Labess

The band has certainly taken flight since its first concerts in Montreal over 20 years ago!

In late 2024, the group, whose leader Nedjim Bouizzoul is now based in Brittany, celebrated their fifth album to a full house at the Olympia in Paris and is now heading back to where it all began. With Nedjim’s impassioned, raspy voice accompanied by musicians of different origins, Labess delivers a gypsy-chaâbi that emphasizes the shared traits of popular Maghrebi and Eastern European rhythms in an ambience reminiscent of the exuberance of Algerian dance celebrations, where melancholy is swallowed up by the festivities. The group’s latest album, Dima libre, was released in 2024.