Noureddine Boutella

Born in 1954, Noureddine Boutella (نور الدين بوتلة) is a trained graphic designer and interior designer, he works in advertising, publishing, cinema and theater. He is the brother of the musician Safy Boutella.

He has to his credit sets for music videos (Kutché by Khaled and Safy Boutella 1986, Willy Denzey 2004), plays (Aziz Chouaki 1999, Tahar Ben Jelloun 1999), the interior architecture of two nightclubs in Algiers (Le Triangle 1985 and Bab ed-Dzira 2001)... He is also the author of the design of numerous Algerian cinema posters.

Attracted by both image and sound, Noureddine Boutella is also a musician. Renowned guitarist who can also be found on keyboards, composer, signing or collaborating on the arrangements of the albums of Aziz Chouaki (1988), Dihya (1989), Djamel Allam (1998) or Abdy (2002), he has performed on several prestigious stages, in the company of his brother Safy Boutella, such as the Nancy Jazz Pulsations (1991), the Angoulême Jazz Festival (1992), that of Montreal (1993) or the New Morning in Paris (1991, 92, 93). He also wrote music for advertising.

“Shaper of emotion,” says his traveling companion Aziz Chouaki, “Noureddine Boutella resembles those old coppersmiths of Cordoba, tirelessly devoted to the work, to breathe into it a soul, to give it life.”