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Tibetan Miracle Seeds: Inca Missiles 2021

 

Tibetan Miracle Seeds are a new psychedelic rock band from Scotland, and the latest signing by

upcoming UK psych record label Fuzzed Up & Astromoon Records. Their music leans heavily towards Anton Newcombe-ian psychedelica, so you better get your sitar and acoustic guitar ready before joining in with these soothing chants.
                 

Tibetan Miracle Seeds is a Psyche Rock band from Dundee, Scotland and it is primarily the creative

venture of Jack McAfee (Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Percussion, Organ, Lap Steel, Didgeridoo, Field Recordings), with other musicians assisting across the bands work, most notably the drum work of Robbie Wilson.
                     

              
Starting off at the end of the 2010’s as a bedroom project, their debut album Inca Missiles was released

in 2021 on Fuzzed Up & Astromoon Records, quickly gaining a global audience with their blend of indigenous and traditional world music with modern psychedelia and heavy guitars.
                             

The band draws primarily from 60's Psyche Rock, however McAfee also sites the folk music of various

indigenous cultures from around the world as being another notable influence on Tibetan Miracle Seeds. There’s definitely some of that Brian Jonestown Massacre/Dandy Warhols fuzzy laziness going on here, and also Tibetan Miracle Seeds luckily also know how to write some ear worms for your brain to remember them by.
                    

Which is fine by them probably, let them emanate their incense heavy fumes from the periphery for a

while. Their special edition vinyl records are long since gone, so I guess they have found their tribe. You know, those people who just know what a Tibetan Miracle Seed is, even without ever Googling it. Or an Inca Missile for that matter…that’s exactly the kind of tribe that will put these miracle seeds in their pipe and smoke it until they melted all their wellies.
                         

Inca Missiles is a pretty cool debut album with a consistent sound, some real tunes, and killer artwork.

Psychheads know what to do. The follow up album set for release in Summer 2025 was created with live shows in mind, with heavier riffs, progressive arrangements, and memorable hooks.
                 

Tibetan Miracle Seeds – Inca Missiles
Label: Fuzzed Up & Astromoon Records – FU02CD
Format: CD, Album, Limited Edition
Country: Ireland
Released: Aug 6, 2021
Genre: Rock
Style: Acid Rock, Psychedelic Rock
                         

TRACKS

                 

01. Ideas   5:48
Drums – Kieran Smith
Flute, Tambura [Tanpura] – Paul Lefty Wright
02. Set Yourself Free   3:43
Sitar – Paul Lefty Wright
03. Nectarine Dreams   5:15
Sitar – Paul Lefty Wright
04. Boa Constrictor     4:59
05. A Place To Lay Your Mind     3:32
06. Melted Welly     3:43
07. 12 Angled Stone    0:33
08. Inca Missiles    7:32
09. Swim In The Rain    4:36
10. Ideas (Reprise)   3:57
Harp – Jaxon Casey
11. Alone (Digital Bonus Track)   4:38
Drums – Kieran Smith

LINE - UP

                      

Jack McAfee – Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Percussion, Organ, Lap Steel, Didgeridoo, Field Recordings
Robbie Wilson – Drums on tracks 2-9
Paul Lefty Wright – Flute & Tanpura on track 1; Sitar on tracks 2 & 3
Jaxon Casey – Harp on track 10
Kieran Smith – Drums on track 1 & 11

NOTES

                      

Artwork by Siyathu Makhanya
All songs written and produced by Jack McAfee
Released August 6, 2021

Flac Size: 323 MB

Social Distortion: Mommy's Little Monster 1983 + Prison Bound 1988 + Sex, Love And Rock 'n' Roll 2004

 

Over the past 30 years, the punk godfathers in the band have all but trademarked their sound, a brand of

hard rockabilly/punk that’s cut with the melodic, road-tested lyrics of frontman Mike Ness. Their searing guitars and a locomotive rhythm section sound as alive today as they did in ’82, as do Ness’ hard-luck tales of love, loss and lessons learned. “The most common thing I hear is, ‘Man, your music got me through some hard times,'” Ness says. “And I just say, ‘Me too.'”
                        

