Anissa Bensalah
Paris, Île-de-France, France | Established. Jan 01, 2010 | INDIE
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Press
Inventive, charming, outgoing, natural with a touch of extravaganza. These are the world that qualifiy best Anissa Bensalah, who gave a tremendous show, on February 20., in the Ibn Zeydoun concert hall, in Algiers. A concert that will be remembered, with a sensationnal mix of musical influences. - Yacine Idjer
Anissa Bensalah’s way of mixing and twisting musical genre is in no way a fad or a trend. Born from a brasilian mother and an algerian father, she is making her way through three cultures and three languages, arabic, portuguese and french, with a subtle and unique approach. Her first album ‘Matriz’, has a very fresh and acoustic sound, mainly inspired by afro brasilian music, with a jazz feel. - Louis-Julien Nicolaou
Anissa has a unique tone and voice that invokes a physical presence, just by listening to her music. Impressive ! - Nadia Khouri - Dagher
Her shimmering voice enables her to switch charmingly from Portuguese to Arab. With her first album “Matriz”, Anissa Bensalah shows her very own afro-brasilian World, with 5 characteristic and audacious musicians on her side. - Remy Kolpa Kopoul
She sings brazilian forro with an arabic soul and invents andalousian jazz in the land of vaudou. Don’t miss ‘Matriz’, an inventive and elegant first album - Anne Berthod
Discography
October 2013 - Album 'Matriz' (Ovastand / Musicast)
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Bio
Born in Haiti from a Brasilian mother and an Algerian father, raised in a French environment, Anissa Bensalah travelled the World before finding the musical answer to a daunting question:
How to find and define yourself when you grow up in three different cultures? On her first album Matriz , the singer shows all the extent of her backgrounds: she sings in Portuguese, Arabic and French, and unveils a blend music with the subtle uniqueness of a true master piece.
Instrumentation :
Anissa Lead vocal
2 Percussionnists
Acoustic and electric guitar
Electric bass or Double bass
TrumpetBand Members
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