On location in Algeria
Monday 11 June 2007 23:15-1:00 (Radio 3)
Torn apart by civil war, Algeria has been off limits for many years. With the situation improving, Andy presents a special on-location programme, including sessions recorded all over the country.
He gets to the heart of Rai music in the port town of Oran, visits the famous Kasbah in Algiers, and ventures deep into the Sahara Desert. Plus in Tlemcen he attends the first solo performance in Algeria by French-Algerian superstar Rachid Taha.
Duration:
1 hour 45 minutes
Playlist
Andy Kershaw
11 June 2007
11:15pm
Re-compiled from 2 programmes, originally broadcast 6 & 13 August 2006
Khaled: Hada Raykoum (0.40)
album: Cheb Khaled: Rai King of Algeria
Triple Earth Records TERRACD102
http://www.triple-earth.co.uk/
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Rachid Taha: Kelma (1.25)
album: Ole Ole
Barclay 5294812
http://rachidtaha.artistes.universalmusic.fr/
Houari Dauphin: Sheraton (0.25)
album: En Live a Sol Lazur
Studio Red Son 108
http://www.houari-dauphin.com/
Cheikh Bou'arfa, Cheikh Chehida and Cheikh Brahim: Harani Harani (1.16)
BBC location recording, May 2006
Guide and translator and resident expert Amel Tafsout describes the music
http://www.ameltafsout.com/
Cheikh Bou'arfa, Cheikh Chehida and Cheikh Brahim: Meddahat (0.45)
BBC location recording, May 2006
The kids from the street follow Andy to the apartment of writer Bouziane Ben Achour, who talks about Rai music
Khaled: Trigue Lycee (1.15)
album: Kenza
Wrasse Records WRASS 153
http://www.wrasserecords.com/
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Cheb Hasni: Je vis encore (1.50)
album: Rai Love
Buda Musique 82854-2
http://www.chebhasni.net/
T.O.X: El Marwah (3.25)
BBC location recording, May 2006
T.O.X. stands for Theory Of eXistence; Andy interviews the two rappers Feda Vex and Machine Gun; DJ Redha-Jay wasn't present
T.O.X: Dir l'makan (make some space) (2.50)
BBC location recording, May 2006
http://tox31.blogspot.com/
Double Kanon: Weyne Weyne (2.15)
album: Koupable
Dounia Production 174
Interview with Sayid Ben Ali, the BBC's man in Algiers
Mohamed Rouane & Group: Tin Hinan (5.04)
Mohamed Rouane plays the large oud known as the mandol
BBC location recording, May 2006
Andy visits the Kasbah in Algiers with Amel Tafsout
Akli D: Malik (2.05)
album: Kabyle Mental
Because 0030
http://www.aklid.com/
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On the road to Tizi-Ouzou
Kamel Baci:
Refdegh Tabalizte (1.12)
Al'wali (Celebrations) (2.26)
BBC location recording, May 2006
Matoub Lounes: Tavrats I L'hukam (1.35)
Matoub Lounes was shot in 1998; a monument to him now stands in Tizi-Ouzou
album: Lettre ouvert aux.
Izem CD005
http://matoub.kabylie.free.fr/
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Le Group Bali: Toi Desert (1.04)
BBC location recording, May 2006
While producer James fills in the recording permits; Andy goes and visits the blacksmith in Djanet's market; later Amel Tafsout tells the story of Athmane Bali's drowning in a flash flood.
Athmane Bali: Kaf Noune (1.10)
album: Athmane Bali
Diffusion Belda CD092
http://www.belda-diffusion.com/
Le Group Bali: Assaruf (Forgiveness) (3.36)
BBC location recording, May 2006
Andy interviews Rachid Taha, then out on the street gives away tickets to the show
Rachid Taha:
Nokta (6.17)
Abdelkader (6.27)
Habina (7.49)
Rock El Kasbah (4.13)
Recorded at La Maison de la Culture, Tlemcen: Rachid Taha's first solo concert in Algeria
http://rachidtaha.artistes.universalmusic.fr/
See photos from this visit to Algeria
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