Now in their fourth decade, Ness and Social Distortion have officially done one of the most non-punk things possible: They’ve failed to burn out. Mixing Springsteen’s factory-overalls ethic with Southern

California punk energy and black leather, Social Distortion formed with Ness and high school buddy, the late Dennis Danell, in the late 1970s; the group broke in 1983 with the thrashing plate of punk and displeasure “Mommy’s Little Monster.” Their 1988 follow-up, “Prison Bound,” hinted at a sonic change to come, and by the band’s self-titled 1990 record and 1992’s “Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell,” their sound had solidified into the instantly recognizable brand of rock n’ roll that’s defined them since.
                     

Social Distortion is a mix of potent power, appeal across all age brackets and a genuine satisfaction at

reaching as many people as they have. “I write songs for myself, and I hope that other people will like them too,” Ness says. “I think every record you make is showing people what you’ve learned over the past few years. It’s showing people, ‘This is what I know.'” The band has consistently used as their logo a skeleton holding a cigarette and a martini glass. It was designed by Mackie Osborne, wife of Melvins frontman Buzz Osborne, as part of an invitation to a New Year's Eve party.
                         

Dennis Danell died on February 29, 2000, in his Newport Beach home after apparently suffering a brain aneurysm, leaving Ness as the only remaining original member of the band. There have been

some rumors claiming that the band broke up again, following his death. He was replaced by former U.S. Bombs, Cadillac Tramps and L.A.'s Youth Brigade guitarist Jonny Wickersham, who had previously been Danell's guitar technician. Biscuits also left during that time, and was replaced by Charlie Quintana. After Danell's death, the band continued touring semi-frequently, playing sold-out shows in the Los Angeles area around the New Year for three straight years.
                

Social Distortion's musical style began as decidedly hardcore punk when the band formed in the late

1970s. They are thought to be one of the pioneering bands of the original Southern California punk rock movement out of Orange County, California, and their style closely associated with the Adolescents, Agent Orange, the Germs, and other bands from that place and time. In the mid-'80s there was a notable change in their style of music – taking more from country music and rock and roll.
                     

Mike Ness admits in the DVD commentary from Another State of Mind that he may have even tried too hard on the Prison Bound album. They did eventually find their niche, and the majority of their albums

from the mid-80s on to the early '90s featured a melodic punk sound that is distinctly – and distinctively – their own. On June 7, 2023, Mike Ness announced that he was diagnosed with stage one tonsil cancer and is expected to make a full recovery from surgery. The band's upcoming tour was postponed as was work on their upcoming studio album. Ness said of the album's delay: "While it will take a little longer, I promise you that it will be delivered and it will exceed your expectations".
                                

             

SOCIAL DISTORTION - MOMMY'S LITTLE MONSTER 1983

                      

Seminal Orange County punk band Social Distortion's first full-length album Mommy's Little Monster

is the epitome of early-'80s suburban California punk and provided inspiration for many future Californians, including the Offspring and Rancid. Mommy's Little Monster finds the band supplying plenty of attitude and aggression as they rip through nine tracks worth of hard, fast, power chord-filled tracks loaded with snarling anti-establishment lyrics and themes.
               

Social Distortion – Mommy's Little Monster
Label: Time Bomb Recordings – 78800-2, Kung Fu Records – 78800-2
Format: CD, Album, Reissue 2002
Country: Europe
Released: 1983
Genre: Rock
Style: Punk

TRAXS

                   

01. The Creeps    2:02
02. Another State Of Mind    2:37
03. It Wasn't A Pretty Picture    3:09
04. Telling Them    3:11
05. Hour Of Darkness    2:48
06. Mommy's Little Monster    3:32
07. Anti-Fashion    2:18
08. All The Answers    2:22
09. Moral Threat    5:15

