1, 2, 3 Soleils (1, 2, 3 Suns) is a live album performed by

Algeria Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger ...

n artists

Rachid Taha Rachid Taha (, Latn, ar, Rashīd Ṭāhā, ; 18 September 1958 – 12 September 2018) was an Algerian people, Algerian singer and activist based in France described as "sonically adventurous". His music was influenced by many different styles in ...

, Khaled and

Faudel Faudel Belloua (; born June 6, 1978) is a French raï singer and actor of Algerian descent. He released studio albums, notably '' Baïda'', '' Samra'', ''Un Autre Soleil'' and ''Mundial Corrida'' and the live album '' 1,2,3 Soleils'' jointly w ...

, widely hailed as the three masters of

raï Raï (, ; , , ), sometimes written rai, is a form of Algerian folk music that dates back to the 1920s. Singers of Raï are called () or (), i.e. 'young', as opposed to (, 'shaykh'), i.e. 'old', the name given to Chaabi singers. The tradi ...

music. The concert, a unique event, took place in 1998 in

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in Paris, and the songs consisted of the most famous from all three artists plus a few Algerian classics. All 23 were divided into two discs, produced and arranged 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 ...

, released by Barclay in 1999. The album has attained 2× gold

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and the

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video has attained gold

from

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. A shortened US one

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release of the album was released by

Ark 21 Ark 21 Records was a record label established by Miles Copeland III and Stewart Copeland in 1997. It was based in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles. Artists * Kathem Al-Saher * Ragheb Alamah * Aswad *The Badlees *The Beautiful South * John Berry *Beli ...

Track listing

Professional rating

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rated it 4 out of 5.

Personnel

Khaled, Faudel and Rachid Taha were supported by: *

Zachary Alford Zachary "Zack" Alford is a professional drummer, known for his work with the B-52's, Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie and Tomoyasu Hotei. Alford was brought in by Danny Kortchmar to drum on Billy Joel's ''River of Dreams'' album. He played drums ...

-Discogs - ''Zachary Alford'' - (profile & discography)
/ref> drums * Aziz Ben Salam - ney flute * Elsa Benabdallah - violin * Mohamed Bendjebour - guitar * Djaffar Bensetti - trumpet * Farhat Bouallagui - arranger, string arrangements, violin * Christophe Briquet - viola * Karen Brunon - leader, string director, violin * Mathieu Chédid - guitar * Mohsein Chentouf - bendir, darbouka, backing vocals * Simon Clarke - baritone saxophone * Khaled Dagher - cello *

Gail Ann Dorsey Gail Ann Dorsey (born November 20, 1962) is an American musician. With a long career as a session musician mainly on bass guitar, she performed regularly in David Bowie's band, from 1995 to Bowie's last tour in 2004. Aside from playing bass, sh ...

- bass, backing vocals * Adel Eskande - violin * Guillaume Fontanarosa - violin *

- arranger, engineer, mixing, producer, string arrangements * Allen Hoist - alto and tenor saxophone * Hazem Ibrahim - violin * Randy Jacobs - guitar * Nabil Khalidi - banjo, oud, backing vocals * Hassan Lachal - darbouka * Sylvain Le Provost - double bass * Roddy Lorimer - trumpet * Abdel Wahab Mansy - violin * Jean-Max Mery - keyboards * Christophe Morin - cello *

Hossam Ramzy Hossam Ramzy (; 15 December 1953 – 10 September 2019) was an Egyptian percussionist and composer. He worked with English artists including Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, Siouxsie Sioux, as well as with Arabic music artists like Rachid Taha and K ...

- director, orchestra director, percussion * Geoffrey Richardson - string arrangements, viola * Medhat Abdel Samie - violin * Tim Sanders - soprano and tenor saxophone * Mahmoud Serour - string arrangements * Mark London Sims - trombone * Taha Taha - cello * Yasser Taha - cello * Ihab Tutu - violin * Marylene Vinciguerra - viola * Tamer Yassin - violin Source:

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1, 2, 3 Soleils album
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