Cheb Sahraoui
Cheb Sahraoui (born Mohamed Sahraoui, Oran, Algeria, 1 April 1961) is an Algerian raï musician, the first raï singer to tour North America and the first to incorporate electronic synthesizers into his arrangements.
Also recorded as Mohammed Sahraoui
Cheb Sahraoui
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- Name
- Cheb Sahraoui
- Born
- 1 April 1961
- Birthplace
- Tlemcen
- Occupation
- Singer,Pianist,Actor
- Nationality
- Algeria
- Fields
- raï
- Languages
- Arabic
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Cheb Sahraoui (born Mohamed Sahraoui, Oran, Algeria, 1 April 1961) is an Algerian raï musician, the first raï singer to tour North America and the first to incorporate electronic synthesizers into his arrangements.
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Cheb Sahraoui (born 1961) is an actor, musician and pianist, among other activities, a national of Algeria. The actor was born in Tlemcen. Cheb Sahraoui is a member of Fadela & Sahrawi.
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• Name — Cheb Sahraoui • Born — 1 April 1961 • Birthplace — Tlemcen • Citizenship — Algeria • Occupation — Singer,Pianist,Actor
Early life
Early life
As a pianist, he studied music at the conservatory of music in Oran, and launched his musical career by singing raï classics and Beatles tunes in the city's nightclubs. He released his first hit, "Ana Mahlali Noum", in 1978.
Career
Career
In 1983, he married singer Fadela Zalmat, known as Chaba Fadela, and the pair began recording as a duo. Their first record together, "N'sel Fik", became an international hit, and was followed by further record successes and tours, including tours of the USA in 1990 and 1993. While in New York they recorded the album Walli with producer and multi-instrumentalist Bill Laswell. They relocated from Algeria to France in 1994. In the late 1997, Sahraoui and Fadela separated. Sahraoui's debut solo album, Un Homme Libre (A Free Man), was released in 2000.
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- 1.Bouziane Daoudi, Hadj Miliani. L'aventure du raï. Seuil. 101. 1996. 978-2-02-025587-5.
- 2.Fellag. Les mots du bled. L'Harmattan. 63. 2004. 978-2-7475-6249-2.
- 3.Abdi, Nidam. L'Oranie de Cheb Sahraoui. Libération. 25 Oct 2001.
- 4.Cadasse, David. Sahraoui : la renaissance d'un grand du raï. Afrik. 23 May 2001.
- 5.Andrew R. Martin, Matthew Mihalka Ph.D. Music around the World A Global Encyclopedia [3 volumes]. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. 1007. 2020. 979-82-1612030-8.
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