Aïcha

A quelques kilomètres de Paris, de l'autre côté du périphérique nord se dresse une cité ghetto, aux innombrables façades de barres d'immeubles vétustes sur lesquelles le béton éclate un peu partout et le fer rouille. Une société multiraciale s'y est enracinée depuis longtemps alors que la plupart des familles françaises de souche l'ont désertée…

Un roman historique qui révèle les tumultes d’une relation scellée par l’impossible. Ben Aïcha, célèbre corsaire marocain du XVIIe siècle, tombe amoureux de Marie-Anne de Bourbon, princesse de Conti, fille du Roi Louis XIV, rencontrée lors d’une somptueuse fête à Versailles. Une singulière épopée franco-marocaine d’amour et de liberté.

Sahra is a studio album from Algerian raï artist Khaled, released in 1996. It was the artist's biggest production to date, being co-produced by Philippe Eidel, Don Was, Jean-Jacques Goldman and Clive Hunt, and including performances by many other singers from around the world. It features what is perhaps Khaled's most popular song, "Aïcha". Most tracks are sung in Arabic, with a notable dosage of French. "Ki Kounti" is partially sung in Spanish as it features Mexican Rock vocalist Saúl Hernández from the reputable band Caifanes. The title track is named after Khaled's first daughter, Sarah, to whom the album is dedicated along with her mother, Samira.

2CD’s met de grootste en beste Franse klassiekers van de laatste 50 jaar! Met recente hits zoals Stromae, Angele en Christine & The Queens maar ook de onvervalste klassiekers en meezingers van Serge Gainsbourg, Joe Dassin, Charles Aznavour, Claude Francois, Adamo, Christophe, …

Trance, ritual, mysticism, psychedelia, magic…however one chooses to describe the way that gnawa music affects people, there can be no denying the fascination for it which reaches right across the world. And Majid Bekkas, one of the most dazzling exponents of modern gnawa is also probably the musician who has managed to find the most varied and interesting ways to make this music interact with other genres. Now, with Magic Spirit Quartet, he has had taken the boldly imaginative step of building a bridge to connect North Africa and Scandinavia, to align the ancestral with the ambient. It is an inspired move which seems to catch the very spirit of 21st century jazz.

Trance, ritual mysticism, psychedelic magic - however you want to describe the effect of Gnawa music, it has a worldwide fascination. Majid Bekkas is one of the most dazzling masters of the modern Gnawa universe, and perhaps the most diverse in other genres. With the Magic Spirit Quartet, he now builds a daring bridge from North Africa to Scandinavia, from archaic to ambient - and captures the spirit of jazz in the 21st century.

Comme l’enfer, l’amour est pavé de bonnes intentions. Et au pire, on se mariera, c’est l’histoire d’Aïcha, de ceux qu’elle aime, de ceux qui l’aiment, de cet amour qui dévore et qui détruit. C’est qu’Aïcha n’est pas troublée pour rien. Son beau-père algérien, qu’elle adorait, l’aimait d’un peu trop près, et elle ne pardonne pas à sa mère de l’avoir jeté à la porte….