With “Afrique Victime” the prodigious Tuareg guitarist and songwriter rips a new hole in the sky — boldly reforging contemporary Saharan music and “rock music” by melding guitar pyrotechnics, full-blast noise, and field recordings with poetic meditations on love, religion, women’s rights, inequality, and Western Africa’s exploitation at the hands of colonial powers.
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Mdou Moctar – “Imouhar” Live Outside The School (Agadez, Niger)
Mdou Moctar has released a live rendition of his brand new song “Imouhar,” taken from the forthcoming album ‘Funeral for Justice‘ (out May 3), recorded in Agadez, Niger. Bassist / Producer Mikey Coulton said of the new video: At the beginning of 2023 we all met up in Agadez, Niger. It was the first time…
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Mdou Moctar Have A ‘Funeral For Justice’
Funeral For Justice is the new album from Nigerien quartet, Mdou Moctar, arriving in full May 3rd, 2024. Watch a video for the album’s blistering title track below: Recorded at the close of two years spent touring the globe following the release of 2019 breakout Afrique Victime, it captures the band in ferocious form. The…
