2000, Arcueil, Île-de-France, France
Members
Hocine Boukella (vocals, guitar),
Marc Israël (bass), Samy Chiboub (drums),
Moulay Aït Si Ahmed (guitar),
Manu Le Houezec (flute, saxophone, bombarde),
Amine Chaffaï (violin)
Tracklist:
01 - Toughach Ajejig
02 - Aman
03 - Tchina
04 - Ad Ezzi Ssaâ
05 - Tala
06 - Khamsa
07 - Win A Win
08 - Aurés
Information from a concert performed (when???) with the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra:
THALWEG:
Hocine Boukella: guitar and voice
Clément Janinet: violin
Michel Sikiotakis: flute and saxophone
Khiliff Miziallaoua: guitar
Eric Rakotoarivony: bass
Hervé Le Bouché: drums
Amar Chaoui: percussion
In its relatively short career, Thalweg has brought together, with impeccable
originality, the traditions of the sun and the desert with those of rain, fog and
leafy woods, the south Mediterranean with the landscapes of the North Atlantic. With this apparently antagonistic fusion of cultures, the members of Thalweg have brought together words, melodies, rhythms and sonorities of such diverse origins that would otherwise seem irreconcilable. An idea that combines Celtic melodies with subtle hybrids from jazz and other popular music, and is finally spiced with the joy and vitality of Berber rhythms.