Chaoui is a musical style of Aurès in southern Algeria. Chaoui is the French or Berber spelling of the Shawiya language. The music is sometimes called Shawiya style in English,[1] but also as French Chaoui.[2]
It is a mix of sahraoui (Saharan) music and marked danceable rhythms, accompanied by flute and bendir.
Notable singers include Houria Aïchi, Ali El-Khencheli, A'issa ÉI-Djermouni, Hadj Bouregaa, Teldja and Zoulikha.[3]
^Afropop: An Illustrated Guide To Contemporary African Music Sean Barlow, Banning Eyre, Jack Vartoogian - 1995 "Though rai gets the most attention internationally, Algeria also has a roots music scene that includes Kabylie Berber singers performing mostly acoustic music. Houria Aichi, with her shawiya style, sings accompanied prominently by bendir ...
^The Rough Guide to World Music: Africa & Middle East - Page 24 Simon Broughton, Mark Ellingham, Jon Lusk - 2006 "The 2003 double disc Treasures of Algerian Music (lnstitut du Monde Arabe) offers a rich sampling of the Chaoui melodies that beckoned Bartok. More recent examples of the tribe's sounds can be found on two discs by Markunda Aures:"
^Sud algérien ed. Dominique Auzias, Jean-Paul Labourdette, Collectif - 2012 Page 1997 "Dans les Aurès, on chante surtout de la poésie populaire sur une musique dite « chaoui » , un mélange de musique sahraoui et de rythmes marqués et dansants. Les noms à retenir sont Aïssa EI-Djermouni, Hadj Bouragaa, Djenia Khaled, Ali EI-Khenchli, Teldja ou Zoulikha. I Houria A'ichi : Chants de I'Aurès (Auvidis, 1990), Les Cavaliers de I'Aurès (Accords Croisés Harmonia Mundi, 2008)"
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