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Monday, July 02, 2007

Concerts and official new band!

1.France: Mardi 17 juillet : Salon de Provence - Concert à 21h00, au Château de l'Emperi Tarif unique : 10 € avec Mona Lisa et Klan D en 1ère partie Renseignements 04 90 56 00 82 Billetteries extérieures : www.ticketnet.fr - http://www.fnacspectacles.com/

2.Portugal: 27 Julho 2007, Castelo, 00h30, Sines. Programme!

Le nouveau groupe qui accompagne Rachid Taha est officiellement le suivant (exit au grand regret d'un public fidèle deux musiciens sympas: Idris Badarou, basse, après la précédente sortie de Noël Delfin, guitare):

Here is the new official R.T.band (Idris Badarou, bass, is not part of the band anymore as, some months ago, Noël Delfin, guitar):

Rachid Taha, voix/vocals Singer 3
Guillaume Rossel, batterie/drums Drums
Yves Aquizerate, claviers/keyboard Keyboard 2
Stéphane Bertin, guitare/guitar Guitar 3
Christian Banet, basse/bass Guitar 2
Hakim Hamadouche, oud Banjo
Rachid Belgacem, percu/derbuka Belly Dancer

Saturday, March 17, 2007

Rachid et ses invités surprise au Pulp le 14 mars: photos exclusives!

Rachid au Pulp: flyerRAchid au Pulp: flyer Ceki nous envoie ses photos du Pulp où Rachid Taha a bien fait, comme nous l'annoncions précédemment, son petit concert perso, avec ses "rythmes trop bicos", ce mercredi 14 mars.
Des invités-surprises étaient annoncés et on y a vu -et les photos en sont la preuve!- au micro ou aux platines c'est selon:
-Bruno Maman, complice de toujours, déjà visible sur le clip de Indie (album Rachid Taha, 1993), mais aussi présent sur Diwan2 (cliquez sur le lien pour l' actualité musicale de Bruno Maman);
-Jacno, ancien guitariste au sein des Stinky Toys dès la fin des années 70, l'un des premiers punks français, a formé en 1980 avec la chanteuse du groupe, Elli Meideros, sa compagne d'alors, le duo Elli et Jacno, mais il n'a pas participé, semble-t-il, aux activités musicales da la soirée;
-Mouloud, fan de hip hop, ex animateur vedette de MTV France passé en 2006 à Canal Plus pour y tenir une chronique matinale « La Vie De Mouloud », courte émission qui présente les coups de coeur de Mouloud et des reportages sur la nuit;
-Ariel Wizman, autre personnalité de Canal Plus (C'est pas le 20 heures, Nulle part ailleurs), journaliste (Actuel, Max, Vogue...), animateur radio sur Radio Nova et France Inter, d'origine juif séfarade, a débarqué du Maroc de Casablanca au début des années 70, et a en commun avec Rachid le fait d'avoir passé une partie de son enfance en Alsace;
-Ramses du duo ragamuffin made in Paris Sai Sai (avec Mr Ricky), également animateur radio sur Carbone 14, radio Ici & Maintenant, radio Nova et radio Aligre;
-Remy Kolpa Kopoul, personnalité de Radio Nova où il se déclare "Connexionneur", DJ, journaliste de presse écrite, auteur et producteur de télévision, programmateur de festivals, concepteur de soirées, acteur, il est surtout l'un des premiers à défendre en France les « musiques d'ailleurs » (et en particulier celles du Brésil: il fait tourner Chico Buarque, Joao Gilberto, Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso, Jorge Ben, Joao Bosco dans l'hexagone);
-Amina: chanteuse et actrice, née en Tunisie d'un père français et d'une mère tunisienne, arrive en France en 1975. Alors rappeuse, elle est découverte sur Radio Nova, plaque tournante en matière de world music dans les années 80, puis elle s'oriente vers des sons plus "ethniques" ou "métissés". En 1991, elle a été lauréate du Prix Eurovision avec "Le dernier qui a parlé".

de g. à dr. et de ht en bas: Jacno, Bruno Maman, Ramses, Mouloud, Remy Kolpa Kapoul, Ariel Wizman, Amina
Et voici nos photos exclusives où vous reconnaitrez tout ce petit monde, mais aussi quelques membres de la band, comme Rachid Belgacem (percussions), Hakim Hamadouche (mandoluth)ou Yves Aouizerate (keyboards - ce dernier avait d'ailleurs enregistré "L'esprit du Sound" avec Sai Sai en 1998: comme on dit... le monde est petit!) :





Monday, August 07, 2006

Turkish Guillaume, Idris and Noel.

