Name: Laylet el Booree
Brand: Ifriqiyya Electrique

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Bonus disc: No

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GBLP070

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black

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Format detail

180 Gram Vinyl housed in Gatefold Sleeve.

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2019-04-05

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Signed copies: No

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4030433607015

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

GBCD070

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4030433607022

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Ifriqiyya Electrique

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African

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Glitterbeat

Fusing the rhythms and invocations of the ancient Saharan Banga ritual with an electrical storm of contemporary sonics, Ifriqiyya Electrique’ssecond album both grips and awakens. In Tunisian, Banga means “huge volume” and one cannot think of a more apt description of “Laylet el Booree” than that. Maximalist and relentless. Blood, sweat and trance.

In 2017, Ifriqiyya Electrique released their debut album Rûwâhîne, an album which deftly brought together the hypnotic chants and metallic hand percussion of traditional Banga music with brutalist electronics and sheer rock volume. Three members of the Banga community – Tarek Sultan, Yahia Chouchen and Youssef Ghazala – joined forces with Gianna Greco and François R. Cambuza not only on this acclaimed album, but also onstage throughout the eighteen months of European touring that followed the record’s release (tour stops included: Womad, Womex, Sziget, Vieilles Charrues &amp; FMM Sines). It quickly became clear that the Banga had not been pointlessly retooled for western consumption, but rather through the deep commitment of the five Ifriqiyya Electrique musicians – it had been transformed into something contemporary and unexpected.

The title of the second album Laylet el Booree translates as the “Night of the Madness.” It refers to the last part of the annual gathering of the adorcist ritual from the Banga of Tozeur – it is the night when the spirits actually take possession of the bodies. Like the ritual itself, the album is wild, frantic, and never caresses the listener’s expectations. But its purpose is also to heal; with sweat, spirituality, electricity and trance being central to the almost overwhelming sensory experience. With the band now joined by new memberFatma Chebbi (on vocals and tchektchekas hand percussion) one senses that the musical and cultural conversa on is even deeper this time around.

Laylet el Booree

Music GB