Abdel Rahman El Bacha | en

1.) BRAHMAN is a Japanese alternative punk band with four members; Kohki-Guitar, Makoto-Bass, Ronzi-Drums and Toshi-Low-Vocals. As their sanskrit name suggests, they bring asian influences to the Western punk genre. They ventured to the US in 2005, following the success in Japan of their album A Forlorn Hope. 2.) Progressive, slightly pop, band from 1971. Released one album. .

Rahman Asadollahi is an Azerbaijani garmon player. In 1995 he won the first prize at the "All European Accordion and Harmonica Championship" in Switzerland - 650 players participated there. At the first annual "San Francisco World Music Festival" in 2000 Asadollahi was a featured master artist. .

Born in Beirut, Lebanon, on 13 February 1983, Bachar Khalife’s first encounter with stones was when his comrade Kifah, hiding in a tree, threw a well-sized rock that hit him in the head. That was his first encounter with stones. In 1988 he was transferred to Algiers. The day after his arrival, he fell in the Chriaa mountains. They covered his injured head with a piece of bread. That day, all of them raised their two fingers up in solidarity. A year later it was off to Paris, where he would be kept for the next 19 years. At the...

Abdel Ali Slimani was born in the U Anasser District of Algiers, the heart of a vibrant cosmopolitan port with one eye on Europe, the other on Africa. Music was a pervasive aspect of his childhood, from traditional Saharan and Berber dances, to Western funk, to reggae and Arab styles. During his teens he witnessed the explosion of Rai music, a youthful revolution headed by Khaled. Ali was entranced and dreamed of becoming a singer. After traveling and working around Europe he settled in England, where he became known as a DJ and Rai enthusiast amongst the North African community...