Rachid (top), Idris, Guillaume, Noel (below) in Izmir. Photo by Gokhan Kali Mais kess ki disent? Cette fois c'est Idris Badarou (basse), Guillaume Rossel (batterie) et Noel Delfin (guitare) qui ont été interviewés en Turquie comme membres de la "band" lors du récent concert de Rachid à Izmir. En voici la transcription en turc, ainsi que notre traduction exclusive en anglais (y a des petits morceaux qui manquent malheureusement: si vous pouvez nous aider, écrivez à notre adresse de contact! merci). Je renouvelle cependant mon appel: qui connaît parmi vous ... le turc pour traduire l'interview de Rachid mentionnée ici et qui reste en suspens???

But what are they talking about? This time, those who are interviewed are Idris Badarou (bass), Guillaume Rossel (drums) and Noel Delfin (guitar) as members of the "band" during the latest Rachid's concert in Izmir, Turkey. Here is the transcription in Turkish and our exclusive translation into english (with some bits of it that are not sure---sorry for that. If you can complete it, write at our contact address! Thanks!) ! I'm however giving one second call for the translation of one other interview in turkish the meaning of which is still unknown to us non-turkish speakers (see here)?
Turkey
Taha'nın arkasında çalmak...
Playing background with Taha...
Rachid Taha, Babylon Alaçatı'da belki biraz bıkkın ve sıkkındı ama bu durum seyirciyi hiç etkilemedi. Taha, kendisini söyleşi yapacak kadar iyi hissetmeyince sözü müzisyenin 'mutfağında' çalışanlara verdik ve hakkında biraz dedikodu yaptık
Rachid Taha was maybe a little bit tired in Babylon Alacati, but he didnt (??translation unknown) the audience. Taha was feeling too bad to release an interview, so we talked and gossiped in the “kitchen” with some of his band members.

