8th June 2011 : El Gusto, le blues de la casbah
Read Ecran Total (n°855 - week 23) article about El Gusto's film.

27th November 2010 : The El Gusto orchestra performs in Brussels, Belgium, for the Festival Casbah Blues at the renouned Bozar.
Voir l'article El Gusto Chaabi d'Alger sur le site de Bozar.
Voir l'article "El Gusto Orchestra ::: Tribute to the ‘jazz of the orient’"

7th Febuary 2009 : The El Gusto orchestra performs in Paris, France, for the Festival au Fil des Voix at Alhambra.
Voir l'article El Gusto : les rois du chaâbi.

1st November 2008 : The El Gusto orchestra performs in Essaouira, Morocco, for the Festival des Andalousies Atlantiques d'Essaouira.

6 July 2008 : El Gusto performs the prestigious festival "Les Nuits de Fourviere" in Lyon, France on a double bill with the fabulous Idir and alongside such famous artists as R.E.M, Leonard Cohen, Vanessa Paradis, and Massive Attack.
Watch the video Rencontre avec Safinez Bousbia

June 2008 :  We are thrilled to announce that Oscar winning editor Françoise Bonnot ('Across the Universe', 'Frida', 'The Apartment', 'Z') has commenced post production on El Gusto while project and film distribution in Ireland and the UK will be handled by Revolver Entertainment. El Gusto is scheduled for theatrical release in May 2009.

May 2008 : We are proud to announce our collaboration with the prestigious French label "Accords Croisés", who will be handling worldwide touring as well as French music distribution.

13 April 2008 : Read NY Times review of Abdel Hadi Halo and the El Gusto Orchestra of Algiers here.

Watch El Gusto on France Television here.

Watch El Gusto on BBC's 'Later with Jools Holland' here.

29 October 2007:  El Gusto are proud to be invited as special guests on UK television on 'Later with Jools Holland', to be broadcast Friday 16 November on BBC2.

El Gusto opened the Berlin Jazz Festival on 31 October 2007 !  Click here for details.

10 October 2007: El Gusto play the London Barbican! 

29 September 2007: El Gusto headline Ramadan celebrations at Paris Bercy stadium.

26 September 2007: El Gusto to open the Berlin Jazz Festival on 31 October.

25 September 2007: Read Le Figaro article about El Gusto's concerts in Marseille and Paris Bercy.

18 September 2007: El Gusto to perform at the London Barbican on 10th October. Click here and here for details.

14 September 2007:  Read UK Times article about El Gusto's reunion concert in Marseille on 6th September: Once More with El Gusto

28 August 2007: El Gusto selected as one of Guardian Newspaper's hottest acts to catch in London this Autumn.

15 April 2007: Quidam Productions' 'El Gusto' wins the 2007 Mipdoc coproduction challenge

4 March 2007: Quidam featured in Sunday Business Post article 'New Irish Producers' (or click here for PDF copy).

15 February 2007: Quidam Productions featured in Variety article 'New Irish Producers'

17 December 2006: Sunday Times review of 'El Gusto' concert in Algiers and interview with Damon Albarn.

6 December 2006: Quidam Productions proud to be awarded Irish Film Board's Multiple Project Development award

21 November 2006: MTV France article about Damon Albarn's musical collaboration with 'El Gusto'.

20 November 2006: Billboard article about Damon Albarn's musical collaboration with 'El Gusto'.

11 November 2006: Listen to BBC World Service 'The Beat' report on concert 'Mandoza't El Gusto'

November 2006: Mondomix review of El Gusto's 1 November concert at the Algiers Opera.

November 2006: Listen to Mondomix interview with Damon Albarn in Algiers.

4 November 2006: EL WATAN (Algeria) review of El Gusto's 1 November concert at the Algiers Opera.