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This album gives fans some moments of pure raï heaven – the track Sidi Rabbi is vintage Oran and an open invitation to dance, the singer asks God’s forgiveness for all the foolish things he has done in his life, in an almost sufi spirit. As on his previous album Ya-Rayi, Khaled covers two songs by Blaoui Houari: the emotionally charged Zabana, which tells the story of the first man condemned to death in Oran during French colonial rule, and the nostalgic Baba, the only song in French, dedicated to the memory of his father. “We chose to make an album which returns to the roots sounds of Oran and Morocco” explains Martin. There are unmistakable touches of the berber style of Nass El Ghiwan - the main inspiration for the thirteen year old Khaled’s first band, Noujoum El Khams (The Five Stars). Another first: he includes a gnawa track, singing the long intro accompanied by a gumbri, with all the conviction of a ‘maâlem’. A pop guitar fires up the band, “a nod to Led Zeppelin” explains Martin mischievously, as the song builds up into the ultimate trance music.

01. Ya Hbabi
02. Maoual (Raikoum)
03. Raikoum
04. Tal Adhabi
05. El Barah
06. Zabana
07. Maoual (Liberte)
08. Liberte
09. Ghadni Soghri
10. Sidi
11. Maoual (Yamina)
12. Yamina
13. Papa
14. Maghboune
15. Maoual (Mimoune)
16. Mimoune

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