Hamsa Lila

Gathering One

2004-01-20

There’s a tendency in the realm of World music for albums from monolithic, one-name acts to just sort of materialize, seemingly without input from any individual. Did the music just spit randomly from a computer? What are they hiding?!

Well, Hamsa Lila (meaning, approximately, Ritual of Divine Breath) would like you to know that they consist of human performers, 8 of them, in fact, from the Bay Area. They’ve rightfully earned numerous local awards and now burst onto the national scene with this disc.

The music has an undeniable Middle-Eastern/North African groove sure to fit any part of day. “Full Moon Flow” stands apart as the conscious addition to the set-list.

Quick Links:

More reviews tagged #World

  • reviewed 11/2009

    PACHA MASSIVE
    If You Want It

  • reviewed 05/2007

    BALKAN BEATBOX
    NuMed

  • reviewed 04/2007

    IBRAHIM FERRER
    Mi Sueno

  • reviewed 12/2007

    CHEB I SABBAH
    Devotion

  • reviewed 06/2016

    Quantic Presents Flowering Inferno
    1000 Watts

  • reviewed 05/2005

    Ali Farka Toure
    Red & Green

Compiled by the WYCE Journalism Club

The opinions expressed in these reviews are those of the individual volunteers that submitted the article and do not necessarily reflect the views of WYCE or GRCMC; nor its staff, donors, or affiliates.