The guitarist and composer for well known one-off French prog band Rahmann, an absolute genius mixed fusion/zeuhl work, is name is Mahamad Hadi. Under the alias Mad Sheer Kahn:
Born in Algiers in 1955, of mixed Persian and Arabic origin, resides in France. Formed his first group in 1975. In 1981, he formed a duo and adopted an image that was quite rare for the time: he spent the 1980s swathed in a turban, deliberately going against what was then the normal practice. His unconventional appearance did not deter the critics, who responded enthusiastically to his playings.
In 1982 the well-known English magazine New Musical Express listed him among the ten best guitarists in the world. During this period he was in fact living in London, where he worked with Velvet Underground's muse, Nico, on the albums Drama of Exile 1 &2, and was acclaimed for his virtuosity.
You can also see on that page, as well as under Hadi, he has quite a discography.
This album is a mixture of ethnic folk with electronic and a lot of sitars. Very little info on the database page here.
Sample, Angel in the Bath:
source https://progressreview.blogspot.com/2025/06/mad-sheer-khans-talisman-1996-by.html
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