BONUS TRAXS

10. Under Ny Thumb
11. Playpen

LINE - UP

Mike Ness (as Michael Ness) – vocals, guitars
Dennis Danell – guitars
Brent Liles – bass guitar
Derek O'Brien – drums, backing vocals
Chaz Ramirez - Organ (tracks: 5, 9)

THE CREEPS LYRICS

                            

I'll be vigilant, I'll be silent
Yes, no one will know
You want something for nothing
A toast on your grave
I just wanna give you the creeps
The creeps
The creeps
The creeps

Run and hide
When I'm on the streets
Your fears and your tears
Will taunt you in your sleep
I just wanna give you the creeps
The creeps
The creeps
The creeps

Flac Size: 234 MB

SOCIAL DISTORTION - PRISON BOUND 1988

                               

After the long layoff that followed their groundbreaking debut, Mommy's Little Monster, Mike Ness

and Social Distortion dropped another seminal punk offering, Prison Bound, in 1988. Slower and more song-driven than their previous disc, this sophomore outing is an absolute triumph. The epic stories of hard living and regret that became Social Distortion's trademark fill Prison Bound's track list. Right off the top, the band adds Ghost Riders-like surf/country guitar riffs to "It's the Law," proclaiming a commitment to their rootsy punk direction.

                            

Social Distortion – Prison Bound
Label: Restless Records – 72251-2, Restless Records – EUROPE 2251-2
Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: 1988
Genre: Rock
Style: Rock & Roll, Punk

TRAXS

                    

01. It's The Law   2:38
Written-By – Ness
02. Indulgence   4:35
Written-By – Danell, Ness
03. Like An Outlaw (For You)   5:22
Written-By – Danell, Ness
04. Backstreet Girl   4:23
Written-By – Jagger/Richards
05. Prison Bound   5:25
Written-By – Ness
06. No Pain No Gain   3:44
Written-By – Ness
07. On My Nerves  4:23
Written-By – Danell, Ness
08. I Want What I Want   3:02
Written-By – Danell, Ness
09. Lawless   3:21
Written-By – Ness
10. Lost Child   4:18
Written-By – Ness

LINE - UP

Mike Ness – lead vocal, lead guitar
Dennis Danell – rhythm guitar
John Maurer – bass guitar, backing vocals
Christopher Reece – drums

Flac Size: 295 MB

SOCIAL DISTORTION - SEX, LOVE AND ROCK 'N' ROLL 2004

                 

Eight years separated the release of Social Distortion's  White Light, White Heat, White Trash and their

next studio album, 2004's Sex, Love and Rock 'n' Roll, and a fair amount happened to the band in that time. Most notably, Dennis Danell, who had been the only constant in the band's lineup besides leader Mike Ness, died in 2001 at the age of 39, and on a pair of solo albums Ness began digging deeper into the roots music that had long informed his style. After confronting the grief of losing one of his best friends and exploring the less muscular side of his musical personality, Sex, Love and Rock 'n' Roll

makes it clear Ness and his bandmates were ready to turn up the amps and make some noise, but while musically this is firmly in the So-Cal punk mode of their best work, lyrically this music reflects the mind of a more mature and thoughtful Mike Ness. Sex, Love and Rock 'n' Roll shows that Social Distortion have held onto what made them great while growing and changing in the best ways, and the result is one of the best albums this band has made to date.
                       

Social Distortion – Sex, Love And Rock 'N' Roll
Label: Time Bomb Recordings – CTX253CD
Format: CD, Album
Country: Australia
Released: 2004
Genre: Rock
Style: Alternative Rock, Punk

TRAXS

               

01. Reach For The Sky    3:31
02. Highway 101    3:44
03. Don't Take Me For Granted    3:47
04. Footprints On My Ceiling    5:08
05. Nickels And Dimes   3:05
Written-By – J. Wickersham, M. Ness
06. I Wasn't Born To Follow    2:55
07. Winners And Losers    4:45
08. Faithless   3:02
Organ [Additional] – Danny McGough/Written-By – J. Wickersham, M. Ness
09. Live Before You Die    2:47
10. Angel's Wings   4:59
Written-By – J. Wickersham, M. Ness

