Cookies help us deliver our services. By using our services, you agree to our use of cookies. Learn more
Important Information
As of January 1, 2020, Radionomy will migrate towards the Shoutcast platform. This evolution is part of the Group’s wish to offer all digital radio producers new professional-quality tools to better meet their needs.
Shoutcast has been a leader throughout the world in digital radio. It provides detailed statistics and helps its users to develop their audience. More than a thousand partners carry Shoutcast stations to their connected apps and devices.
Discover the Shoutcast solution.
Nass El Ghiwane
Nass El Ghiwane (Arabic: ??? ????????) are a musical group established in 1971 in Casablanca, Morocco.
The group, which originated in avant-garde political theater, has played an influential role in Moroccan chaabi (or shaabi).
Nass El Ghiwane were the first band to introduce Western instruments like the modern banjo.
Their music incorporates a trance aesthetic, reflecting the influence of local Gnawa music.
Although their music is more vocal-based than Raï music, they can be considered among Raï influences.
Khaled, a prominent Raï singer, began his career performing Nass El Ghiwane songs at weddings and parties.
They are also credited for helping bring a new social movement to Morocco.
Their song "Ya Sah" appears in the film The Last Temptation of Christ and on the associated album Passion – Sources.In FilmThe band is the focus of music documentary Transes (Trances), directed by Ahmed El Maanouni, who described Nass El Ghiwane as Morocco's soul music.
Originally released in 1981, it was restored in 2007 by the World Cinema Foundation at Cineteca di Bologna /L’Immagine Ritrovata Laboratory.
The film was picked specifically by Martin Scorsese for the World Cinema Foundation's first release and was screened at the Cannes Film Festival in 2007 and at Djemaa el-Fna square in Marrakesh, Morocco.
The film is now distributed by the Criterion Collection.
