''Mejnoun'' ''(Possessed)'' is an album by Algerian musician and composer
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 ...
, that was released in 1992 on the
Indigo
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record label.
[ Allmusic: ''Mejnoun'' Retrieved 1 August 2010]
Track listing
All compositions and arrangements by Safy Boutella except "Sister's", which was arranged by
Nguyên Lê.
# "Sud" — 4:09
# "Orient" — 8:20
# "Nomade" — 5:25
# "Shiria" — 5:23
# "Mejnoun" — 6:32
# "Apres-Demain" — 4:31
# "Khmous Alik" — 6:29
# "Sister's" — 3:51
# "Sourire" — 2:06
Personnel
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Karim Ziad
Karim Ziad (born 1966) is an Algerian musician. A percussionist, drummer, singer and composer, Ziad's music melds influences from North African music and jazz. Ziad was involved in a hard rock band in his youth in Algiers, before moving to P ...
– drums
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Youcef Boukella
Yusuf ( ar, يوسف ') is a male name of Arabic origin meaning "God increases" (in piety, power and influence).From the Hebrew יהוה להוסיף ''YHWH Lhosif'' meaning "YHWH will increase/add". It is the Arabic equivalent of the Hebrew name ...
– bass
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Nguyên Lê – guitar, guitar synthesiser
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Dominique Pifarély
Dominique Pifarély (born 1957) is a French jazz violinist. He works in avant-garde jazz, but he has also worked in post-bop and other contexts.
Career
Pifarély was born in Bègles. In 1979, he began touring with bassist Didier Levallet and ...
– electric violin
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Naná Vasconcelos – percussion
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Noureddine Boutella Nur al-Din ( ar, translit=nūr ad-dīn, نور الدين) is a male Arabic given name, translating to "light of the religion", ''nūr'' meaning "light" and ''dīn'' meaning "religion". More recently, the name has also been used as a surname.
There ...
– keyboards, guitar
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Mokhtar Samba Mokhtar may refer to:
Places
*Bordj Badji Mokhtar, desert town in southwestern Algeria
*Bordj Badji Mokhtar District, district in Algeria
*Cham Mokhtar, village in Iran
*Chebaita Mokhtar, town and commune in Algeria
*Tam-e Mokhtar, village in Iran
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– drums on "Shiria" and "Khmous Alik"
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Mejdoub Ftati – electric violin on "Orient"
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Rabah Khalfa
Rabah is a Local Government Area in Sokoto State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Rabah.
It has an area of 2,433 km and a population of 149,165 at the 2006 census.
The postal code of the area is 842.
Rabah was the home town o ...
– percussion on "Orient"
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Sylvie Ayoun
Sylvie may refer to:
* ''Sylvie'' (novel), an 1853 novel by Gérard de Nerval
* Sylvie (actress) (1883–1970), French actress
* Sylvie (band), a Canadian rock band from Regina, active in the 2000s
* ''Sylvie'' (album), a 1962 album by Sylvie Va ...
– choir on "Sud"
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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 ...
– compositions and arrangements, keyboards, programming, chant, percussion
References
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1992 albums
Safy Boutella albums