Tinariwen - Idrache (Traces Of The Past) [CD]

Wedge

£15.84

Format: CD
Catalogue No.: WEDGECD0223
Barcode: 5056614798975
Release Date: 15 Nov 2024
Genre: International

 Here are a dozen hidden gems from the Sahara. Rough hewn but intimate and beautiful recordings by Tinariwen, the world’s most famous Tuareg band. Some are demos that were later released in more produced versions on subsequent albums and four tracks have never been released before.
 These are raw desert treasures, recorded live with no overdubs, that are only emerging into the sunlight with this album of rarities, ‘Idrache, Traces Of The Past’.
 With their long desert robes and Tuareg turbans or shesh, Tinariwen are the originators of what has become known as ‘desert blues’, a style of music they themselves call ‘assuf’, which also means ‘longing’ or ‘homesickness’ in the Tamasheq language.
 Exchanging Kalashnikovs for guitars after participating in the 1990 Tuareg rebellion, Tinariwian really are rock ’n’ roll rebels, drawing people into their growling vocals, spacey guitar lines and clapping rhythms.
 The songs on this album were recorded in 2002, 2006 and 2008, the first about a decade after the band started to become known internationally.
 CD in printed four-pp card gatefold, with 20-page booklet insert.

Tracklisting
Soixante Trois
Assuf Ag Assuf
Amoss Idjraw
Azaman Amikankanen
Adounia Nissan
Amidinin War Hi Toyed
Imidiwan Ma Tennam
Alkhar Dessouf
Tenere Maloulat
Tenhert
Adounia Ti Chidjret
Tenere Dafeo Nikchan