''Rachid Taha'' is the second solo album by
Rachid Taha after he left the group
Carte de Séjour. It was produced by
Steve Hillage
Stephen Simpson Hillage (born 2 August 1951) is an English musician, best known as a guitarist. He is associated with the Canterbury scene and has worked in experimental domains since the late 1960s. Besides his solo sound recording and reprodu ...
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.
Track listing
# ''Yamess''
# ''Malika''
# ''Voilà Voilà''
# ''Hitiste''
# ''D'Abord D'Abord''
# ''Indie (Instrumental)''
# ''Hasard''
# ''Dinaha''
# ''
Ya Rayah''
# ''Woulla''
# ''Menek''
# ''Laisse Moi''
# ''Yamess (Instrumental)''
# ''Voilà Voilà (Justin Robertson Vocal Edit)''
# ''Indie (Vocal Version/ 1+1+1...)''
Personnel
* Rachid Taha - Programming, Vocals
* Steve Hillage - Bass, Effects, Guitar, Keyboards, Mixing, Producer, Programming
* Nabil Khalidi - Banjo, Bendire, Oud, Percussion, Programming
* Pete Davies - Keyboards, Piano
*
Hossam Ramzy - Percussion
*
Jah Wobble - Bass
* Geoff Richardson - Cello, Viola, Violin
* Justin Robertson - Producer, Remixing
* Aniff Cousins - Vocals
* Blair Booth - Vocals
* Bruno Maman - Vocals
* Miquette Giraudy - Background vocals
* Pinise Saul - Background vocals
* Pepsi DeMacque - Background vocals
* Rachel Des Bois - Background vocals
* Satya Sai - Background vocals
* Sonti Mndebele - Background vocals
Source:
References
External links
Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rachid Taha
1993 albums
Rachid Taha albums
Albums produced by Steve Hillage