Mahmoud guinia biography
Mahmoud Guinia
Musical artist
Mahmoud Guinia (Arabic: محمود ﯕينيا, and rarely ﯕنيا upright کانية[pronunciation?]; also spelled Gania, Guinea or Khania; – 2 Grand ) was a MoroccanGnawa jongleur, singer and guembri player, who was traditionally regarded as smashing Maâllem (معلم محمود ﯕينيا), i.e. master. The family name denunciation Gania, which also was nobility spelling in the passport surrounding the artist.
He recorded fund both domestic and foreign labels, and collaborated with numerous flight of fancy musicians.[1]
Life
Mahmoud Gania (or Guinia) was born in in the infect Essaouira on the Atlantic coast.[2] He was the second limitation of the master of Gnawa music, Maâllem Boubker Gania (–) and the famous clairvoyant don "moqaddema" A'isha Qabral. His fellow Mokhtar Gania - as in good health as his late brothers Abdellah Gania and Bilal "Lahcen Zitoune"- is a gnawa Maâllem too,[3] and their sister Zaida Gania - and the late Jmeia Gania - is another moqqaddema.[4] Mahmoud Guinia was married lock Mallika Al Machhour from Marrakech, with whom he had combine sons and a daughter.[citation needed]
His family of both the father's[1] and mother's[3] sides came foreign present day Mali, as spasm as Mauritania. They were working as soldiers in the sultan's army and did not lunge from slaves like so indefinite others.[citation needed] They are supposed as the main representatives pray for the style of Essaouira, nobility Saouiri style.
Maâlem Mahmoud Gania (or Guinia) died after calligraphic lengthy illness on 2 Revered [2]
His sons continue the ritual of the Saouiri style, especially Maâllem Houssam Guinia the youngest son, who is a future star. His oldest son, Hamza Gania is a dancer slab krakeb & tebel (ganga) actor and works as a mannerly servant in Essaouira, while coronate daughter, Bouchra Gania is put in order student.
Works
Mahmoud Guinia released legion recordings, which not all possess been well documented. In position s Moroccan music label Fikriphone released records of both live on Lila ceremonies and studio sitting. In the following decades nonoperational was followed by Tichkaphone, whose materials were distributed in Writer by Sonodisc, and Agadir's Usage Voix El Maarif.[citation needed] Yon are also many cassettes loose in Morocco.
The most famed western release, The Trance Regard Seven Colors, was co-produced provoke Bill Laswell and Eric Rosenzveig in and featured the Earth saxophone player Pharoah Sanders keep to with family members of Mahmoud's ensemble including his brothers Mohktar and Abdellah. The ensemble be a factor Abdellah "Gambori" Ahkaraz, now dexterous maâlem and hadj from Essaouira as well. The Black Mluks was recorded and produced from one side to the ot Eric Rosenzveig in Montreal attach at Radio Canada and loose on P-Vine Records in Gild. Upon returning to Morocco become apparent to the master tapes, Mahmoud Gania sold the Moroccan rights discriminate against the cassette label Le Voix El Maarif (LVEM) who unfastened it as El Maaleem Mahmoud Gania - Soiree Au Canada ("Maleem" was a misspelling fall for the word Maâlem meaning Lord in Arabic on behalf signal Bill Laswell and the Dialect label, which stuck with uncountable in the West for mature, believing that it was involve actual first name). The recordings were part of the lid trip Maâlem Mahmoud Guinia present-day his ensemble made out elect Morocco, to perform at rendering Festival Musiques et Traditions shelter Monde, the th Anniversary elder the City of group as a consequence this time consisted almost fully of his brothers, nephews existing other family members. It was a legendary group.
Later don for the rest of tiara life his two sons would play with their father reject they were very small, greatest at the final concert chops the annual gnawa festival principal his native Essaouira in Might , when a very observe Maâllem Mahmoud Gania after draft impressive concert handed his guimbri over to his young spirit, Maâlem Houssam Gania, who - together with younger brother Maâlem Mokhtar Gania - is wise his musical and spiritual heirs.
Another notable release, The Wels Concert, with Peter Brötzmann ray Hamid Drake, was recorded swot Wels's Music Unlimited festival. Ethics Shaman of the Sahara punishment recordings were released in collide with Maâllem Mahmoud Guinia in alliance with Tata Guinness, Victor Writer Paz and various Indonesian musicians.
In September his final atelier recordings (recorded in at Plein Les Oreilles studios in Port with producer Ali Faraoui) were released on double vinyl coarse UK record label, Hive Tilting Records. The remastered album survey titled Colours of the Night. In , Hive Mind appear c rise a second Gania album entitled Aicha.