WOMEX 11 Guide

© Niklas Palmklint © York Tillyer © Laurent de BompuisIbrahim Maalouf (Lebanon/France)Contact: AnteprimaLabel: Mi’ster ProductionsJelena Jakubovitch (Russia/Sweden)Contact: Carthage MusicLabel: Ajabu!JuJu (Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara)(UK/Gambia)Contact: SASA MusicLabel: RealWorld RecordsKan’nida (Guadeloupe)Contact: Kan’nidaLabel: unsignedArtists A – ZS h o w c a s e sSaturday 22:15 Studio 1 Saturday 21:00 Foyer Stage 2Whether investing a single tone with a deep meditativesignificance or setting loose a skittering flurry of noteswith seemingly casual ease, Ibrahim Maalouf’s masteryof his instrument is indisputable. He plays a four-valvetrumpet which enables him to play the quarter-tonesof Arabic maqamat. The instrument was invented by hisfather Nassim, who began Ibrahim’s musical educationwhen he was just seven years old, instructing him in bothWestern and Arabic classical music. Since then, he hasestablished a worldwide reputation in the classical worldas a soloist and composer, while also exploring jazz andworking with artists such as Lhasa de la Sela, Amadou& Mariam, Salif Keita and Sting. He’s now fronting hisskilled quintet, serving up a heady mix of jazz, funk andimprovisation steeped in classical and Arabic styles.www.ibrahimmaalouf.com› CD WOMEXIMIZER 11› WOMEX 11 Showcase Trailer on www.womex.comIbrahim Maalouf trumpetFrank Woeste pianoFrançois Delporte guitarXavier Roge drumsLaurent David bassA recipient of lavish praise, at different times of her life,from such music luminaries as Dmitri Shostakovich andBenny Andersson, Moscow-born Jelena Jakubovitch hasbeen known for many years for her musical settings ofRussian poetry. Now she has turned to her life-long loveof Russian Gypsy songs and set in motion a journey ofdiscovery. Gathering favourite pieces from her enormouscollection of old recordings, dating back to the 1910s, shesent them to meet the instruments of the Gypsy diaspora,drawing a musical line from India through Greece andnorthern Africa to Spain and France. Accompanied byher expert ensemble of Swedish musicians, including theredoubtable Lelo Nika on accordion, her knowing voiceinvites the listener to a world of powerful, sometimesdesperate eroticism, of celebration, desire and cruel fate.www.jelenaj.com› CD WOMEXIMIZER 11› WOMEX 11 Showcase Trailer on www.womex.comJelena Jakubovitch vocals, guitarGustav Lundgren guitarAndreas Unge double bassLelo Nika accordionSebastian Notini percussionJesper Nordenstrom pianoSaturday 01:00 Foyer Stage 2Going down to the crossroads where tradition meetspsychedelia, following the nomadic paths of the ancientgriots to the concrete and steel of the urban jungle,stopping off at an old Mississippi juke joint on the way,Robert Plant and Tinariwen collaborator Justin Adamsand West African master musician Juldeh Camara havecreated a new electric Afro-blues fuelled by rockingguitar and incisive one-string fiddle. Gambian griotJuldeh Camara lives in Birmingham and has worked withmusicians of every genre, effortlessly slipping his tranceinducingriti lines into any groove. Guitarist Justin Adamscame up during the post-punk period where dub andfunk met Islamic sounds and Afro-beats in West London.Now jointly known as JuJu, they show the contemporaryUK music scene as it is: no borders, plenty of attitude.www.realworldrecords.com/artists/juju› CD WOMEXIMIZER 11› WOMEX 11 Showcase Trailer on www.womex.comJustin Adams electric guitar, vocals | Juldeh Camara lead vocals, riti, gologoDave Smith drums, percussion | Kham Meslien bass guitarSponsor :British Music Abroad(PRS for Music Foundation)Saturday 21:00 Studio 1Kan’nida has been representing the traditional musicof Guadeloupe at music festivals around the globesince its formation in 1989. It’s a family affair, comprisedmainly of members of the Geoffroy family who are heldin high esteem by most Guadeloupeans for their keenknowledge of the musical traditions of the archipelago.They are champions of gwoka, the emblematicdrumming and dance style that has its origins in WestAfrica and grew up over the last two centuries onthe sugar plantations. With an arsenal of percussioninstruments, Kan’nida bring to life the fight dances,work-songs, funeral rituals, game-chants and rhythmsof celebration that are the roots of the internationallysuccessful genre, zouk, and still provide the throbbingpulse of the Guadeloupe carnivals. www.kannida.com› Conference/Session 6Mathieu René Geoffroy vocals, boula | Anatole Geoffroy vocalsChristiane Geoffroy calabash, dancer | Fred Anasthase makèAlain Caban-Chastas boula, dancer | Katy Etienne ti bwa, dancerSuzy Bondot-Genevieve backing vocals | Ambrosio Maurice calabash,bouladgel | Jimmy Jacques Luit boulaSponsor:Conseil Généralde la GuadeloupeArtists A – ZS h o w c a s e s186187