Diwân

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Diwân

1998 studio album by Rachid Taha

Diwân is a studio album released in 1998 by Franco-Algerian raï artist Rachid Taha. In contrast to his earlier releases, Diwân contains less rock and punk music, and features more traditional Arabic instruments. Many of the songs are about the founding fathers of raï music, and the lyrics are in Arabic and French.

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A video clip was made for "Ida".[2]

Track listing

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Personnel

  • Rachid Taha - vocals
  • Amina Alaoui - vocals
  • Steve Hillage - engineer, guitar, mixing, producer, programming
  • Kaseeme Jalanne - oud
  • Nabil Khalidi - banjo, oud, percussion, backing vocals
  • Bob Loveday - strings
  • Pete Macgowan - strings
  • Hossam Ramzy - percussion
  • Geoffrey Richardson - strings
  • Aziz Ben Salem - flute

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References

  1. [1]
    Christgau, Robert. "Rachid Taha". Robert Christgau.
  2. [2]
    "Ida (Official Video Clip)". Universal Music/Barclay. 1998. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  3. [3]
    "Discographie Rachid Taha" Archived February 19, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. LesCharts.com. Retrieved 21 December 2008.
  4. [4]
    "Diwân (Credits)". allmusic.com. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
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