''Kutché'' is a

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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 ...

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Cheb Khaled Khaled Hadj Ibrahim (, ; born 29 February 1960), better known by his mononym Khaled (), is an Algerian raï singer, musician and songwriter. He began recording in his early teens under the name Cheb Khaled (, Arabic for "Young" Khaled, with " ...

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

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 ...

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 Moroccan 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 Cheikha Rimitti (; 8 May 1923 – 15 May 2006), born Saadia El Ghizania (), was an Algerian raï female singer. Early life Cheikha Rimitti was born in Tessala, a small village in western Algeria in 1923. She is from the major Berber tribe ...

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

*All songs written by Cheb Khaled and Safy Boutella, except where noted. # "La Camel" – 5:33 # "Kutché" – 5:59 (trad.; arr./adapted Khaled/Boutella) # "El Lela" – 5:02 # "Baroud" – 3:58 (trad.; arr./adapted Khaled/Boutella) # "Chebba" – 5:48 # "Hana-Hana" – 5:26 (Khaled) # "Chab Rassi" – 5:04 (trad.; arr./adapted Khaled/Boutella) # "Minuit" – 5:51 (Khaled)

Personnel

– vocals, accordion, synthesizer solo,

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* Safy Boutella – 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) * Raphaël Faÿs – acoustic guitar (track 4) * Zouhi Gouja – oud (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 –

darbouka The goblet drum (also chalice drum, tarabuka, tarabaki, darbuka, darabuka, derbake, debuka, doumbek, dumbec, dumbeg, dumbelek, toumperleki, tumbak, or zerbaghali; / Romanized: ) is a single-head membranophone with a goblet-shaped body. It is ...

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References

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