{"id":77158,"date":"2021-04-07T15:21:21","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T14:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/bab-erigeron-aidour\/"},"modified":"2021-04-07T15:42:58","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T14:42:58","slug":"bab-erigeron-aidour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/bab-erigeron-aidour\/","title":{"rendered":"Bab puts Algeria in the spotlight on “Erigeron”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The French DJ continues to explore the Oranese region with his new EP, entitled A\u00efdour.<\/em> <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Known as part of the collective, Pardonnez-nous, which consists of Parisian DJs and  also the design group 404, Bab continues his solo career following the release of his album Sahar<\/em> in May 2020, which was inspired by the music of Algeria, including ra\u00ef and cha\u00e2bi. A year later, Bab returns with A\u00efdour<\/em>, an Ep whose name refers to a mountain near Oran, in the northwest of Algeria. Perceived as the “capital of ra\u00ef,” Oran is the country\u2019s second-largest city. Here, the French DJ revisits several North African tales and myths related to the mountain of A\u00efdour, while pulling us into his electronic musical universe. The artist defined his project as follows: “Four tracks for four destinations through a country and all its wealth. From north to south, from east to west, passing from one century to another.<\/em>” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bab concocts a symbiosis between electronic music and Algerian recordings dating from the first half of the twentieth century. This mixture of eras is perfectly illustrated in his video “Erigeron,” made in collaboration with Kevin Brichard. The opening track of the EP allows us to dive into both the Algerian and Oranese atmospheres. Bab explains: “I was freely inspired by the film La Jet\u00e9e by Chris Marker. The voice-over is replaced by rhythmic music that matches the photos I took with my film camera during my last stay there<\/em>.” We hear melodies reminiscent of cha\u00e2bi and youyous, while observing the architecture of Algeria’s two largest cities, in all their colors, reflecting the diversity of the largest country in Africa, the Arabic-speaking world, and the Mediterranean basin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The A\u00efdour<\/em> EP is available via Crowdspacer<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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