{"title":"Aziza Brahim","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAziza Brahim is a Saharawi singer born in a refugee camp in Algeria. She started her career by recording for the Saharawi National Radio in the refugee camps of the self-proclaimed Saharawi state. She then toured outside the camps, performing in Mauritania and Algeria as part of the National Saharawi Music Group.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCurrently, Aziza Brahim is working with her new group Gulili Mankoo. Their music combines Western Sahara melodies, Senegalese rhythms, blues, and rock to create a unique sound that captivates audiences worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith her powerful vocals and thought-provoking lyrics, Aziza Brahim continues to be an influential figure in the music industry, spreading awareness about the struggles faced by refugees and using her platform to advocate for justice and equality.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"mawja","title":"Mawja","description":"\u003cp\u003eBrahim's keening take on Afro-blues, is beautiful, bewitching, aquiver with timeless sorrow. --- Mojo.    \"This is a sound and message that reaches the heart, beyond imposed borders, curfews and barbed wire, with a dream for the end to the struggle.\" ---The Quietus.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    Sahrawi singer-songwriter activist Aziza Brahim's fifth album Mawja (Wave in Hassaniya\u003cbr\u003eArabic) is fashioned from a simple but powerful foundational palette: Saharan and Iberian\u003cbr\u003epercussion entwining with stately guitars and warm, enveloping bass.\u003cbr\u003eCo-produced by Brahim with long-time collaborator Guillem Aguilar, the record from her\u003cbr\u003eoeuvre that Mawja most sonically resembles is her revered and graceful debut Soutak (2014).\u003cbr\u003eThat noted, there is a confident eclecticism found here, an expansive take on\u003cbr\u003eher vision that even includes a drum pattern inspired by the Clash.\u003cbr\u003eBrahim's voice, as always, is a wellspring of deep and resonant emotions. The yearning for\u003cbr\u003ehomeland. The struggle for freedom. The love for one's elders. The unfurling of time.\u003cbr\u003eWaves of history, waves of sound. Mawja.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Glitterbeat","offers":[{"title":"Black LP.","offer_id":50399824937291,"sku":"2176479","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD.","offer_id":50399823987019,"sku":"2176473","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/test_bfd77773_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726508344"},{"product_id":"sahari","title":"Sahari","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe acclaimed Saharawi singer-songwriter and activist \u003cstrong\u003eAziza Brahim\u003c\/strong\u003e, returns for her third Glitterbeat album. Produced in Barcelona by Aziza with Amparo Sanchez (Amparanoia, Calexico), \u003cem\u003e“Sahari”\u003c\/em\u003e is her most adventuresome and sublime work to date.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn the front cover of Aziza Brahim’s new album, \u003cem\u003eSahari\u003c\/em\u003e, a young girl poses in ballet shoes and a glistening white tutu. It’s a common childhood scene, but it’s flipped upside down. She’s not privileged and the backdrop isn’t a comfortable suburban home. She’s an exile, living nowhere near her homeland, and behind her stand the tents and buildings of a refugee camp. There’s a desert on the ground and a burning sky above. Yet even in this bleakness, she has optimism. She believes in a better future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe music Aziza Brahim makes reflects both the sorrow and the hope of these people. She grew up in one of those camps in the Algerian desert, along with thousands of other Saharawi who were removed from their homes in the Western Sahara. The refugee camp was the place that formed her. It lives in her every heartbeat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“For \u003cem\u003eSahari\u003c\/em\u003e, I wanted to find that balance between the past and the present, between African and European music and to reach as many people as possible.” The process was made smoother by having a sympathetic band who’ve been with her for years. 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It is a commanding and compassionate musical statement reflecting the tumultuous age in which we live.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRaised in a Saharawi refugee camp in the Algerian desert, and living in exile for over two decades (first in Cuba and currently in Barcelona), Brahim's life and music embody both the tragedies and hopes of the present-day migrant and refugee experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs walls and borders are being raised throughout Europe and other parts of the world, Aziza Brahim's passionately sung poetic defiance is especially timely and profound. 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