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| | City Pages - Rachid Taha, Khaled, Faudel: <I>1, 2, 3 Soleils </I> (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) |
 | | SINCE ALGERIA DECLARED independence in 1962, France has experienced a wave of North African immigration, and with it a frighteningly pervasive, internationally publicized wave of populist xenophobia, spearheaded by the far-right National Front party. |
 | | Recorded at Bercy, Paris's biggest concert venue, on September 26, 1998, 1, 2, 3 Soleils (1, 2, 3 Suns) features three of raï's leading men (its three tenors, essentially): Rachid Taha, Faudel, and Khaled. |
 | | Taha, who began his career in 1981 with the Lyon rock band Carte de Séjour, may be the most adventurous of the three, recently scoring electronica-flavored hits in England. |
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