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New Moon (1995)
Real World Records

This first album has been realised in circumstances that were often rather difficult. Abdelli is expulsed from Denmark and decides to have a short stop in Brussels...

read about how the album came about...

...but the effort has not been in vain. The album was well received by the press and the public.

read the press reviews...

 

the tracks:


1 Adarghal Introduction (1:46)      
2

Adarghal (The blind in spirit) (4:09)
If the man who was once blind in spirit begins to see, there will always be others around him who will try to use his new-found sight. "Wake up, idiots! Who sent you in sleep in that way? Your sleep is humiliating. One day there will be a big storm which will uproot you!

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3

Achaah (Resentment) (7:07)
"I've the feeling that I forget what life teaches me with the passing days, that I look further than is allowed. Where feelings are concerned, the mind and the heart do not speak the same language comfortably."

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4

Lawan (Time) (4:01)
"I ask Time what happens "out there", outside Kabyl. He replies, "Women are exploited there, they are offered, they're not even sold, they simply lose their dignity and honor."

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5

Walagh (I observe) (5:12)
"I observe the world, its customs, its differences and the prevailing incomprehension..." The mountain in this song, the mother of lions, symbolises strength, bringing forth unsung heroes.

     
6 Ayafrouk (The pigeon) (5:22)

The pigeon knows no frontiers, it sleeps where it wants. The pigeon returns to its country, light in body and spirit. The man, returning from exile, returns weighted down with defeat and humiliation.

     
7 Imanza (Ancestors) (4:29)
The sap of proverbs nourishes the tree of Berber wisdom. Faithful to themselves, the Berbers have resisted foreign invaders and kept their culture alive. Kabyl culture survives beyond humanity.
     
8 JSK (Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie) (4:32)
The young, the old, intellectuals, peasants and artists all identify themselves with the same national spirit, with the victories and defeats of the JSK. Tizi Ouzou laughs, Tizi Ouzou cries, according tot the wishes of the JSK.
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9 Igganniw (There are no more stars in my sky) (4:01)
"The stars have been driven away... I try to find them. A clairvoyant explains to me that they are no longer in the sky but down on earth: to each artist, his shining star...
     
10 Amegh Asinigh (Bad news) (5:08)
A man is killed fighting for his freedom. How should one tell a mother that her only son is dead after she has given up everything for him? The image of the mountain symbolises the wisdom of a mother capable of remaining calm and non-violent.
     

 

 
     
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