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Argan Tree in town square shot with fisheye effect, with blue sky surrounding
Argan Tree in town square shot with fisheye effect, with blue sky surrounding

The Argan Podcast

Podcast - 09.46 minutes

The Argan Podcast

Mehdi Nassouli

In The Argan Podcast, you join Mehdi Nassouli as he explores how faith shapes lives in modern Morocco. Through personal interviews with individuals from various backgrounds on the streets of Taroudant, you hear how people live their beliefs and connect with their spiritual traditions. Mehdi takes you straight into Moroccan life, sharing real stories and everyday expressions of faith.

This podcast stands out because it combines open conversations with sounds from the streets, giving you a direct experience of Moroccan spirituality and community. You’ll feel connected to the different ways people express their faith. By sharing individual voices, this project aims to bridge cultural gaps, promote tolerance, and invite you to reflect on your own beliefs and values.

Argan ties into the themes of chaos, connectedness, and spiritual strength, just like the performance FAITH. The podcast gives you a fresh look at how faith works in both personal and communal life, similar to the universal spiritual ideas in the show.

Artist Details

Mehdi Nassouli

Guembri specialist El Mehdi Nassouli was born into a family deeply rooted in Gnawa culture. For twenty years, Nassouli traveled across Morocco to complete his initiation journey with several maâ-lems (masters of the Gnawa tradition), from Taroudant to Marrakech, and through Essaouira and Safi, gaining profound knowledge of Gnawa music, the Daqqa, Houara, Hmadcha, and Malhun. Open to the fusion of musical genres, Mehdi Nassouli has traveled across continents, collaborating with renowned world music figures such as Titi Robin, Benjamin Taubkin, Nneka, Antibalas, Karim Ziad, Hindi Zahra, Andy Emler, Omar Sosa, Justin Adams, and Alpha Blondy.

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Connections

a photo of my synthesizer with a few modules removed, placed on a linoleum dance floor. In the frame, there’s also a club guy and a Roni coffee cup. It’s one of the first pictures I took while rehearsing and configuring the system I used to create music with the dancers for the project.

Composer’s Diary

Max Frimout

Like Gnawa rhythms, Max’s composition also weaves sound into something deeply spiritual

literal

One half of the image is a serene sunrise illuminates a lush field of grass and trees, casting a warm glow over the tranquil landscape. The other wide is the same scene but at dusk.

The Still Point

Tony Onuchukwu

Between the beats of the music and the hum of the city, you may find the pulse of something more—an echo in the silence

poetic

You Only Live For Ten Minutes

Sam Wilson

Music may be a lifetime compressed into moments, just as this game compresses life’s meaning into ten minutes.

totally different