Yaràkä – Curannera (Zero Nove Nove, 2023) Yaràkä’s music is imbued with ritualistic themes, echoing traditions of exorcism and healing prevalent in Southern Italy and…
Yaràkä Explores the Healing Sounds of the Curannera Tradition
Tag: trance music
Ndox Electrique’s Musical Exploration of Senegal’s N’doëp Culture
Ndox Electrique – Tëdd ak Mame Coumba Lamba ak Mame Coumba Mbang (Bongo Joe Records, 2023) The project Ndox Electrique is essentially a continuation and…
An Interview with Hassan Hakmoun
This interview with Hassan Hakmoun was conducted by Bouna Ndiaye of WNCU-FM, 90.7 FM in Raleigh, North Carolina: WNCU: Hassan Hakmoun, you arrived in the…
Exotic Impressions of Saqqara
Esbe – Saqqara (New Cat Music, 2020) Saqqara is the fifth studio album from multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and composer Esbe. The artist from London (UK), has…
Jajouka Between The Mountains
Master Musicians of Jajouka Featuring Bachir Attar – Jajouka Between The Mountains This album reveals the magical and mysterious trance music performed by the Attar…
New York’s 5th Annual A World in Trance Festival Program Announced
World music presenter Robert Browning Associates has announced the artists that will be featured at the 5th Annual A World in Trance Festival in 2019.…
Artist Profiles: Aisha Kandisha’s Jarring Effects
Aisha Kandisha’s Jarring Effects, was formed in Marrakech in 1987 by Abdou El Shaheed, Habib El Malak and Pat Jabbar, to develop a Shabee (Popular…
Psychedelic Trance Blues from Siberia
ХаPа [KhaRa] – “Мерячение” [Meryachenie] (Sketis Music SKMR-125, 2016) KhaRa ia an exciting genre-defying Siberian trio that combines blues jams, shamanic percussion, Slavic melodies and…
Forest of the Saints
Goa Gil – Forest of the Saints (EMI) Goa Gil is a San Francisco musician, DJ and party organiser now based in Goa. He is…
Estonian Trance Folk
Maarja Nuut – Une Meeles (Maarja Nuut, 2016) Une Meeles dwells in the zone between Estonian contemporary folk music, the experimental and ambient-trance music. Fiddler,…