Mohamed Abdennour

Mohamed Abdennour (stage name Ptit Moh) is an Algerian composer, arranger and instrumentalist, active in France and playing a fusion of different musical forms mixed with chaabi.

Early life He has been called a virtuoso on the Algerian mandole or mondol, "one of most gifted on this instrument very present in the Châabi music." In France he has worked with other artists including, providing background music or participating in their bands, as well as arranging music for film and theater. The bands he has played with have played a wide mixture of music, including rap, ragga, reggae, jazz and raï. In addition to showing what the mondol can do, he also has shown the capabilities of other stringed instruments used in North Africa, including the banjo, oud, mandolin, sintir, guitar and laúd.

Biography Abdennour began playing stringed instruments at age 8, including mandolin, mondol, banjo and guitar. He met Amar Ezzahi, one of the masters of the Algerian chaâbi in 1983, when he was only 17 years old. Two years later, he began to work with him, playing banjo and performing. Working with the experienced musician gave him knowledge and experience and he refined his technique. The band was from Grenoble, in the South-East of France, and played a mixture of rap, ragga, reggae, jazz, raï.

After the breakup of Gnawa Diffusion, he drew upon his years of musical experience and began a solo project, called the "Ptit Moh Project". He not only played but arranged music for Malya Saadi's album "Ya Bhar" in 2013. Ptit Moh also worked on the last album of Idir, published in April 2017.

In 2014, he played with the. flamenco, player, Juan Carmona in the Ibn Zeydoun hall in Alger and in the Cité de la Musique in Marseille 1999: Identités, (Idir) 1999: Bab El Oued Kingston, (Gnawa Diffusion) 2002: Uni-Vers-Elles, (Djur Djura) 2002: Guerouabi el Hachemi (Guerouabi El Hachemi) 2002: DZ Live, (Gnawa Diffusion) 2003: Souk System, (Gnawa Diffusion) 2006: Fucking Cowboys, (Gnawa Diffusion) 2006: Desert Rebel, (Desert Rebel) 2007: Ishumars Les Rockers Oubliés Du Désert, (Desert Rebel) 2009: Marchez noir, (Amazigh Kateb) 2011: Des Racines Et Des Chants (Nassima) 2015: Dark En Ciel, (Sarah Riani)