Safi
By ray lema
"This meeting is as natural for him as it is no doubt stimulating for the six Moroccan musicians. They make contact on a scale of notes, on a melodic tone or on a rhythm (the most natural way for these master percussionnists) and their voyage goes by reggae music, enjoys a Latin phrase on the piano, makes a detour to strange tropical places, with an electric guitar on the same pace as the guembri, or an unexpected incantation in Lingala. A beautiful piece of work, diverse, honest and surprising." Le Monde de la Musique
"Produced, directed and arranged by Ray Lema this is a strange album, an improbable meeting, and the small miracle—alive and well and wild— of this late season, a miracle that has managed to escape the technological polish of the studios —to which such perillous musical meets can rarely resist." Libération