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Tinariwen - Amadjar (CD) The best Tinariwen album hasnÙt been recorded yet. Perhaps it never will be. Because the best Tinariwen music isnÙt the music they perform in front of microphones. ItÙs the music they play at night around the fire, back in their own country, amongst themselves and at their own pace. In those moments, the music can become like the fire - free, magical and impossible to stuff into a box. Their discography - stretching out over the last 17 years - plus all the tours and the international recognition have changed nothing: Tinariwen are still a desert band, only certain aspects of which the western music industry can ever hope to capture and present. ØAmadjarÙ, the ninth Tinariwen album, is as close as you can get to Tinariwen. And also, therefore, to the idea that things can evolve: bassist Eyadou plays a lot of acoustic guitar; percussionist Said tries his hand at new instruments and the violin that appears on several songs and reminds you of the traditional imzad is actually played by Warren Ellis. The violinist in Nick CaveÙs band is one of several western guests on the album. We also hear the mandolin and charango of Micah Nelson (son of the country music giant Willie Nelson and Neil YoungÙs guitarist) and the guitars of Stephen OÙMalley (Sunn O)))), Cass McCombs and Rodolphe Burger. The album is mixed by Jack WhiteÙs buddy Joshua Vance Smith. ØAmadjarÙ means Øthe unknown visitorÙ in Tamashek, the one who seeks hospitality and whoÙs condemned to an inner exile, within a territory or within himself; just like the members of Tinariwen, who feel at home on the journey, around the fire with a few immutable songs. CD contains 16-page road trip booklet. TRACKLIST: 1.Tenere Maloulat 2.Zawal 3.Amalouna 4.Taqkal Tarha 5.Anina 6.Madjam Mahilkamen 7.Takount 8.Iklam Dglour 9.Kel Tinawen 10.Itous Ohar 11.Mhadjar Yassouf Idjan 12.Wartilla 13.Lalla
