"may of students". Rachid Taha soon became a sort of little myth in his new country, just like another artist, the well-known Kalhed, who settled in France, leaving Orano, too.

But, differently from Kalhed, Taha doesn't focus his attention on rai: on the contrary, when he hears this term he feels some sort of disgust, even if that kind of music represents Algeria throughout the world. His aim is to create an ageless and timeless music, able to recall traditional archetypes to match them with the various elements of modern life. Techno-pop and rhythmic equipment or industrial noises included.

It's not surprising that he's able to produce a very good stuff. That's partly because he can avail himself of the help of the genius of his family (his father who was a musician as well) and partly because he's able to use his job experience in a factory in a successful way.

As a result "Diwan" has an interesting and innovative language, ancestral and futurist at the same time. On one hand it reminds the masterpieces of "chabi" music, which are those psalmodies of the Algerian casbah; on the other hand, it ranges from trance-dance rhythms towards far worlds, strictly connected with the New Millennium. With an eye on the mind and the other on the body.