Hand it to Tinariwen. Like the nomads they are, they don't stand still musically. On their third album (the title translates as Water Is Life), they keep the root intact, the desert lues still at the heart of all they do, but this builds upon what they achieved on their superb sophomore disc, happily restless and unafraid of walking down new paths. However, although they're rightly lauded for their widescreen lues sound, what emerges most here is something they hinted at on the last record -- they're a remarkable ock & roll band, too. The guitars, locked together in rhythm and lead, create a glorious syncopated noise that puts most rockers to shame. But there's a wonderful looseness to the sound (kudos to producer Justin Adams), in part due to the fact that these tracks were all recorded over just two weeks, a tiny time frame by today's standards. Recorded in the Malian capital of Bamako, these songs arrive with dust on their boots and a little thirsty. The studio touches are subtle, a little on the effects here and there, but never detract from the music -- which even features old member Mohammed Ag Itlale, whose voice and guitar can be heard on several tracks.
For once I'm glad that the press like to do lists at this time of year. I've found quite a few things I've missed out on. This is one of them. (Apparently they supported the Stones this year. See. They are good for something.)It also provides an explanation for the pic Joxley was sporting for a while. Plus I've just bought myself an udu/ibo drum, and this will be great for practising along to.
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Short Documentary: Info on the cultural genesis of Tinariwen's musical journey from desert dwellers and rebel outcasts that played their music as a method of spiritual and collective cultural survival to becoming representative icons on the World Music stage.Caw
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Short Documentary: Info on the cultural genesis of Tinariwen's musical journey from desert dwellers and rebel outcasts that played their music as a method of spiritual and collective cultural survival to becoming representative icons on the World Music stage.
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Seriously, Tinariwen is on nearly every one of these things I see. Go Taureg! (And I don't mean the car.)Incidently, here is my top 10:1. Band of Horses' Cease To Begin2. Vieux Farka Touré's self-titled3. Division Day's Beartrap Island4. Kings of Leon's Because of The Times5. Feist's The Reminder6. Tinariwen's Aman Iman7. The Shins' Wincing The Night Away8. Beirut's The Flying Cup Club9. St. ..
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A tune from the latest album by this amazing Taureg band that grew out of the Libyan rebel camps of the 1980s. They apparently were the first Taureg ensemble to fuse electric guitars with native music and they recently opened for The Rolling Stones.
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| 1 Cler Achel |
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| 2 Mano Dayak |
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| 3 Matadjem Yinmixan |
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| 4 Ahimana |
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| 5 Soixante Trois |
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| 6 Toumast |
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| 7 Imidiwan Winakalin |
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| 8 Awa Didjen |
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| 9 Ikyadarh Dim |
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| 10 Tamatant Tilay |
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| 11 Assouf |
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| 12 Izarharh Tenere |
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 "Aman Iman: Water Is Life")
