Artist: VA Title: Marhaba Year Of Release: 2015 Label: Border Community Genre: World Quality: 320 / FLAC Total Time: 43:38 Total Size: 101 / 284 MB WebSite:
Tracklist: 1. Maalem Mahmoud Guinia/Floating Points - Mimoun Marhaba (8:18) 2. Maalem Mahmoud Guinia/James Holden - Bania (11:48) 3. Maalem Mahmoud Guinia/James Holden - Marhaba (12:12) 4. Maalem Mahmoud Guinia/James Holden - Toro Toro Torko Lila (11:20) As part of a cultural exchange programme that found Floating Points and James Holden travelling to Morocco to take part in a unique collaborative week next to the pool at the Fellah Hotel. Working with Maalem Mahmoud Guinia and his band, the British artists turned in their own versions from the sessions with excellent results. Floating Points takes a delicate approach to the source material, slowly feeding in considered synth lines to accompany the traditional claps, chants and guembri. James Holden meanwhile offers up three different tracks which instantly fall louder, working more effects processing into the mix and capturing a rough and ready African production vibe that equally complements the music.