SIDI WACHO

Les Grands Événements TD series, in collaboration with ICI Musique

“Fronted by French-Algerian rapper[AN1]  Saidou and Chilean rapper Juanito Ayala, Sidi Wacho unite rebelliousness on both sides of the Atlantic (specifically, Northern Africa and the global south) through activist rap in French and Spanish (…) with dance rhythms from various parts of the world in percussive, driving tunes that fuse Balkan beats, raucous polkas, and banging cumbias” (Chicago reader, 2022). Independent and in a class of its own, Sid Wacho has a sincere desire to share, sparking things off by having a blast denouncing inequalities and chanting their hip-hop message over festive and passionate bursts of trumpet, accordion and percussions. As with everything they do, their last album, Calle Sound System (2022), makes you want to dance but also take to the streets with first raised!