Aït Meslayene, Itij Ougherval b/w Hazav Iouakale (Hillali Disques)

If that weren't confusing enough, the label on the cover is Sawt-Hilali; the disc proudly displays the label name Hillali Disques.
Born Idir Benhabouche in 1944, the artist took on the name of his village, Aït Meslayene, about a two-and-a-half-hour drive southeast of Algiers. Meslayene emigrated to France in the 1970s, where he ran a café and wrote and recorded some 220 songs spanning dozens of singles and about 30 cassettes and LPs.
The two tracks on this single are lovely and decidedly rare -- we weren't able to find listenable versions of them anywhere on the web.
(Listen to "Itij Ougervel")
(Listen to "Hazav Iouakale")
Une merveille merci pour le partage ! Sylvain
ReplyDeleteOutstanding! Traditional, but with a groove.
ReplyDeleteI Hope , they will be another track of kabyle music and another singer . Very thanks for Ait meslayen. Itij sougherval IS political song .
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