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Biography
Habib Belkziz (Arabic حبيب بلقزيز, Marrakech, 9 November 1989) is a Moroccan gnawa singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He released the Album Sidi Kmmy produced by HaBiBelk Productions Records.
Career
Beginnings
Habib Belkziz started singing at eight years old and made his first appearances since the age of nine in family weddings. In his childhood he was often invited to the Gnawa evening gatherings "LILA" with his uncle "Maàllam Abdelkbir Merchan" in Marrakech. His interest was quickly aroused in the Gnawa Spiritual Music . His uncle recognized his passion for music and gave him his first little Guimbri that he called "Awicha". Over the years, Habib gained more experience through many appearances at festivals, weddings, hotels, riads, traditional restaurants as a solo entertainer but also as a member of multiple groups in Morocco and Europe. He became active in 2005 under the name Habibelk.
Later on, Habib moved from Morocco to (Germany) and released his first video in his YouTube channel that was established back in 2006.
On 15 March 2017, Habib released his first videos Hammadi then Mberika and Baba Mimoun that are all part of the album Sidi kmmy. In 2018, he co-produced the song "Al Ayta" with the Egyptian artist Hamza Namira. The song was a success in the Arabic speaking countries and was ranked 19th in Morocco (January 2019) according to the website Charts around the Worldas well as on the top 10 ranking of the Moroccan Radio channel Hit Radio.
In 2019, Habib Belk produced the song Sandiya with new melodies and a different way of singing, arranging and mixing. Habibelk is known by innovating and mixing the Moroccan traditional Gnawa music with other genres including Trap, Bass, Reggaeton, Electro as well as R&B in an attempt to open up this music from a local perspective to a more global one.
Gnawa Deutschland
In 2017, Habibelk Düsseldorf (Guimbri and vocals) together with three other artists:Rachid Lamouri from Bonn, Zakaria Izoubaz from Hildesheim and Rabiie Rezgaoui from Bad Salzuflen (all Karkabou, dance and singing) founded the group Gnawa Deutschland. The group tours and participates in various festivals and concerts in Europe and offers special Workshops in universities and schools in (Germany).
Discography
Sidi Kmmy album
- Hammadi – 2017
- Mberika – 2017
- Lalla Malika – 2017
- Baba Mimoun – 2017
- El Hadia – 2017
- La ilaha ila llah – 2018
- Goumari – 2018
- Youbati – 2018
- Sidi Kmmy – 2018
Music videos
- Baba Mimoun – 2017
- Sidi Kmmy – 2018
- Sandiya – 2019