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French-Algerian syncretist Rachid Taha has found the place where punk-rock and Arabic music collide. On the release of his newest album, Tékitoi?, whose highlights include a smashing cover of the Clash’s “Rock The Casbah,” we look at Taha’s increasingly impressive body of work, his forceful, charismatic persona and his collaborative relationship with producer Steve Hillage. Not to mention Taha’s merger of traditional and modern musical cultures, his irrepressible political angst and his affection for Algerian poetry.
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