Chaoui is a genre of Berber music that originated in the Aurès region of Algeria. It is a mixture of Saharan and Atlas mountain music marked with dancing rhythms. This CD is a reissue of one of the most "in demand" of the genre's cassettes. It was originally released by Oriental Music Production, a label dedicated to the some of the best regional releases during the heyday of the '80s and '90s golden era of rai and local Algerian music cassettes.