Attarazat Addahabia () was a band founded in 1968 by
Abdelakabir Faradjallah in
Casablanca
Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom ...
, Morocco.
Abdelakabir Faradjallah led the band, which was made up of members of three generations of his family.
''Al Hadaoui''
In 1972, Attarazat Addahabia recorded an album entitled ''Al Hadaoui'' () at the
Boussiphone studio.
However, this recording was not released until
Habibi Funk released it on July 12, 2019.
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The Nation
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'' described the album as combining "the grit of ’70s American funk with the festive sound of
Gnawa
The Gnawa (or Gnaoua, Ghanawa, Ghanawi, Gnawi'; Arabic: ڭناوة) are an ethnic group inhabiting Morocco.
The name Gnawa probably originated in the indigenous language of North Africa and the Sahara Desert. The phonology of this term accordi ...
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References
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Moroccan musical groups