Cheb i Sabbah
Sign in to saveAlso known as DJ Cheb i Sabbah, Serge El Beze, DJ Cheb I Sabbah, Haim Serge El Baaz
Algerian DJ and composer/producer (1947–2013)
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Algeria
- Active from
- 1947-08-07
- Active to
- 2013-11-06
dubindian classical
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 36,826
- Total plays
- 265,490
Tags
worldworld fusionMiddle Easternchilloutalgeria
Cheb i Sabbah (known as dj Cheb i Sabbah ) grew up as Haim Sérge El Baaz, a Jew of Berber (Amazigh) descent in Constantine, Algeria. He moved to Paris in the 1960s, and, more or less by accident, became a DJ. His complex cultural background may have prompted him to mix musical styles. By the late 1980s, he was pushing boundaries on the dance floor, seeking ways to work African, Asian, and Arabic music into the mix. Then, as the world music movement unfolded <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Che
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Constantine
- Place of death
- San Francisco
- Occupation
- disc jockey
- Official website
- chebisabbah.com
Show 5 more facts
- date of birth
- 1947-08-07
- date of death
- 2013-11-06
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- stomach cancer
- start of work period
- 1989-00-00
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