Hassan Hakmoun
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Hassan Hakmoun (Arabic: حسن حكمون) (b. 1963 in Marrakech) is a Los Angeles-based Moroccan Gnawa musician.
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[edit] Early life
Hakmoun was born to a family of musicians[1] who introduced him to the world of Gnawa music, a mythical Sufi brotherhoods of the Maghreb. By age four, he performed alongside snake charmers and fire-breathers on Marrakech streets. His mother is known throughout the city as a mystic healer. At the age of fourteen he left the school to concentrate on music.[2]
[edit] Career
Hakmoun's U.S. debut was in 1987 at Lincoln Center with the band Trio Gna & Nomadas Dance Group.[1] He later resided in New York City before moving to Los Angeles. The composer and producer Richard Horowitz helped Hakmoun to adapt to his new life.
In 1993, Peter Gabriel introduced him to Real World Records where he will publish his Trance album produced by Simon Emmerson. All this influenced Hakmoun's Gnawa music by fusing with new styles such as Jazz and psychedelic music. He also performed with musicians such as Paula Cole, Don Cherry and Jamshied Sharifi.
One year later, in 1994, he performed at WOMAD'94 tour and Woodstock '94 along with Peter Gabriel.
[edit] Discography
- Gift of the Gnawa with Adam Rudolph (September 1992) - Flying Fish Records
- Trance with Zahar (November 1993) - Real World Records/Virgin Records
- Fire Within (August 1995)
- Black Mud Sound (November 1995) with Cornelius Claudio Kreusch
- Life Around the World (June 1999)
- Gift of the Gnawa with Adam Rudolph (March 2000)
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Hassan Hakmoun - Sintir player, singer
- Hassan Hakmoun with special guest Paula cole
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ a b The gnawa-globetrotter - culturebase.net
- ^ Biography of Hassan Hakmoun - worldmusiccentral.org
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