Entretien avec Rachid Taha: Le Marathon des mots, c'est comme la messe

Entretien avec Rachid Taha: Le Marathon des mots, c'est comme la messe. Publiée par Libé Toulouse dans ce link.

Interview with Rachid Taha: The word's Marathon, it's like the mass. Published by Libé Toulouse on this link.

Entrevista con Rachid Taha: El Maratón de las palabras, es como la misa. Publicada por Libé Toulouse en este link.



A continuación os dejo la traducción al español.

Rachid Taha: El Maratón de las palabras, es como la misa

Gran sombrero, zapatos blancos italianos y traje “Blues Brother”

Cumplirá pronto los 50 años, Rachid Taha, icono rock categoría Joe Strummer, Brian Eno o Patti Smith, acaba de escribir “Rock la Casbah”, una autobiografía que se le parece, descosida y pintoresca.

La voz ronca, un vaso de whisky al alcance del micrófono. Ha leído algunos extractos al público del Maratón de las palabras en el claustro de los Jacobinos.

Después de la lectura, entrevista con un vagabundo celestial en torno a algunas copas.

Libé Toulouse: Usted ha participado en la marcha de los árabes en los años 80. Hoy ¿Cuál es su mirada por los jóvenes de las afueras?

Rachid Taha: Tengo una mirada de amor por ellos. Son los otros los que no tienen mirada. Ellos hablan de los barrios sensibles, ¡es genial! Entonces ¿esto quiere decir que los otros muchachos vienen de barrios insensibles?

Yo tengo un hijo de 23 años, me dice que para hacer pasar mis ideas hoy hace falta ir a Operación Triunfo o Chez Cauet*. Tiene razón. La única vez donde yo canté “Ya Rayah” en un programa como ese, fue Chez Arthur*. Al día siguiente había 10 millones de compadres que cantaban “Ya Rayah” en árabe en los karaokes.

Los de mi generación han bajado los brazos. Durante la época de la Marcha de los árabes y del grupo “Carte de Séjour”, teníamos una granada en la mano, pero no le quitamos el pasador. Ella está todavía en mi bolsillo. Es por esto por lo que he escrito este libro y por lo que continúo haciendo música.

Libé Toulouse: Usted que ha versionado la canción de “Douce France” en la época de “Carte de Séjour”, ¿cómo vive en la Francia de Nicolas Sarkozy?

Rachid Taha: No es la Francia de Sarkozy. Es nuestra Francia. Me horroriza ver arrojar una y otra vez todos los errores sobre un solo tío. Somos nosotros los responsables. Cuando ves que ese tipo ha sido apoyado por gentes que se dicen de izquierdas que han hecho el mayo del 68. Paremos de quejarnos, Él ha hecho su número y ganó. Pero esto no me impide continuar la lucha. Mi combate es dar una sonrisa a los otros y hacer acopio de ello.

Libé Toulouse: Háblenos de su próximo álbum.

Rachid Taha: Éste será un álbum country. Quiero hacerlo en Nashville. En esta historia he embarcado a Rodolphe Burger y a Brian Eno. La idea es de grabarlo entre Benín, Nueva Orleáns y Nashville. Este álbum será un viaje, como el de los esclavos que partieron de África y desembarcaron en América. Es la historia del rock. Se llamará: “It’s now or never”. Es el título de una canción de Elvis Presley. Se puede traducir por: “Es ahora o nunca”.

Libé Toulouse: ¿Cómo ha sido su lectura en el Maratón de las palabras?

Rachid Taha: El Maratón de las palabras está bien. Se diría una misa. A la gente le gusta la misa. Es la primera vez que hacía una lectura en público. He puesto un tono humorístico pero al mismo tiempo lo que leía era triste. He leído extractos sobre el exilio, la dificultad para encontrar su lugar. El público se ha reído.

* Programas de entretenimiento emitidos por la TF1

Recogido por Jean-Manuel Escarnot
Rock la Casbah
Rachid Taha en las Ediciones Flammarion

Traducción al español por ARAN

Meltdown review by Y.Mitton

Rachid Taha at the Meltdown Festival.

I can’t believe it’s a week since I saw Rachid Taha at the Meltdown Festival in London (as devotees of this site will know, this is the fifth time I’ve seen him in the UK since July 2004!) and the adrenalin is still coursing round my body, I’m still shaking ~ for me it was the best yet!!

The atmosphere was supercharged, the electricity of his performance rolling off the stage was palpable ~ whatever I say will be inadequate, you had to be there!!!

