Amazigh Kateb Trio (FR Afro Reggae Fusion)

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Knowing that he fell on a stage when he was young, everything is getting clearer. Son of the Franco-Algerian novelist and playwright Kateb Yacine, Amazigh is born in Algiers the 16th September 1972. He was immersed in a poetic and musical universe but also in a culture of resistance and insubordination. He was used to the paternal theatre\’s stages since the earliest age.
His name, Amazigh, means “the free man” in Berber language and indeed, he was inspired by one of his father’s quotation: “Always be against the government, and you will never go wrong!”. On the 27th of June 1992, he created the band GNAWA DIFFUSION at the musical springboard \”Jeune Spectacle Vivant\” headed by the young songwriter Amazigh. Playing Maghrebo-African instruments (Gumbri and Krakabs), the Gnawa trance (deported African slaves in the court of North African Kings), a Maghrebins gospel that becomes liberation after oppression, a sens of humor that targeted all the \”screws\” of the modern world, surprising rhythms fusing jazzy sonorities to reggae, passing by rap and ragga, Gnawa Diffusion’s universe is now well anchored.

During Gnawa Diffusion’s separation, Amazigh Kateb produced a solo album ”Marchez Noir”, which is an autobiographical work representing our current world. \”This album is an obvious representation of love, revolution, laugh, dance, sweating and resistance. It is the outcome of a need to make a recap of 20 years of exile and grief, roads and stages, loneliness and collectivity.” Faithful to his origins and roots, Amazigh is still playing with the same poetic cadence, to the North African rhythms between tradition and modernity, combining gnawi, chaâbi and rai tones with other contemporary ones like hip hop, rock, reggae, ragga and electro.
Besides, Amazigh is also working on music compositions for theater purposes: \”Les Borgnes ou le colonialisme intérieur brut\” by Mustapha Benfodil and \”Le poète comme un boxeur\” by Kateb Yacine. Amazigh also leads multiple workshops (writing and composing workshops, singing workshops, writing and artistic expression workshops) within high schools but also in prison setting for example.
Since 2012, he is the leader of the band Gnawa Diffusion which is always on tour with their last album ”Shock El Hal”. In 2016, Amazigh will begin a new collaboration with Karim Ziad. The release of the album is planned for February

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