| Les Boukakes / Bledi |
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| Album: | Bledi | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Les Boukakes | Added: | 10/2006 | |
| Label: | Mosaic Music Distribution | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2006-10-22 | Pull Date: | 2006-12-24 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | 24 Dec | 17 Dec | 10 Dec | 3 Dec | 26 Nov | 19 Nov | 12 Nov | 5 Nov |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jan 10, 2009: | New World Disorder Bledi | 4. | Dec 05, 2006: | Disorderly Favorites of 2006 Sidi H'bibi | |
| 2. | Dec 19, 2006: | New World Disorder Goult'Walli | 5. | Dec 02, 2006: | New World Bloodstains Sidi H'bibi | |
| 3. | Dec 12, 2006: | New World Disorder L'alawi | 6. | Nov 30, 2006: | Old New Borrowed & Blues Lila |
| Album Review |
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| Sadie O. Reviewed 2006-10-18 | ||
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Les Boukakes – Bledi (Mosaic) Reviewed by Sadie O., 10/18/06 Rock ‘n’ Raï! A bit harder edged than the pop Raï we’re more familiar with. Closest stylistic relative would be Rachid Taha, but the vocalist has a nicer voice (sorry, Rachid!) The musicians are from all over North Africa, currently living in France. Their name is a concatenation of two derogative terms towards their people, and “Bledi” means “my ‘hood” in Arabic, for what that’s worth. I really hope the rest of you like this album even half as much as I do – I think it’s about as good as music gets! All in Arabic, no FCCs as far as I know. It’s all fantastic; esp. 5 & 8. 1. ***starts with shuffling beat and electric guitars, volume grows slowly. Male singing in Arabic, with some extravagantly rolled “R”s. Urgent quality to the sound. 2. **bouncy midtempo beat with lots of hand drum and keyboards, less hard and sweeter. 3. **Low key and a bit dark, gorgeous vocals, builds into slightly uptempo rock ‘n’ belly dance with a touch of gnawa. Back to low key at ending. 4. ***slightly uptempo drum/keyboard-driven rock ‘n’ Raï, great energy and beat. 5. ****Starts with solo vocal, then complex hand percussion, great build in energy a minute or so in, then full-on rock gallop with bits of gnawa. Yay! 6. **Starts with extremely trad Arabic instrumentation, but with a bit of electronica in the back… Downtempo and downbeat, slinky groove. 7. ***Starts with dramatic chords, then rather uptempo keyboard-driven bop, definitely a hip-wiggler, but with a bit of mysterious vibe. 8. *****a bit uptempo, such a great beat it hurts – very funky but very Arabian. Great song! 9. ***Sweet oud and hand drums, a bit uptempo but a bit downbeat. 10. **Starts with long vocal Arab-style coloratura, then midtempo groove with some very flamenco-sounding bits and a bit of accordion. Somehow it works… 11. **almost sanctified intro with keyboard and vocals, then rather uptempo beat, going nicely funky halfway along. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | L'alawi | 6. | Janet | |||
| 2. | Lila | 7. | Goult'Walli | |||
| 3. | Seur Feur | 8. | Y En A Marre | |||
| 4. | Bledi | 9. | Mama | |||
| 5. | Sidi H'bibi | 10. | Attitek | |||
| 11. | Dorbiha Zina | |||||