Hasni performed at weddings, concert halls and at outdoor concerts and cabarets and then when he left Oran,he performed at lots of different outside venues.
But there is one place Hasni performed that it very famous. It is called LA GUINGETTE and still exists today
Here is a video of the cabaret LA GUINGETTE. Please disable the jukebox on the side of my blog by pushing the stop button.
Cabarets in Oran are not exactly like discos in the USA.Its mostly a male based crowd and a place to meet male friends. Most women from Algeria do not go to cabarets because its really a party crowd and alot of the women who go to the cabarets are actually kind of on the fringes of society. They are primarily NOT family based or relationship based places. its a place for a guy to hang out and meet well lets say, um women to have fun with for a price.Its very hard for most western women to understand the cabaret concept because in the USA and in the west,nightlife is much more equitable and you are not exactly judged because you went to club. Cabaret life is not for the average family girl and most of the time if you end up there as a female, you are either prostituting or a merioula which means a girl with kind of low standards of where you hang out and not exactly the marrying type. Is it fair? From a western standpoing, completely unfair because men can easily go. But what if you are a female who likes listening to rai? You can go to a wedding or outside event. They even have womens only events. But a cabaret? NO.Not unless you wanted to be branded with a label or talked badly about.
There are some nightlife places like SUNHOUSE and the SHERATON ORAN and DJAOUHARA that are owned by Cheba Kheira and yes the last one is a cabaret but some Algerians who live outside freely go to them but its awfully hard to take your wife to a place where prostitution is going on, no matter how discreet.
One of the many mysteries to western people because we just really do not have an equivolent is really the cabaret. Its hard to really explain the concept to most Americans because if you are American and want to listen to a singer, you as a woman are not branded as loose for going there. Fair. From most western womens standpoint, I completely do not think so. Most any woman who liked rai if she saw a performer perform outside could go anywhere they want.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
RACHID or RASHID BABA AHMED
One of the biggest producers of RAI, the person who actually added electronica to RAI and was really the first big producer of RAI was gunned down in the middle of the 1990s during the Algerian Civil War. He was Rachid Baba Ahmed. He produced Cheba Fadela and Saharawi and Khaled and Hasni and a slew of other rai singers. He had an amazing studio at the time in Tlemcen, Algeria
This was actually one of the I ever owned . I had no idea that Rachid Baba Ahmed produced it until years later. Please disable the juke box on the zide bar to be able to watch
part 2...please disable the jukebox on the side
Cheb Anouar,also produced by Rachid Baba Ahmed
FROM WIKIPEDIA about Rashid Baba Ahmed
Rachid Baba Ahmed was an Algerian musical producer involved in a regional genre called raï. He was credited with the international popularization of the genre in 1976 through the new pop raï with a delicate, sophisticated blend of electronic instrumentation. He was also credited with the development of pop raï during the 1970s and 1980s,1 the performers of which are called cheb or chaba. He was murdered by Islamic fundamentalists on February 15, 1995.
Rachid Baba, the producer of the album Rai Rebels and many other acclaimed titles released in the United States and elsewhere, explained without a hint of irony that, “In the beginning, I let chab sing the words as he wanted. Now I pay attention. When he sings a vulgarity, I say stop. If he doesn’t obey, I cut it during the mixing.”[1] Baba is putting a new spin on rai music. He is realizing the need to spread his artists' words to a larger audience and is doing so through editing and in some ways censoring his lyrics to make them appropriate for everyone in the Franco-Maghrebi area. Baba helped many young and upcoming artists such as Cheba Fadela and Chev Sahraoui. Ahmed’s modern 24-track studio in Tlemcen was the powerhouse that produced Algerian pop-raï.[2]
MP3 Hasni Listening Station and Buying RAI
I wanted to create some web based safe listening stations so that someone stateside could easily buy rai online. With amazon and my link you do not have to subscribe to anything.
