Hamid Baroudi

Hamid Baroudi is an Algerian singer and musician who has been based in Germany since 1984. He was the front singer of the German band Dissidenten, and then built a solo career. He was born on 20 February 1964 in Tiaret.

Baroudi grew up in Algeria, and he has been active on stage since 1976. He moved to France in 1981, and then to Germany. He studied art in Kassel, the German city he chose as his home.

For 6 years he was the front singer of Dissidenten. He also toured England, Spain and Japan with WOMAD (World of Music, Arts and Dance), the festival organisation of Peter Gabriel.

In 1990 his single Caravan II Bagdad came out. After he left Dissidenten, he released his first solo album, City No Mad, in 1994. It topped the European World Music Chart in August that year.

The single Moulana followed in October 1994. The City of Kassel gave him a culture award.

His later albums include Salama in 1995, Mad C. T. Mix in 1996, Five in 1997 and Sidi in 2001.

Baroudi has also worked with DJ Krush, who remixed his songs Trance Dance in 2022 and Macumba in 2023. A remix of Salama by DJ Gilb'R came out on 17 May 2024. In 2015 the Algerian press reported his return to Algeria after many years abroad.