| All Artists: Barbara Title: Chatelet Members Wishing: 0 Total Copies: 0 Label: Barclay Release Date: 2/1/1994 Album Type: Import Genres: International Music, Pop Styles: Europe, Continental Europe, Euro Pop, French Pop Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 602498433751 |
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 | Barbara Chatelet Genres: International Music, Pop Rachid Taha is a phenomenon in Arabic music. With his band, he brilliantly marries the driving rhythms and elaborate melodies of contemporary Arabic popular music with the forceful sound of post-punk guitar rock.... The ra... more » |
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Album Description Rachid Taha is a phenomenon in Arabic music. With his band, he brilliantly marries the driving rhythms and elaborate melodies of contemporary Arabic popular music with the forceful sound of post-punk guitar rock.... The raw sweat of his music and a well-known stance against racism and hypocrisy have earned him a high standing throughout Europe, the US and the Middle East.Rachid's music is intrinsically political and topical, and very much the music of the Arab Street. He is a person who feels his role is to make both a cultural and political statement: he doesn't separate the two things. Diwan 2 is a cornucopia of poetry and music - purity and truth - as only Rachid Taha can do. Similar CDs
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CD ReviewsThe king of rai James B. Whitney | Minneapolis, MN. USA | 02/14/2007 (5 out of 5 stars) "Rachid Taha has always made high quality music in which he incorporates a wide variety of styles. On Diwan2 he returns to the roots of rai but with some interesting additions. Some of the songs are in French and he has included English translations for all the songs. As previously stated, the music is more traditional and has more in common with Diwan than it does with more rock influenced albums like Made in Medina and Tekitoi. This does not take away from the power of the music but gives it a very earthy, almost primal feel. Another thing which Rachid Taha does on all his releases is to assemble great musicians to support his excellent, expressive voice. Rachid Taha fans will appreciate this disc as will anyone interested in some Algerian roots music or for that matter, anyone who enjoys good music in general."
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