MÜJDE YAZICI
İZMİR - Saatler 00.30'u gösteriyor... Beyaz rugan ayakkabıları, sarı parlak gömleği, orta saha oyuncusu saçlarıyla, Cezayir asıllı Fransız şarkıcı Rachid Taha, püfür püfür esen Alaçatı akşamında sahneye çıkıyor! İstanbul'dan sonra İzmir Alaçatı'ya açılan Babylon'un 'marka' değerine güvenen dinleyiciyse dans etmeye hazır, kıpır kıpır... Babylon Alaçatı'da bir tek Rachid Taha'nın keyfi yok! Biraz bıkkın, biraz sıkkın. Seyirciyle hiç konuşmuyor. Konserin başlarında mikrofonu tutmuyor çünkü mikrofon sehpasına tutunuyor, belli ki bünye yorgun. Ama tatilci huzuru diye bir şey var, kimse şikâyetçi değil durumdan. 'Yara yah' başlayınca da Babylon Alaçatı 'kopuyor'. Bir ara Rachid Taha ve ekibi 'Aldırma Gönül'ü söylüyor ki, o anda eşlik etmeyen de yok gibi. İki saat kadar sahnede kalan Rachid Taha, ekip arkadaşlarını tanıttığı ilk ve son konuşmasıyla sahneden iniyor. İşte ikinci kez saati değişen söyleşimizin vakti geliyor konserin bitmesiyle. 'Konser sonrası yapalım' dediği söyleşi için sahne arkasındayız ama Taha'dan ses yok. Bekledikçe erteliyor çünkü konuşacak hali yok gibi. Taha'dan ses çıkmayınca biz de 'Sen misin bize bunu yapan' deyip ekibindekilerle söyleşiyoruz. Onlar Taha'nın bu haline alışık. Ortamı yumuşatıyorlar. Saat 03.00'ü gösteriyor, Taha'nın 'mutfağında' çalışan üç müzisyenle konuşuyoruz. Ve şimdi siz de Noel Delfin (gitar), Guillaume Rossel (davul) ve İdris Badarou'yla (bas gitar) Rachid Taha'nın arkasından yaptığımız bu söyleşiye giriyorsunuz...
İzmir- time 00,30…. Algerian-born French singer Rachid Taha, with his white (??) shoes, his yellow shining shirt, and with his middle-area football-player hair, is having a concert in the windy Alacati night. (???? translation not clear) But in Alacati, only Rachid Taha is not in a good mood! A little bit tired, a little bit bored. He doesnt speak with the audience. At the begininning of the concert, he does not take the mic because the microphone bar (translation??); he is tired…. But no one complains about it because it's a vacation. When they begin “ya rayah”, Babylon Alacati is shaking. And at some moment Rachid Taha and his band sing “aldırma gönül”, and everyone is singing with them. After staying 2 hours on stage, Rachid Taha is leaving. And (?) interview time has come at the end of the concert. We're waiting for Rachid Taha but there's nothing. So we decide to talk with his band. For Taha's team, it's a very normal situation… they are telling us. (??translation not clear). And so you will be reading now our interview with his band memebers Noel Deflin (Guitar), Guillaume Rossel (Drums) and Idris Badarou (bass guitar).
Journalist: Rachid Taha'yla çalışmaya ne zaman başladınız?
Journalist: When did you begin to work with Rachid Taha?
İdriss: Biiiip. Rachid'e küfür etmeyecksiniz değil mi? (gülüyor)
Idriss: Biiiip…….. you have not (?? translation unsure) to Taha, have you??? smiling
Guillaume: Bir yıl önce başladım çalışmaya Rachid'le. Ya da 11 ay mı oldu? Yok yok 12 ay oldu galiba.
Guillaume: I began a year ago, or 11 months ago? No, no 12 months ago, I think.
Noel: Hadi! Hadi artık söyle bir şey.
Noel: Come on say something.
Guillaume: Evet evet, bir yıl oldu. Ama ben onu 12 senedir tanıyorum. Daha çocuktum tanıştığımızda.
G:Yes, yes, one year ago. But I've known him for 12 years. We were kids (? all this part of the translation is not sure) when we met.
J:yılda neler oldu Rachid Taha'nın hayatında?
J:What happened in Rachid Taha’s life in the last 12 years?
Noel: Fransa ve bütün dünyada gün geçtikçe daha da ünlü oldu.
N:In France and around the world he became more famous.
J: O yüzden mi böyle davranıyor?
J: Is he acting that's why (= translation unsure. Maybe it means "is thjis the reason why he is behaving like that")?
Noel: Büyük bir yıldız oldu ama hala inanın çok doğal davranıyor etrafındakilere. Aslında söyleşi yapmak istedi sizinle. Düşünsenize Paris'ten Alaçatı'ya konsere geliyor ve bütün her şeyin en merkezindeki isim o. Ve bu onu çok yoruyor tabii. Aynı zamanda zaten çok yorgun ve uykusuz.
N: He became a great star, but believe me, he is still acting so naturally with people. İn fact he wanted to have an interview with you. Think about it, he is coming from Paris to Alacati and he is in the middle of the center for everything. Of course it is so complicated and he's exhausted. And he is very tired and sleepless.
J: Rachid Taha'yla çalışmak nasıl?
J: How is it working with Rachid Taha?
