Samra

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 00:55:03
Personnel includes: Faudel (vocals); Christian Brun, Steve Stevens (guitar); Farhat Bouallagui, Djamel Benvelles (violin); Angel Torres (baritone saxophone); Raphy Torres (trombone); Luis Mari (piano); Philippe Saisse (keyboards); Jean Wellers (acoustic bass); Stephane Castry (electric bass) David Fall (drums); Denis Benarrosh (percussion). Engineers: Goh Hotoda, Serge Veneruso, Jean Marie Parras. Principally recorded at Davout and Antenna Studios, Paris, France. Personnel: Jean-Marc Benais, Steve Stevens , Christian Brun (guitar); Nabil Khalidi (banjo, oud); Djamel Ben Yelles (violone); Abdelhamid Hmaoui (nay); Angel Torres (baritone saxophone); Antonio Tonito Vasquez (trombone); Leandro Aconcha (piano, keyboards); Luis Marin (piano); Philippe Saisse (keyboards); Pedro Perez (bass guitar); David Fall (drums); Sammy Garcia (congas); Charlie Sierra (bongos, timbales); Denis Benarrosh, Hector Perez, Mustapha Ettamri (percussion); Yves Aouizerate (programming); Carole Fredericks (background vocals). Audio Mixer: Goh Hotoda. Audio Remixers: Nabil Khalidi; Goh Hotoda. Recording information: Studio Antenna, Paris, France; Studio Davout, Paris, France; Studio Du Manoir, Leon; Studio Mega, Suresnes, France; Valerian Studio, NY. Arrangers: Nabil Khalidi; Goh Hotoda; Yuri Buenaventura. Faudel is the young successor to the crown of rai, waiting in line behind Khaled the King, and Cheb Mami the Crown Prince. But on the evidence of this, his time won't be too long in coming. Born and raised in France, he looks outward from the style to encompass other genres, like "Mantes-La Jolie," which moves firmly into Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing" territory, or "Rohi," which grafts 21st Century techno-funk onto rai (admittedly, not too successfully). "Salsa Rai," his duet with Yuri Buenaventura, works better, and illustrates the connections between the music and their wild flair. Vocally, he's at his best on songs like the sweeping "Couleurs de Tom Ame," with its swooning Arab strings, or the big ballad "Je Me Souviens," rather than the electro-pop textures of the title cut. But there's little doubt that as a singer, he's a star, and a major player in rai's future. One listen to the epic "Paris-Le Caire" is enough to convince; the album's final cut, and its most epic, it hews close to rai's Algerian roots in its sparse melody and desert beats before opening in an orchestral arrangement that blooms like a flower, inventive and exotic. A brilliant finale. ~ Chris Nickson
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)