Rachid Taha, Algerian world music star, plays Vicar Street on Saturday, the 5th of November.
Note Productions bring Rachid Taha's scintiallating live show to Dublin with the world music star performing songs from his new album, Tekito featuring a blistering cover of The Clash's "Rock El Casbah".
Rachid Taha was born in the Gulf of Oran in Algeria and relocated to France with his family as a child. After working in a number of jobs, Taha found his calling when he started DJing in a small club and formed his own band, Carte de Sejour. Carte de Sejour scored many hits with an infectious mix of Algerian Rai sound and rock music before Taha decided to go solo.
Over the next decade, Taha created a whole canon of innovative, powerful and enduring songs, which jostle rock, electronica and North African influences. Ole Ole was a head-on collision between the sound of Maghreb and techno culture, while Diwan paid homage to the Arabic and North African stars of the past featuring the hit, "Ya Rayah", which rode the charts in France, the Lebanon and Colombia.
Rachid Taha's stance against racism, hypocrisy and nostalgic ghetto complacency, has earned him a fearsome reputation in France, North Africa and the Arabic World. In the late '90s, Taha made musical history when he brought Rai rulers Khaled and Faude on stage at the Bercy Stadium in Paris, and the resulting live album, 1-2-3 Soleil went on to sell over one million copies, making Taha a world music star.
His first release of the new millenium, Made in Medina was recorded in Paris, London, Marrakech and New Orleans and focused on the dark and gathering clouds on society's horizons. Reconvening with producer Steve Hillage and collaborator Brian Eno, Taha created a heady hybrid of Rai, punk and electro on his most recent album, Tekito with infectious new songs like "Lli Fat Mat!", "Safi" and "Dima".
A wonderful invitation to see a rising world music star, Rachid Taha plays Vicar Street on the 5th.
For ticket info see Dublinks.com
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