snitra - 7-9-2009 at 02:20 AM
Hi folks,
Would like to share some Oud sounds/rythms from an Algerian singer : Brahim Tayeb
He plays Oud, continues to play Western Guitar (a bit less), mixes Maqams with different beats/rythms like Latin, warm voice and and good heart ... a
wise man and respected by the people who discovered him.
Like Stevie Wonder, he is "dis-abled", ... but NOT blind ;-))
Here is his new site lunched today on Kabyle.Com Site
You can listen/see some his concerts (Nahawand, Kurd, ...) ... BrahimMysSpace
Enjoy !
Benjamin - 7-9-2009 at 11:13 PM
It's always nice to me to hear Amazigh songs, and especially with oud
Benjamin - 7-9-2009 at 11:18 PM
Does somebody has a rendition on the oud of "avava inouva" it would be cool?
snitra - 7-10-2009 at 07:03 AM
Interesting point, if I may try to give my view on this ...
even if I am a new here ... let others say what they also thinks about Brahim.
Idir was first to play classic guitar (accords) in Amazigh Music in Algeria/North-Africa : a pioneer
On other side, Idir did all kind of good arrangements .. but NEVER included Oud ... some are "ALLERGIC" to these sounds + rythms = Orient, not me
please.
There are other very well respected Amazigh composers that were very successful with having Oud (Cherif Kheddam, Kamal Hamadi, ... or now Souad Massi
and Khaled ). The old ones happened to meet other musicians in Paris (fifties), musicians from Irak, Egypt, ... or other north African regions like
Nuba/Andalus from Morocco/Algiers ... etc.
Benjamin - 7-11-2009 at 03:01 AM
Wow actually I didn't think about that political aspect which can explain a lot the lower influence of Arab music on Amazigh music (as in language,
usually French is preferred than standard Arabic in Kabyle written expression, when they don't use the Amazigh language).
snitra - 7-11-2009 at 04:03 AM
bejamin, I wish we come back to MUSIC ... and keep other topics outside of this message thread - thanks.
Benjamin - 7-11-2009 at 06:42 AM
Snitra maybe I didn't express myself as I meant. I didn't want at all to delve into other topics than music! I just understood you actually said that
some Amazigh musicians like Idir prefered harmonic musical instruments like guitar for some reasons linked to their political situation.. It is what I
understood from your post.
But I don't want at all to enter to polemics as it is not the forum for that, fortunately. We are all here from different national or religious
backgrounds so there is no point in starting talking about other things than oud and music, of course.
Regards
snitra - 7-11-2009 at 10:25 AM
Thank You Benjamin for the good clarification 
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