# Maalem Mahmoud Guinia — Every Record We Rank

Maalem Mahmoud Guinia appears 2 times in our Gnawa list, placing as high as No. 1. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.

- **Ranked entries:** 2
- **Appears on:** Gnawa
- **Years:** 1998–2013
- **Highest placing:** No. 1 in Gnawa
- **Updated:** 2026-08-30
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/artist/maalem-mahmoud-guinia/

## Appears on

### [Colours of the Night](https://waxonia.com/track/maalem-mahmoud-guinia--colours-of-the-night/)

*2013 · No. 1 in [Gnawa](https://waxonia.com/genre/gnawa/)*

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.

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Maalem%20Mahmoud%20Guinia%20Colours%20of%20the%20Night) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=Dia5GNigpdA)

### [Aicha](https://waxonia.com/track/maalem-mahmoud-guinia--aicha/)

*1998 · No. 3 in [Gnawa](https://waxonia.com/genre/gnawa/)*

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.

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Maalem%20Mahmoud%20Guinia%20Aicha) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=7h6kgHFfuuo)

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