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  "name": "Maalem Mahmoud Guinia",
  "description": "Maalem Mahmoud Guinia appears 2 times in our Gnawa list, placing as high as No. 1. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-30",
  "url": "https://waxonia.com/artist/maalem-mahmoud-guinia/",
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    "first": 1998,
    "last": 2013
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      "trackKey": "maalem-mahmoud-guinia--colours-of-the-night",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/maalem-mahmoud-guinia--colours-of-the-night/",
      "title": "Colours of the Night",
      "year": 2013,
      "label": null,
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "The master of the guinbri recorded in Casablanca, doing exactly what he would do at a lila. No concession to a listening audience, and it is the most hypnotic record in this part of the corpus.",
      "alsoOn": [],
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          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/Maalem%20Mahmoud%20Guinia%20Colours%20of%20the%20Night",
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        },
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      },
      "artist": "Maalem Mahmoud Guinia"
    },
    {
      "trackKey": "maalem-mahmoud-guinia--aicha",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/maalem-mahmoud-guinia--aicha/",
      "title": "Aicha",
      "year": 1998,
      "label": null,
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "Released on cassette, which is how most of this music actually circulated for fifty years before anyone abroad was listening. The unpolished version, and the better one.",
      "alsoOn": [],
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          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/Maalem%20Mahmoud%20Guinia%20Aicha",
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      },
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      },
      "artist": "Maalem Mahmoud Guinia"
    }
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