I came from a family with multiple deep Gnawa heritage and i can tell you this : You nailed it ! You are in the good way , yes you told that you still a student but trust me you are in the good way Very constructive knowledge for the world ! Hope see you again in Essaouira Gnawa festival in the future 👏👏👏🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🎸🎸
@andreasnordin90233 жыл бұрын
Julia is ALWAYS prepared like a true pro. More Julia 4 the People!
@mostyles3283 жыл бұрын
Julia could make a career out of interviewing musicians. She asks great questions, lets them talk and stays interestingly engaged…. Bravo!
@alaskandar3 жыл бұрын
Thomann PLEASE SHIP to Morocco !!! 🇲🇦 We love our Gembris but we need other stuff to make music 😅
@Caligari...2 ай бұрын
Thank you very much for going outside of the box . I love this music !
@Mr.Nabil.Belhaj3 жыл бұрын
Oh yes the Moroccan guimbri, the official gnawa instrument 👍🏻 If you listen carefully to some jimi Hendrix tunes, you can sort of hear the influence this genre of music gave him when he first visited "El sawira city" in morocco
@oliverposchmannsbassguitar7583 жыл бұрын
We all remain being students throughout our entire lives. Today I learned a lot again. Thank you for the opportunity and for this wonderful interview, Julia
@mandalorthedeaf12373 жыл бұрын
Absolutely love this. Michael is a great guy and is really passionate about this instrument and the history behind it. Please make more videos like this where you show "exotic" traditional instruments.
@rasmusn.e.m10643 жыл бұрын
It's like a big fat friendly banjo. I feel like I already owe it a hug every time I hear it :)
@itsthe773guero53 жыл бұрын
i have never heard of this gimbri instrument. it is deep sounding but really is high tone so amazing! thank you julia!!!
@aimanjadir97873 жыл бұрын
Gnawa are medicine. And so as bass haha a very spiritual instrument indeed, largely found in my region in North Africa, and that’s true it’s played in pentatonic scales since it’s been discovered man the world is very small this music has been carried to the United States on boats with those people singing to wash away the pain and using shackles as qraqeb « the cuivre instrument with high frequency » if you listen to blues you will find a lot of gnawa in it. Sending you all the love vibes from morocco 🇲🇦 may your life be full of love and bass and melodies. ❤️🙏🏽 Ps : we headbang to this music as well, little moshpit in the living room. 😂
@Khmissa3 жыл бұрын
Gimbri will now be available at thomann stores
@charlescabellon3 жыл бұрын
Michael has a League of his own.🎸😍
@PooNinja3 жыл бұрын
I’m in a healing trance watching this.
@MOHAMEDERREBBAA2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Micheal for introducing the Guembri and Gnawa music to the audience,will be great to meet you one day ,I am Guembri player based in the Uk.much love ❤️ good luck ,Saha🙏🏽
8 ай бұрын
Big up to Michael League for sharing some much of this experience with so much respect for the Gnawa culture!
@j.d.b.46833 жыл бұрын
Marcus played one of the on his album Afrodeezia a few years ago. The song is B's River. Pretty cool song! Julia, Marcus and Michael! Great trio!
@ArtVandalay6663 жыл бұрын
Damn, there is a Zawinul Syndicate song I have always loved called 'Louange' off the Vienna Nights live album but I could never place the instrument that plays the melody. After watching this video I feel like it's got to be a gimbri. So cool.
@karitaura26143 жыл бұрын
Great discussion and very interesting information. I'm looking forward to a Michael League book: Gnawa Gimbri lines for the Electric Bass - with backing tracks to play with!
@markanthony58972 жыл бұрын
really good to see ML. he has been in my heart and on my mind.
@matto97346 ай бұрын
What a great interview Julia did with Michael. I like him so much for having moved to Spain and diving into (north) African music too. I really like the music of Bokanté too.
@danadane25013 жыл бұрын
Great interview , learned a lot of pieces of history and technique I wasn't aware of before . He's obviously passionate about his work / art !
@danielweinfurtner3 жыл бұрын
Such a cool interview. Very insightful. I learned a lot!
@josephhughes94903 жыл бұрын
Julia is not only a amazingly talented bassist but she also can play bass while riding a unicycle . No joke! There's video on KZbin. Julia I just love ya like crazy. Austrian amazing! Bass is beautiful.
