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Abdel Ali Slimani

 
Artist: Abdel Ali Slimani
 

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Performed Songs By:

John Reynolds, Jah Wobble, Justin Adams

Formal Connection With:

  • Active: '90s
  • Genres: World
  • Instrument: Vocals
  • Representative Albums: "Mraya," "Espoir/Hope"

Biography

Rai singer Abdel Ali Slimani was raised in El Anasser, Algeria, where as a teen he learned guitar and performed as a drummer at soccer matches. Finding little opportunity for musicians in his native land, he went to Paris in 1982; after a subsequent move to London, Slimani found work as a club DJ before signing on as a vocalist and percussionist with ex-PiL bassist Jah Wobble's Anglo-Arabic unit Invaders of the Heart. In 1996, Wobble co-produced Slimani's solo debut Mraya, a collection spotlighting the fusion of the performer's rai-based Algerian roots with the influences of Western culture. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide
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