LEMMA - Souad Asla (Algeria) at WOMEX 2019 Official Selection Concert

Performance by Souad Asla from Algeria, featured in WOMEX 2019 Official Selection, held in Tampere, Finland on October 25, 2019. Film produced by Finnish TV.

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LEMMA – SOUAD ASLA (ALGERIA) MUSICIENNES DE LA SAOURA WOMEX 19 OFFICIAL SELECTION ! CONCERT AT TAMPERE - FINLANDE - 25/10/2019 FILM RÉALISÉ PAR LA TV FINLANDAISE YLE FILMED BY THE FINNISH TV YLE LEMMA : Souad Asla : artistic direction, percussions, vocal Hasna El Becharia : vocal, guembri, guitar, percussions Aziza Tahri : vocal, t’bal, bendir, karkabu Fatima Abbi : vocal bendir, karkabu Khedidja Anebi : vocal, bendir, karkabu Mebrouka Brik : vocal, bendir, karkabu Rabia Boughazi : vocal, t’bal, bendir, karkabu, pestle Sabrina Cheddad : vocal, bendir, derbuka, karkabu Zohra Kherabi : vocal, t’bal, bendir, derbuka, tarija, karkabu FRANÇAIS C’est à plus de 800 km au sud de la mer méditerranée, dans le désert algérien, au carrefour des routes caravanières de jadis, que se trouve la région de la Saoura d’où viennent les musiciennes du groupe LEMMA, l’ensemble créé sous l’impulsion de Souad Asla. La musique de la Saoura, qui s’abreuve à de multiples sources, est tantôt lente et langoureuse, tantôt vive et chaloupée et demeure reconnaissable par le dépouillement de ses instruments et la place qu’occupe le corps. La voix et les mains restent les principaux instruments, auxquels se joignent les percussions et le guembri ou la guitare de Hasna El Becharia. Les 9 musiciennes de Lemma, se veulent les gardiennes d’une tradition séculaire, et s’en réclament jusque dans leur style vestimentaire. Elles brouillent les lignes du sacré et du profane,du genre et de l’espace. Elles empruntent aux musiques jadis apanage des hommes; et jouent sur scène des musiques de chambre et de plein air. Publiciser l’intime, donner à voir ce qui était de l’ordre du non-visible, rompre la frontière du genre tout en glorifiant le féminin, autant de défis relevés par ces musiciennes ! Souad Asla a réussi à donner plus de visibilité à ce genre en alliant authenticité et exigence scénique. Désormais c’est en public et sur les scènes du monde qu’a lieu la lemma (réunion, assemblée), qui continue à se pratiquer encore en privé et dans l’intimité. ENGLISH The Lemma ensemble, created under the impetus of Souad Asla, comes from Saoura, the Saharan southern part of Algeria. The music of the Saoura, sometimes slow and languorous, sometimes lively and swaying, remains recognizable by the stripping of its instruments and the place occupied by the body. The voice and the hands remain the principal instruments, to which the percussions are joined. Serious or trivial, the text sings disappointed loves, insomniac watches and torments, the elegies to the Prophet and the invocations of his family. Lemma’s women artists have been and will be invited to many festivals in France and Europe. Souad Asla, whose childhood was lulled by the melodies of this music and the hip-swings of these dances, returned after years of absence for a redemptive memorial at the place of her birth. She managed to raise the visibility of this genre by combining authenticity and exacting direction. From now on the Lemma (as meeting, assembly) takes place in public and on the stages of the world as well as being practiced, as it always was, in private and intimate encounters . Although distinguished by its own style and staging, melodic, instrumental and choreographic innovations, the Lemma group is inspired by the collections and repertoires of the four main genres of the region: zaffânî, hadra, al-farda and gnawi. Texte : Abderrahmane Moussaoui / Traduction anglaise : Roger Surridge LEMMA ON FACEBOOK : https://www.facebook.com/Souad-ASLA-LEMMA--115813658457045/ MORE ON WWW.TOURNSOL.NET

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