Guillaume: Bizim için çok iyi bir 'patron'. Sonuç olarak onun için çalışıyoruz ve biz bir grubuz. En sevdiğim özelliği sahnede doğaçlamaya açık olması. Hiçbir konserimiz birbirine benzemiyor. Aynı şarkılarla farklı performanslar çıkarıyoruz.
G: For us he is a good “boss”. As a result we work for him and we are a band. And my favourite thing about him is his nature. So our concerts are never the same. We have different performances with the same songs.
Noel: Ben Faudel'in grubunda da çaldım. Çok iyi bir deneyim oldu ama Rachid gibi değil kimse. Çünkü sahneye çıktığımızda Rachid tüm ekibin istediği gibi davranmasına izin veriyor. İster dans edin, ister konuşun...
N: I played in Faudel’s band. İt was a good experience but no one was as the ones with Rachid.. Because when we are on stage Rachid let all the team behave how they like to behave. Dance or talk no matter.
J: Söyleşi yapmadı diye söylemiyorum ama bence bu gece Rachid Taha'nın performansı iyi değildi. Sonuç olarak çok iyi şarkı söyleyen birisi ama bu gece siz iyi çaldınız ama o iyi söylemedi.
J: I don't speak about the interview but about tonight Rachid Taha’s performance that was not that good. He is a good singer but tonight you played good and he didn't sing well.
Guillaume: Bazen yapıyor öyle.
G:Sometimes, it happens.
Noel: Konserden konsere fark edebiliyor. İyi bir punk şarkıcısı Rachid. Öyle ki, İngiltere'de The Clash'in solisti Joe Strummer'dan sonraki en iyi punk-rock şarkıcısı olarak tanınıyor.
N: It depends on the concert. Rachid is a good punk singer. He's known as the second best punk-rock singer after The Clash’s ex-singer Joe Strummer.
J: Müziğinizde Cezayir ezgileri kullanmanız dünya müzik piyasasında Rachid Taha'ya olan ilgiyi körüklüyor mu size?
J: Is it an advantage to use Algerian music in the world music universe (=translation not sure) for Rachid Taha?
Noel: Rock'n roll davulu ve rock'n roll gitarla karıştırıyor Cezayir ezgilerini. Ve insanlar bunu çok beğeniyor.
N: Rock'n Roll drum and rocknroll guitar mixing together are Algerian music. And people love this.
Guillaume: Rachid Taha özellikle rai yapmıyor, rock müzik yapıyor.
G: Rachid Taha doen not make rai, but rock music.
?: O yüzden başarılı. Hatta bazen 'tekno-elektro'ya kayabiliyor. Hiçbir zaman aynı gırtlakla aynı şarkıları da söylemiyor. Buna dikkat ediyor.
?: That's why he is successful, even if he can slip into tecno-electronic music. He never sings the same songs with same throat. He is careful.
J: Çok başarılı 'rai'ciler de var. Khaled, Faudel, Cheb Mami'yi beğenmiyor musunuz?
J: There are very successful rai music makers. Khaled, Faudel, Cheb Mami… don't you like them?
Noel: Cheb Mami'yi çok severim.
N: I love Cheb Mami very much.
Guillaume: Bana göre Mami'nin Robbie Willams'tan pek farkı yok.
G: For me there's no difference between Mami and Robbie Williams
J: Cheb Mami'yle Robbie Willams'ı mı karşılaştırıyorsunuz?
J: Are you comparing Cheb Mami and Robbie Williams?
Noel: Uluslararası bir müzik yapmadığı için sevmiyor o Cheb Mami'yi. Çünkü Rachid'le alakası yok. Rock yapmıyor mesela.
N: (???unknown translation). 'Cause there's no similarity with Rachid; Mami never made rock for example.
Guillaume: Çünkü Cheb Mami'nin müziğinde sürpriz yok. Hep aynı... Hiçbir değişiklik yok. Sürekli ağlar gibi şarkı söylüyorlar 'rai'ciler. Cheb Khaled, Faudel de iyi ama hep aynı. İşte Rachid'in farkı, farklı olması.
G: Because there's no surprise in Cheb Mami’s music. It is always the same…. There's no variety. Rai singers always sing like crying. Cheb Khaled, Faudel are good, but always the same. This is why Rachid is different.
İdriss: Mesela Patti Smith, Robert Plant'le çalıştı Rachid.
I: For instance Rachid worked with Patti smith, Robert Plant.
J: Bu gece Babylon Alaçatı'daki seyirci nasıldı sizce? Fransa'daki dinleyiciden farklı mı?
J: How was the audience in Babylon Alacati tonight for you? Are they here different from French audience?
Noel: Dünyanın neresine giderseniz gidin, Fransız seyircisi dışındaki her dinleyici iyidir. (gülüyor)
N: All around the world, all audiences are good, excepted French ones (laughing)
J: Öyle mi, neden?
J: Aren't they, why?
Guillaume: Çünkü Fransa'da insanlar konsere geliyor, siz çalıyorsunuz, onlar bakıyor. Sonra konser bitiyor. 'Ok' diyip eve dönüyorlar. Bir de Fransızlar Celine Dion falan seviyor sonuç olarak. (gülüyor) Düşünün.
G: 'Cause in france, people come to the concert, you play and they look. Then the concert ends and they say "ok", and leave. And as a result they love Celine Dion (laughing).
Thanks aran for providing and forwarding us this translation!!!!

