Traces originates in the meeting, in the search for common sound territories or the construction of new spaces between the Palestinian singer and oud player Kamilya Jubran and Sylvain Cathala's French trio. Since 2015, Cathala's contemporary composition and Jubran's modern orality have been intermixing to create their own music based on oral scores and a controlled discourse dramaturgy and musical time. Their music carries the listener into a unique poetic adventure. Endowed with a singular instrumentation (voice, oud, saxophone, double bass and drums), this band also distinguishes itself by its great artistic standards, a curiosity and a strong desire for total collaboration. For 10 years, the oral and score compositions, as well as the forms and orchestrations have been re-examined and changed to benefit musical expressiveness and lyricism. The group extends their work with the creation of a new programme called About.

The music of Tariqa is an organic and unique fusion where Moroccan Gnawa and Hungarian folk music meet to reveal a new musical domain. Saïd Tichiti, a native of the Moroccan Sahara, brings the pulsating rhythms of gnawa trance rituals, the mystical melodies of Arabic maqam, and the invigorating energy of chaabi. Péter Bede and Ferenc Kovács, masters of jazz and Hungarian folk music, contribute their rich styles to this musical alchemy. Ádám Mészáros and András Halmos, seasoned musicians from various formations and adept practitioners of afrobeat and improvisation, add even more colors to this musical kaleidoscope. Tariqa's immersive concerts are ritual experiences where the audience becomes a participant, not just a listener. In today's isolation, there is a growing need for such transcendent communal experiences that can bring collective healing. No concerts are alike; each performance is a new and unrepeatable journey. As William Burroughs put it, Gnawa is "the world's oldest, 4000-year-old rock 'n' roll," and this
tradition is reborn in a new form through Tariqa's art.