Residencies, albums and live encounters where Khalil Mounji brings the guembri into a precise dialogue with jazz, electronic music, Persian traditions, songwriting and sound research.
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Gnawa Meeting · Casablanca × Berlin
Onom Agemo & The Disco Jumpers
A creative dialogue begun during the Gnawa Meeting residency between Casablanca and Essaouira. Guembri-led trance, brass arrangements and Berlin afro-psychedelic jazz continue to evolve through studio sessions and a forthcoming joint album.
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Frequency School · Sound and wellbeing
Maejor · 11:11
After performing together at GITEX Africa 2024, Khalil joined Maejor's Frequency School and contributed to 11:11, connecting Gnawa rhythm and ancestral listening practices with contemporary research into sound and frequency.
Khalil joined Yann-Gaël Poncet's project as a special guest for a Morocco tour, bringing guembri, voice and Gnawa trance into a visual electro-jazz performance presented across the Institut français network.
An artistic residency at Institut français Casablanca explored the meeting point between Persian modal music and Gnawa trance, bringing setâr, guembri, voice and improvisation into a shared repertoire.
A private family meeting in Casablanca became an exchange around the history, colours and healing cycles of Gnawa music. Presented here as a cultural encounter—not a formal release or stage collaboration.
