January 14th 2023 the Brussels gnawa group Black Koyo celebrated their 10 years of existence! To mark this occasion, they invited the celebrated m’allem Hamid el Kasri from Rabat to join them for an anthology concert.

Born in Ksar el Kebir, Hamid el Kasri started learning gnawa music from his earliest years, guided by his passion, his talent and the master-musicians Alouane and Abdelwahid Stitou. Endowed with an intense deep voice, Hamid also excels in fusion projects that have added to his renown, among others with the Australian pianist Joe Zawinul or the Moroccan drummer Karim Ziad.

Black Koyo is a group founded in Brussels ten years ago. The group was put together by Hicham Bilali, born in Fes, who studied with the master Hamid Dkaki. Made up of musicians, singers and dancers from Tangier, Fes and Casablanca who are based in Brussels, Black Koyo gives pride of place to the traditions of northern Morocco and its drumming repertoire.

This concert provided the opportunity for a meeting of Hamid el Kasri, Black Koyo and surprise guest Simo Lagnawi who blended together in this unprecedented gathering.

Simo Lagnawi is the Ambassador of Gnawa Culture in the UK, has been featured on radios & in magazines around the world and has performed at a host of festivals including Glastonbury, Secret Garden Party, Latitude and Boomtown. Simo continuously pushes new boundaries fusing Gnawa with music from countries such as Gambia, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Guinea, Mali, India, Japan, Venezuela and the Caribbean.

Musicians:
Hamid El Kasri (vocals, guembri)
Hicham Bilali (vocals, guembri)
Jalal Abantor, Marwan Abantor & Achraf Abantor (vocals, tbal, qraqib)
Mounim Lagnina, Ayoub Boufous, Abderrahmane Benjaafar, Amine Aabbou, Abdennour Dahou, Aziz Moustaid, Badr el Hernat, Souhaib Nekkashi (vocals, qraqib)

Guests:
Simo Lagnawi: guembri, vocals

Production:
Lights: Nathan Viboud
Sound: Christine Verschorren
Video / editing: Elsa Audevart, Félicie Bied-Charreton
Technical production: Mathieu Alexandre, Erik Janssens, Nathan Viboud, Jérémie Dupuy
General Production: Hélène Sechehaye, Muziekpublique

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