Yes, I admit it, I like Gnawa music. But is not the same Gnawa Gnawa. This recording comes from Marrakech and gives us more than 54 minutes of music from Essouira, the center of Gnawa music, the best. Maalem Mahmoud Gania, the artist, is a member of a Gnawa Order, which has the healing sounds and healing ceremonies prescribed through the medium of music. The hypnotic sounding and driving rhythms and tones set a right into a trance. This is precisely the objective of this spiritually-healing music. However, the tracks on the CD also show us how much the original Gnawa music has been influenced from the Sahel from Islam. Who likes sounds from Morocco, should definitely Listen-times in this ritual music!