LINE - UP

Mike Ness – lead vocals, lead guitar
Jonny Wickersham – rhythm guitar
John Maurer – bass guitar, backing vocals
Charlie Quintana – drums

Flac Size: 291 MB

Social Distortion: Social Distortion 1990 HERE
Social Ditortion: Somewhere Between Heaven And Hell 1992 HERE
Social Distortion: White Light White Heat White Trash 1996 HERE

Tinariwen: Desert Blues From Sahara

 

Tinariwen (Tamasheq language: Meaning "desert") is a collective of Tuareg musicians from the Sahara region of southern Algeria and of northern Mali, in the region of Azawad. Tinariwen are a

critically acclaimed Saharan Tuareg group who perform a guitar-centric branch of Malian music known as "Tishoumaren," a percussive, rock-oriented desert blues that often addresses social and political issues. Emerging out of the refugee and rebel camps of Algeria and Libya, the collective built a regional audience throughout the 1980s and returned to Mali in the '90s; they eventually earned global recognition with their first internationally released album, 2001's The Radio Tisdas Sessions.
                 

Considered pioneers of desert blues, the group's guitar-driven style combines traditional Tuareg and African music with Western rock music. The collective first convened in the late 1970s and

released their first studio album in the early 1990s. In the ensuing years, Tinariwen became a highly touted international touring act playing major festivals like WOMAD, Glastonbury, and Coachella and winning a Grammy Award for their 2011 album Tassili, on which they collaborated with various Western musicians. The group continued to release innovative new music throughout the decade, including 2019's Amadjar.
                         

The group was founded by Ibrahim Ag Alhabib; he and bandmates Alhassane Ag Touhami and Abdallah Ag Alhousseyni have all been present since 1979. Formed in 1979 by Ibrahim Ag Alhabib, a

Malian refugee, Tinariwen coalesced in the early '80s in the Libyan rebel camps of Colonel Gaddafi, as each of the musicians had been forced from their nomadic lifestyle into involuntary military service. Surrounded by a displaced nation of their peers, the band forged a new style of music, trading their traditional lutes and shepherd's flutes for electric guitars and drums. The style that resulted was dubbed "Tishoumaren," or "the music of the unemployed." Their music addresses issues such as political awakening, problems of exile, repression of their people, and demands of sovereignty.
                

Tinariwen's sound is primarily guitar-driven, in the style known as assouf among the Tuareg people. The group's guitar style has its roots in West African music and other traditional styles practiced by the Tuareg and Berber peoples, and has often been characterized as "desert blues". Tinariwen was also

influenced by traditional Malian musicians, most notably Ali Farka Touré, and regional pop singers like Rabah Driassa. While the Tinariwen style is possibly a distant relative of blues music, via West African music, members of Tinariwen claim to have never heard actual American blues music until they began to travel internationally in the early 2000s. Tinariwen was also influenced by American and British rock acts whose bootlegged albums had made it to the Sahara region, such as Dire Straits, Santana, Led Zeppelin, Bob Dylan, and Jimi Hendrix. Their most recent album Amatssou was released in 2023.
                 

In a region with no postal or telephone system, Tinariwen's tapes soon became a grassroots voice of

rebellion and a rallying point for the disenfranchised nation. Tinariwen has been named as a formative influence on a growing Tuareg rock scene, made up of younger musicians who were not rebels like the members of Tinariwen but have experienced their region's recent struggles with poverty and terrorism.
                    

Another amazing Tuareg band is Tamikrest, an iconic band of Saharan rock, Tamikrest was

formed in 2006 in Tinzawaten, on the border between Algeria and Mali, around Ousmane Ag Mossa, Cheikh Ag Tiglia, and Aghaly Ag Mohamedine. Inspired by the musical heritage of Tinariwen and driven by the desire to amplify the oppressed voice of the Kel Tamasheq (Tuareg) people, the group quickly made its mark.

