Monday 5 October 2009

Nguyên Lê - Maghreb & Friends (1998)

01.Ifrikyia
02.Constantine
03.Louanges
04.Yhadik Allah
05.Nora
06.Funk Raï
07.L'Arkha li jeya
08.Guinia
09.Nesraf.

Nguyên Lê - el. & ac. Guitars, fretless bass, vietnamese zither, programming
Karim Ziad - drums, gumbri, perc (karkabous, taarijet, bendir, derbuka, tablas), vocals
Michel Alibo - electric bass
Bojan Zulfikarpasic - acoustic piano
B’net Houariyat:
Zahra Bani, Kadija Haliba, Malika Rhami, Saïda Madrani, Halima Zaiter - vocals & perc (taarijet, bendir, naakkous, tar)
Wolfgang Puschnig - alto sax
Paolo Fresu - trumpet
Alain Debiossat - soprano sax
Stefano Di Battista - alto & soprano sax
Mokhtar Samba – drums
Cheb Mami - accordion-synth
Djemaï Abdenour - mandola, algerian banjo
Mejdoub Ftati– violin
Aziz Sahmaoui – vocals
Mohamed Menni - vocals, perc (taarijet, bendir, derbuka)
Mehdi Askeur – vocals
Huong Thanh - vietnamese vocals
Hao Nhien - vietnamese flute
Gaëlle Hervé – vocals
Marielle Hervé – vocals
Jean Jacques Avenel – kora
Aly Wagué - african Peul flute & vocals.


Recorded and mixed by Hervé le Guil at Studio Gimmick, Yerres assisted by Mallory Maurice, Pedja Babic & François "Do" Delean, February & March 1998
B'net Houariyat recorded by Antoine Illouz at Studio L'Usine, Arceuil assisted by Cécile, November 4, 1997
pre & additional recordings by Nguyên Lê at Studio Louxor, Paris Barbès, January to March 1998
Mastered by Radu Marinescu at Liquid Gold
Produced by Nguyên Lê and Karim Ziad.

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