Ya Taleb

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Ya Taleb is a collection of 10 tracks from the '80s, when cheap cassettes were used to distribute the music to a grassroots following. The bad boy of rai's voice sounds robust, and his presentation is passionate throughout, revealing the early glimmers of a star. Not nearly as dynamic as Khaled's voice, the music is filled with primitive synthesizers. And the cheese factor is considerably higher here than on his excellent albums from 2000 and 2001, Kenza and 1,2,3 Soleils, which used an orchestra and had more advanced production. Ya Taleb is better suited for longtime Khaled fans who have worn out their cassettes than for anyone who enjoyed his recent recordings. But for those willing to get into the spirit of things, there is enough personality to make this fun listening. --Tad Hendrickson

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Ya Taleb Cheb Khaled ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Algeria | Africa | International | Styles | Music General | Africa | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005K530

Tracks:

1. Ya Taleb
2. Biya Dek el Mor
3. Lila Oven Har
4. Ya el Mima
5. Ha Djedek
6. Ya Mina
7. Serbi Serbi
8. Camel
9. Koubou Koubou
10. Ana Bia Taxi - Cheb Khaled, Chaba Zahouanian

Album Description

French compilation for the controversial world music superstar, the most successful modern exponent of Algerian desert blues known as Rai. Featuring early tracks recorded in 1989 & 1985, when the artist started gaining international recognition & started recording albums on CD instead of just cassettes. Ten tracks. 2001.

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Ya Taleb Cheb Khaled Manufacturer: Creon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Algeria | Africa | International | Styles | Music General | Africa | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Africa | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005Y8JP Release Date: 2001-09-25

Tracks:

1. Ya Taleb
2. Biya Dek el Mor
3. Lila Oven Har
4. Ya el Mima
5. Ha Djedek
6. Ya Mina
7. Serbi Serbi
8. Camel
9. Koubou Koubou
10. Ana Bia Taxi - Cheb Khaled, Chaba Zahouanian

Customer Reviews:

Ya Taleb Review.......2004-01-12

This album was produced during Cheb Khaled's final days in Algeria, just prior to his emigration owing to a fatwah pronounced against various rai artists. For those who know Khaled only from his "Kenza" and other recent Western audience-influenced releases, the sound is more raw and the drum rhythms, especially, are less stolidly 4/4, though no less riveting in their exotic funkyness. The result is a much more spontaneous and improvisatory sound, and one wonders in retrospect how much was lost in some of the newer releases. Of particular interest is an earlier, more syncopated version of "Serbi serbi"--one of my favorites, and the opening tune of the album "N'ssi n'ssi." No extended "dance mixes" here or interminable saxaphone solos, just an undiluted and feverish form of eclectic music, the likes of which have not been heard in the West since the demise of the Clash...

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Ya Taleb Khaled Manufacturer: Ark 21 ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Algeria | Africa | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Middle East | International | Styles | Music ASIN: B00007E8QX Release Date: 2002-11-26

Amazon.com

Ya Taleb is a collection of 10 tracks from the '80s, when cheap cassettes were used to distribute the music to a grassroots following. The bad boy of rai's voice sounds robust, and his presentation is passionate throughout, revealing the early glimmers of a star. Not nearly as dynamic as Khaled's voice, the music is filled with primitive synthesizers. And the cheese factor is considerably higher here than on his excellent albums from 2000 and 2001, Kenza and 1,2,3 Soleils, which used an orchestra and had more advanced production. Ya Taleb is better suited for longtime Khaled fans who have worn out their cassettes than for anyone who enjoyed his recent recordings. But for those willing to get into the spirit of things, there is enough personality to make this fun listening. --Tad Hendrickson

World Music:

1. A Bossa De Nara [Import]
2. A Floating City
3. A Galopar [Import]
4. Ad Gloriam [Import]
5. Agora [Import]
6. Alcione & Amigos [Import]
7. Anarchy & Rapture
8. Arriba
9. Brazilian Beats, Vol. 4
10. Cajun String Bands 1930's: Cajun Breakdown

World Music

world music

World Music

Cellophane [Extra tracks] [Import]

Pfitzner: Piano Concerto in E flat major

Orchestral Suites 3 & 4

Complete 1950-1954 Studio-Issued Recordings [Import]

Sensation: the Mega Mixes [Import]

Swing Out Singles [Import]

Roberto Carlos [Import]

Tell 'Em Why U Madd [Clean]

Sottacqua [Import]

Solo Works

Revelation

Shades Beyond

Still Standing [Clean]

Spiritual Love

One Quiet Night