(Tamikrest on Urban Aspirines HERE:)

                    

1. TINARIWEN - AMAN - IMAN - WATER IS LIFE 2001

               

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 blues still at the heart of all they do,  happily restless and unafraid of walking down new paths. 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.
                    

Tinariwen – Aman Iman: Water Is Life
Label: Independiente – FM022, Filter Music (2) – FM022, Shock (2) – FM022
Format: CD, Album, Digipak
Country: Australia & New Zealand
Released: 2006
Genre: Rock, Blues
Style: Blues Rock, Desert Rock, Ethnic

TRACKS

                     

01. Cler Achel    4:25
02. Mano Dayak    5:41
03. Matadjem Yinmixan    5:43
04. Ahimana    5:43
05. Soixante Trois    4:56
06. Toumast    4:25
07. Imidiwan Winakalin    4:25
08. Awa Didjen    4:11
09. Ikyadarh Dim    3:35
10. Tamatant Tilay    3:19
11. Assouf    3:56
12. Izarharh Ténéré    5:02

LINE - UP

Acoustic Guitar – Abdallah Ag Alhousseyni (tracks: 8, 9), Justin Adams (tracks: 3), Mohammed Ag Itlale (tracks: 9, 12)
Backing Vocals – Hamid Ekawel (tracks: 2)
Backing Vocals, Handclaps – Abdallah Ag Alhousseyni, Alhassane Ag Touhami, Kesa Walet Hamid, Wonou Walet Sidati
Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals, Handclaps – Eyadou Ag Leche
Castanets [Krakesh], Congas, Shekere – Salah Dawson Miller (tracks: 10)
Djembe, Hihat [Hi-hat], Calabash, Handclaps, Backing Vocals – Said Ag Ayad
Drum [Guellal], Goblet Drum [Darbouka], Shekere – Salah Dawson Miller (tracks: 1)
Guitar [Background Guitars] – Justin Adams (tracks: 1, 11)
Lead Vocals, Lead Guitar – Abdallah Ag Alhousseyni (tracks: 2, 6), Alhassane Ag Touhami (tracks: 10), Ibrahim Ag Alhabib (tracks: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12), Mohammed Ag Itlale 'Japonais' (tracks: 4, 8)
Lute [Teherdant Lute] – Justin Adams (tracks: 2)
Rhythm Guitar, Backing Vocals – Abdallah Ag Lamida 'Intidao'
Rhythm Guitar, Backing Vocals, Handclaps – Elaga Ag Hamid
Voice [Youyous] – Mama Livio (tracks: 1 to 3, 7), Manaki Diallo (tracks: 1 to 3, 7)
Words By, Music By – Abdallah Ag Alhousseyni (tracks: 2, 6), Alhassane Ag Touhami (tracks: 10), Ibrahim Ag Alhabib (tracks: 1, 9, 12), Ibrahim Ag Alhabib Aka 'Abaraybone' (tracks: 3, 5, 7, 11), Mohammed Ag Itlale Aka 'Japonais' (tracks: 4, 8)

 

MANO DAYAK LYRICS
                 

[INTRO]
I come from a tenere well used to sandstorms
I take my rest under the shadeless Anna et Tadjart bushes
I have never seen enough trees to make a forest
My home is the Tamesna white, naked and empty
It affords pasture to neither goat nor cow
It is the land of the young camel, who wanders after its mother

[1st VERSE / Chorus]
I come to a tenere which lies to the north of Bouss
A desert which is totally naked
Without a single tree, or even a twig
And when men travel there, it's always hot

[Chorus]

[2nd VERSE]
Now I've seen something that fills me with joy
A Tamashek who's living well
And comunicating through a satellite phone
Tied to the tree under which he rests
The buds fall all around him
All of that is thanks to Mano Dayak

MATADJEM YINMIXAN LYRICS

Why all this hate between you which you teach your children
The world looks at you and surpasses your understanding
You who resemble neither a westerner nor an Arab
Your faith in the tribes blinds you to the truth
Even if God were to send a blessing down for you to share
With a friend, they will only betray your confidence

