Barbés is a piece of Africa stranded in the heart of Paris, at the foot of … Read Full Bio ↴Barbés is a piece of Africa stranded in the heart of Paris, at the foot of the Sacre Coeur. It is a neighborhood of couscous and chicken, of smoke-filled bars where dominos click on tabletops, of dish antennas transmitting floods of Middle Eastern music through TV sets. In Barbés, you could have met the late Cheikha Rimitti, the grand dame of raï, on the Rue Myrrha walking back to her hotel. Or a band hired to sing at a wedding stopping to pick up their musicians at a café- The Oasis, The Délice, or The Danton.
People from every corner of Africa have crowded into Barbés, a refuge for exiles that directed Larbi Dida's raï towards Fateh's shaabi, and that brushed Aziz's guimbri up against Youcef's bass. It is encounters such as these that led to the formation of the Orchestra National de Barbés. In English, the name means The National Barbés Orchestra, implying that Barbés is a nation unto itself. It is a sentiment that few who visit the neighborhood would dispute.
The story started in Belcourt, a working class section of Algiers, Algeria at the peak of the 1980 baby boom. Youcef Boukella's older brothers listened to rock and bossa nova, people watched Cairo film classics on TV and tuned to Kabyl folk music on the radio. Outside the Belcourt alleyways --pandemonium. Street peddlers, muezzins, Gnawa street performers, shaabi concerts, ghetto blasters playing reggae, funk and raï.
"My style of music goes back to my childhood in Belcourt," explains Youcef. In 1985 he was offered a slot playing bass for the first Arabic-language rock group, T34. But when Youcef heard what visiting jazz musician Jeff Gardner was packing, that's when he decided to pack himself up and leave home. Raï was all the rage when he arrived in Paris. He worked with Cheb Mami and Kabyl native Takfarinas at diaspora parties. Safy Boutella plunged him into the vortex of underground jazz. He honed his vision while waiting to record his first album "The Greeting of Peace". This was when his genius as a producer began to reveal itself (his production). Meanwhile, with former -Raïna Raï vocalist Larbi Dida, he recorded a four-title offering that foreshadowed his future approach.
Larbi Dida comes from the town of Sidi bel Abbes and is a founding member of Raïna Raï, the rock-raï group that shook up the Algerian rock scene by zeroing in on a roots-meets-electric sound. Recognized by the Algerian media as a historic breakthrough, this group was the first rock group to use raï in its repertoire. Ever since Larba Dida moved to Paris in 1989, his has been one of the great Arabic voices in the French capital.
Aziz Sehmaoui is another pillar upholding Youcef's vision. Raised in Marrakesh, this Sufi was nourished on a combination of Gnawa Arab-African beats and British-American pop performed in Morocco with various traditional and electric groups. (Association Ziriab, Lemchaheb and others). Like Youcef, Aziz attempts to weld the mystical power of healing rhythms with today's sounds. As the custodian of spiritual rigor and technique, he infuses the music with an aura of native authenticity molded by the luminous candor of his voice.
The band:
Medehi Askeur, Fateh Benlala, Ahmed Benshidhum, Yusef Bukella, Alain Debiossat, Jean-Baptiste Ferre, Fathellah Ghoggal, Olivier Louvel, Taufik Mimuni, Michel Petry, Asís Sahmaui, Kamel Tenfiche. Discography:
En Concert (Virgin 844 009 2, 1997)
Poulina (Virgin 847 553 2, 1999)
Alik (Wagram 3130492, 2008)
Rendez-Vous Barbes (Le Chant du Monde CMD 165, 2010)
People from every corner of Africa have crowded into Barbés, a refuge for exiles that directed Larbi Dida's raï towards Fateh's shaabi, and that brushed Aziz's guimbri up against Youcef's bass. It is encounters such as these that led to the formation of the Orchestra National de Barbés. In English, the name means The National Barbés Orchestra, implying that Barbés is a nation unto itself. It is a sentiment that few who visit the neighborhood would dispute.
The story started in Belcourt, a working class section of Algiers, Algeria at the peak of the 1980 baby boom. Youcef Boukella's older brothers listened to rock and bossa nova, people watched Cairo film classics on TV and tuned to Kabyl folk music on the radio. Outside the Belcourt alleyways --pandemonium. Street peddlers, muezzins, Gnawa street performers, shaabi concerts, ghetto blasters playing reggae, funk and raï.
