I posted about Cheikha Remitti about a year and a half ago...I went through a bit of a Raï phase and then sort of moved on...I don't recall where I scooped this record up from but it brought me back to the fold...Let me hand it over to All Music for a second: "This live recording from February 1994 shows the rai godmama in her customary traditional guise with breathy flutes and percussion backing Cheikha Remitti's no-nonsense commanding voice, which delivers words rather than indulge in any showy singing displays. The djerbouka establishes a clippety-clop camel rhythm on "Hiyya Begahat Es-Sahra" and a couple of familiar classics like "Sidi Taleb," which builds up some momentum here, but the norm is a far more consistent groove maintenance.If you have any Raï or Cheikha Remitti to pass on, please do...would love to acquire some more.
Most pieces start with breathy flute passages but "Sidi Abed" and "Ya Lemmima" get into a more head-down rockin', drum-driven sound from the beginning, and "La Camel" features more active singing from Remitti. By the time "Ya l'Hmam, Ya l'Imam" and "Debri, Debri" roll along, you know the score -- the songs will be five to seven minutes long, some a tad more deliberate, and with more flute trills ("Bakhta"), other with slightly faster vocal cadences, and more hand-drum drive ("Fatma, Fatma"), but consistency is the key. This is music without many peaks or valleys -- it doesn't exactly trance you out -- it's more like you settle into, and then motor along with it...This is a very good value-for-the-money introduction to Remitti's traditional side and, though there isn't a whole lot of variety, the authority of her singing carries everything. . .as usual."
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Cheikha Remitti - Aux Sources du Rai
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