Meli Meli

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 00:52:15
Personnel includes: Cheb Mami (vocals, accordion); Desmond Foster (various instruments); Pablo Cepela (guitar, percussion); Nguyen Le (guitar, programming); Eric Fernandez (guitar); Anello Capuano (banjo, dotara, saz); Mejdoub Ftati (violin); Santiago Jiminez (electric violin); Cecile Sarah Daroux, Christian Boissel (flute); Jean Pierre Arnaud (oboe); Alain Deboissat, Yannick Jory (saxophone); Christian Martinez (trumpet); Jean Claude Onesta (trombone); Virginie Maillard (horns); Chino Santiago (piano, keyboards); Karim Ziad (keyboards, tabla); Youcef Boukella, Renaud Garcia Fons, Alain Genty (bass); Rabah Khalfa (derbouka); Damian Fernandez (percussion); Akim Barika, Imhotep, Yves Calves (programming). Producers include: Nguyen Le, Eric Fernandez, Imhotep, Gordon Cyrus, Christian Boissel, Desmond Foster. Engineers include: Dider Lemarchand, Gordon Cyrus, Bruno Le Pennec. Personnel: Cheb Mami (qanoun, accordion, synthesizer, background vocals); Alain Genty (guitar, percussion, programming); Pablo Cepela (guitar, percussion); Nguyen Le (guitar, programming); Eric Fernandez (guitar); Anello Capuano (banjo, saz); Mejdoub Ftati (violin); Don Santiago Jimenez, Sr. (electric violin); Christian Boissel, Jean-Michel Veillon (flute); Jean-Pierre Arnaud (oboe); Alain Debiossat, Yannick Jory (saxophone); Christian Martinez (trumpet); Chino Santiago (piano, keyboards); Karim Ziad (keyboards, tabla); Renaud Garcia-Fons (double bass); Rabah Khalfa (bendir); Damian Fernandez (percussion); Akim Barika (programming); Gaelle Herve, Marielle Herve (background vocals). Audio Mixers: Gordon Cyrus; Didier Le Marchand; Mathieu Jacquot; Simon "The Funky Ginger" Law; Lee Hamblin; Jean-Loup Morette; Philippe Avril; Sodi . Recording information: Breakin Bread Studios; Harry Son Studio; Locarn Studio; Mega Studio; Miraval Studio; Soft ADS Studio. Photographer: Pierre Terrasson. Though Algerian king of Rai Cheb Mami first came to the attention of most U.S. listeners through his hit collaboration with Sting, he was building a substantive career long before "Desert Rose." In the aftermath of that tune, many new listeners will probably turn their attention to MELI MELI, and all the better both for them and for Mami. Though he maintains roots in traditional Algerian music, as exemplified by the acoustic guitar- and accordion-driven "Bledi," Mami is ultimately a modernist, who brings the sonorities and shadings of his country's musical history into the present day. Mami's keening, melismatic vocal style cascades over very contemporary, R&B-influenced arrangements full of drum loops, sequenced synthesizer lines, and sophisticated studiocraft. There's even a bit of rapping interspersed with the singing on "Parisien Du Nord." Still, no matter how updated the sound gets, there's enough Algerian flavor to keep MELI MELI sounding sufficiently exotic to American newcomers and familiar to Rai enthusiasts.
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)