Ifriqiyya Electrique Laylet El Booree CD

Fusing the rhythms and invocations of the ancient Saharan Banga ritual with an electrical storm of contemporary sonics, Ifriqiyya Electriques second album both grips and awakens.

The title of the second album Laylet el Booree translates as the "Night of the Madness." It refers to the last part of the annual gathering of the adorcist ritual from the Banga of Tozeur  it is the night when the spirits actually take possession of the bodies.

Like the ritual itself, the album is wild, frantic, and never caresses the listeners expectations. But its purpose is also to heal; with sweat, spirituality, electricity and trance being central to the almost overwhelming sensory experience.