Album Review: Juju – ‘In Trance’

Juju’s third album is a riotous, joyful affair. Juldeh Camara has lived and worked as a griot (hereditary musician carrying ancient cultural knowledge) in traditional Fula society (the Fulani are originally a nomadic peoples, found all over the Sahel from East to West Africa).

Here his ritti, or one-string West African fiddle, soars across the backdrop of rock-heavy riffs from Justin Adams’ Les Paul goldtop guitar.

The five new tracks presented here were each recorded live in one take – In Trance effortlessly finds the groove and works it until the groove is done. Think trancey rhythms from traditional Africa meeting Led Zeppelin, The Doors and The Prodigy.