Flac Size: 339 MB

2 - TINARIWEN - IMIDIWAN COMPANIONS 2009

                  

Sometimes in music, the teacher learns some valuable things from the student. In the United States, traditional African music played an essential role in the development of what came to be called the

blues -- and many years later, American blues artists returned the favor by influencing artists in various parts of Africa. The blues have certainly had a major impact on Tinariwen, a group from the Sahara region. Tinariwen's music has a strong blues element, a strong Malian element, and a strong Middle Eastern/Arabic element; that combination of influences yields compelling results for the group, which favors a combination of acoustic and electric instruments.
               

Tinariwen – Imidiwan: Companions
Label: Independiente – 23339-9051-2
Format: CD, Album
Country: Canada
Released: Oct 13, 2009
Genre: Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Electric Blues, Folk, African

TRACKS

                   

01. Imidiwan Afrik Temdam    3:30
02. Lulla    3:47
03. Tenhert    5:26
04. Enseqi Ehad Didagh    5:38
05. Tahult In    4:08
06. Tamodjerazt Assis    4:49
07. Intitlayaghen    4:47
08. Imazeghen N Adagh    3:44
09. Tenalle Chegret    5:41
10. Kel Tamashek    3:14
11. Assuf Ag Assuf    4:51
12. Chabiba    3:20
13. Ere Tasfata Adounia    4:53
14. Desert Wind    4:20

LINE - UP

Backing Vocals [Adult Backing Vocals] – Alhassane Ag Touhami aka 'Le Lion', Aroun, Elaga Ag Hamid, Mohammed Ag Itlale aka 'Japonais', Sanou Ag Ahmed
Backing Vocals – Eyadou Ag Leche, Sanou Ag Ahmed
Backing Vocals [Kids' Backing Vocals] – Al Hassan, Fatimata, Ousman
Backing Vocals – Abdallah Ag Lamida aka 'Intidao', Eyadou Ag Leche, Sanou Ag Ahmed
Bass – Eyadou Ag Leche
Guitar [Guitars] – Abdallah Ag Lamida aka 'Intidao', Elaga Ag Hamid, Liya Ag Ablil aka 'Diara'
Lead Guitar, Vocals – Ibrahim Ag Alhabib
Percussion – Fatma, Matthieu Rousseau, Mohammed, Said Ag Ayad, Sanou Ag Ahmed
Percussion – Eyadou Ag Leche, Matthieu Rousseau, Mohammed
Lead Vocals, Guitar – Ibrahim Ag Alhabib
Backing Vocals [Female Backing Vocals] – Fatma, Wonou Walet Sidati
Backing Vocals [Male Backing Vocals] – Abdallah Ag Lamida aka 'Intidao', Eyadou Ag Leche
Guitar [Guitars] – Eyadou Ag Leche
Lead Vocals, Guitar – Alhassane Ag Touhami aka 'Le Lion'

IMIDIWAN AFRIK TEMDAM LYRICS

               

My friends from all over Africa
I have a question, a question which torments my soul
Companions
Is the revolution like those trees
Whose branches will grow if we water them?

I have lived with this obsession for ten years
I have come amongst brothers
My friends, what do you think?

These men have been living with oppression
Since the day of their birth
They cannot make the trees grow with their water

Flac Size: 368 MB

3 - TINARIWEN - TASSILI (2 CD LIMITED EDITION) 2011

                 

That sound comes out of a nation that exists between the harsh Sahara and the lush African savannah to the south, but it has less in common with other Malian musicians because the band is nomadic, never staying in one place for long. Tassili, named for the region of the Algerian desert they cut the record in,

is Tinariwen's Anti label debut. It is similar, at least structurally, to its predecessors. Tinariwen play their trademark, labyrinthine music on acoustic guitars this time -- a back to basics development in itself. Conversely, they've allowed trusted producers Ian Brennan and Jean Paul Romann some liberties in letting Western musicians participate on some cuts. Opener "Imidiwan Ma Tennam" commences much as their music has in the past, with the guitars and lead vocals of Ibrahim Ag Alhabib to lead his bandmates in a snakey weave of handclaps, chants, and secondary guitars to follow his own.
                

