Attarazat Addahabia & Faradjallah – Al Hadaoui (Vinyl)
The band Attarazat Addahabia was formed in 1968. The original line-up included 14 members, all from the same family. They played their first small concerts here and there starting in 1969. Later in 1973 they performed bigger shows for instance at the Municipal Theatre followed by the “Al Massira Show” at Velodrome Stadium in downtown Casablanca. Their first album “Al Ha- daoui” was recorded at Boussiphone studios in 1972 and was never released before. Nobody seems to remember the exact reason why they ended up deciding not to put the album out.
The album’s title track also served as the basis for Fadoul’s “Mak- toub Lah”, who frequented the same circles as the band for some time.
Their shows sometimes could go as long as 12 hours, starting at 5pm in the afternoon, with an occasional break here and there. In the 1980s the band took a brief break. Faradjallah recalled the reason for that break like this: “Zaki, the bands drummer, had fallen in love with a young girl from Mohammedia. Soon after, he fell very ill. The group members were convinced that the girl had given him ‘s’hor’ (a kind of local Moroccan version of “black magic”). For four years, the whole group stopped playing. It was unthinkable to find another drummer to replace Zaki, even temporarily.” So they waited four years for Zaki to “get back on his feet” before going back on stage.
Tracklist
A1 Al Hadaoui 4:03
A2 Albaki 7:06
A3 Moulate Salef 5:01
A4 Taali 4:39
B1 Aflana 4:17
B2 Chama’a 5:52
B3 Kaddaba