Sunday, January 08, 2006

Exclusive interview of Noël Delfin by Marie: English translation!

Noël Delfin accompanying Rachid Taha on guitar at Casablanca (2005)
"Better late than never!"... : here is the English translation of Marie's exclusive interview of Noël Delfin we announced and published in its original version on the 22d of December!

Noël Delfin. Interview by Marie (translation by Kelma).
As we wanted to know those people who share the stage experience with Rachid, I asked Noël Delfin - who accompanies Rachid on guitar – whether he would like to answer some of my questions.
Here is the recent interview he very gently accepted to get involved into.

Blog: How have you discovered Rachid ?N.D: I discovered Rachid Taha thanks to my brother (François Delfin) who used to accompany him on guitar! As my brother could not play with both Florent Pagny and Rachid Taha at the same time, he asked me to substitute him. At the beginning I did just a few isolated concerts, but now I have been with the band for almost 3 years!

Blog: How was it when you met?N.D: It was fine because, thanks to my brother, I already knew some members of the band. So I was accepted well by Rachid and by the other members of the band.

Blog: Do you have any experience of your own on stage ?N.D: Yes, I do know the stage well, I mean the public. I used to be a guitarist in dance halls. I also made up my own band called Kdn, or Kokin de nom (ndt: “Naughty name!”), which resisted for 7 years!!! ... with female singers: I did not use to sing myself at that time! When I understood it was very hard to find singers – either males or females – who could express my thoughts, I told myself: “Come on, boy: it’s your turn now!"(laughs). But I love to go on stage and play any kind of composition: other people’s compositions, but also mine !!!However, it is true that from the moment I began to accompany Rachid, I played on important stages in front of large audiences… This for me has been a novelty, a « première ». And I guess every time I will have to get onto a stage, and every time I will find myself playing on stage, it will remain one!!!

Blog: Let’s speak of the music you play with Rachid :N.D: If I had to define the music we and the musicians play together , as everybody say... it’s a mix of rock and traditional music and so on... but Rachid has been, is and will always be a pioneer, a precursor, some kind of ...Leonardo da Vinci ... with his ears always tuned on all that is happening on the planet, its history, its future ...All this from the human, the musical and the philosophical points of view. He knows how to read in people’s hearts… His music is what he himself is!!! One unique vibe!!!

Blog: Is your passion for guitar recent ? Do you play any other instrument ?N.D: Oh no, it is not recent !!! In some way, I « felt in it when I was a child"(ndt : a quote from Asterix and Obelix comics) (laughs). My father was a guitarist specialized in classical music : his stuff was about giving guitar lessons with all his passion ! My mother too played guitar! I also play saz, a Turkish string instrument, a little, but that’s for my own fun, at home !

Blog: What are the musical and human inputs that touring with Rachid give you?N.D: Of course, touring with Rachid gave me the opportunity to make a decent living with my music… but it also made me more mature on stage : I learned how to move close to the artist, how to feel him, how to approach him, how to step back, or how to insert myself into his show…because Rachid is someone who lets his musicians evolve with him. To be part of his show on stage, that’s « the thing » with Rachid; it’s about making it possible for his musicians, his public and himself to be one! Of course, tours show you the world differently: you learn to love people, to respect them, to appreciate their habits, their gestures… in one word: difference!

Blog: Would you like to carry on having this experience?N.D: Yes, I’d love to carry on having this experience with Rachid, sure I would !!!! Because I think I still have much to learn from him, from his music… and I do think that he is able to take the best out of his musicians! All that makes up one « dream team » (ndt : in French in the original interview), « the finest flower of the flora », as the singer Philippe Forcioli (Hakim accompanied among other ones) said.

