Titi Robin - Taziri (2015)

An explorer of his own universe which couldn t be further from pre-formatted labels and fantasized cultural mixes, Titi Robin takes us on a journey along the ridge trail around the Mediterranean with, at his side, Mehdi Nassouli, an enlightened travelling companion who brings with him his knowledge of Moroccan music. Music lovers will recognise in "Taziri" the legacy of other multi-secular forms of music such as the African source from which blues sprang. But, truth be told, the aesthetic alchemy of this album, which oscillates between dances and a form of gentle nostalgia, goes far beyond that. It is also an initiatory journey and a philosophical manifesto, since through the artistic radicalism of is author, we can hear the eternal beauty of the world.