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Areski Belkacem
Author, composer, musician and performer, Larezki Belkacem is better known by
his first name Areski. Born in Versailles on January 23, 1940, he began
performing on stage before meeting Jacques Higelin during his military service.
This friendship led to the 1969 album Higelin & Areski, released on the Saravah
label, and the meeting of Brigitte Fontaine, who became his partner and invited
him to appear on her avant-garde album Comme à la Radio, produced in 1970 with
the Art Ensemble of Chicago. After a joint show, Niok, at the Théâtre du
Lucernaire, Areski went solo, recording Un B...
