Takfarinas :
Takfarinas is an Algerian Kabyle singer and musician whose true name is Ahcène Zermani.
He was born on February 25, 1958, in Tixeraine, a village in the Algiers suburbs.
ZERMANI Mohand and DGUI Fatima's son
He has been a resident of France since 1994.
His texts pays homage to Kabyle culture, yet they occasionally stray from it to focus on the committed calls that are his signature.
He has invested in a new style known as yal.
It contributes to the popularization of Kabyle music, which is relatively unknown in Europe.
He was born on February 25, 1958, in Tixeraine, a village in the Algiers suburbs.
ZERMANI Mohand and DGUI Fatima's son
He has been a resident of France since 1994.
His texts pays homage to Kabyle culture, yet they occasionally stray from it to focus on the committed calls that are his signature.
He has invested in a new style known as yal.
It contributes to the popularization of Kabyle music, which is relatively unknown in Europe.
Biography :
He grew up in his native village of Tixeraine, in the inner suburbs of Algiers, as the fourth generation of a family of musicians.
He invented a guitar with a can of vehicle engine oil and metal bicycle brake lines when he was around six years old.
M'Hamed El Anka, Cheikh El Hasnaoui (the "cantor of love"), and Slimane Azem were among the first Chaâbi artists to pique the Takfarinas' interest (the "fabulist cantor").
He invented a guitar with a can of vehicle engine oil and metal bicycle brake lines when he was around six years old.
M'Hamed El Anka, Cheikh El Hasnaoui (the "cantor of love"), and Slimane Azem were among the first Chaâbi artists to pique the Takfarinas' interest (the "fabulist cantor").
Takfarinas has a powerful voice with a wide range, and he uses it to impose a very personal musical invention and style with various elements.Takfarinas' favorite instrumentation is an electric mandola, which produces two types of sounds: male and female, and is associated with Berber music.
Career :
He recorded his first cassette in Algiers in 1976, but his image as a vocalist was cemented in 1979 when he recorded his debut album in France.
He created the Agraw group with Boujema Semaouni in 1981, but it only lasted a few years.
He recorded two albums in 1986, Wa I telha and Arrach, each of which sold one million copies.
With the release of his double CD, Irgazen and ini-d ih, in 1981, he garnered international acclaim.
In 1994, he released yebba remman (the pomegranate is ripe), which charted successfully in the World Music Europ Charts, but it is with his album Yal, specifically the track Zaâma Zaâma, that he achieves international popularity.In 2004, Takfarinas published the album Honneur aux Dames, in which he expressed his discontent with Algerian women's subjugation.
With the album Paix et Salut, Takfarinas reoriented his style in honor of Algerian musicians who had been victims of repression.Lwaldine, his most recent album, was published in 2011.
He created the Agraw group with Boujema Semaouni in 1981, but it only lasted a few years.
He recorded two albums in 1986, Wa I telha and Arrach, each of which sold one million copies.
With the release of his double CD, Irgazen and ini-d ih, in 1981, he garnered international acclaim.
In 1994, he released yebba remman (the pomegranate is ripe), which charted successfully in the World Music Europ Charts, but it is with his album Yal, specifically the track Zaâma Zaâma, that he achieves international popularity.In 2004, Takfarinas published the album Honneur aux Dames, in which he expressed his discontent with Algerian women's subjugation.
With the album Paix et Salut, Takfarinas reoriented his style in honor of Algerian musicians who had been victims of repression.Lwaldine, his most recent album, was published in 2011.
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