El Mehdi Nassouli is a musician from a family steeped in Gnawa culture. His practice is based on a ten-year initiation journey in which he traveled across Morocco, from Taroudant to Marrakech, Essaouira and Safi, to learn from several maâlems and furnish himself with an understanding of Gnawa music, the Daqqa and the Malhun.

Open to musical fusion, El Mehdi has collaborated with world music figures such as Titi Robin, Benjamin Taubkin, NNeka, Sami Waro, Karim Ziad, Hindi Zahra, Andy Emler, Omar Sosa, Justin Adams and Alpha Blondy.