Tinariwen – Tassili
Label:V2 – VVR776938, Cooperative Music – VVR776938
Format:2 x CD, Album, Limited Edition
Country:Europe
Released:Aug 15, 2011
Genre:Rock, Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Style:Blues Rock, African

CD1.

       

01. Imidiwan Ma Tennam   4:41
Guitar – Nels Cline
02. Assuf D Alwa   4:14
Vocals – Kyp Malone
03. Tenere Taqhim Tossam   4:15
Guitar – Kyp Malone
Lead Vocals – Eyadou Ag Leche
Vocals – Tunde Adebimpe
04. Ya Messinagh   5:31
Horns – The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
05. Walla Illa   4:55
Guitar – Kyp Malone
Vocals – Tunde Adebimpe
06. Tameyawt   4:39
07. Imidiwan Win Sahara   3:45
Vocals – Tunde Adebimpe
08. Tamiditin Tan Ufrawan       3:04
09. Tiliaden Osamnat   3:26
10. Djeredjere   4:38
11. Iswegh Attay   4:56
Guitar, Vocals – Kyp Malone
Vocals – Aroune Ag Alhabib
12. Takest Tamidaret   4:56
Guitar, Lead Vocals – Abdellah Ag Alhousseyni

Flac Size: 342 MB

CD2.

                    

01. Djegh Ishilan    3:49
02. El Huria Telitwar   4:31
Guitar, Lead Vocals – Alhassane Ag Touhami
Written-By – Touhami Ag Alhassane
03. Kud Edazamin    3:24
04. Nak Ezzaragh Tinariwen    2:31

Flac Size: 96.7 MB

LINE - UP

Backing Vocals, Handclaps – Alhassane Ag Touhami
Guitar – Aroune Ag Alhabib
Guitar, Bass, Percussion, Handclaps, Backing Vocals – Eyadou Ag Leche
Guitar, Handclaps, Backing Vocals – Elaga Ag Hamid
Guitar, Lead Vocals – Ibrahim Ag Alhabib
Handclaps, Backing Vocals – Mustapha Ag Ahmed
Percussion, Handclaps, Backing Vocals – Mohamad Ag Tahada, Said Ag Ayad

NOTES

Recorded November 1-20 2010, outdoors, in Tassili's N'Ajjer's dessert, South Algeria

4 - TINARIWEN - ELDWAN 2017

                   

Captured in France, Morocco, and California, Elwan is a work of subtle power, relying less on the atmospheric grace of its predecessors and focusing on the distilled, fine-tuned engine of Tinariwen's percussive core. Overall, the album's production is more immediate and, with its tasteful contingent of rock-oriented guests like Kurt Vile, Mark Lanegan, Alain Johannes, and Matt Sweeney, the

arrangements still remain spare and effective. On the slowly unfurling "Ténéré Tàqqàl," gently snaking riffs belie the tension of the lyrics, which make reference to uprisings, both human and animal. On "Imidiwàn N-Àkall-In," a track full of quietly roiling tension, bandleader Ibrahim Ag Alhabib sings "My own people have abandoned their ancestral ways, all that's left is a groaning land full of old people and children." While there is certainly bitterness throughout Elwan's 13 tracks, there is hope, love, and motivation, too.
                

