Moroccan Gypsies - Groupe Sidi Mimoun, Groupe Ben Souda
[EUCD2413]

CD Information • CD Title: Moroccan Gypsies • Artist(s): Groupe Sidi Mimoun, Groupe Ben Souda • CD Code: EUCD2413 • Tracks: 12 • Playing Time: 76:58 min. • Booklet Info in: English, German

Itinerant musicians from Morocco - Groupe Sidi Mimoun with Abdenbi El Gadari and the group Ben Souda with Taïfa-Al Essawiya belong to the most impressive examples of the living North-African tradition, with call-and-response singing accompanied by the mighty bass guembri (3 stringed drum-lute) and the earthy sound of the qraqebs (metal “castagnets”), as well as many other Moroccan instruments.

Track Listing:

1. BEN SOUDA: Beshmellah bdina (Issawa) - 5:40
   Beginning with the name of God.
2. SIDI MIMOUN: Mimouna (Gnawa) - 22:21
   Name of a spirit.
3. BEN SOUDA: Farhat allika (Issawa) - 5:28
   The joy of meeting.
4. BEN SOUDA: Guebahi (Issawa) - 1:51
   Issawi rhythm.
5. SIDI MIMOUN: Rihlat essayf (Gnawa) - 5:50
   The summer trip.
6. BEN SOUDA: Achraka nour (Issawa) - 2:39
   The light is rising.
7. BEN SOUDA: El guazia (Issawa) - 5:45
   The Gypsy dancer.
8. SIDI MIMOUN: Guafla (Gnawa) - 7:45
   Caravan
9. BEN SOUDA: Lemjarrad (Issawi rhythm), Maoussim lehsad (Issawa) - 5:25
   Harvest time.
10. BEN SOUDA: Marhba belarssane (Issawa) - 1:45
    Welcoming the bride and groom.
11. SIDI MIMOUN: Moussa bahri (Gnawa) - 9:03
    Name of a spirit.

Bonus track : From EUCD 1626 The Music of Morocco

12. NOUR-EDDINE: Marhabat - 3:49