Cheikh Sidi Bémol

Cheikh Sidi Bemol Is Uncategorizable. Someone Qualified As "Gourbi Rock" The Work Rendered By This Group Lead By Hocine Boukella Guitar & Vocals . Cheikh Sidi Bemol's Music While Deeply Rooted Into Algerian Traditional Ground Reveals A Surprising Freshness Due To Openings On Blues Rock Salsa Or Celtic Music And With Exceptional Musicians Hichem Takaoute Bass Khliff Miziallaoua Guitar And Hervé Le Bouché Drums . Lively Moving Full Of A Friendly And Corrosive Humour Cheikh Sidi Bemol's Songs Draw A New Territory In The Algerian Musical Landscape. Hocine Boukella Alias Cheikh Sidi Bemol Alias Elho Trained As A Biologist And Is A Self-Taught Musician And Cartoonist. Right From The '80s While A Student In Algiers He Sketched With A Corrosive Humour Algerian Society. He Brought His First Comic Book Out Called "Le Crieur" The Crier Upon The Universe Of Musicians In Algiers.
This Comic Book Was Banned For "obscenity" And The Plates Were Seized. In 1985 He Arrived In Paris To Attend A Population Genetics Study But He Soon Gave Up His Scientific Career To Dedicate Himself To Both Of His Passions Drawing And Music. He Founded The Group Sidi Bemol Which Appears Mostly In The Area Around Paris Published Three Drawing Books Contributed To "Salama" And "Pour!" Reviews Exhibited In Several Festivals Angouleme Saint-Just-Le Martel .. And Collaborated As Graphic Designer Lyric Writer Or Musician On Various Albums Youcef Gnawa Diffusion Orchestre National De Barbes Djamel Laroussi Takfarinas .. In 1998 He Recorded His First Album Cheikh Sidi Bemol. He Founded The Collective L'Usine And Took Part In Founding The Groups Thalweg Celto-Berbere And Zalamite Berberian Groove . His Drawings And Songs Reveal A Complex But Rich Personality Deeply Rooted In His Dual Cultures And Torn Between His Haunting Memories Of Algeria And The Confounding Everyday Life Of An Exile. read less