Maghreb Lyon 1972-1998

All located around the ½Place du Pont╗ in the heart of the La GuillotiEre quarter in Lyon, the publishers l'Etoile Verte, SEDICAV, MErabet, Bouarfa and El Bahia have produced hundreds of cassettes featuring Moroccan, Algerian and Tunisian musicians. This 3CD-set anthology produced by CMTRA (RhOne-Alpes Centre for Traditional Music), looks back on an alternative music economy, inventive and structured, which developed in Lyon during the 1980s. The music-cassette, the democratic object which spread songs and poems, accompanied the invention of popular, modern Maghreb music forms. These songs _ derived from previously unheard-of encounters between oriental instruments/melodies and the sounds of synthesizers, rhythm boxes and electric guitars _ were multiform and fraternal, with a finger on the pulse of everyday reality: they talk of separation, uprooting and love, and they celebrate or speak with irony of the "return home" myth. They open themselves to the world in denouncing the conditions and ordinary racism of their host-country. As testimony to the teeming diversity of practises and expressions, this music, derived from a socio-economic context typically tied to the history of France, forms an integral part of the French popular heritage and, at the same, contains the codes of a global cultural mix that belongs to "World Music" alone. Patrick FREMEAUX & PEroline BARBET

Disc 1
1: Yama Lala Essahb Elgadar (Maman, L'amitié Est Traître) - Mokhtar Mezhoud
2: Matsalounich (Ne Me Demandez Rien) - Salah El Guelmia
3: Batna Ya Batna (Batna Oh! Batna) - Samir Staifi
4: Gatli R'wah (Elle M'a Dit Vient) - Amour Hafsouni
5: Dialogue: A Quoi Sert La Nationalité Française? - Amour Hafsouni
6: Mabedelchi El Djenessia (Obtenir La Nationalité N'a Rien Changé) - Amour Hafsouni
7: Dialogue: Les Expulsions - Zaïd El Batni
8: Malina Man Elghrba (Fatigues De L'exil) - Zaïd El Batni
9: Salamat - Mokhtar Mezhoud
10: Hata Fi Annaba (Dans La Ville D'annaba) - Salah El Annabi
11: El Ghorba (L'exil) - Staifi Samir
12: Hada Mektoubi (C'est Mon Destin) - Omar El Maghrebi
13: Comment Faire? - Tazi Boukhari
14: Thaqvailith Kabyles - Smail
15: La Ma La Khayti (Ni Mère, Ni Soeur) - Cheba Nacera
16: L'algérie, Mon Pays Me Manque! - Amar Staifi

Disc 2
1: J'en Ai Marre - Omar El Maghrebi
2: Noudou Yaradjala (Levez-vous Les Hommes!) - Zaïd El Batni
3: Yadalaliya - Amour Hafsouni
4: Arouah Lil - Chabati
5: Franca Y Afranca (France, Oh! France) - Zaïd El Batni
6: Sid L Hakem (Mr Le Juge) - Omar El Maghrebi
7: Malik Y a Malik (Malik, Oh! Malik) - Zaïd El Batni
8: Skini Belkess (Serre-moi Un Verre) - Omar El Maghrebi
9: Ya Taleb? - Tazi Boukhari
10: Moul El Mercedes - Zaïd El Batni
11: 404 Kahla - Tazi Boukhari

Disc 3
1: Ma Andiche Zhaar (Je N'ai Pas De Chance) - Salah El Guelmia
2: Kountie Ghalia (Tu M'étais Si Chère) - Rabah El Maghnaoui
3: Hayd Yedik Aaliya (Ne Me Touche Pas) - Salah El Guelmia
4: Ainik Kouaouni (Tes Yeux M'ont Brulé) - Cheb Hocine Chabati Et Le Groupe El Azhar
5: Choufou-choufou (Regarde) - Omar El Maghrebi
6: Anabghit Hbibi (Je Veux Ma Bien-aimée) - Cheb Mimoun El Oudji
7: Rouf Aliya (Aie Pitié De Moi) - Amour Hafsouni
8: Ya Lekbida (Mon Cour) - Rachid Staifi
9: Ami Radjel (Pourquoi M'as-tu Trahi?) - Mokhtar Mezhoud
10: Amayna Alik Anti (Comment As-tu Pu Me Faire Ça?) - Rabah El Maghnaoui
11: Kharjet Mel Hamam (Elle Est Sortie De La Salle De Bain) - Mokhtar Mezhoud
12: Ana Britah Avocat (Je Veux Un Avocat) - Cheba Nacera
13: Ma Andi Dala (On Nous Envie Notre Amour) - Jamal Estaifi
14: Nedik Nedik (Je T'emmène Ma Gazelle) - Amar Staifi

Number of Discs: 3

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