Eat The Dream: Gnawa Music From Essaouira
Various Artists
World 12"
| Jul 2012
Reviews
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Reviewed 2012-07-25
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
-ms info
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
-ms info
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Moonshine in the Evening — Sep 11, 2012
Charting
2012-07-29 — 2012-09-30
Reggae/World
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| 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 |