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Urb Magazine, CD Review >>
Looking for something a tittle more real than M.I.A.'s ultra-trendy London meels Sri-Lanka favela flavor and a little less manic than DJ/rupture's African-Arabic crunk? Rachid Taha is a rhorhos [second generation] French-Algerian who has been losing the western cornucopia of his upbringing with the third-world influence of his community for nearly two decades. The results have gone up against the European taste-makers for years, but with the new world music being the order ol the day, his rock'n'rai is ready to shine.
The title track is a hand-clap and guitar strum duet with Christian Oliver while "Safi (Pure)" grunts like fine gruff- rock, but with a hip circling bass roll. But you'll really set off your mixtape with his French sung version of The Clash's "Rock the Casbah," with a bangle ftava thai Joe rummer just barely predicted in 1982 but would definitely approve of were he still with us.
-Joshua Olazer 05/01/05
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