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Carte Blanche

 
Album Review: Carte Blanche

  • Artist: Various Artists
  • Release Date: June 20, 2000
  • Type: Collection (various artists)
  • Genre: Electronica

Review

Funky jazz, hip-hop, and house beats are the order of the day on Carte Blanche, a compilation assembled by Aquanote and Naked Music label head Bruno Ybarra. The tracks are mixed continuously, with contributions by Longineau Parsons, Liquid Lounge vs. Jazzanova, Qalo Mota, Molasses, Isolee, Busy Bee, Fazed Idjuts, Only Child, Mr. Gone, and Aquanote himself, among others. ~ Steve Huey, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
The Groove Mark Pritchard, Tom Middleton Global Communication (2:53)
Stanway's Revenge Alan Bryden Sidewinder (6:09)
Funkin Around [Amalgamation of Soundz Remix] Longineu Parsons II Longineau Parsons (5:00)
Complete Life Roskoe Kretschmann, Claas Brieler Jazzanova, Liquid Lounge (5:39)
Soulmate [Swag Remix] M.A. Jones Summerland (5:23)
Just Listen to the Record Simon T. Bramley Mr. Gone (4:36)
Heartbeat Qalo Mota (4:34)
When 6 Loves 9 Only Child (4:08)
Curiosity (What It Is) Michael Van Olden Molasses (3:01)
Beau Mot Plage , Pt 1-2 [Freeform Reform] Isolée (5:11)
Only Zoe Ellis Aquanote (6:22)
Dust of Life [Joe Claussell Main Guitar Mix] Idjut Boys, Simon Lee Fazed Idjuts (5:42)
Searchin [Atjazz Remix] Little Big Bee (7:59)

Credits

Chris Duckenfield (Arranger), Fazed Idjuts (Performer), Jazzanova (Performer), Michael Ball (Assistant Engineer), Anu Pillai (Remixing), Sally Rogers (Vocals), Steve Christian (Engineer), Jean-Claude Thompson (Producer), Little Big Bee (Performer), Qalo Mota (Performer), Steve Christian (Mixing Engineer), Simon Lee (Producer), Riton (Producer), Global Communication (Producer), Idjut Boys (Producer), R. Brown (Arranger), Summerland (Performer), Dave Boonshoft (Executive Producer), Longineu Parsons II (Producer), Mark Harbottle (Remix Producer), Michael Van Olden (Producer), J. Mark Andrus (Mastering), Chris Duckenfield (Remixing), Zoe Ellis (Vocals), Molasses (Performer), Joachim "Joe" Clausell (Remixing), R. Brown (Remixing), Andy Bramley (Producer), Jean-Claude Thompson (Remix Producer), Steve Christian (Mixing), Jay Denes (Producer)
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Wikipedia: Carte Blanche (album)
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Carte Blanche
Compilation album by Rachid Taha
Released 1997
Genre Raï, Rock
Label Barclay
Producer Steve Hillage, Yves Aouizerate, Mark Frank, Michel Zacha, Nick Patrick, Nick Patrick, Jam'ba
Rachid Taha chronology
Olé, Olé
(1995)
Carte Blanche
(1997)
Diwân
(1998)

Carte Blanche is a compilation album by Algerian raï artist Rachid Taha, consisting of songs he recorded with Mohammed Amini, Mokthar Amini and Jérôme Savy when they formed a band called Carte de Séjour, along with songs from his more recent solo albums. It was released in 1997 by Barclay, and produced by Steve Hillage.

Contents

Track listing

# Title Songwriters Length
1 "Ya Rayah" Amrani Aberrahmane 6:16
2 "Douce France" Léon Chauliac, Charles Trenet 3:40
3 "Bleu de Marseille" Mohammed Amini, Mokhtar Amini, Jèôme Savy, Rachid Taha 4:33
4 "Rhorhomanie" Amini, Amini, Savy, Taha 4:21
5 "Ramsa" Amini, Amini, Savy, Taha 3:55
6 "Zoubida" Amini, Amini, Alexandre Dif, Taha 4:35
7 "Barbès" Taha 4:25
8 "Bled" Taha 4:29
9 "Malika" Taha 3:57
10 "Voilà, Voilà" Taha 5:17
11 "Indie" (Vocal version/ 1+1+1...) Taha, Bruno Maman 4:20
12 "Non Non Non" (Original version) Taha 4:09
13 "Valencia" Taha, Steve Hillage 4:47
14 "Jungle Fiction" Taha, Hillage 4:03
15 "Kelma" Taha 4:51

Charts

Charts (1997) Peak
position
French Albums Chart 32[1]

References

  1. ^ "Discographie Rachid Taha". LesCharts.com. Retrieved 21 December 2008.

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