1, 2, 3 Soleils (1, 2, 3 Suns) is a live album performed by

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n artists

Rachid Taha Rachid Taha ( ar, رشيد طه, Latn, ar, Rashīd Ṭāhā, ; 18 September 1958 – 12 September 2018) was an Algerian singer and activist based in France described as "sonically adventurous". His music was influenced by many different styles ...

, Khaled and

Faudel Faudel Belloua ( ar, فُضيل بيلوى; born June 6, 1978) is a French raï singer and actor of Algerian descent. He released studio albums, notably '' Baïda'', '' Samra'', ''Un Autre Soleil'' and ''Mundial Corrida'' and the live album '' ...

, widely hailed as the three masters of

raï Raï (, ; ar, راي, Latn, ar, rāʾy, ), sometimes written rai, is a form of Algerian folk music that dates back to the 1920s. Singers of Raï are called ''cheb'' (Arabic: شاب) (or ''shabab,'' i.e. young) as opposed to ''sheikh'' (Ara ...

music. The concert, a unique event, took place in 1998 in

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in Paris, and the songs consisted of the most famous from all three artists plus a few Algerian classics. All 23 were divided into two discs, produced and arranged by Steve Hillage, released by Barclay in 1999. The album has attained 2× gold certification and the

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video has attained gold certification from Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique. A shortened US one

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release of the album was released by Ark 21.

Track listing

Professional rating

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rated it 4 out of 5.

Personnel

Khaled, Faudel and Rachid Taha were supported by: *

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/ref> drums * Aziz Ben Salam - ney flute * Elsa Benabdallah - violin * Mohamed Bendjebour - guitar * Djaffar Bensetti - trumpet * Farhat Bouallagui - arranger, string arrangements, violin * Christophe Briquet - viola * Karen Brunon - leader, string director, violin * Mathieu Chédid - guitar * Mohsein Chentouf - bendir, darbouka, backing vocals * Simon Clarke - baritone saxophone * Khaled Dagher - cello *

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- bass, backing vocals * Adel Eskande - violin * Guillaume Fontanarosa - violin * Steve Hillage - arranger, engineer, mixing, producer, string arrangements * Allen Hoist - alto and tenor saxophone * Hazem Ibrahim - violin * Randy Jacobs - guitar * Nabil Khalidi - banjo, oud, backing vocals * Hassan Lachal - darbouka * Sylvain Le Provost - double bass * Roddy Lorimer - trumpet * Abdel Wahab Mansy - violin * Jean-Max Mery - keyboards * Christophe Morin - cello *

Hossam Ramzy Hossam Ramzy ( ar, حسام رمزي; 15 December 1953 – 10 September 2019) was an Egyptian percussionist and composer. He worked with English artists like Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, Siouxsie Sioux, as well as with Arabic music artists like R ...

- director, orchestra director, percussion * Geoffrey Richardson - string arrangements, viola * Medhat Abdel Samie - violin * Tim Sanders - soprano and tenor saxophone * Mahmoud Serour - string arrangements * Mark London Sims - trombone * Taha Taha - cello * Yasser Taha - cello * Ihab Tutu - violin * Marylene Vinciguerra - viola * Tamer Yassin - violin Source:

References

External links

1, 2, 3 Soleils album
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