Here is a widget to be able to listen to some hasni mp3s
Here is a widget to be able to listen to some hasni mp3s
Monday, June 8, 2009
Where can I get immediate downloads of Algerian RAI
I have some links to cds but actually I personally get all my RAI from the service below. I pay a flat fee per month and I have access to the unlimited HASNI catalog, far surpassing any of the other online music services. Why does this service have so much Algerian music? Thats because one of the biggest music stores in Algeria, SOLI CADIC was one of the first overseas companies based in Algeria to sign with an outside company. The chose this company, hence most RAI is actually hosted on the below site
Cheb Nasro and Cheb Hasni
Cheb Nasro
The only rai artist signed with an American label, Miles Copeland's ARK21/Mondo Melodia, Cheb Nasro may be rai's most prolific performer. With more than 130 albums to his credit, Nasro has recorded such hits including "Ndirek Amour" (I Choose You, My Love), "Ma Rkhalinich" (Don't Leave Me), and "Enfin, Enfin" (Finally, Finally). Raised in the western Algerian town of Oran, Nasro grew up in post-revolutionary Algeria, free from the oppression of French colonialism. His first foray into music came, at the age of two, when his uncle bought him a drabouka (traditional drum). As a youngster, he often accompanied Cheb Zahounie at wedding receptions. Making his solo debut, at the age of 17, at a local club, Nasro received a standing ovation and was invited to perform daily, from 3 a.m. until 4 a.m., at the club. Within a year, he had recorded his debut album and had begun performing throughout Europe. Despite their competition, Nasro and Cheb Hasni became... Read More
The only rai artist signed with an American label, Miles Copeland's ARK21/Mondo Melodia, Cheb Nasro may be rai's most prolific performer. With more than 130 albums to his credit, Nasro has recorded such hits including "Ndirek Amour" (I Choose You, My Love), "Ma Rkhalinich" (Don't Leave Me), and "Enfin, Enfin" (Finally, Finally). Raised in the western Algerian town of Oran, Nasro grew up in post-revolutionary Algeria, free from the oppression of French colonialism. His first foray into music came, at the age of two, when his uncle bought him a drabouka (traditional drum). As a youngster, he often accompanied Cheb Zahounie at wedding receptions. Making his solo debut, at the age of 17, at a local club, Nasro received a standing ovation and was invited to perform daily, from 3 a.m. until 4 a.m., at the club. Within a year, he had recorded his debut album and had begun performing throughout Europe. Despite their competition, Nasro and Cheb Hasni became close friends. The hope of Nasro's early career began to fade after the tragic murder of Cheb Hasni on September 29, 1994. While many rai artists emigrated to Europe or North America, he was one of the few to continue singing in his homeland. He later recalled, "I became very skinny from worry and moved around a lot." ~ Craig Harris, All Music Guide
Cheb Nasro and Cheb Hasni were great friends and shared the same friends and venues and travelled to Europe. Hasni lost his life to murder and Nasro travelled to the USA and never returned to Algeria as of yet.
The only rai artist signed with an American label, Miles Copeland's ARK21/Mondo Melodia, Cheb Nasro may be rai's most prolific performer. With more than 130 albums to his credit, Nasro has recorded such hits including "Ndirek Amour" (I Choose You, My Love), "Ma Rkhalinich" (Don't Leave Me), and "Enfin, Enfin" (Finally, Finally). Raised in the western Algerian town of Oran, Nasro grew up in post-revolutionary Algeria, free from the oppression of French colonialism. His first foray into music came, at the age of two, when his uncle bought him a drabouka (traditional drum). As a youngster, he often accompanied Cheb Zahounie at wedding receptions. Making his solo debut, at the age of 17, at a local club, Nasro received a standing ovation and was invited to perform daily, from 3 a.m. until 4 a.m., at the club. Within a year, he had recorded his debut album and had begun performing throughout Europe. Despite their competition, Nasro and Cheb Hasni became... Read More
The only rai artist signed with an American label, Miles Copeland's ARK21/Mondo Melodia, Cheb Nasro may be rai's most prolific performer. With more than 130 albums to his credit, Nasro has recorded such hits including "Ndirek Amour" (I Choose You, My Love), "Ma Rkhalinich" (Don't Leave Me), and "Enfin, Enfin" (Finally, Finally). Raised in the western Algerian town of Oran, Nasro grew up in post-revolutionary Algeria, free from the oppression of French colonialism. His first foray into music came, at the age of two, when his uncle bought him a drabouka (traditional drum). As a youngster, he often accompanied Cheb Zahounie at wedding receptions. Making his solo debut, at the age of 17, at a local club, Nasro received a standing ovation and was invited to perform daily, from 3 a.m. until 4 a.m., at the club. Within a year, he had recorded his debut album and had begun performing throughout Europe. Despite their competition, Nasro and Cheb Hasni became close friends. The hope of Nasro's early career began to fade after the tragic murder of Cheb Hasni on September 29, 1994. While many rai artists emigrated to Europe or North America, he was one of the few to continue singing in his homeland. He later recalled, "I became very skinny from worry and moved around a lot." ~ Craig Harris, All Music Guide
Cheb Nasro and Cheb Hasni were great friends and shared the same friends and venues and travelled to Europe. Hasni lost his life to murder and Nasro travelled to the USA and never returned to Algeria as of yet.
