Bled Music

Name: Bled Music
Genre: Talk
Rating: 10
Cast: Kamel Dynamite, Farid Kessaissia, Samia Benkherroubi, Raïna Raï, Lotfi Attar

Talk10.019911 season · 1 episode

Status: Returning Series
Language: Arabic, French
Studio: Établissement National de Télévision (ENTV)

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Episodes

Cast

Kamel Dynamite
Self (Host)
Farid Kessaissia
Self (Host)
S
Samia Benkherroubi
Self (Host)
Raïna Raï
Self
Lotfi Attar
Self
Cheb Mami
Self
Rachid Baba Ahmed
Self
Cheb Khaled
Self
Chaba Fadela
Self
Cheb Sahraoui
Self
Mohamed Lamine
Self
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Cheb Anouar
Self

Storyline

"Bled Music" is an Algerian musical television program broadcast on ENTV between 1991 and 1992. directed by Aziz Smati and presented by Kamel Dynamite, Farid Rockeur and Samia Benkherroubi. The show, with its irreverent tone, was very popular and had a significant impact on the Algerian music scene, allowing the emergence of many artists including Chaba Fadela, Cheb Sahraoui, Cheb Anouar and Mohamed Lamine. A ranking of music videos by popularity and relied on fans sending their votes by mail. At the end of the 1980s, unrest broke out in Algeria which led the country into a Black Decade. At this time, fundamentalist groups attempted to ban music and most other forms of artistic expression. The show continued to air despite death threats, but on February 14, 1994, Aziz Smati was shot in both legs by a young extremist, which ultimately led to the end of the show .