Abdelli
Destiny (CD)

MWCD3043

Abdelli is a singer, author and composer from Kabylia, Algeria. He was born into a modest family in the village of Behalil-Afire in Kabylia (Algeria) under the French occupation during Algeria’s independance war.
He arrived in the town of Dellys as a young child, as his parents fled their native village into a forced exile. Dellys is well-known throughout Algeria for its fish specialties and its proximity to the Mediterranean Sea. Throughout his childhood, Abdelli was immersed in this love of the wide skies and the open sea, of the fishery and the manifold scents that accompany them.
He started to make music at a very early age and built his first guitar with his own hands. After he could play this instrument, he was introduced to the mandolin by chaabi master Chaïd Moh-Esguir.
After a rather difficult start in music, Abdelli finally could enjoy the release of his first album entitled Ayem yema in the mid-80s. Yet, like so many of these Kabylian singer-songwriters whose poetry is meant to awaken people’s consciences, Abdelli suffers from the severe political and bureaucratic obstacles to expressing himself freely in his own language ... He then chooses to go into exile, far away from his country and his family and friends.
In the mid-80s, Abdelli moves to Brussels, Belgium and releases his album Abdelli. In 1989 he starts recording his album New Moon, released in May 1995 on the prestigious British label Real World. This album release really starts the international career of Abdelli: he is being invited to perform with his band all over the world, from England to Canada, the USA, Portugal, Spain, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg ... He is invited by Yehudi Menuhin and Ravi Shankar to participate in the festival ‘From the guitar to the sitar’ Brussels. He is also invited by Peter Gabriel to play the support part in Paris on the presentation of his latest album UP in September 2002.
Abdelli gets involved in numerous collaborations with artists such as Loreena McKennitt, Natacha Atlas en Ramzi Hussain.

Track listing:

1. Awal* The word 4:41
2. I’Targuit * In a dream (Intro)
2:14
3. I’Targuit * In a dream 4:35
4. Tachamat * The candle 3:16
5. Ayouliw * My heart 5:55
6. Taharawla * Brain drain 6:27
7. Dounith * Our earth 4:22
8. Atamurtiw * My country 5:48
9. Agoudjil* The orphan 4:20
10. A’chrif * A’chrif (intro) 2:29
11. A’chrif * A’chrif 4:27
12. Ayahviv* The friends 5:44
13. L’Ghourva * Exile (into) 2:31
14. L’Ghourva * Exile 4:05
15. Avarani* Abroad 7:26

Published: 2012

Genre: Arabian & Belly Dance & Turkish
Label: Music Words