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Meli Meli (Import) (CD)

By: Cheb Mami
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DISC 1 for Meli Meli (Import) (CD) Album By Cheb Mami
1   Meli Meli Que M'arrive T'il  
2   Alache Alik Pourquoi Est Tu Comme Ca  
3   Bledi Mon Pays  
4   Rani Maak El Youm Ke Sios Avec Toi Aujourd'hui  
5   H'rabti Tu T'es Detournee De Moi  
6   Hada Ch'hal Cela Fait Longtemps  
7   Hatachi Je N'ai Plus Gout A Rien  
8   Bekatni Elle M'a Fait Pleurer  
9   Cheikh Maitre  
10   Azwaw 2  
11   Parisien Du Nord  
12   Au Pays Des Merveilles Azwaw  
13   Azwaw  
 
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Review

Q (6/00, p.110) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Mami's voice attains a weightless state throughout, while musically he contributes accordian and qanoun (zither) to the inspired spread of rattling drums, flutes and even the odd burst of Scottish bagpipes."
Dirty Linen (12/99-1/00, p.90) - "...finds him wrapping his high, clear, flexible tenor around a number of genres, all with equal success....a refreshingly worldly, cosmopolitan mix."

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Personnel includes: Cheb Mami (vocals, accordion); Desmond Foster (various instruments); Pablo Cepela (guitar, percussion); Nguyen Le (guitar, programming); Eric Fernandez (guitar); Anello Capuano (banjo, dotara, saz); Mejdoub Ftati (violin); Santiago Jiminez (electric violin); Cecile Sarah Daroux, Christian Boissel (flute); Jean Pierre Arnaud (oboe); Alain Deboissat, Yannick Jory (saxophone); Christian Martinez (trumpet); Jean Claude Onesta (trombone); Virginie Maillard (horns); Chino Santiago (piano, keyboards); Karim Ziad (keyboards, tabla); Youcef Boukella, Renaud Garcia Fons, Alain Genty (bass); Rabah Khalfa (derbouka); Damian Fernandez (percussion); Akim Barika, Imhotep, Yves Calves (programming).
Producers include: Nguyen Le, Eric Fernandez, Imhotep, Gordon Cyrus, Christian Boissel, Desmond Foster.
Engineers include: Dider Lemarchand, Gordon Cyrus, Bruno Le Pennec.
Though Algerian king of Rai Cheb Mami first came to the attention of most U.S. listeners through his hit collaboration with Sting, he was building a substantive career long before "Desert Rose." In the aftermath of that tune, many new listeners will probably turn their attention to MELI MELI, and all the better both for them and for Mami. Though he maintains roots in traditional Algerian music, as exemplified by the acoustic guitar- and accordion-driven "Bledi," Mami is ultimately a modernist, who brings the sonorities and shadings of his country's musical history into the present day. Mami's keening, melismatic vocal style cascades over very contemporary, R&B-influenced arrangements full of drum loops, sequenced synthesizer lines, and sophisticated studiocraft. There's even a bit of rapping interspersed with the singing on "Parisien Du Nord." Still, no matter how updated the sound gets, there's enough Algerian flavor to keep MELI MELI sounding sufficiently exotic to American newcomers and familiar to Rai enthusiasts.

Album Description

Though Algerian king of Rai Cheb Mami first came to the attention of most U.S. listeners through his hit collaboration with Sting, he was building a substantive career long before "Desert Rose". In the aftermath of that tune, many new listeners will probably turn their attention to MELI MELI, and all the better both for them and for Mami. Though he maintains roots in traditional Algerian music, as exemplified by the acoustic guitar- and accordion-driven "Bledi", Mami is ultimately a modernist, who brings the sonorities and shadings of his country's musical history into the present day. Mami's keening, melismatic vocal style cascades over very contemporary, R&B-influenced arrangements full of drum loops, sequenced synthesizer lines, and sophisticated studiocraft. There's even a bit of rapping interspersed with the singing on "Parisien Du Nord". Still, no matter how updated the sound gets, there's enough Algerian flavour to keep MELI MELI sounding sufficiently exotic to American newcomers and familiar to Rai enthusiasts.

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