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Rachid Taha (Arabic: رشيد طه‎) (born 1958) is a French-Algerian musician. His music is influenced by many different styles such as rock, techno, and raï.

Taha was born in Oran, Algeria. His father was a factory worker. Taha’s family immigrated to France in 1968.

While working in a heating appliance factory in the late 1970s, Taha founded Les Refoulés (“The Rejects”), a nightclub where he would spin mashups of Arabic pop classics over Led Zeppelin, Bo Diddley, and Kraftwerk backbeats.

Based in Paris where he began his solo career after his beginnings as the leader of the French rock band Carte De Séjour, he usually sings in Arabic. In 1981, while living in Lyon, Taha met Mohammed and Mokhtar Amini. The three of them, Rachid, Djamel Dif and Eric Vaquer would later form the band “Carte De séjour” (green card) and record their first maxi Album “Carte De Séjour” in 1983. Their first LP Rhoromanie, came out in 1984. Their second and last LP entitled Ramsa (Five) was released in 1986 and included their famous and ironic cover of Douce France, originally sung by Charles Trenet. The band dissolved in 1989.

His breakthrough album as a solo artist was Diwân, featuring remakes of songs for the Algerian and Arab traditions. His album Tékitoi, produced by Steve Hillage and released in 2004, also brought him great acclaim and recognition from other rock musicians. In 2005 he performed with Robert Plant, Patti Smith and Brian Eno.

He covered The Clash song “Rock the Casbah” (in Arabic, as “Rock El Casbah”), which appeared in the 2007 film about Clash frontman Joe Strummer, “The Future Is Unwritten”.

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