@hagegesamuel3 жыл бұрын
Really?! I play bass and harmonica and ride a unicycle too! I never tried playing bass on it. Harmonica yes of course :)
@jeffroberts_tunes3 жыл бұрын
OK folks I"m going to stop you at 2:30 and search Spotify for Gnawa. Hmmm found it. Damn...I'll get back to you in bit...
@Neuri3 жыл бұрын
I have learned so much from Michael.
@brandonmarti44763 жыл бұрын
Yes! I've been waiting for this Sense the last video! Lol
@jarrettpelzel99123 жыл бұрын
Best advertisement I’ve ever been recommended!
@danadane25013 жыл бұрын
Julia has a really pretty voice . I wonder if she sings on top of playing bass ?
@ahmedmaa4380 Жыл бұрын
Gembri is a magic instrument!!!
@hasname48853 жыл бұрын
Great video, thanks for sharing with us :)
@FunkSoulBruddler3 жыл бұрын
Did I just see you on German TV, the band in the studio of the Sportschau - Italy vs. Spain?? 😀
@joshuabrice38003 жыл бұрын
We should do that from now on!
@khalildjemouai68713 жыл бұрын
I’ m proud as an Algerian to see the influence of this instrument on an other genras historically, especially played by one of my favourite bass players, in a show hosted by Julia 🤩
@nordenrhazali2696 Жыл бұрын
Gnawa is moroccan friend.
@khalildjemouai6871 Жыл бұрын
@@nordenrhazali2696 No, it's north african، originaly from soudan, go back and read thé history of african music.
@badreddineelfiche3056 Жыл бұрын
@@khalildjemouai6871 gnawa is moroccan wtf are you talking about
@badreddineelfiche3056 Жыл бұрын
@@khalildjemouai6871 brought to Morocco from sub-Saharan Africa not north africa
@badreddineelfiche3056 Жыл бұрын
@@khalildjemouai6871 😂😂😂 UNESCO Lists Moroccan Gnawa as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity gnawa is moroccan only calm down hhhh correct your informations
@benmaguire40983 жыл бұрын
Miss you playing bass yourself .. But I really like the interviews & the chance to learn about music I never heard of B4 .
@bacicinvatteneaca2 жыл бұрын
The gimbri is also a descendant of the ngoni, a relative of the akontir, the ancestor of the banjo. In fact, many gimbri to this day have the short treble drone string on top. Also, the concept of a high percussive drone is also found in the irish bouzouki, which was developed from the greek bouzouki by a musical culture that had access to banjos (through american influence), although in that case it's a non-reentrant tuning and the strings are all the same length and all fingered. As for being the ancestor of the electric bass, that may be true in role (and even then not really, the gimbri is closer to a 3oud in function within its music) but there clearly isn't any direct line, since the electric bass is a mix of upright bowed bass and guitar, and the upright bowed bass is itself a mix of violin and viola da gamba families (fretless and high tension like the violin, by fourths and with low shoulders like the viola da gambe)
@clausm22033 жыл бұрын
Great interview
@manlioyllades3 жыл бұрын
When Michael played "Hamuda" (hope I spelled it right) it sounded a lot like some Cuban bassists. Once I saw Cachao live and what he was playing was pretty similar. If you don't know who Cachao was you MUST listen to him!
@martintaylor17013 жыл бұрын
I actually have one, bought in Morocco, supposedly from the same shop Robert Plant bought some instruments, but who knows if that's true - cool instrument though, not that I really know how to play it.
@Mouad_Agh Жыл бұрын
Essaouira Morocco ❤
@benmaguire40983 жыл бұрын
Michael seems like a really nice guy .
@ThomannsGuitarsBasses3 жыл бұрын
Hi Ben, yes he is! :-) // Cheers, Julia
@bimscutney12423 жыл бұрын
Holy Geezer Butler! That was rad.
@mimouli3 жыл бұрын
We call it "Hajhuj" it modtly is used in Gnawi musicians that we call Gnawa
@nicobass40993 жыл бұрын
Interesting a lot
@HZZKN3 жыл бұрын
Does anybody have some recommendations for Gnawa music? Like a Top 5 of things(albums or tracks) to listen to?
@croula8 ай бұрын
So impressive coming from a western dude. So digging it
@dougsours12 жыл бұрын
just curious , what kind of pickup do you use for this instrument?
@bassist7893 жыл бұрын
REMEMBER: ALL MUSIC IS THE SAME. LISTEN CLOSELY AND FOR LONG ENOUGH AND IT WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY OBVIOUS!!!! EDIT: THIS IS A GOOD THING!
