With its beginnings
Kenitra (the small Arabic bridge) was founded in 1997 in Martigny (Were worth) by: Jalal Marhani composer-songwriter and guitarist of the group.
Surrounded by Yves Roulin in the rhythmic guitar and Yvan Monnet with the battery, the group started to repeat.
The music of will kenitra is in a style which its musicians enjoy to call > MetalOriental< from the fact that it is the result of the mixture of Progressive Metal and the Eastern influences which bring to him its type-setter thanks to his origins.
After one year of good and faithful services, Yvan Monnet leaves for new horizons leaving the group without beater, with a box at rate/rhythm programme. Good beaters being always as much difficult to find under our latitude, the box at rate/rhythm will function during one year and half.
The répét's continue however and will kenitra is joined during 1999 by Emanuel Pot with the battery, and Julien Dulex with low. Three months of intensive work later, the group produces a first model of 10 instrumental titles to the Colchique studio in Monthey (Were worth).
2000 ran out, the cruising speed seemed reached and all went for best for the group when a drama arrived. An animal of the family of the rodents tackling the electric system, caused a fire which destroyed all the building, as all the material of the group which was in its room.
At the beginning of 2001, the heavy heart, Jalal Marhani decides to leave to Morocco to record violins and typically Eastern percussions there in order to polish its style. On its return in Switzerland, it meets the centre piece of its group: Reda Redjati, Oriental singer residing at Katmandu (Népal). They decide the setting-up of a project a collaboration.
Medium 2001, Jalal Marhani moves in Bex (Vaud) where it finds a room adapted to the installation of a project of studio of recording. During this time, the manager of the group approaches the owner of Montain Studio in Montreux (Vaud). To interest by the style of will kenitra, David Richards (of which we will not make him the affront present it to you) proposes an artistic collaboration.
Unfortunately, the destiny decided some differently. The rhythmic guitarist Yves Roulin (to perhaps frighten by the extent of the events) decides to leave will kenitra, and it is replaced with the foot raised by Raoul Goin.
In 2002 will kenitra is selected among 30 groups of all the French-speaking Switzerland by Recording Festival in Sion (Were worth). The purpose of this festival is to support the new talents in their offering an audio-video support, thus facilitating the promotional accesses to them (concerts, house of discs, etc).
And here is the first concert of will kenitra out of box... Also, will kenitra seizes this advisability to give you the listening of his music through support that you hold between your hands, and wishes that you will have pleasure to listen to it.
Contact : Ethnometal Records Rte de l’Allex 1 1880 Bex (Switzerland)
www.ethnometal.com www.kenitra.ch www.oriental-metal.music.com
Source: http://WWW.KENITRA.CH
