Eat The Dream: Gnawa Music From Essaouira

Various Artists
Sublime Frequencies
World 12" | Jul 2012

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Reviewed 2012-07-25
Eat The Dream
Gnawa Music From Essaouira
Sublime Frequencies

Music from the Gnawa, a mystical brotherhood borrowing from mystical Islam and African shamanism. Trance inducing. Uses krakebs (metal clappers) and gimbri / sinter (3 stringed lute)
A Side
1. Stringed guitar like thing
*2. Shrill North African reeded instrument intros a big head nodding groove with some group accompanying vocals
3. Psychedelic howling, background noise, dramatic gimbri and drum with male vox
*4. More North African reeded instruments, intricate, playful then rhythmic drums and low chanting
5. Found sound, talking, laughing intro, guitar and metal clappers
B Side
*6. Low fi male low singing intros in trance like bass and drums and quiet chanting. fake out ending (Really long)
7. quiet reeded instruments, drums - Wedding street procession
8. Big pounding furious drums
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Charting

2012-07-29 — 2012-09-30 Reggae/World
Week EndingAirplays
Sep 16 1
Sep 9 2
Sep 2 2
Aug 26 2
Aug 19 2
Aug 12 2
Aug 5 2

Track listing

1. Chelha
2. Dahven
3. Mogador
4. Mektoub
5. Tseuheur / Chehade
6. Wedding Street Profession
7. Fraja