Akli D.

Akli D., born Akli Daas in a small village in Kabylia (Algeria), grew up to the sound of his mother's voice, an interpreter of traditional spiritual songs, and surrounded by a family of musicians, one brother a harmonica player, the other a guitarist. At just 13, he took part in his first concert and decided to make music his life. In the 1980s, he went into exile in France to escape the repression of Amazigh identity by the Algerian authorities. A great traveler, he rallied both members of the Amazigh community, for whom he was a mouthpiece, and international world music fans, right from the release of his first album, Anefas Trankil , in 1999. If he finds himself among the masters of Kabyle song, such as Idir and Cheikh El Hasnaoui, he also infuses his music with the great names of rock, such as Bob Dylan and Neil Young. His second album, Ma Yela, was released in 2006 and produced by Manu Chao. Five years later, it was the turn of Paris-Hollywood to see the light of day, under the benevolent attention of sound engineer Frank Redlich (Serge Gainsbourg, Louis Chédid, la Tordue, Christophe, Arthur H...) and producer Philippe Eidel (Khaled, 123 Soleil, Indochine, Mammas...). He has performed at some of Europe's biggest festivals, including the Paléo Festival (Switzerland), the Fête de l'Huma, Nuits d'Afrique (Montreal) and the London Jazz Festival, and has also been programmed at major French venues such as the Olympia, the Zénith and the Bataclan. In 2020, he released the album Yes Papa, in which he fuses Berber, African, Latin rock and reggae sounds.

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