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Amine Mesnaoui & Labelle - African Prayers
Amine Mesnaoui and Labelle's ‘African Prayers’ is a collection of seven compositions, which includes lead single ‘Bleu Noir’. It aims to bring a contemporary and fresh interpretation to the Lila Ritual of the Moroccan Gnawa masters - also known as the Ritual of the Seven Colors. With a firm belief they can deliver a sound that finds its anchor in heritage and yet escape folkloric clichés and stereotypes, the two musicians have strived to make something that is rich in meanings, minimal but complex, simple but deep. This is a record that is universal and invites the listener to the depth of meditation, to the dance, even to the spiritual state of trance.
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...𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙛𝙪𝙡, 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙡𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙮𝙚𝙩 𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙪𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙘𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙡, 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣. 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙂𝙣𝙖𝙬𝙖 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙘 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡 𝙖𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪’𝙫𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙞𝙩; 𝙢𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙢𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙘 𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙚. - Monolith Cocktail𝘽𝙚𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤𝙭𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜. - Backseat Mafia
𝙍𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙘 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙗𝙚 𝙖 𝙙𝙪𝙗𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚’𝙨 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮, 𝙨𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙪𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚. - Juno Daily
...𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨, 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙡 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙭, 𝙨𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙙𝙚𝙚𝙥. 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙖𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙣𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙝 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚, 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚. - Spill Magazine
𝙈𝙚𝙨𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜. - God Is In The TV
𝘼𝙣 𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙜𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙮-𝙥𝙪𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙢𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝘼𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙋𝙧𝙖𝙮𝙚𝙧𝙨 - 𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙡𝙗𝙪𝙢 𝙤𝙛 𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙙, 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙘. - Atwood Magazine
..𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨' 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙜𝙚, 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢. - Cent Magazine
...𝙖 𝙘𝙡𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙨𝙡𝙚𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙘𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝘼𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙈𝙚𝙨𝙣𝙖𝙤𝙪𝙞 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙇𝙖𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙤𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙪𝙨. - Djolo.net