Noel Delfin

Blog: Nevertheless, don’t you have any separate project of your own?N.D: Yes, I do have a musical project : a trio (voice and guitar, bass and chorus, drums and samples). It’s called "Jus d'Orange" (Orange juice). Every thing rotates around our 5 senses (on the CD and on stage)…in order to attract the listener, the public, so that they pay attention to the French lyrics. The lyrics go well beyond exposing the issues of our century : we already are in the « acceptance of your neighbour, of other people » via our 5 senses : you can easily imagine both the CD - a 5 albums concept - and the stage: smell (orange smell), sight (with orange smokes and lights....!!!), touch (with 3D objects on stage... and a CD cover in orange latex skin)...

Blog: The many fans who met you generally say you are a very kind and nice person… Do you think an artist should give much importance to the relationships with their public ?N.D: Whaa!!! I let you answer, you who were so nice to ask me some questions… But yes, I think that artists who want to share their vision must, in some way, give much importance to the relationships with their public… At one moment, there must be some kind of communion...

In conclusion, this short « Chinese portrait » quiz, Noël gently took part in:
Blog: If you were an animal :
N.D: ........................... I would be a cat
Blog: If you were a song :
N.D: ....................... I would be « Stairway to Heaven »
Blog: If you were a colour :
N.D: ........................ I would be the « orange» colour!!!!!

Thursday, December 22, 2005

Interview exclusive de Noël Delfin par Marie.

C'est avec une interview exclusive de Noël Delfin, le guitariste de Rachid, que nous inaugurons ce qui, nous l'espérons, deviendra une série de portraits de personnes liées à l'activité artistique de notre musicien favori!

Noël Delfin. Interview exclusive par Marie.
"Nous voulions mieux connaître les personnes qui partagent l'aventure scénique de Rachid. J'ai donc demandé à Noël Delfin, le guitariste qui l'accompagne sur scène, s'il voulait bien répondre à quelques questions. C'est avec une grande gentillesse qu'il s'est prêté à l'interview que j'ai pu faire de lui, tout récemment :

