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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... |
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Adarghal
Introduction (1:46) |
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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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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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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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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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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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... |
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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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