Born Achour Abderrahmane, Dahmane Ben Achour was born in 1912 in أولاد يعيش (Blida region, Algeria). He first attended a Quranic school under the guidance of his grandfather, then worked as a barber before dedicating himself entirely to music.
At a young age, he moved with his parents to Algiers, on Rue Zama. His father was a merchant at Place des Martyrs. After his father opened a business in Blida, Dahmane returned there and continued working as a barber. It was in this barbershop that his musical journey began, playing the mandole with his friend Ali Mili, a graduate of the great classical schools. In 1931, his beautiful voice attracted attention within the El-Adabia Music Society of Blida, presided over by Chérif Bencherchali.
Within this association, he worked alongside experienced musicians such as Hadj Medjbeur, who later became his right-hand man on the violin, as well as Khellil, Boualem Stamairo, and others who had trained under the great master of Mitidja’s Aroubi style, Mahmoud Oulid Sidi Saïd. Guided by Medjbeur’s mentorship, Dahmane quickly improved and surpassed his peers. He joined El-Widadia in 1934, where, under the guidance of musicologist Mahieddine Lakehal, he mastered nouba forms, rhythms, and poetic interpretation. His career reached its height from 1940 onward, particularly after his notable performance at the Throne Festival in Morocco in 1939.
By 1946, he deepened his knowledge of Arab-Andalusian music within the orchestra led by Mohamed Fakhardji and became a specialist of the traditional Hadri (Hadhra) style. Dahmane Ben Achour played all instruments and mastered both the Aroubi و Hawzi genres. His orchestra included Hadj Medjbeur on violin, Benchoubane on mandole, Barabas on flute, and Challal و Baba-Ameur on tambourine.
Admired by music connoisseurs, he gave his final performance in July 1976 in El-Achour (Algiers). He passed away on September 15, 1976, in البليدة, following complications from surgery.