Why does Algerian Rai sound so different than the Rai of other North African Countries?
The secret is in the SYNTHESIZER. Many of the synthesisers used in Hasni's songs are very old and were old even when he recorded...
TOP SECRET TIP FROM ONE OF THE BIGGEST PRODUCERS OF RAI IN ORAN TODAY
Many producers are buying discs from the west of 1980's sounds and 1970's sounds and are putting them in the new machines. Why can't other countries do the Oran sound? Their equipment is too new and they have not figured out how to program their newer synths with old programming code, hence ending up with a completely modern sound that cannot equal old time rai.
Here is an article about the sampling discs being created
SoundEngine.com have announced the availability of the follow-up to its SoundEngine Volume #1 sample CDROM in Akai format - SoundEngine Volume #2: Vintage Analog and Digital Synths.
SoundEngine Volume 2 contains over 600 programs containing multi-samples collected from the company’s arsenal of vintage Analog and Digital synthesizers. These include the Peavey DPM series, Peavey Spectrum Bass, Peavey Spectrum Synth, Ensoniq FiZmO, Yamaha FS1r, Emu Vintage Keys, Kawai K5000, Kawai K3m, Kawai K1m, Oberheim Xpander, Oberheim, Matrix 1000, Roland D-50, Ensoniq ESQ-1, Yamaha TX81z, ARP Odyssey, Korg DVP-1, Korg EX800, and more.
Scott C. Peer, President, SoundEngine.com. told us, "These sounds were painstakingly created using stacks of these synthesizers, occasionally processed through our racks of vintage processing gear, looped using InfinityT Looping Tools, and then mapped on the S1000. Preset variations were created to maximize the possibilities of each multi-sample. We've collected Basses, Pads, Leads, Glitches, Vocal FX, Digital and Analog Keyboards, and more."
The secret of Orani rai is the sound of the keyboard. If it is not vintage, you can make it that way with sampling old keyboard sounds
Here are some sampling discs on AMAZON. You can click on them and each one is for a different type of system.
TOP SECRET TIP FROM ONE OF THE BIGGEST PRODUCERS OF RAI IN ORAN TODAY
Many producers are buying discs from the west of 1980's sounds and 1970's sounds and are putting them in the new machines. Why can't other countries do the Oran sound? Their equipment is too new and they have not figured out how to program their newer synths with old programming code, hence ending up with a completely modern sound that cannot equal old time rai.
Here is an article about the sampling discs being created
SoundEngine.com have announced the availability of the follow-up to its SoundEngine Volume #1 sample CDROM in Akai format - SoundEngine Volume #2: Vintage Analog and Digital Synths.
SoundEngine Volume 2 contains over 600 programs containing multi-samples collected from the company’s arsenal of vintage Analog and Digital synthesizers. These include the Peavey DPM series, Peavey Spectrum Bass, Peavey Spectrum Synth, Ensoniq FiZmO, Yamaha FS1r, Emu Vintage Keys, Kawai K5000, Kawai K3m, Kawai K1m, Oberheim Xpander, Oberheim, Matrix 1000, Roland D-50, Ensoniq ESQ-1, Yamaha TX81z, ARP Odyssey, Korg DVP-1, Korg EX800, and more.
Scott C. Peer, President, SoundEngine.com. told us, "These sounds were painstakingly created using stacks of these synthesizers, occasionally processed through our racks of vintage processing gear, looped using InfinityT Looping Tools, and then mapped on the S1000. Preset variations were created to maximize the possibilities of each multi-sample. We've collected Basses, Pads, Leads, Glitches, Vocal FX, Digital and Analog Keyboards, and more."
The secret of Orani rai is the sound of the keyboard. If it is not vintage, you can make it that way with sampling old keyboard sounds
Here are some sampling discs on AMAZON. You can click on them and each one is for a different type of system.
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