07/01/2024
With fans all over the country and Europe, Aziza El Meknassia is one of Morocco's celebrated pop stars. Known for adapting repertoire from various traditions like Issawa, Gnawa, Reggada or even Aita in a pop-friendly way, Aziza has contributed in the appreciation and preservation of these old songs through the Chaabi framework.
One of her signatures that one can hear across most of her records is a unique way of arranging the typical Chaabi rhythm. As exemplified in the first and last track, the driving hi-hat and tam-tam give us a double-time 12/8 feel, while the kick and snare create a half-time 4/4 feel, almost like a rock backbeat (if you hear it the wrong way).(source: moroccan tapes)
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