Audio CD review:
Khaled - Sahra

Khaled - Sahra

Band: Khaled Title: Sahra Rating: Release Date: 11 January, 2000 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Sahra 2: Oran Marseille 3: Aicha 4: Lillah 5: Ouelli El Darek 6: Detni Essekra 7: Walou Walou 8: Ki Kounti - Khaled And Saul Hernandez 9: Wahrane Wahrane 10: Haya Haya 11: Mektoubi 12: Hey Ouedi 13: Oran Marseille - Khaled And I AM 14: Sratli 15: Le Jour Viendra

Editoral Review On 3 of the 12 tracks, he utilizes the cream of Jamaican studios and performers. The often superficial relationship between Algeria's rai music and Jamaica's reggae is fleshed out by Khaled on Sahra, a CD named after his daughter. The symbiosis is manifested most strongly on "Ouelli El Darek", which features no less than the I Threes, Mickey Chung, and Dean Fraser, among others, on a fine cross-cultural workout with Khaled at the top of his form. Elsewhere he picks out some of the best funksters and North African superstars, recording in Paris and Los Angeles with seven sets of producers, including Don Was, Philippe Heidel, Clive Hunt, and Akhenaton & Imhotep. Despite all these cooks, the stew holds together well with strong material and great performances, and echoes the international acceptance of rai music today--largely the result of Khaled's continued popularity at home and abroad. --Derek Rath .. You can see a complete list of all Khaled discography, or go back to the Khaled tabs