Album Review
Madassane, Ahmoudou – “Zerzura, Original Soundtrack Recording” – [Sahel Sounds]
carsonstreet 7/12/2019 12-inch, International
Tuareg (twaa·reg) rock giving us middle east psych/drone sounds as it leads us on a journey. Tuareg guitar has become folk music in the contemporary Sahara. Originally political ballads, created in exile in Libya, today the sound has expanded to encompass everything from introspective love songs, blistering psychedelic rock, and synthesizer and drum machine. Zerzura is the first-ever ethnographic acid Western! In a genre-defying film, Zerzura follows a young man from a small village in Niger who leaves home in search of an enchanted oasis. His journey leads him into a surreal vision of the Sahara, crossing paths with djinn, bandits, gold seekers, and migrants. The Tuareg inhabit the Saharan regions of North Africa – Niger, Mali, Libya, Algeria and Burkina Faso. Tuareg is an Arabic term meaning abandoned by God. No FCCs in English anyway.
you heard it 64 times on kfjc! most recently:
- 106 days ago, Naysayer played Zerzura Theme II
- 512 days ago, Mickey Slim played Zerzura Theme II
- 639 days ago, Slartibartfast played Imejar
- 681 days ago, Thee Opinataur played Akaline Akaline
- 1009 days ago, Avakhov played Tchimitar
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