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U-cef always knew that at some point he wanted to go back to what he calls "halal" music, the Moroccan sounds he was brought up with, so naturally he named his first album "Halalium". A composer, producer and DJ, U-cef says "I try musically to bring things together so they don't feel alien to each other - traditional music with urban beat London or New York hip-hop. Maybe somebody who is from somewhere dedicated to one thing will say "This is rubbish", but my belief is that nobody is made of one stuff."
U-cef goes on, "I remember when live bands played, the whole youth would be there - whatever they played, it had the beat, and we just danced and had fun" and he reckons his first interest in performing himself came from dancing at parties and getting into beats. After a brief attempt at doing "a proper job", U-cef moved to New York to really try and make it as a musician, and moving to London 10 years ago was similarly all about the music.
Hassan Hakmoun
resides in the U.S. The pentatonic scale and driving rhythms of the
sintir, a three-stringed long-necked African bass lute, are instantly
appealing to many Western ears, and Hakmoun, has succeeded in
presenting this music outside of Morocco to widespread critical
acclaim. He was the only world musician invited to play Woodstock '94,
and has performed on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno and on the WOMAD
'94 tour. Hakmoun became a regular fixture in New York's rock, jazz,
and fusion scenes, and earned his following for spanning multiple
genres with his spiritually charged voice and playing.
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