New Music From Khaled on Calabash Music

Ya Taleb

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A selection of Khaled's essential early songs. - A Khaled Compilation released in 2001.

Sahra

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Born in Algeria but now based in France, Khaled is known as the king of Rai. He was born Khaled Hadj Brahim in 1960 in Sidi-El-Houri. Along with Egyptian, Spanish and French music influences, Khaled also listened to the Beatles and James Brown as a child. After learning to sing and play accordion, he left school at age 16 to record his first single. With a blend of funk, reggae and Arabic music, Khaled soon pioneered the transformation of rai from a local style to worldwide popularity by adding a synthesizer and drum machine. He moved to France in 1986.

Ya-Rayi

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After 5 successful albums, Khaled’s new record is a genuine “back to the roots” album. Khaled is coming back to the raï music essence, with charming Egyptian chords. He recorded a great chaâbi track H’mama with the Algerian national radio orchestra where Khaled pays hommage to the Algiers inhabitants and their folklore. The album contains 10 tracks, 1 track produced by Don Was (who already produced Didi & N’ssi N’ssi, 1 track by Jacob Desvarieux, 2 by Farid Aouameur young Algerian producer and the rest by Philippe Edel… In this record, Khaled invites us to discover or re-discover all the raï “magic” and carries you directly to a typical Algerian cabaret like the ones where he performed in his native city Oran at the beginning of his career in August 1985. It’s a matured Khaled that offers a roots and festive record, long awaited by the Algerian community as well as a wider audience that should make it his biggest success.

Khaled

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N'ssi N'ssi

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Kenza

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