Khaled Habib El-Kebich (born January 24, 1970 in

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) is an Algerian film director, composer, singer-songwriter and an actor.

Early life

He composes and performs a genre of music which is both traditional and modern. He has developed a personal musical mix in which he blends different musical styles as well as music from all over the world and creates an exciting and unique musical style which is both innovative and captivating. His music could be described as having influences of funk, jazz, reggae, blues, soul, Latin rhythms as well as folk music from various corners of the world. The same applies to the mix of instruments with everything ranging from traditional drums to electronic sounds-capes.

Career

Khaled El Kebich artistic field extends into the domains of composing music for films and theatre plays, such as

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set up at the Swedish Royal Dramatic Theater (

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) under the direction of

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(1998), and the film Nattbok by Carl Henrik Svenstedt, "

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" and "Cappricciosa" directed by Reza Bagher,"Huvudrollen" by Leyla Assaf-Tangroth. Foursan Al Hoggar directed by Kamal Laham produced by Samira Hadjdjilani/EPTV Algerian Television and the feature film "El Hanachia" by Boualem Aissaoui produced by CADC (Centre Algerian du development du cinema). From wild brash orchestral sounds to subliminal moody underscore and shimmering textures, Khaled El Kebich film-music and scoring is contemporary with emotional sounds-capes that enhance a film work whilst adhering to a consistent musical personality. The fact that his style has its roots in

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mixed with a variety of different musical directions partly because he has written and performed with a number of bands of different ethnic background, such as Down By Law from Italy, New Phases from South Africa, Aquarius from France, Hada Raïna from Sweden, and others. He has also participated at major European festivals such as: Falun Folkmusik Festival,

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, ArtGenda Festival,

Stockholm Water Festival The Stockholm Water Festival ( sv, Stockholms vattenfestival) was an annual street festival held in Stockholm, Sweden, in August from 1991 to 1999. The festival featured many activities in central Stockholm, but was eventually cancelled after the 1 ...

, Re:Orient Festival, Folk o Folk Festival, Verlden i Norden Festival, 550 Fatih Istanbul Festival and many others.

Discography

* Slaves of Freedom, ( Hada Raina) 1998 * Celestina, 2000
Khaled Habib Live
2003 * The painted voice, Film-music 2004 * Nostalgia, 2004 * La Casbah De Brel ( Live) 2006 * Ultima Jam, 2007

Filmography

* Knights of the Fantasia (2017)Documentary film * The Rug (2018)Art-movie

References

External links

Khaled Habib
on Reverb Nation

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