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The guembri and I have a bit of history. My father was a Gnawa master and I wasn’t allowed to touch this instrument. When I dared to do so, I was beaten.

— Hasna El Becharia

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What’s different is your mind and your experience.

This is a very personal record, I got a lot of suffering and memories out of my system. I gave everything I had in me.

There’s no stress. If things aren’t working, we just brew some more tea. You can feel all that listening to the album.

I was scared about doing the first album. But for the second, it was fine.

When I arrived in Paris, I dreamed of my father saying: “Go ahead.”

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