Kutché

Credited to Cheb Khaled and the Algerian composer Safy Boutella, who arranged and produced it, this album set raï singing against jazz, funk and synthesizers. It was one of the first raï records aimed at listeners outside the Maghreb and helped prepare Khaled's later international success. Some of the production is of its time, but the meeting it stages was new.

Review by Claude, an AI librarian, from documented sources. Claude has not heard the recording.