''Kutché'' is a studio album from

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n artists Cheb Khaled and

Safy Boutella Safy Boutella ( ar, صافي بوتلة; born 6 January 1950) is an Algerian musician, arranger, composer, and record producer who graduated from Berklee College of Music. He is the father of dancer and actress Sofia Boutella. He is best known ...

. It is the only collaboration between the two artists. Khaled would later rise to be one of the most famous

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artists outside Algeria, while Safy Boutella would continue his career as a jazzman in Europe. The album was re-released by Stern's Music and Intuition Music. The title track Kutché is the cover of a popular Algerian song, originally named Moul el Koutchi. This name comes from the Spanish ''coche'' and indicates horse-drawn carriages used for the transport of people, now mainly tourists, in cities like Marrakech or Meknes. The lyrics are very allusive and can be interpreted in different ways. La Camel is a cover of a Cheikha Rimitti song and Chebba is a cover of an Ahmed Zergui song.

Reception

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awarded the album with 4.5 stars and its review by Bob Tarte states: "Collaboration between Paris-based keyboard-whiz Safy Boutella and one of raï's most powerful voices sets tough standards for other discs".Tarte, Bob. Allmusic Review:''Kutché''accessed 26 December 2021

Track listing

# "La Camel" – 5:33 # "Kutché" – 5:59 # "El Lela" – 5:02 # "Baroud" – 3:58 # "Chebba" – 5:48 # "Hana-Hana" – 5:26 # "Chab Rassi" – 5:04 # "Minuit" – 5:51

Personnel

* Cheb Khaled – vocals, accordion, synthesizer solo, bendir *

– bass, synthesizer, keyboards,

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programming, backing vocals, musical conception and arrangements * Nicolas Neidhardt - keyboards, synthesizers, programming * Boffi Banengola – drums * Noureddine Boutella – guitar (tracks 1, 3, 4, 5 & 6) * Jean-Jacques Hertz – guitar (tracks 1, 3, 5, 6 & 8) *

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– acoustic guitar (track 4) * Zouhi Gouja –

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(track 1) * Cheb Kada – synthesizer solo (track 3) * Allan Hoist – alto saxophone solo (track 3) * Djaffar Bensetti - trumpet (tracks 3, 4 & 8) * Dahey Abdelhakim, Mohamed Seif, Allah Benabderrezak – violin * Samya – vocals (track 6) * Amina Ben Mustapha – vocals (tracks 1 & 5) * Atem Bidaoui –

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References

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