Cheb i Sabbah

{{Infobox musical artist

| image = Chebisabbah2008.jpg

| caption = Cheb i Sabbah at the Sundance Film Festival in 2008

| name = Cheb i Sabbah

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| birth_name = Serge El Beze{{cite news|last=Curiel|first=Jonathan|title=Back From the Brink of Cancer, Cheb i Sabbah Spins His Riveting Blend of Global Music|url=http://www.kqed.org/arts/music/article.jsp?essid=123516|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130724193444/http://www.kqed.org/arts/music/article.jsp?essid=123516|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 24, 2013|newspaper=KQED|date=July 21, 2013}}

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1947|08|07}}

| birth_place = Constantine, Algeria

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2013|11|06|1947|08|07}}

| death_place = San Francisco, California, United States

| genre = Global Electronica

| years_active = 1989–2013

| occupation = DJ, composer, producer

| label = Six Degrees

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Serge El Beze, best known as Cheb i Sabbah[http://www.forward.com/articles/9860/ "Jewish DJ Captivates Arab Ears"], The Forward, January 19, 2007. (7 August 1947 – 6 November 2013){{cite news|last=Lusk|first=Jon|title=Cheb I Sabbah: Pioneering DJ and producer who explored spirituality with his fusion of dance beats and world music|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/cheb-i-sabbah-pioneering-dj-and-producer-who-explored-spirituality-with-his-fusion-of-dance-beats-and-world-music-8950162.html|accessdate=21 November 2013|newspaper=The Independent|date=20 November 2013}} was a DJ and composer/producer known for combining Asian, Arabian, and African sounds into his compositions. El Beze was of Jewish and Berber descent. He was born in Algeria and came from a family of musicians.{{cite news|title=Cheb i Sabbah: 'Krishna Lila' and Everything Else|url=http://asianvibrations.com/cgi-bin/getFeature.cgi?featureNum=8|newspaper=Asian Vibrations|date=April 21, 2002|author=Gaurav|access-date=September 13, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080529132250/http://asianvibrations.com/cgi-bin/getFeature.cgi?featureNum=8|archive-date=May 29, 2008|url-status=dead}} When he was a teenager, El Beze moved to Paris and, in 1964, began his career DJing American soul music records.{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OSZKCXtx-wEC&dq=%22Cheb+i+Sabbah%22&pg=PA356 |title = The Dawn of Indian Music in the West|isbn = 9780826418159|last1 = Lavezzoli|first1 = Peter|date = 2006-04-24| publisher=A&C Black }} In 1984, he settled as a DJ in San Francisco.{{cite news|last=Bernhard|first=Brendan|title=East Is South|url=http://www.laweekly.com/2000-07-06/music/east-is-south/|newspaper=LA Weekly|date=June 28, 2000}} In 1989 he began using the stage name "Cheb i Sabbah", which translates to "young of the morning".[https://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/france/interviewsabbah.html FRONTLINE - Interview with dj Cheb i Sabbah] He has seven recordings on the Six Degrees Records label.

El Beze's performances included live musicians, dancers and massive projected visuals, backing up his electronic music. He was nominated for the BBC's 2006 Award for World Music in the Club Global category.[http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/worldmusic/a4wm2006/a4wm_sabbah.shtml BBC – Awards for World Music 2006 – Cheb i Sabbah]

His song "Toura Toura: Nav Deep Remix" was featured in soundtrack of FIFA 08 as well as Cricket 07.

El Beze was diagnosed with stage 4 stomach cancer in May 2011.

He died on November 6, 2013, in San Francisco.{{cite news|last=Bigg|first=Margot|title=R.I.P. Cheb I Sabbah|url=http://rollingstoneindia.com/r-i-p-cheb-i-sabbah/|newspaper=Rolling Stone India|date=18 November 2013}}