Reda Taliani

Réda Tamni popular with his stage name, Reda Taliani was born in the year 1980 in El Biar, Algiers, Algeria. He is a rai musician. He lived in Marseille, France for a long time. The music he plays blends the chaabi music, rai music and the traditional music patterns of the Maghreb and several of his music portrays the realities and aspiration of the youth of the country, Algeria.

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Career

His family originated from Constantinem, Algeria and he grew up in Kolea, a town that is in Tipaza region of the northern part of the country. His musical profession began when he was 5 years of age, which was when he joined the Kolea Conservatory of Arab and Andalusian Music, and it was there that he learned how to play some musical instruments and passed through in bthe playing of the mandolin. He was enticed by the rai music at his early age and he decided to leave the Andalusian music totally and engaged himself to the rai music. The name Taliani, which means, the Italian, is the nickname that was given to him when he was 8 years of age, and that was because of the way he used to dress.

The first album he dropped was called Ache Dani Elwahd Tayra, which he dropped in the year 2000 with the producer of the music, Issame and Eleulma Phone. He stayed with the label of the music till the year 2004, which was when he relocated to Dounia Production label and dropped his successful album called Joséphine, and this was done in that same year. since the release of the album, he discovered success and popularity in the country with Les Algériens des Kamikazes and Khobz Dar. The music he made was hugely influenced by the style of the following people of the country; Khaled and Sahraoui and also by the music style of Bob Marley and Santana.

Discography

Ø  Ache dani elwahd tayra

Ø  Joséphine "

Ø  Bahr el Ghadar.

Ø  Dis moi

Ø  Loumina

Ø  Khobz dar

Ø  Les algériens des kamikhazes

Ø  Suis-le, il te fuit, fuis-le, il te suit (El moudja li datou)

Ø  Les algériens rassa

Ø  Mon cœur n'aie pas peur

Ø  Taaya Tebghini

Collaborations

Ø  "Ca passe ou ca casse" (with Tunisiano)

Ø  "Cholé Cholé" (with group Rappeurs d'Instinct)

Ø  "Famille nombreuse" (feat rim'k and 113)

Ø  "Raï Kaï" (with Lim feat Samira)

Ø  "Inch'Allah" (Grand Corps Malade feat. Reda Taliani)