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"La Ilaha Ila Allah"

(Recorded at the Hotel Batha, in the old city of Fes, Morocco- 6/4/97)
 
Barrada is seen here playing the tablas leading his ensemble through a style of Moroccan trance music known as Aissawa.

The ta'arija players look to Barrada for cues as the music changes its syncopated rhythms from 6/8 to 4/4 and back again.

The trance is deepened by the raita's unearthly sounds.