(Mahmoud Guinia)

by Maleem Mahmoud Ghania

(Mahmoud Guinia) cover art

This stunning cassette release captures the legendary Moroccan Maâlem (master) in an intensely hypnotic display of traditional Gnawa music. Anchored by the heavy, trance-inducing pulse of the guembri and relentless iron castanets (krakebs), Ghania leads call-and-response chants designed for spiritual healing rituals. It is a profoundly raw, rhythmic, and culturally vital recording of African Islamic mysticism.

Genres

  • Gnawa

Tracklist

  1. La Allah Dayim Moulenah
  2. Bala Moussaka
  3. Hamdouchi
  4. Peace in Essaouira (for Sonny Sharrock)
  5. Boulandi Samawi
  6. Moussa Berkiyo / Koubaliy Beriah La’ Foh
  7. Salat Anbi
  8. Casa Casa Atougra
  9. Mahraba