Cheb i Sabbah's life traces an almost fairy-tale perfect path through the evolution of what's now called world music. Born in Algeria in 1947, he absorbed the Judeo-Arabic Andalusian music of his ...
Hollywood filmmakers put world music in their movies whenever they want to create an exotic mood, which is why -- to cite just one current example -- director Adrian Lyne used songs by the great ...
On a balmy Southern Californian evening in 2003, dj, producer and self-proclaimed "musical adventurer" Cheb i Sabbah joined forces with Pakistani Qawwali ensemble Riffat Sultana & Party along with ...
The influential producer, musician and DJ hooked into traditions from India to North Africa to make music that was perfect for the digital... Global DJ, composer and musician Cheb I Sabbah died last ...
On his previous disc, La Kahena, San Francisco-based, Algerian-born DJ Cheb i Sabbah explored the sounds of his native North Africa, adding tracks and loops to the material he had recorded there upon ...
DJ Cheb i Sabbah was one of the first DJs to spin records in Paris during the '60s, and fused Asian/Indian sounds with electronic beats during the '80s. Sadly, Sabbah has just been diagnosed with ...
Mix devotional songs from ancient cultures with modern electronic house rhythms and what do you get? If you're the Algerian-born San Francisco DJ Cheb i Sabbah you get modern music that preserves the ...
As far as event names go, The Full Circle Tour: DJ Cheb i Sabbah & 1002 Nights featuring Mitch Hyare and Riffat Sultana & Party is one of the largest we’ve seen in a while, but that’s understandable — ...
For many people, the idea of a Jewish DJ being named a featured artist at venues like the Arab Film Festival or the Arab American National Museum would be a head-scratcher. For global electronica DJ ...
DJ Cheb i Sabbah’s new album, Krishna Lila (Six Degrees), may well be the first collection of bhajans, or Hindi devotional tunes, constructed in Pro Tools. It was recorded over a two-year period on ...
Unfettered by genre constraints, As Far As weaves music from over three continents carried by lyrics in nine languages into a rich theatrical mix. Adventuring between the global dance floor and ...