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Re: 04-07-2025
HIGHLY SOUGHT-AFTER 1975 ALBUM BY ALGERIAN SAX PLAYER FREH KHODJA MIXING JAZZ, ARABIC MUSIC AND LATIN/CARRIBEAN INFLUENCES. FIRST-EVER REISSUE, CURATED BY CHEB GERO FEATURING ORIGINAL ARTWORK, REMASTERED AUDIO AND NEW LINER NOTES BY RABAH MEZOUANE
Wewantsounds is delighted to continue its Algerian music reissue program with the release of Freh Khodja’s sought-after 1975 LP, Ken Andi Habib(Be My Lover). Recorded in Paris with Les Flammes, a group of immigrant musicians, the album is now reissued for the first time. Selected by Paris-based DJ Cheb Gero, who recently compiled the Sweet Rebels Rai set and curated the Abranis LP release for Wewantsounds. Ken Andi Habib is a masterful blend of Arabic music, jazz, Carribean/Latin influences, Cape Verde grooves and funk. Featuring original artwork, audio remastered by Colorsound Studio, and a two-page insert with new liner notes (French/English) by Algerian journalist Rabah Mezouane.
https://wewantsounds.bandcamp.com/album/ken-andi-habib
Tracklist:
1. Habitek
2. Ken Andi Habib
3. Ghariti Bya
4. Ya Coladera
5. Aich Sar Bina Koulili
6. Kalbou Ahzine
7. Hawa
8. Ani Jit El Youm
