Kili is very much concerned with the rich variety of the musical styles of Morocco, he knows the musicians and their music, listens to their tapes, savors the rhythms and harmonies like wine from the hills of the Atlas mountains and at some stage the music of his homeland reappears in his own songs. Then the Berber does a tap-dance on the table (Attan) echoing a cover-version of a Moroccan star like Hamid Zahir (Lalla Fatima).

Kili makes the music palatable for our ears. He is like a filter for the musical culture of his country through which the richness of the Moroccan music can flow. On top of the traditional spheres of Gnawa, Rai, Chaabi and Berber sounds the pop classics of the sixties and seventies are Kili's greatest source of inspiration. Back then when he still had his band in Morocco they all played cover-versions of famous hits from Stevie Wonder, Neil Young, Jimi Hendrix and James Brown. That was the sound that the audiences loved and if the great stars themselves couldn't appear personally then at least their songs could be played. Kili's Moroccan Pop Distillery allows the good old Pop grooves to evaporate like dates under the midday Moroccan sun and in the end a music transpires that transforms the sounds of the seventies, Gnawa and the Berber grooves of Morocco to the Beat de Couscous 2001.

Morocco is a fascinating place for sensitive souls and has been for decades the destination of numerous musicians and writers. Paul Bowles wrote novels here, Jimi Hendrix heard the fascinating music of the Gnawas for the first time in Essaouira and Essaouira itself has become in recent years a main attraction for travellers from Europe and the USA. The annual festival of the city combines a variety of music forms, e.g. Gnawa music with Capoeira rhythms from Brazil, Rai stars from Algeria and drum & bass acts from England.

A special contribution to the booklet of Kilis new CD came from the famous moroccan writer Mohamed Choukri, who wrote about his relation to Kili. He describes Kili as a modern shaman, whos deep religious belief is expressed in the title of the CD. In the mountains close to his hometown Agadir one finds little temples, called marabouts. Their golden roofs reflect the midday sun and their interior is enlightened by candles. Entering the marabouts one can breath a litlle of the magic force called barraka. The people visit regularly these temples to collect a little barraka. Marabouts are build, wher saints and holy people have lived and worked and barraka is one of the most used words in the moroccan language, it is part of the moroccan live, of the peoples soul, it is the holy power that lives in everything. Also Kili finds his power in these places up in the mountains, wher he is closer to god, wher he finds the peace that can neither be found in hectic Germany nor in the vivid streets of moroccan cities.

Already Kilis first CD "Safran" from 1999 was a great success. Kili and his band played at several international festivals and performed at the Popkomm in Cologne and Womex in Berlin.