Tinariwen – Elwan
Label: Anti- – 87467-2
Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: 2017
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: African, Ethnic

TRACKS

                    

01. Tiwàyyen   3:43
Electric Guitar – Eyadou Ag Leche
02. Sastanàqqàm    3:23
03. Nizzagh Ijbal    3:39
04. Hayati    3:22
05. Ittus    3:45
06. Ténéré Tàqqàl   4:25
Electric Guitar – Eyadou Ag Leche
07. Imidiwàn N-àkall-In    3:32
08. Talyat    4:13
09. Assàwt    3:39
10. Arhegh Ad Annàgh    2:46
11. Nànnuflày    5:05
12. Intro Flute Fog Edaghan    1:27
13. Fog Edaghàn    3:07

LINE - UP

Bass, Vocals [Background], Handclaps – Eyadou Ag Leche
Djembe, Handclaps, Backing Vocals [Background] – Said Ag Ayad
Electric Guitar – Iyad Moussa Ben Abderahmane (tracks: 1, 4, 8, 11), Kurt Vile (tracks: 1, 11), Matt Sweeney (tracks: 1, 8)
Guitar [Cigarbox] – Alain Johannes (tracks: 8)
Guitar, Vocals [Background], Handclaps – Elaga Ag Hamid
Lead Vocals, Lead Guitar – Ibrahim Ag Alhabib (tracks: 1, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11)
Lead Vocals, Lead Guitar, Vocals [Background], Handclaps – Abdallah Ag Alhousseyni (tracks: 2, 3, 8, 9), Alhassane Ag Touhami (tracks: 5)
Other [Instrument - You-You] – Mina Wallet Oumar (tracks: 1, 7)
Other [Tape Delay Tricks] – Maxime Kosinetz
Percussion [Additional] – Amar Chaoui
Vocals – Mark Lanegan (tracks: 11)

Flac Size: 279 MB

5 - TINARIWEN - AMADJAR 2019

                     

Reconnecting with the nomadic nature of their Tuareg heritage, desert blues collective Tinariwen roll out their field-recorded eighth album, Amadjar. A tumultuous history of exile and an improbable rise to international fame are the long-tenured Malian band's most consistent narratives as they continue to

attract devotees from the Western world while remaining politically unwelcome in their own country. In October 2018, after the touring cycle for their previous album, Elwan, found them wrapping up at a nomadic culture festival in the Moroccan Sahara, the group set out on a road trip down the northwestern portion of Africa. Their ultimate destination was Nouakchott, the coastal capital of Mauritania, but as the trip unfolded, they began writing and recording parts of new songs in open-air sessions around their various nightly camps.
          

Tinariwen – Amadjar
Label: Wedge – 87703-2, Anti- – 87703-2
Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: 2019
Genre: Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Electric Blues, African

TRACKS

            

       
01. Tenere Maloulat    3:43
02. Zawal    4:04
03. Amalouna    4:01
04. Taqkal Tarha    3:59
05. Anina    3:44
06. Madjam Mahikamen    3:47
07. Takount    3:11
08. Iklam Dglour    4:35
09. Kel Tinawen    3:57
10. Itous Ohar    4:19
11. Mhadjar Yassouf Idjan    4:22
12. Wartilla    5:36
13. Lalla    4:56

LINE - UP

Acoustic Guitar – Eyadou Ag Leche (tracks: 9)
Backing Vocals [Background Vocals] – Aicha (tracks: 1, 4 to 6, 9 to 11), Lala* (tracks: 1, 4 to 6, 9 to 11)
Bass – Eyadou Ag Leche
Djembe, Calabash [Calebasse], Percussion [Derbuka] – Said Ag Ayad
Electric Guitar – Eyadou Ag Leche (tracks: 4)
Guitar [Guitars] – Elaga Ag Hamid
Handclaps [Claps], Backing Vocals [Background Vocals] – Abdallah Ag Alhousseyni, Alhassane Ag Touhami, Elaga Ag Hamid, Eyadou Ag Leche, Said Ag Ayad
Lead Guitar – Abdallah Ag Alhousseyni (tracks: 2, 5, 7, 12, 13), Alhassane Ag Touhami (tracks: 6), Ibrahim Ag Alhabib (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 6, 8 to 10)
Lead Vocals – Abdallah Ag Alhousseyni, Alhassane Ag Touhami (tracks: 6), Ibrahim Ag Alhabib
Percussion [Additional Percussion] – Amar Chaoui
Rhythm Guitar [Acoustic Rhythm Guitar] – Said Ag Ayad (tracks: 9, 11)

Flac Size: 323 MB