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Voices from the streets of Marrakech

Our April 2019 selection for Music of the Month
Jedba - Spiritual Music from Morocco
Abdesselam Damoussi and Nour Eddine
with professional and street musicians from Morocco

Listen to some exceprts from the album:

Spiritual Mawal

Allah Hay

Jedba

Arrahmane

Ziyara

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Jedba shows that sufi music is not confined to mosques or zawiya (monasteries) but is an intrinsic part of everyday Moroccan life. It is music from the streets, homes, marketplace and desert. Profound, mystical, compelling, entrancing… the entire album is a journey through the heart and soul of Marrakesh. It pays homage to the spiritual music and songs of urban and rural Morocco. Authentic mystical sufi chants with real depth, at times extended into trance-like repetition through the careful and skillful arrangements of co-producers Abdesselam Damoussi and Nour Eddine. Jedba includes performances by singers and musicians as heard on the streets, in a Tangiers mosque, and features a sufi master musician from the Atlas Mountains. The resultant music is as varied as the landscapes from whence it comes, yet always remaining true to its origins. Jedba has been co-produced by two well-known Moroccan composers: jazz, hip-hop, rap, rock, world music and electronica producer Abdesselam (Abel) Damoussi and world music artist Nour Eddine, a contributing composer of the Vatican classical music archives.