MOHAMED MAZOUNI Un Dandy En Exil / Algérie-France / 1969-1983 2xLP/Algeria/Rai
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MAZOUNI 'Un Dandy En Exil / Algérie-France / 1969-1983' Double LP (France, Born Bad, Catalogue #BB113) Brand new/unplayed copy of limited year 2019 Born Bad Records label Double LP album edition/collection of Rai music by Algerian music legend Mohamed Mazouni, circa 1969-1983. Essential Mazouni!
(NOTE: LIMITED VINYL EDITION!)
Double LP version. Includes printed inner sleeve with liner notes both in French and English by Rabah Mezaouane; Includes download code.
Mohamed Mazouni, born January 4, 1940 in Blida (The City of Roses), a city which had just turned twenty. His memory dragged around a lot of catchy refrains by Rabah Driassa and Abderrahmane Aziz, also natives of Blida, or by 'asri (modern music) masters Bentir or Lamari. He began his singing career in those years, chosing bedoui as a style. In June 1965, Algeria adopted a Soviet-style profile where everything was planned, even music. Mazouni, he followed his path, recording a few popular tunes, but he also was in the mood for traveling beyond the Mediterranean. During the 1950s and 1960s, Mohamed was dumbfounded by Oum Kalsoum's songs and scopitones. Fully immersed, he soaked up the songs of Dahmane El Harrachi, Slimane Azem, Akli Yahiaten, or Cheikh El Hasnaoui, but also those from the crazy years of twist and rock n' roll as embodied by Johnny Hallyday, Les Chaussettes Noires, or Les Chats Sauvages, not to mention Elvis Presley. Between 1970 and 1990, he had a series of hits. Mazouni, a dandy shattered by his century and always all spruced up who barely performed on stage, had greatly benefited from the impact of scopitones, the ancestors of music videos. His strength lay in Arabic lyrics all his compatriots could understand, and catchy melodies accompanied by violin, goblet drum, qanun, tar (a small tambourine with jingles), lute, and sometimes electric guitar on yé-yé compositions. Like a politician, Mazouni drew on all themes knowing that he would nail it each time. This earned him the nickname "Polaroid singer". Mohamed Mazouni crossed the 1960s and 1970s with his dark humor and unifying mix of local styles. Besides his trivial topics, he also denounced racism and the appalling condition of immigrant workers. However, his way of telling of high school girls, cars and pleasure places earned him the favors of France's young migrant zazous. At the end of the 1990s, the distribution of Michèle Collery and Anaïs Prosaïc's documentary on Arabic and Berber scopitones highlighted Mazouni's importance. Mazouni did not stop singing and even had a few local hits, always driven by a "wide targeting" ambition. This compilation, the first one dedicated to him, includes all of his never-reissued "hits" with, as a bonus, unobtainable songs such as "L'amour Maâk", "Bleu Délavé", or "Daag Dagui".
- Born Bad Records present the first compilation dedicated to Mohamed Mazouni.
- Includes all of his never-reissued "hits" with, as a bonus, unobtainable songs such as "L'amour Maâk", "Bleu Délavé", or "Daag Dagui".
- At the end of the 1990s, the very wide distribution of Michèle Collery and Anaïs Prosaïc's documentary on Arabic and Berber scopitones highlighted the importance of Mazouni.
- Double LP version includes printed inner sleeve with liner notes both in French and English by Rabah Mezaouane (from Institut du monde arabe); Includes download code. Tracks on this Double LP are as follows:
A1 Mon Amour Il Est Gentil (1972) 5:07 A2 Écoute Moi Camarade (1974) 6:09 A3 Je N'aime Pas Le Jour, Je N'aime Pas la Nuit (1977) 5:45 A4 Daag Dagui (1973) 5:24 B1 Je Pense À Celle (1977) 5:17 B2 Si Massoud (Je T'aime Et Je T'aimerai) (1981) 4:11 B3 L'amour Mâak (1981) 4:58 B4 Tu N'es Plus Comme Avant (1982) 5:31 C1 Vingt Ans En France (1980) 5:48 C2 Je Suis Seul (1975) 5:13 C3 La Madrague (1969) 3:59 C4 Clichy (1974) 4:52 D1 Chérie Madame (1981) 4:37 D2 Dis-Moi C'est Pas Vrai (1975) 3:56 D3 Adieu La France (1976) 5:57 D4 Mini-Jupe (1977) 4:59
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