"My style of music goes back to my childhood in Belcourt," explains Youcef. In 1985 he was offered a slot playing bass for the first Arabic-language rock group, T34. But when Youcef heard what visiting jazz musician Jeff Gardner was packing, that's when he decided to pack himself up and leave home. Raï was all the rage when he arrived in Paris. He worked with Cheb Mami and Kabyl native Takfarinas at diaspora parties. Safy Boutella plunged him into the vortex of underground jazz. He honed his vision while waiting to record his first album "The Greeting of Peace". This was when his genius as a producer began to reveal itself (his production). Meanwhile, with former -Raïna Raï vocalist Larbi Dida, he recorded a four-title offering that foreshadowed his future approach.
Larbi Dida comes from the town of Sidi bel Abbes and is a founding member of Raïna Raï, the rock-raï group that shook up the Algerian rock scene by zeroing in on a roots-meets-electric sound. Recognized by the Algerian media as a historic breakthrough, this group was the first rock group to use raï in its repertoire. Ever since Larba Dida moved to Paris in 1989, his has been one of the great Arabic voices in the French capital.
Aziz Sehmaoui is another pillar upholding Youcef's vision. Raised in Marrakesh, this Sufi was nourished on a combination of Gnawa Arab-African beats and British-American pop performed in Morocco with various traditional and electric groups. (Association Ziriab, Lemchaheb and others). Like Youcef, Aziz attempts to weld the mystical power of healing rhythms with today's sounds. As the custodian of spiritual rigor and technique, he infuses the music with an aura of native authenticity molded by the luminous candor of his voice.
The band:
Medehi Askeur, Fateh Benlala, Ahmed Benshidhum, Yusef Bukella, Alain Debiossat, Jean-Baptiste Ferre, Fathellah Ghoggal, Olivier Louvel, Taufik Mimuni, Michel Petry, Asís Sahmaui, Kamel Tenfiche. Discography:
En Concert (Virgin 844 009 2, 1997)
Poulina (Virgin 847 553 2, 1999)
Alik (Wagram 3130492, 2008)
Rendez-Vous Barbes (Le Chant du Monde CMD 165, 2010)
Sympathy for the Devil
Orchestre National De Barbès Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'Sympathy for the Devil' by these artists:
(guns and roses) Please allow me to introduce myself I'm a man of…
- The Rolling Stones Yow, yow Yow Mm-huh Mm-uh Please allow me to introduce myse…
Andy Taylor Please allow me to introduce myself I'm a man of wealth…
BEDROOM - The Rolling Stones Yow, yow Yow Mm-huh Mm-uh Please allow me to introduce myse…
Bernard Fowler Please allow me to introduce myself I'm a man of wealth…
BOSSA AND STONES Please allow me to introduce myself I'm a man of wealth…
Bryan Ferry Please allow me to introduce myself I'm a man of…
Buffalo Bob & The Rinkelstars Just what is it that you want to do? We wanna…
C.R.A.Z.Y Please allow me to introduce myself I'm a man of wealth…
Dean Ray Please allow me to introduce myself I′m a man of wealth…
Elliot Goldenthal Please allow me to introduce myself I'm a man of…
Elvie Shane Please allow me to introduce myself I'm a man of wealth…
FAMILY ROOM - The Rolling Stones Yow, yow Yow Mm-huh Mm-uh Please allow me to introduce myse…
Ferry (Bryan) Please allow me to introduce myself I'm a man of…
Freedom Dub Please allow me to introduce myself I'm a man of wealth…
G. Love & Special Sauce Pile it on I can take More than you could ever think My…
Guns and Roses Please allow me to introduce myself I'm a man of…
Guns & Roses Please allow me to introduce myself I'm a man of…
Guns 'n Roses & Aerosmith Please allow me to introduce myself I'm a man of…
Guns N Roses [www.musikaki.blogspot.com] Please allow me to introduce myself I'm a man of…
Guns N' Roses Please allow me to introduce myself I'm a man of wealth…
Guns N' Roses; Guns N' Roses Please allow me to introduce myself I'm a man of…
Guns N'Roses Please allow me to introduce myself I'm a man of…
Guns*N*Roses Please allow me to introduce myself I'm a man of…
gun`s and roses Please allow me to introduce myself I'm a man of…
Ian Stuart Please allow me to introduce myself, I'm a man of wealth…
Inkubus Sukkubus Please allow me to introduce myself, I'm a man of wealth…
It's a Cover Up Please allow me to introduce myself I′m a man of wealth…
