{"id":76963,"date":"2026-06-17T16:18:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T14:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/veevcom.com\/?p=76963"},"modified":"2026-06-17T16:18:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T14:18:46","slug":"sidi-bemol-presente-guellal-montreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/veevcom.com\/en\/sidi-bemol-presente-guellal-montreal\/","title":{"rendered":"Sidi B\u00e9mol presents &#8220;Guellal Montr\u00e9al&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Sidi B\u00e9mol<\/strong>, also known as <strong>Hocine Boukella<\/strong>, is set to release \u2018<strong>Guellal Montr\u00e9al<\/strong>\u2019, his 13th album as a singer-songwriter, which marks the culmination of a <strong>30-year career<\/strong>! This new album will be released on <strong>18 September 2026<\/strong> (digitally and on CD) via <strong>CSB Productions<\/strong> \/ <strong>L\u2019Autre Distribution<\/strong>. Also worth noting is the publication of a book on <strong>18 September 2026<\/strong>, featuring <strong>lyrics<\/strong>, <strong>translations<\/strong>, <strong>sheet music<\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The first single, \u201c<strong>Les Menottes<\/strong>\u201d, has been available since <strong>5 June 2026<\/strong> on all platforms. The second single, \u201c<strong>Chicoutimiya<\/strong>\u201d, will be available on <strong>26 June 2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Guellal Montr\u00e9al is a musical project born from the encounter between the Berber traditions of northwestern Algeria and the Indigenous cultures of <strong>Quebec<\/strong>. Through this album, <strong>Hocine Boukella<\/strong>, also known as <strong>Cheikh Sidi Bemol<\/strong>, continues an artistic exploration he began several years ago, focusing on the guellal\u2014an ancestral Berber percussion instrument\u2014the melhoun\u2014 sung poetry considered one of the precursors of ra\u00ef\u2014and the possible connections between these cultural heritages and Indigenous American spiritualities.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Line-up<\/span><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hocine BOUKELLA<\/strong>: vocals and guitar; <strong>Youssef BOUKELLA<\/strong>: bass and backing vocals; <strong>Abdenour DJEMA\u00cf<\/strong>: guitar and backing vocals; <strong>Maamoun DEHANE<\/strong>: drums and backing vocals.<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Guest<\/span>: <strong>Mehdi ASKEUR<\/strong>: guellal and backing vocals.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The starting point for this album is the guellal, the central instrument of Oran\u2019s folk music. With its deep bass notes and sharp, crisp beats, it has accompanied the songs of the melhoun for centuries\u2014this rhythmic poetry performed by singer-poets who recount stories of the world in caf\u00e9s, markets, and popular festivals. At a very young age, his discovery of masters like <strong>Cheikh <\/strong><strong>Hamada<\/strong> left a profound impression on <strong>Hocine Boukella<\/strong>. A passionate fan of blues and rock, he immediately sensed a kinship between melhoun and the blues: the same emotional intensity, the same way of transforming poetry into vibration.<\/p>\n<p>Through his travels in <strong>Quebec<\/strong>, he discovered Indigenous cultures through their music and, above all, their poetry. The writings of <strong>Jos\u00e9phine Bacon<\/strong> and <strong>Natasha Kanap\u00e9 Fontaine<\/strong> stirred in him an emotion similar to the one he had felt when encountering traditional Berber poetry. Despite the distance between these peoples, he found a shared connection to nature, memory, and life itself.<\/p>\n<p>It was from this insight that <strong>Guellal Montr\u00e9al<\/strong> was born: a dialogue between languages, rhythms, and imaginations. The songs blend <strong>Arabic<\/strong>, <strong>Kabyle<\/strong>, <strong>French<\/strong>, and <strong>English<\/strong>, drawing inspiration from melhoun as well as traditional and contemporary Indigenous texts.<\/p>\n<p>To bring this project to life, he collaborated with <strong>Tacfarinas Kichou<\/strong>, a Quebec-based percussionist and instrument maker of <strong>Algerian<\/strong> origin whom he met in <strong>Montreal<\/strong>. Passionate about traditional rhythms from around the world, <strong>Sidi B\u00e9mol<\/strong> has developed a unique approach to the guellal by designing his own instruments and incorporating contemporary and Native American influences into them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Guellal Montr\u00e9al<\/strong> is thus an album about passing on traditions and cultural fusion, where traditions engage in a free dialogue with the sounds of today. It is a musical journey between <strong>Algeria<\/strong> and <strong>Quebec<\/strong>, between ancestral memory and contemporary creation.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sidi B\u00e9mol, also known as Hocine Boukella, is set to release \u2018Guellal Montr\u00e9al\u2019, his 13th album as a singer-songwriter, which marks the culmination of a 30-year career! This new album will be released on 18 September 2026 (digitally and on CD) via CSB Productions \/ L\u2019Autre Distribution. 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