Cheb i Sabbah
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Serge El Beze, best known as Cheb i Sabbah[1] (7 August 1947 – 6 November 2013)[2] was a DJ and composer/producer known for combining Asian, Arabian, and African sounds into his compositions. El Beze was of Jewish and Berber descent.[1][3] He was born in Algeria and came from a family of musicians.[4] When he was a teenager, El Beze moved to Paris and, in 1964, began his career DJing American soul music records.[5] In 1984, he settled as a DJ in San Francisco.[3] In 1989 he began using the stage name "Cheb i Sabbah", which translates to "young of the morning".[6] He has seven recordings on the Six Degrees Records label.
El Beze's performances included live musicians, dancers and massive projected visuals, backing up his electronic music. He was nominated for the BBC's 2006 Award for World Music in the Club Global category.[7]
His song "Toura Toura: Nav Deep Remix" was featured in soundtrack of FIFA 08 as well as Cricket 07.
El Beze was diagnosed with stage 4 stomach cancer in May 2011.[8] He died on November 6, 2013, in San Francisco.[9]
Discography
- Shri Durga (1999)
- Maha Maya-Shri Durga Remixed (2000)
- Krishna Lila (2002)
- Krishna Lila Select (Bhajans) (2002)
- La Kahena (2005)
- La Kahena Remixed-EP (2005)
- La Ghriba-La Kahena Remixed (2006)
- Devotion (2008)
- Samaya: A Benefit Album For Cheb i Sabbah (2012)
References
External links
- Cheb i Sabbah on Six Degrees Records
- Cheb i Sabbah on SoundCloud
- Interview. AsianVibrations.com
- ↑ a b "Jewish DJ Captivates Arab Ears", The Forward, January 19, 2007.
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- ↑ BBC – Awards for World Music 2006 – Cheb i Sabbah
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- 1947 births
- 2013 deaths
- Algerian emigrants to the United States
- Algerian Jews
- Ambient musicians
- American people of Algerian-Jewish descent
- Deaths from stomach cancer
- Electronica musicians
- Musicians from the San Francisco Bay Area
- People from Constantine, Algeria
- American world music musicians
- Six Degrees Records artists
- Algerian electronic musicians
- 20th-century American Sephardic Jews
- 21st-century American Sephardic Jews
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