Age does not really matter when a person’s best interest is to entertain and make other people happy.
The aforementioned notion is the key mantra of Rachid Taha, a multi-talented artist carving his name onto Europe’s healthy music scene, and he doesn’t have any plans of ending his career despite turning 57 this September.
Rachid Taha is one of many European artists who delved and thrived into giving their audience the best of every known music genre, and so far, he has established his influence in a plethora of music-crazed fans since 1980.
With the wide array of styles that he has shown the public and mastered over time, Rachid Taha is considered as one of the pillars of Europe’s music industry.
Originating from the imposing city of Sig, Algeria, Rachid Taha is a well-known human activist, aside from the fact that he can really make music.
Focusing on various genres such as rock, the local genre called rai and Algerian chaabi, rumba-pop, techno, dance and punk rock, Rachid truly has amazing showmanship to witness every single time he steps on stage.
Many music experts tagged Rachid Taha’s music as quite unnerving and enjoyable all at the same time.
His refreshing take on every genre he chooses to play speaks of flair and tenure, and his presence is not so easy to ignore.
The place where Rachid Taha was born is also his first inspiration for liking and cultivating his inner talent through the music genre called rai.
The influence of the Maghreb Region from where he spend most of his teenage life is also a major factor behind how he came to love different genres of music.
He started the spark by being a DJ at night as a sideline, and from there, the tracks of his success were greased into an unstoppable flight.
Before long, Rachid Taha got into fusing huge names in the industry into his Arabic DJ mash-ups with the likes of Led Zeppelin, Kraftwerk and Bo Diddley.
His inclination towards combining familiar musical styles with the modern is of his greatest strengths.
Many music critics have praised Taha’s brave take into using local and native instruments, which produced sounds on different wavelengths pleasing not only the ear but making the entire listening experience all the more enjoyable.
Through the course of his career, Rachid Taha has successfully drawn four major studio albums from his sleeves entitled Carte de Sejour (1983), Rhorhomanie (1984), 2 ½ (Deux et Demi in 1986) and Ramsa (1987).
When it comes to promotional and studio tracks, many fans who have adored Rachid Taha from the very beginning would definitely remember songs such as Voila, Voila, Abdel Kader, Ya Rayah, Ida, Wesh, Now or Never, Bleu Dr Marseille, Douce France and Ramsa.
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