Farid Kessaissia

Farid Kessaissia فريد قسايسي better known as Farid Rockeur born July 24 1963 in Algiers Belouizdad district is an Algerian humorist and actorFarid began his artistic career in 1985 through the film Pour LAmour De lAlgérie and by designing and producing jingles for the Channel 3 radio show Local Rock directed by Aziz Smati Adept at wit excelling in verbal jousting this is how he appeared on television with his punclines Farid Rockeur sauce looking like Elvis Presley his idol in the cult show tailormade for him and his acolytes Kamel Dynamite Samia Belkherroubi Bled Music always produced by Aziz Smati The irreverent tone of the program mixing music culture comedy and caustic interviews was a real cultural revolution on Algerian television in its program schedule aimed at adolescents and young adults Music lover fine connoisseur of rock music and culture encyclopedia of rock pop which earned him his nickname Farid could talk for hours on end about the Smiths Johnny Marr References that he placed in his sketches where he pastiched for example The Cars Sharif Dean Memphis Slim Carte de Séjour Rachid Taha and all those of whom he was a fanA fervent defender of the specificity of Algerian culture and Raï music he also adored Cheb Hasni who was the perfect synthesis and whom he had worked with But also the immense raï producer Boualem Disco Maghreb and many others Farid traveled all over Algeria to discuss music cinema television which made him a jack of all trades at the same time actor actor singer host film buff collector producer and even nurse at the hospital Mustapha hospital where he provided service to many patients from the artistic world and othersThe artistic career of Farid Rockeur in broad terms Designer of jingles on channel 3 shows Local Rock Host in Rock Dialna by Aziz Smati 19841988 Actor in Bouzenzel by Moussa Haddad 19871989 Actor in Bled Music by Aziz Smati 1990 Actor in Qabsa Chemma by Moussa Haddad 1990 Actor in Mélodies De lEspoir by Djamel Fezzaz 1991 Actor in Hiwar Fi Djiwar by Salim Benkadi 1992 Actor in Nass Mlah City by Djaâfar Kacem with Biyouna 2006 Actor in the film Le Branché De La Télévision Actor in El Hadj Lakhdar by Lakhdar Boukhors Actor in Dar El Adjeb by Amine Boumediène 2018He died on July 12 2021 in Algiers of a heart attack He is buried in the Sefsafa cemetery in Algiers The Algerian Minister of Culture and Arts Wafa Chaâlal praised in a message of condolences the memory of the deceased regretting this immense loss for Algerian culture