| Labess / Identite |
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| Album: | Identite | Collection: | Out for Review | |
| Artist: | Labess | Added: | 11/2013 | |
| Label: | Needlepoint Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2013-12-05 | Pull Date: | 2014-02-14 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | 16 Feb | 26 Jan | 22 Dec | 15 Dec | 8 Dec |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Mar 03, 2015: | Arabology El Kass Yadour | 4. | Jan 25, 2014: | Music Casserole Djazou Liyam | |
| 2. | Feb 27, 2014: | Arabology El Kass Yadour | 5. | Dec 20, 2013: | Arabology El Kass Yadour | |
| 3. | Feb 13, 2014: | Arabology El Kass Yadour | 6. | Dec 12, 2013: | Arabology Bechar El Khir |
| Album Review |
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| Ramzi Salti Reviewed 2013-11-30 | ||
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ALL TRACKS FCC CLEAN Reviewed by Ramzi S This is the second CD by Labess, a North African music group created and led by Algerian-born Nedjim Bouizoul. The music of Labess [Arabic for ‘All is Well] fuses gnawa, rumba, flamenco, and shaabi music while the lyrics are often in Arabic, French and Spanish. Try 2, 6 Tracks 1. Dans Mon Desert – Begins with audience chant then mellow guitar and lyrics in French – 4:55 **2. El Kass Yadour – Sounds like rumba mixed with flamenco, lyrics in colloquial Algerian dialect – 3:35 3. Djazou Liyam – Trumpet sound, African beats, some rap – 4:41 4. Mariama – Sounds like joyous Mexican music + rumba – 4:18 5. Echemaa – Begins with Guitar and vocals, picks up into salsa tune with lyrics in Arabic -- 5:36 **6. Nari Nari – Spanish guitar; Flamenco style, Rumba – 5 :24 7. Bechar El Khir – Begins with Oud sound, picks up with other Middle Eastern instruments then Spanish musical genres -- 6:32 8. En Me Gruta – Flamenco/rumba style, joyous rhythm, lyrics in Spanish - 3:21 9. Valerie – Slow ballad in French, guitar, mellowest track on CD 2:34 10. Les Etres de Lumieres – Sounds like reggae mixed with gnawa, lysrics in French – 6:25 | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Dans Mon Desert | 6. | Nari Nari | |||
| 2. | El Kass Yadour | 7. | Bechar El Khir | |||
| 3. | Djazou Liyam | 8. | En Me Gruta | |||
| 4. | Mariama | 9. | Valerie | |||
| 5. | Echemaa | 10. | Les Etres Et Les Lumieres |