Rachid Taha - Diwan 2
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Artist: Rachid TahaEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2006-12-12
Music Label: Wrasse Records
Soundtracks:
- Ecoute Moi Camarade
- Rani
- Agatha
- Kifache Rah
- Josephine
- Gana el Hawa
- Ah Mon Amour
- Mataouel Dellil
- Maydoum
- Ghanni Li Shwaya
Music reviews of Diwan 2
Music Review: Spiral upward more than return
Rating: 5 Stars
This is another thoroughly excellent album from one of the most interesting artists currently working anywhere in the world. Despite the title hearkening back to 1998's excellent Diwan, this album represents more of a spiral upward than a return. Only about half of the tracks represent the sort of rocked-up versions of classic Arab pop found on Diwan, although they -- especially Rani, Gana el Hawa, and an Oum Kalthoum song -- are excellent. The centerpieces of the album are really on opposite wings of that: First, the relatively straightforward versions of the 50s chanson Ecoute-moi Camarade and Senegalese pop song Agatha, both in French, dealing with political issues on a personal level. Then, the only two tracks written by Taha and Hillage, Josephine and Ah Mon Amour, both of which are trance-influenced tracks full of distorted loops and percussion that sit well next to similar tracks on his previous two studio albums. The result is a sort of wide-ranging retrospective of Taha's styles and interests, updated to now.
Interestingly, in contrast to Tekitoi, which leaned towards arena rock at times, there is an almost total absence of electric guitar on this record. Lots of acoustic guitar, though -- apart from the two original songs, the production is very warm and rootsy, much more so than the first Diwan.
If I were trying to introduce Taha to neophytes -- which I do all the time -- I would probably send them to Tekitoi or Made In Medina first. But someone starting with this album could fall in love with Taha's music as much as I did starting with Diwan and Medina.
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