (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 December 2012.


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