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WELCOME TO EL GAFLA’S WORLD ALTERNATIVE MUSIC

by Open-Publishing - Friday 20 January 2006

Edito Music

 

Album "pA/Ris-casbah"
digipack 13 tracks +
"clandestin" - duo with Manu Chao.
Label Demain la veille/DLV005

Karim Chaya : author, writer, lead vocal and guitar
Julien Pestre : guitar
Kayou : sax ténor, soprane et baryton
Raphaël Sibertin-Blanc : violin
Hakim Bouyacoub : bass
Mazigh Agsous : derbouka
Benjamin Devers : congas

 

Recording by Thomas Vingtrinier at café La Pêche of Montreuil and at studio Sequenza.
Mixed and produced by Thomas Vingtrinier et Antoine Gresland.
Master by Philippe Tessier Du Cros.

What does El Gafla mean? In Arabic, “the Caravan”. In music, a “rock the kasbah” spirit. On stage, a tornado which haunts you for a long time. El Gafla is a phenomenon, which quickly passed from small bars to a duet with Manu Chao in a furious adaptation of “Clandestino”, led by Karim Chaya and his "Radio Kasbah".

 

From Algeria to Paris, passing by Cameroon or Poland, the seven members of El Gafla represent a kind of International Orchestra of Ménilmontant, cosmopolitan and popular district of Paris. From bars to squats, from theatre to festivals, the music echoes and the caravan passes, followed by a large and faithful audience, bringing together all those who appreciate the energy of Gnawa Diffusion, the sweet melancholy of Souad Massi or the frank speech of Zebda.

 

Blending modern and traditional music, the melodies of El Gafla unite the shores of the Mediterranean by skilfully mixing châabi, gypsy jazz and French song, with African and Eastern groove sonorities. An invitation to travel and to share, but also a call to awareness and action.

 

From the scream of revolt (“Chouf la Misère”, which means “open your eyes to misery”), to A mon Général, denouncing the hypocrisy of the Algerian government, passing by Merci, a tribute to the resistance of the women of this country, the texts of Karim awake our consciences. In French, Arabic or Kabyle, he sings equally well melancholy (Le Marin, Ya Bouya) happiness (Bledi, Ya Ilahi) or love (Mille et un jours).

 

After Ya Bouya E.P. of which 5.000 copies were sold out in a few months, "pA/Ris-casbah" is a much-awaited album, ready to blow a warm wind over Europe as the winter months approach, followed by a sudden rise in temperature on the stages of the forthcoming summer festivals.

 

Plus de 300 concerts, dont :

Le Cabaret Sauvage, le New Morning, la Fête de l’Huma, le Festival du Plateau, la Flêche d’Or, le Triptyque, le Sentier des Halles, le Festival Méditerranée, une tournée AFAA en Roumanie, le Festival Sing Sing, le Café La Pêche, le Studio de l’Ermitage, le Festival Lézardines à l’huile, l’Olympic Café...

Track List :
1. Chouf la misère
2. Mille et un jours
3. Le marin
4. Bledi
5. Ya Ilahi
6. Merci
7. Le maquisard
8. El Glafla
9. Ya Bouya
10. Le peuple opprimé
11. Fumeur de joints
12. Lettre au disparu
13. A mon Général
14. Clandestin (duo with Manu Chao)

 

Follow the Caravan :
-http://elgafla.net

Contact :
Demain La Veille
tél : 01.47.70.38.24
contact@demainlaveille.com
-http://demainlaveille.fr


 

(interview radio)
Les Causeries de Bellaciao :
-El Gafla à la péniche Alternat

(MP3)
Sibérie-Bamako-Ménilmontant : remix d’Amadou & Mariam et de Manu Chao par Thom et Charles (Bellaciao) et Karim El Gafla...
-http://sbm-remix.net/