Tinariwen - Amassakoul - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The 20th Anniversary edition of Tinariwen's first studio album The Radio Tisdas Sessions has been remastered and repackaged with a bonus unreleased bonus track, exclusive photos and brand-new liner notes. The Radio Tisdas Sessions feature songs from Ibrahim Ag Alhabib, Kedou Ag Ossad, Mohamed Ag Itlal aka 'Japonais' who passed away on February 14th 2021, and Foy Foy. Tinariwen are Tuaregs, children of a nomadic Berber tribe who have roamed the Saharan desert for thousands of years. Over recent centuries, colonialism has seen the Tuareg's ancestral territory partitioned into distinct countries - Mali, Algeria, Libya, Niger. This drawing of borders has turned the Tuareg into ishumar, a displaced people in search of a homeland lost to them. Tinariwen's music ' a blend of West African traditional music and electrified rock'n'roll ' speaks directly to this feeling of longing a sound that critics have called 'desert blues'. Album Tracks 1. Chant Des Fauves 2. Nar Djenetbouba 3. Imidiwaren 4. Zin Es Gourmeden 5. Afours Afours 6. Tessalit 7. Kedou Kedou 8. Mataraden Anexan 9. Bismillah 10. Tessalit [Live at Festival Au Desert] 11. Ham Tinahghin Ane Yallah

Album Tracks 1. À L'histoire 2. Mas Azalene Wi Amoutenene 3. Adounia Tarha 4. Matadjem Yinmexan 5. Amoud Falas Aljalat 6. Ayat Sendad Eghlalane 7. Tenidagh Hegh Dejredjere 8. Arghane Manine

Amadjar means 'the unknown visitor' in the language of Tamashek, the one who seeks hospitality and who's condemned to an inner exile, within a territory or within himself. The story of Amadjar, the ninth Tinariwen album, begins at the end of 2018, at the Taragalte Festival of nomadic cultures in the Moroccan Sahara. After a concert and a sandstorm, Tinariwen hit the road and head for Mauritania, via southern Morocco, Western Sahara and the Atlantic coast. The destination is important but no more so than the journey itself. Tinariwen are joined by their French production team, who arrive in old camper van that's been converted into a makeshift studio. Album Tracks 1. Tenere Maloulat 2. Zawal 3. Amalouna 4. Taqkal Tarha 5. Anina 6. Madjam Mahikamen 7. Takount 8. Iklam Dglour 9. Kel Tinawen 10. Itous Ohar 11. Mhadjar Yassouf Idjan 12. Wartilla 13. Lalla