Moctar, Mdou – "Ilana The Creator" – [Sahelsounds]

aarbor   11/4/2020   CD, International

The first time we (at KFJC) ever heard of Mdou Moctar was on the 2^nd volume of Music from Saharan Cellphones – which was how his music went viral in the first place. In fact he also has a track on the 1^st volume and on the remix album. Moctar (b. Mahamadou Souleymane) is a Tuareg songwriter and musician from Agadez, Niger. He plays a left-handed Fender Stratocaster. This is his 5^th album, recorded with a full band which increases its psychedelicness. [We also own a new 7” released this year.] If you like the other Sahel Sounds releases you’ll like this one too. Moctar also starred in the world’s 1^st feature film in a Tuareg language (the English name is) The Color of Blue with a Little Red in it. It’s about a struggling Tuareg musician who rides around the desert on a purple motorcycle. A^Arbor