Various Artists / Eat The Dream: Gnawa Music From Essaouira
Album: Eat The Dream: Gnawa Music From Essaouira   Collection:World 12"
Artist:Various Artists   Added:Jul 2012
Label:Sublime Frequencies  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2012-07-29 Pull Date: 2012-09-30 Charts: Reggae/World
Week Ending: Sep 16 Sep 9 Sep 2 Aug 26 Aug 19 Aug 12 Aug 5
Airplays: 1 2 2 2 2 2 2

Recent Airplay
1. Dec 27, 2018: Nowhere Local
Dahven, Chelha
4. Oct 25, 2012: The Doldrummer
Mektoub
2. Aug 30, 2015: Morning Textures
Chelha
5. Oct 18, 2012: The Sunset Life
Tseuheur / Chehade
3. Mar 26, 2014: Sublime Frequencies 10 Year Anniversary
Tseuheur / Chehade
6. Sep 11, 2012: Moonshine in the Evening
Tseuheur / Chehade

Album Review
ms info
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

Track Listing
 ArtistTrack Name
1. Mahmoud Ghania, Et Al. Chelha
2. Mahmoud Ghania, Et Al. Dahven
3. (Anonymous) Mogador
4. Mahmoud Ghania, Et Al. Mektoub
5. Mahmoud Ghania, Et Al. Tseuheur / Chehade
6. (Anonymous) Wedding Street Profession
7. Mahmoud Ghania, Et Al. Fraja