After Raï Party, 1992-2008, by Malik Adouane

After Raï Party, 1992-2008

by Malik Adouane

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1.	Touma 04:48	buy track
2.	After Raï Party 04:16	buy track
3.	Majmar 04:41	buy track
4.	Zarga 03:44	buy track
5.	Lila 05:06	buy track
6.	Shaft (Oriental Version) 03:28	buy track
7.	Trance Orient Express 04:42	buy track
8.	Extravaganceraï 05:18	buy track
9.	Raï Machine 03:44	buy track
10.	Deepthroat 05:04	buy track

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🇫🇷 Entrez dans la transe !

Hormis Rachid Taha qui s’était permis quelques incursions sur les landes foisonnantes et vibrantes de la techno, aucun chanteur raï autre que Cheb Malik ne s’est aventuré sur ce terrain connu pour son effusion abondante de son. Quand on connaît les ascendances de Malik Adouane, on n’en est guère surpris. Né à Librecourt, à proximité de Lens, il est le fruit d’une union mixte entre une mère italo-celtique qui lui a inculqué les sonorités occidentales et un père, ancienne « gueule noire », natif de Biskra, dans le Nord-est algérien, une palmeraie ouvrant sur le désert, musicalement renommée pour son diwan très remuant défini comme un opéra saharien. En sus, la ville est réputée pour sa chakhchouka, un plat signifiant mélange riche en divers ingrédients et épices. Comme la musique pour laquelle a opté le fan de James Brown, Barry White et des secousses orientales et raï. Il y songeait déjà, mais le rêve a mis du temps et a longuement macéré avant de se matérialiser.

En janvier 1986, bon nombre d’idoles du raï se sont pointées à Bobigny lors d’un festival historique et fondateur. Au milieu des spectateurs, le jeune homme vêtu de cuir noir, qui allait assurer la sécurité des concerts de nombreuses stars avant d’en devenir lui-même une, se frottait les yeux non pas éblouis, mais embués par une nostalgie qui était restée ce qu’elle a toujours été. Alors, lui dont la tête est emplie de sons chaudement recommandés par les meilleurs DJs entreprend, un brin provocateur, de se poster à l’avant-garde avec un nouveau concept baptisé « After raï » qui synthétise à la fois le miel du passé le plus précieux et une audace créatrice proche de l’incontrôlable. Il s’agit là d’un baume bâti en éprouvette-studio à base d’un mix de mélopées et de lyrics arabisants, une sorte d’« Arabeat », et de modernité arrogante crachée par des samplers, des tourneries électroniques, des basses rugissantes et des guitares sonnant house. L’apothéose en sera une reprise magistrale du Shaft d’Isaac Hayes qui avait semé le feu sur les dancefloor de Paris, Londres, Ibiza ou New York dont le retentissement international doit beaucoup à sa figuration sur une compile Paris Dernière concoctée par Béatrice Ardisson, ainsi que sur l’emblématique série Buddha Bar de Claude Challe. Alors, on danse ?

🇬🇧 Enter the trance!

Except from Rachid Taha, who allowed himself a few forays into the teeming, vibrant heaths of techno, no raï singer other than Cheb Malik has ever ventured into this terrain known for its abundance of sound. If you know about Malik Adouane's ancestry, this is hardly surprising. Born in Librecourt, near Lens, he comes from a union between an Italo-Celtic mother who instilled Western sounds into his ears and a father, a former miner born in Biskra (north-east Algeria), a palm grove near the desert, musically renowned for its lively diwan that could be called Saharan opera. In addition, the town is renowned for its chakhchouka, a dish called after its rich blend of various ingredients and spices. Just like Malik’s music, as he was a fan of James Brown, Barry White, classical Arabic and raï music. He had been thinking about it from the beginning, but the dream took a long time to materialize.

In January 1986, many raï idols turned up in Bobigny, France, for a historic and seminal festival. In the midst of the audience, the young man, dressed in black leather, provided security for the concerts of many stars before becoming one himself. He would rub his eyes, not because he was dazzled, but because they were clouded by a nostalgia that remained him of itself. So, with his head full of sounds warmly recommended by the best DJs, he set out, a little provocatively, to position himself at the cutting edge of music with a new concept called "After raï". It combined the sweet and precious past with an almost uncontrollable creative audacity. It's a balm made in a test-tube-studio from a mix of Arabic melodies and lyrics - a kind of "Arabeat", and the arrogant modernity produced by samplers, electronic spinning, roaring bass and guitars made for house music. The pinnacle of the record is a masterful cover of Isaac Hayes' Shaft, which set dancefloors on fire in Paris, London, Ibiza and New York, and became internationally known thanks to its presence on a Paris Dernière compilation curated by French musician and DJ Béatrice Ardisson along with Claude Challe's iconic Buddha Bar series. Now, shall we dance?

Rabah Mezouane
Translated by Karolina Kubik

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released October 16, 2023

Written, composed and performed by Malik Adouane.

“Shaft” Composed by ISAAC HAYES. Adaptation orientale by MALIK ADOUANE. Avec l’aimable autorisation de ed.irving Music Corp (BMI)

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