The legendary Meltdown Festival is one of the rock music highlights of the year in the U.K. and attracts the best in the business. Running for 2 weeks in June it takes place at venues across theSouth Bank, the cultural hub of London. In past years the programme of events has been curated bynotables of the music industry such as David Bowie, Morrisey and John Peel. Patti Smith, musician, poet and cult figure of punk was given the major honor and responsibility of choosing and invitingthe participants for this year’s festival. Rachid is currently attracting the well-deserved respect and attention of many of the great iconsof rock music, particularily from the magical and progressive scene of the 1960s and 70s ~ Robert Plant and Brian Eno, to name two giants of that era ~ and his admiration for the late Joe Strummer, the front man of the 1980s punk band, The Clash, is well-known, so it’s not totallysurprizing that Patti should recognize that there is a rawness, an uniqueness and an honesty in Rachid’s music that would sit well among her choices for the festival.

Rachid headlined the opening night, Friday 17th June; happily there was a gap in his lengthy andextensive tour schedule, and it’s great to see him back in Britain treating us once again to oneof his powerfull, energetic wild man of rock performances ~ he loves it and so do we!! The support band were appropriately Carbon/Silicon, the new band formed by Mick Jones of The Clashand they gave an enthusiastic audience a roaring start to the festival with tracks from their newalbum, Gangs Of England. At the end of their set they’re joined on stage by Patti Smith for the encore, performing the late, great Jimmy Hendrix’s ‘Hey Joe’.Then...... after the interval Rachid and the band roll onto the stage, straight into the moodyMamachi and we’re off!!! After a bit of reticence (the security guys were a bit off-putting) the audience leave their seats, surge to the front ~ and most of the audience must have been at thefront (by that time security was well outnumbered!!!) ~ dancing, singing, cheering and having aparty ~ because that’s what Rachid’s gigs are, a party!!! He rackets around the stage like a loose cannon, giving us an unstinting and hyperacitive performance, belting through numbers fromTekitoi? ~ Hasbu-Hum, Safi and more, plus well loved titles from his back catalogue (including myall-time favourite, Nokta)~ you know them all!!!! As usual, he engages in animated and goodnatured badinage with the audience and hauls two mouthy guys onto the stage for a lesson in lyricsand pronounciation!! It’s an incredible sight to see the fans going wild about him, grabbing at him, desperate to touch him and shake his hand ~ there’s a forest of mobile phones photographing him!!! The tour band ~ Noel (lead), Idris (bass), Yves (keyboards), Rachid (darbuka player) and Abdel (drums) are all there, but Hakim is not in the line up for this gig and although there is a stand-in, his mandolute playing and voice are missed, let alone his characteristic presence onstage. Patti, playing clarinet in free-form jazz style, and Mick Jones return to the stage to join Rachid in Rock The Casbah ~ what else would it be ~ and pogoing (for our younger readers, this isjumping up and down on the spot, a dance favoured by devotees of punk rock) is compulsary!

I had the great good luck to go to the back stage party and Rachid, the band and entourage (his management, technicians et al) were still on a high, still boyant and with time for everyone ~ the Royal Festival Hall finally threw us out at 1.00am!!! For those of you interested in the sartorial aspects of his appearance he was wearing leather trousers (of course!), black shirt, dark striped tailored jacket and NO hat, but that meant we gota full and unrestrained view of all that black, flopping, twisty hair!!!It’s obvious Rachid’s British fan base is growing in leaps and bounds and it’s time someone told British venues that one and a half hours of Rachid Taha ain’t enough ~ not even with encores.

Come again M. Taha, we enjoy having you ~ you’re our kind of rocker!!!

Yvonne Mitton (all rights reserved)

Note: Posts with pics of this concert in this blog by jumping to here and here!

More Meltdown pics!

Thanks enta for those extra bonus photos of Rachid's concert at the Meltdown festival!
Merci enta pour ces photos bonus de Rachid au Meltdown Festival de Londres!

When Patti Smith came on stage, Rachid, then, I think, singing Safi, said:"In Islam we say that heaven lies under women's heels, but I say rock lies under Patti Smith's heels"/Quand Patti Smith est entrée sur scène, alors que Rachid était, je crois, en train de chanter Safi, celui-ci a dit:" Dans l'Islam on dit que le ciel est sous les talons des femmes, moi je dis que le rock est sous le talon de Patti Smith!"

enta

Rachid at the Meltdown Festival

Rachid was at the Royal Festival Hall in London (last Friday June the 17th) for the Meltdown Festival!

