Here's a Nass el Ghiwane live single from 1972 (or maybe early 1973). These songs appear on the group's first LP in studio versions, but I think this 7" single may have been issued before the LP. It is their first single to not feature the alternate English language name for the group: New Dervich.
As I wrote in my recent post about Nass el Ghiwane's first LP, these two songs pose questions: Fin Ghadi Bya Khouya (Where are you taking me, brother?) and Wach Hna Houma Hna (Are we still us?). Whether Nass el Ghiwane had revolutionary answers to these questions or not, the act of posing such questions in popular song in 1972 Morocco was a radical artistic act. By leaving the questions unanswered, the group invited their audience to not only ponder their own answers but also to dance in the gap from which the questions emerged - the gap between an ideal envisioned life and lived reality in the postcolony.
These live versions are shorter, faster, and louder than the studio versions found on the LP. Please enjoy this remastered version of the single. I don't believe these sides have ever been reissued on cassette or CD.
Nass el Ghiwane ناس الغيوان
Fi Sahra Ûmumiya (In a Public Concert) في سهرة عمومية
Polydor 7" 2225014
1972 (possibly 1973)
A) Fin Ghadi Bya (live) فين غادي بي خويا
B) Wach Hna Houma Hna (live) واش احنا هما حنا
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