De.Ville

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 DE.VILLE is a half Quebec, half Moroccan duo, comprised of the musician and producer simonpierre and the singer Ziad Qoulaii. Their melancholy sound and their hard-hitting bass and percussion pair well with Ziad’s unique vocals. DE.VILLE borrows from Raï, North African, and West African music while fully identifying with Montreal’s music scene. With a linguistic repertoire consisting of Darija, classical Arabic, French, and English, the multicultural aspect of the project reflects the reality of Quebec and is a reaction to the obsolete classification that is “world music” They release their debut project <a href="spotify:album:0YgfWW9LpVzWojEzqgWovB" data-name="Sables">Sables</a> in 2018 (Which won the best &#39;&#39;World Music&#39;&#39; album/Ep at the GAMIQ), followed by the single <a href="spotify:album:1yz5hRMPGkjlLR7NPnLkPj" data-name="Semhilia">Semhilia</a> with <a href="spotify:artist:2bWmHhwTBuPiOsnSz9sjBC" data-name="Jamaz">Jamaz</a>. At the end of 2020, they released the small Ep <a href="spotify:album:1mC7xMUdGpURgnTpnRcreU" data-name="Atlantique">Atlantique</a> with their first music video. In 2021, they collaborated with the Moroccan rapper <a href="spotify:artist:4BuamTRrqjMmqrCnJ2pUQg" data-name="Raid">Raid</a> on the song <a href="spotify:track:3D1pcN65xwxOA5hL8xfCzE" data-name="Exil">Exil</a>, which charted in the top 50 most streams songs on Spotify and Deezer in Morocco. They are now working on their first LP, releasing from time to time a single.