Jagger/Richards There's no love for the man With the cock in his…
Jane's Addiction Please allow me to introduce myself I'm a man of wealth…
KITCHEN 1 - The Rolling Stones Yow, yow Yow Mm-huh Mm-uh Please allow me to introduce myse…
Laibach Please allow me to introduce myself I'm a man of wealth…
LIVING ROOM 1 - The Rolling Stones Yow, yow Yow Mm-huh Mm-uh Please allow me to introduce myse…
M.A.T.C.H. Sympathy for Judas Sympathy for Judas It had to be him, a…
Motörhead Please allow me to introduce myself I'm a man of wealth…
Ofln - The Rolling Stones Yow, yow Yow Mm-huh Mm-uh Please allow me to introduce myse…
Ozzy Osbourne Please allow me to introduce myself I'm a man of wealth…
Ozzy Osbourne Ozzy Osbourne [Rolling Stones cover] Please allow me to introduce myself …
Pearl Jam We the people, watch them grow Feed the people, watch them…
Peter Capusotto Please allow me to introduce myself I'm a man of wealth…
Pig & Dan Bodyhammer Bodyhammer Brain burn smoulder Soft head hard sho…
Popa Chubby Sympathy for the Devil / Chubby's Story Please allow me to…
Project .44 I can't figure this out, Who am I? I can't say it…
Rainbirds Please allow me to introduce myself I'm a man of wealth…
Rolling Stones Please allow me to introduce myself I'm a man of wealth…
Rolling Stones And Martin Scorsese Yow, yow Yow Mm-huh Mm-uh Please allow me to introduce myse…
Rolling Stones(롤링 스톤즈) Please allow me to introduce myself I'm a man of wealth…
Skrew Please allow me to introduce myself: I'm a man of…
Soundtrack/Jane's Addiction Please allow me to introduce myself I'm a man of wealth…
T.R.S. Sympathy for the cynic It's become an epidemic Nobody care…
The Electric Hellfire Club Please allow me to introduce myself I'm a man of wealth…
The Indelicates The country I was born in it has honeysuckle air The…
The King How many times have I told you that shit is…
The Rolling Stones Yow, yow Yow Mm-huh Mm-uh Please allow me to introduce myse…
The Rolling Stones (Fat Boy Slim RMX) Please allow me to introduce myself I'm a man of wealth…
The Rolling Stones - Live Yow, yow Yow Mm-huh Mm-uh Please allow me to introduce myse…
The+Rolling+Stones Please allow me to introduce myself I'm a man of wealth…
Tiamat Please allow me to introduce myself I'm a man of…
Törr Please allow me to introduce myself I'm a man of wealth…
Various Artists Please allow me to introduce myself im a man of wealth…
WOHNZIMMER - The Rolling Stones Yow, yow Yow Mm-huh Mm-uh Please allow me to introduce myse…
♫The Rolling Stones Please allow me to introduce myself I'm a man of wealth…
Guns N'Roses Please allow me to introduce myself I'm a man of…
The Rolling Stones Please allow me to introduce myself I'm a man of wealth…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Orchestre National De Barbès:
Alaoui Loukan ydirou 3lik bab hdid nkzah ou njik yalhbib Loukan ydi…
Dor biha Dour biha ya chibani dour biha Dour biha tekhdem 3lik wa…
Mimouna Ya Mimouna dhyaf rabbi idha kablou el oueldine ya khouya ya…
Mimouna (Live) Ya Mimouna dhyaf rabbi idha kablou el oueldine Ya khouya ya…
Salam 3ouhdhark asavoun ntnach ourthekid akadoumiw maghouzif la3me…
Savon 3ouhdhark asavoun ntnach ourthekid akadoumiw maghouzif la3me…
Savon (Live) 3ouhdhark asavoun ntnach Ourthekid akadoumiw Maghouzif la3me…
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@salahbenmaouche7533
Une adaptation sublime d'un standard des Stones....fallait y penser !👍
@cefimssoas9830
I saw them live once and I wish from the bottom of my heart to see them again
@mohmodmohmod9905
Sooo beautiful. Love you ONB
@jordanservais6844
très bonne musique j'adore 😍
@slimanebacha5686
très très fort bravo bravo ,vraiment sa fait bougé hala hâta yadini viva l'Algérie et tout les maghrébins et toute la France ,😃😃😃✋
@ladyx8671
VERY COOOOOOL!!! ❤👍 BRAVO!!! 👏👏👏
@samymahmoudi9260
Bonjour
Quel synchronisation de styles et de fusion chapeau au travail que vous faites et ce mélange de musique partant du rock et vous finissez par atterrir
Au Sahara franchement quel beau voyage
@alanmumby905
Really brilliant, wish I’d been there
@magdalenabocor8490
Imi plac mult,au o muzica ritmata
@cherubinefornalino3104
pour la libre circulation de la musique et des gens sur cette terre ! merci !