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Samir LanGus, is a Grammy nominated musician, born and raised in the city of Agadir, Morocco. Music has always been a part of the constant variety of street sounds of his city, from merchants to entertainers and calls to prayer. LanGus began learning Gnawa, a traditional, spiritual trance music, when he was 8 years old from the Gnawa masters of Morocco.

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For the uninitiated, Gnawa music is the ritual trance music of Morocco’s black communities, originally descended from slaves and soldiers once brought to Morocco from Northern Mali and Mauritania. Often called “The Moroccan Blues”, Gnawa music has a raw, hypnotic

power that’s fascinated outsiders as diverse as writer/composer Paul Bowles, jazz giant Randy Weston and rock god Jimi Hendrix. The music is utterly singular, played on an array of unique instruments — from the lute-like Sintir that the band leader uses to call the tune, to the metal Qarqaba, Castanets with which the Kouyos (chorus) keep time and pound out clattering, hypnotic rhythms. The music is believed to heal people possessed by jinn, or spirits.

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But “Gnawa is not just the music,” says Samir. “It’s the culture. You can’t play just the Sintir, you also need the castanets (Qarqakeb) to have the Gnawa spirit.” He describes the Sintir, a stringed percussion instrument made of wood and camel skin with goat gut strings, as a “powerful instrument” with an amazing sound. “You feel it in your heart,” he says.

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LanGus makes great use of this traditional repertoire, and adds his own, contemporary spin with additional jazz instrumentation. Taken as a whole, this exciting new artist fuses a centuries old North African tradition with the pulse and attitude of New York City now. He would like to improvise with Berber, Indian, Saharan, and even Flamenco music playing a mix that keeps the Gnawa tradition with an added flavor.

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English composer, multi-instrumentalist, and tutor Jake Bradford-Sharp is a technically proficient artist working in many musical fields: writing and recording music for TV and film, session work, regular gigging, and tutoring drums and music. Born in Enfield, London in 1992, Jake first began playing the drums at the age of 8 and began formal lessons at the age of 10.

Initially inspired by classic rock icons such as John Bonham, Ian Paice and Keith moon, Jake quickly discovered his love of progressive rock music and its blend of rock, jazz, fusion, and many others. He immersed himself in these very sophisticated drumming styles, and at the age of 16 joined his first professional band, The Reasoning, and honed his craft on the touring and recording circuit. In 2010 he was crowned the “5th Best Drummer of 2010” by readers of Prog magazine. Jake continues to work with bands, of which more information can be found here.

In the downtime between touring, Jake fell in love with composing for TV, films, and games. His ability to jump between styles and genres effortlessly, yet still bring a unique and recognizable sound to every project is creatively showcased in his latest works. This led Jake to work with independent filmmakers and compose for library music companies.

Over the years Jake has experimented with multiple genres and styles of music, finding steady success with his own unique take on the Electro Swing genre. Jake continued to expand his compositional skills and since first being introduced to the worlds of writing to picture and production music, continues to successfully release unique albums. As he continues his journey into composition for TV, film, library and game music, you can keep up to date with his releases by following Jake’s official Spotify artist page.

Outside of composing music and performing drums, teaching is a passion of Jakes. He is a tutor at Bang Drum School in London. Jake has also released drum videos on YouTube showcasing yet another side of his writing, and performance and technical ability on the drum kit.

Being an active session musician, Jake has been hired to work with many artists at some of the worlds’ most prestigious recording studios in his hometown of London. He is available for session work and can be contacted directly at info@jakebradford-sharp.com.

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