Blog: Comment as-tu découvert Rachid ?N.D: J'ai découvert Rachid Taha grâce à mon frère (François Delfin) qui jouait de la guitare avec lui! Ne pouvant jouer avec Florent Pagny et Rachid Taha en même temps, il m'a demandé de le remplacer. Au début, c'était quelques dates isolées, mais maintenant, je le suis depuis presque 3 ans.
Blog: Comment s'est passée cette rencontre ?N.D: La rencontre s'est bien passée, car je connaissais, par mon frère interposé, des membres du groupe. Rachid et les autres musiciens m'ont bien accepté.
Blog: As-tu une expérience de la scène ?N.D: Oui, je connais bien la scène, le public, et ai une expérience de guitariste de bal. J'ai monté un groupe qui s'appelait Kdn, ou Kokin de nom et qui a tenu le choc 7 ans!!! ... avec des chanteuses ; moi je ne chantais pas à l'époque! C'est quand je me suis aperçu que trouver des chanteurs et chanteuses qui pouvaient exprimer ce que je pensais, était très difficile, que je me suis dit "allez zou, chante, petit!"(rires). Mais j'aime monter sur scène pour jouer des compositions, celles des autres et aussi les miennes!!!Mais il est vrai que depuis que j'accompagne Rachid, je suis monté sur des scènes très grandes, et joue devant des foules ... c'est donc là, pour moi, une première, et ça restera une première à chaque nouvelle entrée en scène, et sur scène!!!
Blog: Parlons un peu de la musique que tu joues avec Rachid :N.D: Si je devais qualifier la musique que je joue avec les autre musiciens ... tout le monde vous dira ... un mix de rock, de traditionnel ...etc ...mais Rachid a été, est, et restera un pionnier, un précurseur, une sorte de ...Léonard de Vinci ...toujours à l'écoute de ce qui se passe sur la planète, de son histoire, de son futur ... humainement, musicalement, philosophiquement ... Il sait lire dans les coeurs ... Sa musique est ce qu'il est, lui!Une vibration unique quoi!!!
Blog: Ta passion pour la guitare est-elle récente ? Joues-tu d'un autre instrument ?N.D: Oh non!!! je suis en quelque sorte « tombé dedans » quand j'étais petit (rires). Mon père était guitariste classique, son truc était de donner des cours de guitare avec passion! Ma mère jouait elle aussi de la guitare!Je joue aussi un peu de « saz », un instrument à cordes turc, mais juste pour me faire plaisir, à la maison!
Blog: Que t'apportent les tournées avec Rachid, musicalement et humainement ?N.D: Les tournées avec Rachid m'ont apporté bien sûr le fait de pouvoir vivre de la musique de façon décente ... mais aussi une maturation scénique, de savoir comment évoluer sur scène auprès de l'artiste, de le sentir, de l'approcher, de reculer, de rentrer dans son show ...car Rachid est un artiste qui laisse les musiciens évoluer avec lui ... Faire partie de son show sur scène, c'est là, le côté « plus » de Rachid ; faire en sorte que les musiciens et le public et lui, ne fassent qu'un! Bien sûr les tournées te font voir le monde différemment : tu apprends à aimer les gens, à les respecter, à apprécier leurs coutumes, leurs gestes ... la différence, quoi!
Blog: Aimerais-tu poursuivre cette expérience encore longtemps ?N.D: Oui, j'aimerais que cette expérience avec Rachid se poursuive, bien sûr!!! Car je pense avoir encore beaucoup à apprendre de lui, de sa musique ... et je pense qu'il puise sûrement le meilleur de ses musiciens! Et le tout forme une « dream team », « la fine fleur de la flore », comme dirait le chanteur Philippe Forcioli (que Hakim a, entre autres, accompagné).
Blog: As-tu néanmoins des projets en parallèle ?N.D: J'ai un projet musical: le trio (voix et guitare, basse et choeur, drum et samples) se nomme "Jus d'Orange". Tout tourne autour de la mise en valeur des 5 sens,(sur cd et sur scene).....dans le but d'attirer l'auditeur, public, à prêter attention aux textes en français. Les textes vont au delà du fait de dénoncer les problèmes de notre siècle; on est dejà dans le fait "d'accepter son prochain , son voisin"... à travers les 5 sens: vous pouvez facilement imaginer sur le cd (un concept de 5 albums) et on stage l'odeur (d'orange), la vue (avec les fumées et lights oranges....!!!), le toucher (avec des objets 3D sur scène... et la pochette en peau d'orange en latex)...
Blog: De nombreux fans qui t'ont rencontré, disent de toi que tu es quelqu'un de chaleureux, sympathique ... Penses-tu qu'un artiste se doit d'entretenir des relations privilégiées avec son public ?N.D: Whaa!!! Je te laisse répondre, toi qui as eu la gentillesse de me poser quelques questions... Mais oui, je pense qu'un artiste, s'il veut partager sa vision, doit, en quelque sorte, entretenir des relations privilégiées avec son public ... Il faut qu'il y ait à un moment une sorte de communion...
Pour terminer, le jeu du « portrait chinois », auquel Noël s'est gentiment prêté :
Blog: Si tu étais un animal: N.D: ........................... je serais un chat
Blog: Si tu étais une chanson:....................... je serais « Stairway to Heaven »
Blog: Si tu étais une couleur:N.D: ........................ je serais la couleur « orange»!!!!!"

Noël Delfin

Saturday, February 05, 2005

Inedited photos! Photos inédites!

Littleangel sent us some great inedited pictures from the Meknes concert on the 1st of October 2004 and a portrait: here they are! Thanks littleangel!
To download a bigger size of all the pictures, go to our gallery!
Littleangel nous a envoyé de superbes photos inédites du concert de Meknes le premier octobre 2004 et un portrait: les voici! Merci littleangel!
Pour décharger un grand format de toutes les photos, allez à notre gallerie!

Meknes1 Meknes2

Meknes3 Meknes4

First, above, Tékitoi pictures with a Tékitoi sweater.../d'abord, ci-dessus, des photos Tékitoi avec une tenue aux couleurs de l'album.


Meknes5: the band

Then above again, the current band, from left to right/Puis ci-dessus encore, la "band" actuelle, de gauche à droite: Noël Delfin (guitar), Yves Aouizerate (keyboards/claviers), Idris Badarou (bass), Abdel Abrit (drums), Rachid Belgacem (derbouka), Rachid Taha (who's-that-guy?/Cékilui?), Hakim Hamadouche (mandolute).


Meknes6: noel

Meknes7: hakim


Meknes8: portrait

kelma