Atlas Electronic Explained

Music Festival Name:Atlas Electronic
Location:Marrakesh, Morocco
Years Active:2016 – present
Founders:Karim Mrabti
Dates:July/August
Genre:Electronic, African music

Atlas Electronic is a Moroccan-Dutch organization that organizes an annual music festival in Marrakesh.[1] Its members operate from Morocco and the Netherlands, aiming to support various organizations and their projects in Morocco; according to The Guardian, it focuses on "underground music and cross-cultural collaborations".[2] It was founded by Karim Mrabti, who grew up in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.[3]

Festival

The festival is held annually since 2016, in an ecolodge, the Villa Janna outside of Marrakesh; organizer Mrabti found the place via AirBnB. The festival stood out, according to Scene, because besides Gnawa and other African music, it had such things as art exhibitions, cycling tours, and cooking demonstrations. Mrabti used to promote dance parties in the Netherlands, and organized the first festival within a year after the first conception.[4] At least since 2017 the organization has partnered with Red Light Radio.[4] [5] The 2017 festival, which included British DJ Ben UFO, Floating Points, and Chilean DJ Shanti Celeste, was attended by a reviewer from The Independent, who called it "a stunning Marrakech weekender".[5]

Mrabti has since moved from Rotterdam to Morocco. The fourth installment, in 2019, has "mobility" as its theme. Besides DJs and musicians, there are daily events and workshops, panels, and presentations pertaining to the topic of mobility and a variety of socio-economic issues.[6]

2016 edition

The inaugural festival opened with shows by James Holden and Maallem Houssam Guinia (son of Mahmoud Guinia).[7]

Other artists:

2019 edition

External links

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Notes and References

  1. News: After Yves Saint Laurent: The New Creatives Putting Marrakech On The Map . 10 July 2019 . Helen . Jennings . . 6 August 2019.
  2. News: Desert nights: how Marrakech's party scene is taking root . Tom . Faber . 27 October 2017 . 6 August 2019 . The Guardian.
  3. News: Music in Morocco: The ultimate sonic journey . https://web.archive.org/web/20190728131302/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/destinations/africa/morocco/music-scene-essaouira/ . dead . July 28, 2019 . 23 July 2019 . Mickey . Rapkin . . 6 August 2019.
  4. Web site: Fady . Adel . 16 April 2019 . Moving Forward: Atlas Electronic Founder Karim Mrabti on Making the Moroccan Festival More Inclusive. Scene Noise . 6 August 2019.
  5. News: Atlas Electronic review: No more lonely nights in the desert . 13 September 2017 . Kit . Macdonald . The Independent. 6 August 2019.
  6. News: Atlas Electronic wil dat mensen niet alleen voor het lekkere weer en de palmbomen komen . 19 July 2019 . Emma . van Meijeren . . 6 August 2019.
  7. Web site: The Inauguration of Atlas Electronic. Don't Panic . 7 August 2019 . 15 August 2016. Marlon . Clark-Ward .

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