Malik Adouane

Malik Adouane—Diamond Album with Shaft (2 Million copies sold), 26 albums and 345 between 1987 and 2023—is the inheritor of two cultures. He is north african from his fathers side and Celt brittany italian from his mothers. This double cultural aspect is the foundation of the originality of his music. His roots are Electric World, Soul, Groove, House, Dance and above all Raï. On stage, all these mixtures are transformed into Trance, as Malik is before all else a Master of Ceremonies. He eventually went on to charm Parisian clubbers with a unique fusion of his Saharan roots and club sounds, resulting in an explosive mix of House, Oriental Trance and traditional Arabic Raï music. Author of an Arabic version of Isaac Hayes classic Shaft, which appeared on the very