- country:Morocco
- style(s):Arabic, Gnawa
- label:World Village
- artist posted by:C7M World
Nass Marrakech, one of the most internationally recognised Moroccan groups, was founded in 1990. Their music is a combination of Gnawa music, Arabic vocal styles, and instrumentation derived from North and West Africa, which includes the sinter (a three-stringed lute), the oud (a short-necked lute) and the karkaba (metallic castanets). Whether they play trance songs or pieces from other Moroccan religious brotherhoods, the members of Nass Marrakech vibrate in a dense rhythmic texture. The sympathetic percussion and the call and response of the voices touch something very powerful in the listener.