LES BOUKAKES
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LES BOUKAKES

Montpellier, Languedoc-Roussillon, France

Montpellier, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
Band World Rock

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"SONGLINES"

Another top offering from LES BOUKAKES. (...) Rulers of Rock and Rai prove there is a whole lot more to them. - Ed Stocker


"fROOTS"

Make a note of the name. If there’s any justice, you’re going to be hearing lo of them in the near future - C.Nickson


"THE NEW YORK TIMES"

Hybrid music was all over the festival, sometimes in kitchen-sink combinations, but often in synergistic ones. Les Boukakes, with a lead singer from Algeria and members from Tunisia and France, put rock dynamics behind impassioned lyrics about social conditions and the long, gutsy vocal lines of Algerian rai music; at one point, the rhythm of metal castanets intertwined with a modal line played on wah-wah guitar.
- X


"LIBERATION"

Ils emmêlent joyeusement groove, raï, arabo-andalou et musique gnawa dans un cocktail tonique. Tourneries irrépressibles, voix vigoureuses, c’est assurément un excellent groupe de scène. - X


"ROCK N'FOLK"

Mélodies orientales, funk et rock pour un résultat aussi tonique que dansant. - X


"ROCK SOUND"

La musique traditionnelle d'Afrique du Nord y rencontre du rock des années 80, du reggae et du funk sur de magnifiques mélodies envoûtantes. L'émouvante voix de Bachir donne le frisson. Ces musiciens issus de diverses cultures enrichissent la sainte trinité guitare-basse-batterie de nombreux instruments traditionnels ; ni raï, ni rock fusion, leur musique intense distille sa magie sans faiblir - X


"ARTE"

Les Boukakes, c’est un vrai melting-pot musical, synthèse du rock et des musiques méditerranéennes. - X


"TELERAMA"

Excellent combo de rock-raï festif qui animait la soirée anniversaire des Découvertes du Printemps de Bourges : vingt ans que ces réseaux fureteurs, disséminés dans tout l’hexagone, vont à la pêche aux talents cachés. - X


Discography

2012- Album ''Punky Halal'' (Mimouna Prods/Believe)
2008- Album ‘’Marra’’ (Mimouna Prods/Nocturne)
2004- Album ‘’Bledi‘’ (Mimouna Prods/Mosaïc)
2001- Album ‘’Makach Mouch ‘kil‘’ (Coca International /Mélodie)

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Bio

The Exile gave birth to the “Boukake”…

Since the creation in 1998, the adventure of the band LES BOUKAKES has been shared with about 20 musicians and singers coming from all over the Mediterranean sea.
This mixture turns out to be the perfect combination of oriental and western influences, raï, rock, funk and pop.

Their name itself is a reply to some of the less than friendly comments they received in their time on the streets, ”Boukake” being a phonetic mixture of two typical racist insults. But for them, that did not have anything of degrading, because the “ Boukake” was born during the long trip of exile, a rich child of the world and its prohibited loves. Without making ostensible political comments in their songs, this deliberate attitude says something for their resistance to bias and ignorance generally.
After a few years, from the street to bars, from small concerts to festivals, they finally met their audience, sharing the stages with famous bands like like FEMI KUTI, MANU DIBANGO, KHALED, TINARIWEN, TARAF DE HAIDOUKS… and others...

In 2001, they recorded the album Makach Mouch'kil (in collaboration with the singers A.Bekhechi & D.Meghraoui). That first work got a great reception from the media. The lyrics with oriental melodies harmoniously swing on musics either Rock, Groove, Electronic, Rai, or Gnawa.

But it was in 2004 that their music (raï n’rock) was spotted :
They won professional prizes (FAIR, Découvertes Printemps de Bourges..) and an European TV channel, ARTE, chose to follow their development for documentaries.
They celebrated the end of the year with the release of a brand new album Bledi (in collaboration with the singer B.Mokhtar).
The Raï and Rock Music of that album proves that the combination of Orient and Occident is possible and it can be Happy !

From 2005 to 2008, to share that new album with the audience, the band is on tour with more than 150 concerts in 20 different countries. Notice their participation at the Festival international of Jazz of Montréal, the Paléo festival, the WOMEX 2005, the Sziget Festival, Sakifo Festival, Amsterdam Roots Festival, Timitar Festival Morocco etc...
They have been nominated for The BBC Awards For World music 2007.

In 2008 they recorded Marra (in collaboration with the singer B.Mokhtar).
<< it's hard not to be seduced by this album's inventive energy>> F.ROOTS

In October 2012, they released their fourth album Punky Halal (in collaboration with the singer S.Maziz).
For this production, which reveals a new sound, they decided to deepen the meeting of Eastern music with Western rock, combining sounds and traditional instruments with electronic music.
<< Another top offering from LES BOUKAKES. (..) Rulers of Rock','Raï prove there is a whole lot more to them.>> Ed Stocker SONGLINES
<< An oasis of happiness>> Festival COULEUR CAFE