"The Meltdown Festival is a month of music, film and visual arts in and around the South Bank Centre in London. In recent years the event’s moved away from its classical origins towards a more rockcentric theme, thanks mostly to the celebrity curators that have included David Bowie and Scott Walker and Morrissey." (www.french-music.org). Each curator has the opportunity to mix up styles and artists according to their own fantasy... Former curators were: MORRISSEY (2004), LEE ‘SCRATCH’ PERRY (2003), DAVID BOWIE (2002), ROBERT WYATT (2001), SCOTT WALKER (2000), NICK CAVE (1999), JOHN PEEL (1998), LAURIE ANDERSON (1997), MAGNUS LINDBERG (1996), ELVIS COSTELLO (1995), LOUIS ANDRIESSEN (1994) and GEORGE BENJAMIN (1993).
This year, the 13th programming is signed by Patti Smith including Rachid Taha, Tinariwen, Yoko Ono, Sinead O'Connor and many more.
Patti Smith declared: "I am very happy and proud to be part of a festival whose objective is to produce an atmosphere of creative conspiracy. This sense of community from crew to volunteers to performers will be the backbone of our festival. Everyone will draw the best of themselves and happily face new challenges.(...) We will strive to reinforce our cultural voice. We will all work hard, respect one another and also have a good time together. I look forward to exploring new ideas and new possibilities of collaboration" .

So....last Friday Patti Smith performed with Rachid ... and Carbon/Silicon , the new band fronted by legendary Clash man Mick Jones, has supported Rachid's performance. In their site, we find written: "Big thanks to Patti Smith for having the band at the Meltdown Festival and for jamming with us on the Encore of "Hey Joe" (you can see live footage of the song at www.gigvideo.co.uk)...and big thanks to Rashid Taha too for being so cool.. a great night and a great venue... "

Rachid était en concert au Royal Festival Hall à Londres vendredi dernier le 17 Juin dans le cadre du Meltdown Festival!

"Le Meltdown Festival est un mois de musique, cinéma et arts visuels organisé autour du et dans le South Bank Centre à Londres. Ces dernières années, l'événement s'est éloigné de ses origines classiques pour devenir un peu plus "rockcentrique" surtout grâce à certains de ses fameux curateurs comme David Bowie, Scott Walker et Morrissey." (www.french-music.org). Chaque curateur a ainsi la possibilité de mélanger les genres et les artistes au gré de leur fantaisie... Les prècédents curateurs ont été: MORRISSEY (2004), LEE ‘SCRATCH’ PERRY (2003), DAVID BOWIE (2002), ROBERT WYATT (2001), SCOTT WALKER (2000), NICK CAVE (1999), JOHN PEEL (1998), LAURIE ANDERSON (1997), MAGNUS LINDBERG (1996), ELVIS COSTELLO (1995), LOUIS ANDRIESSEN (1994) and GEORGE BENJAMIN (1993).
Cette année la treizième programmation est signée Patti Smith qui a prévu Rachid Taha, Tinariwen, Yoko Ono, Sinead O'Connor et beaucoup d'autres.
Patti Smith a déclaré: "Je suis heureuse et fière de participer à un festival dont l'objectif est de produire une atmosphère de conspiration créatrice. Il y a un sentiment de communauté dans toute l'équipe, y compris les volontaires et les artistes, un sentiment qui sera l'épine dorsale du Festival. Chacun donnera le meilleur de lui-même pour affronter de nouveaux défis. Nous ferons de notre mieux poour renforcer notre voix culturelle. (...) Nous travaillerons dur ensemble tout en nous respectant et en nous amusant. Je me réjouis de pouvoir explorer de nouvelles idées et de nouvelles collaborations".

C'est ainsi que vendredi soir Patti Smith s'est produite sur scène avec Rachid et que Carbon/Silicon , le nouveau groupe de Mick Jones, ex-Clash, a également participé. Dans le site de ce groupe, on trouve écrit: "Un grand merci à Patti Smith pour avoir invité notre groupe au Meltdown Festival et pour avoir jammé avec nous sur le Encore de "Hey Joe" (la chanson en live sur www.gigvideo.co.uk) et un grand merci à Rachid Taha aussi, super cool.. une grande soirée et un grand spectacle..."

Rachid and Patti Smith

All exclusive pics by enta for the tahafanblog!
Photos exclusives par enta pour le tahafanblog!

Other great pics (not by enta!!!! by amanda...) by going to this gallery!
Il y a d'autres photos (mais pas faites par enta... , prises par amanda!) en visitant cette gallerie!

kelma

Rachid and Patti Smith!

Official news!!!!!!!! Rachid Taha will perform with Special Guest Patti Smith the queen of the New York punk scene in London at the Royal Festival Hall the 17th of June!!!!!

Rachid Taha sera à Londres avec Patti Smith la reine de la scène punk new yorkaise comme Special guest au Royal Festival Hall le 17 juin!!!! C'est officiel!!!!!!!!!

kelma