DJ Cheb I Sabbah
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DJ Cheb I Sabbah
Real Name:
Haim Serge El Baaz
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Cheb i Sabbah (August 7, 1947 – November 6, 2013) was a DJ and composer/producer. With a DJ career spanning three decades, it would be difficult to find a more fascinating DJ than Cheb i Sabbah. Born in Algeria, a great source of his inspiration were his two uncles who were masters of the Malouf style, also known as Andalusian music. Cheb I described himself as a 'hajji', a musical pilgrim of the spirit. His name is another reference to his pilgrimage: Cheb is a nickname used by Algerian rai singers; Sabbah means 'morning', but the link is actually to Hassan i Sabbah, the Persian mystic whose legendary library is rumoured to be the largest in the world. Cheb i Sabbah passed away on November 6, 2013 in his home in San Francisco due to a stomach cancer.
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plord
January 9, 2017
When I first moved to San Francisco in 1995, Cheb was the house DJ on Thursday nights at a *tiny* little club in the lower Haight district called Nickie's. The dance floor, if you could call it that, was barely 10x20' and had a support pole smack in the middle of it. Cheb spun THE MOST ECLECTIC, globe-spanning, grooving underground tracks in town. The night wasn't heavily promoted (if at all), but I'm willing to wager that it had an epic proportion of attendees who were drawn in off the street, just walking by, who then became regulars. A brilliant way to kick off your weekend. Cheb is much missed. A gentle soul and a conduit for everything that music does to bring people together.
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soverybusy
December 2, 2016
Can't believe no one has commented on this extraordinary and talented musician and producer before. Breathtakingly beautiful music - deep, mystical, intellectual, exciting, surprising, shimmering production. I'm not usually into 'world music', to use an abused but well known term, but this music just about transcends all musical boundaries, and obviously, without even knowing the musicians, he had assembled a formidable group of the finest for each recording. Personal favourite is first album, Shri Durga - it's strong, gorgeous, spacious, seems to stretch out forever, intense but light as a feather at the same time. A shining star. Treat yourself.
clayterman
June 4, 2017