@ZeuzBluez Жыл бұрын
Luv tagnawit (gnawa) I usually play it on guitar bass strings tuned to dgd. Hope thormann start selling gimbris si I can order one.
@philipmcadam53393 жыл бұрын
Lesser Artists borrow, great Artists steal - Pablo Picasso
@philipmcadam53393 жыл бұрын
Be great.
@Khmissa3 жыл бұрын
Saha 💙
@kirkbolas49853 жыл бұрын
What I knew prior to this video hosted by Julia (and her expert skills as an interviewer) with Michael as a most engaging guest: I was vaguely aware of a stringed, melodic bass instrument used in certain North African folk music. I was told it was called a Sintir, a member of the Lute family. That was the extent of my knowledge. What I learned: Apparently the Gimbri is another name for the Sintir and it’s used in traditional Gnawa music, a genre I’d never heard of before. It’s made of wood, camel hide and genuine animal gut strings along with some functional metal furniture. It performs three, separate and distinct roles simultaneously in the hands of a skilled player. It’s played both with a grooving accompaniment and in unison with the sole vocalist (depending on the part of the song performed at the moment); it’s accompanied by only one other instrument, a metallic castanet-like instrument (that I did know about), that I know as the Garageb. I didn’t know how or where the Garageb was utilized until now. There’s more I learned but these are the highlights. Thank you Julia and Micheal. One question, with some background context: It’s a fretless instrument, so it’s not necessarily predetermined as to the intervallic sensibilities of the playable notes. Most of what I heard Michael playing seemed fairly Western, with the 12 note diatonic base and a 7-note, major scale set of intervals. I did pick up on the microtonal aspects and would have not known this was deliberate unless Michael had indicated as such. Was Micheal deliberately playing with a familiar set of Western sounding intervals for us or is the traditional Gnawa music intervallic set that close to the Western system, whether it has just naturally developed that way or having been influenced** by European music? **The influence I’m thinking of is when the Moors (from Morocco) and Spaniards/Portuguese, somewhat peacefully, coinhabited the Iberian peninsula up until about five or six centuries ago. Michael’s brother, being an ethnomusicologist, might have the answer to my question.
@Jasper_44442 жыл бұрын
Interesting question! My guess would be the answer is a bit of each of those.
@shockandaweawakentheworld19103 жыл бұрын
Nice! I still use an acoustic 5 string which sounds best to me. No picks are how it should always be taught and played
@boldsquid89403 жыл бұрын
Is that the same instrument at the start of downgrade desert by Igorr?
@konstantinosmparmpounis64643 жыл бұрын
I don't know but isn't that supposed to be middle eastern
@boldsquid89403 жыл бұрын
@@konstantinosmparmpounis6464 Interesting
@joaopedromarri64103 жыл бұрын
Julia 4 the people
@amineel-harty454711 ай бұрын
Saha koyo
@whatwouldgdonowgvkpierce68793 жыл бұрын
Nice J thx
@zdude3353 жыл бұрын
Just saw you on ard Sportschau. How cool is that 🤘🎸
@fidelbene77303 жыл бұрын
Yeah, me too! Congrats on the gig
@reizo203 жыл бұрын
Me too. Never expected to see you there. Glückwunsch!
@charleslehmann13 жыл бұрын
Hello! If you want to hear this instrument played by a musician from Essaouira, check this on YT: BANIYA - Mohamed Khabba Trio
@kwyatt2613 жыл бұрын
The sintir seems to be much more akin to a banjo than a bass, which makes sense seeing as the banjo came from Africa
@thetomster7625 Жыл бұрын
I think the appropriation discussion in art is a bit over complicated... to me its simple: you experience something, its resonates with you, it inspires you and you will - to some degree - include into your own art. And since you are telling stories anyway, you can just be completely open, where you have it from: Give the credit. Its only really stealing if either it becomes your whole act or if you pretend it was your invention. everything else is just a shared and collaborative forward movement and in same way only art is capable of. oh and btw: what a lovely instrument - I first heard it played by Marcus Miller in Montreux - Bs River :)
@johnviolette55113 жыл бұрын
Julia, this is not the right place to post but I just watched both Earth Wind and Fire videos and you are such a fantastic player. But how do you learn these songs so quickly and how do you remember them?
