YA
RAYAH
RACHID
TAHA
SONGWRITER:
ABDERRAHMANE AMRANI
WHERE: LIVE IN VIENNA 2014
COUNTRY: ALGIERS
ALBUM: RACHID
TAHA
LABEL: BARCLAY
GENRE: CHAABI
SONG
YEAR: 1993
Rachid Taha is the second
solo album by Rachid Taha after he left the group Carte de Séjour. It was
produced by Steve Hillage and Justin Robertson; and was first released in 1993.
The album contains Taha’s
song "Voilà Voilà", which was released as a dance-oriented single
that was a hit with English DJs; and his version of Ya Rayah, the classic chaâbi
song composed by Dahmane El Harrachi (real name Abderrahmane Amrani). Taha returns to these songs in
later albums.
A video clip was later
made for "Ya Rayah" Taha and Bruno Maman co-wrote "Indie (1+1+1)", which was
released as a single in 1995 and for which a video clip was also made.
Chaabi is a traditional music of Algiers (Algeria), formalized by El Hadj
M'Hamed El Anka.
Originally from the Casbah,
Chaabi first appeared in the late 19th century, inspired by vocal traditions of
Arab, Andalusian
music using its modes and rhythms (Andalusia is also the home
of Flamenco
music). Chaabi simply means "folk" in
Algerian.
A typical song features mournful, Arabic/Berber
vocals, set against an orchestral backdrop of a dozen musicians, with violins
and mandolins swelling and falling to a piano melody and the clap of percussion
beats. While it shares many set themes with Flamenco - love, loss, exile, friendship and betrayal, Chaabi is part of a
deeply conservative tradition and its lyrics often carrying a strong moral
message.
At first Chaabi remained a scandalous genre,
thriving behind closed doors or in specific locations called
"Mahchachat" (cannabis dens), where the admirer of this music would
go to drink coffee, tea or smoke. By the late 1950s, however, it had become the
people's music, played at weddings and religious festivals; and El Hajj
Muhammad El Anka,
"the father of chaabi" also nicknamed "the cardinal", ran
courses at the Algiers conservatoire. El Anka dedicated 50 years of his life to
Chaabi, and died in 1978.
In 2011, Safinez Bousbia directed a documentary
on chaabi music. El Gusto is the story of an orchestra of
Jewish and Muslim musicians torn apart by war and then reunited to play in
concert.
Ya
rayah win msafar trouh taâya wa twali Chhal nadmou laâbad al ghaflin qablak ou
qalbi (bis)
Chhal
cheft al bouldan laâmrine wa lber khali Chhal dhiyaât wquat chhal tzid mazal ou
t'khali Ya Ighayeb fi bled ennas chhal taâya ma tadjri
Refrain
Aâlach
quabek hzine waâlech hakdha ou tanni Matdoum achadda wila tzid taâlem ou tabni
Maydounou layyam walay doum seghrek ou seghri Ya hilou meskine li ghab saâdou
ki zahri
Refrain
Ya
msafer naâtik ouwaayti addiha el bakri Chouf ma yeslah bik qbal ma tbiâ ou ma
techri Ya nnayem djani khabrek ma sralek ma srali Hakdha rad el qual bel djbine
el aâli.
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