@ThomannsGuitarsBasses3 жыл бұрын
Hi John, most of the time I learn the bass lines by ear :) // Cheers, Julia
@johnviolette55113 жыл бұрын
@@ThomannsGuitarsBasses that's awesome. I'm lucky if I get the root notes and a few colorful licks every now and then.
@Izar_Sirius3 жыл бұрын
The gimbri exists in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia
@badreddineelfiche3056 Жыл бұрын
Nope its moroccan istrument used in moroccan gnawa
@badreddineelfiche3056 Жыл бұрын
Even if he is in Algeria, he is originally from Morocco
@firashebili Жыл бұрын
didn't you find someone from Gnawa? the guy doesn't represent Gnawa even though he plays, just as a matter of recognition to the music genre, imagine I talk to an american about Spanish music... respect though
@tomlane63243 жыл бұрын
I wish I knew where I could get a gimbri, I’ve been in love with the sound since cowboy bebop’s ost musawe
@98563595 ай бұрын
20:29 this is capeverdean batuku!
@ushnicyuvnikof2748 Жыл бұрын
Ok so, if I take this to a luthier, how low can he get the action on one of these beauties? Because I'm forming this Russian funk band and my costume is a voodoo witch Doctor, I'm goinh to be called Dr Zulu Phonk, I've written my the 1st song called " get down power to the brothers of funk the man cant hold me down im funktastic" and I've decided on one of these over a Hofner! Also do they come with pick ups? Can I put a seymour duncan in it and what tunners would you recommend I was thinking some Schallers.
@desecration1713 жыл бұрын
Nice job on the origin story. You usually have to beat the correct information out of people about how something changed from Point A to B due to wars, colonization, migration, or integration.
@dennisojohnson3 жыл бұрын
I believe that music is original to Africa . That make me believe also, that the Garden of Eden must also be in Africa .
@lars51743 жыл бұрын
That tuning sounds like a part of the instrumental part in "Autobahn" by Kraftwerk.
@Lectric_Blue3 жыл бұрын
Why don't we use music to help cure sick people in our western cultures? Music has the power to get through to a person's inner self, to their soul. It lifts your mood, it makes you feel better, it's a positive force for good. We all know this instinctively, we feel it at concerts. It is music making us feel good. I have seen the change music can make to a room full of dementia sufferers when tambourines and triangles are handed out. When the music starts it awakens something inside them, they join in. It lifts their mood. It's a real tangible thing. We should use music in hospitals to help relieve stress and anxiety and to promote quicker healing.
@fusionistaaaa7 ай бұрын
Interesting interview Julia. Michael caught the essence of the guimbri and explains very well. Currently in gnawa land, it inspired me to resample your interview kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4rXan6nnamNnKc and make it a 3 part gnawa trance song. First with acoustic samples, then finding the link with samba before getting into the trance. What do you think?
@JTPrime083 жыл бұрын
Noice😂👍🏾👌🏾
@moussaoukazi72383 жыл бұрын
It’s not sentir guys it’s guimbri :)
@aniszaghouani432013 күн бұрын
the third name of this instrument is the ..hajhouj..
@szrnkabela3 жыл бұрын
Research topic for Davie504 around the world
@sterngaz7319 Жыл бұрын
It's Marroccan grounds
@AtoZBestProducts Жыл бұрын
Gambri gnaws you are welcome
@nordenrhazali2696 Жыл бұрын
Gnawa is purely moroccan, nothing to have with algeria. Yes, they play it, but it is originated from morocco.
@BenTrem423 жыл бұрын
...which also is where banjo comes from. yoiks
@stoatystoat1744 ай бұрын
:)
@adlafiadlafi34253 ай бұрын
Better than playing ganbri abd Rahman baco team al ghiawan
@montycline98403 жыл бұрын
That was really cold to watch in here. Thank you both for your time but put not together.
@jiloune02 ай бұрын
Moroccan not algerian, Gnawa music with guelbri exist only in Morocco 👍♥️🌹🇲🇦
@strat08713 жыл бұрын
Davie 504 would say:" Epic !.. but- this- is- not- B A S S, ..SLAP !
@szrnkabela3 жыл бұрын
Actually, Michael is slappin the i strument the whole time!
@jimkiousis3 жыл бұрын
😶🙃
@jpseph54713 жыл бұрын
think homie is on acid
@SinnGread3 жыл бұрын
they ought to be interviewing Julia instead ... she is way more interesting and less smug