Artist.......: Tinariwen
Album........: Nova Sessions
Label........: n/a
Genre........: Ethnic
Catnr........: n/a
Source.......: DVBS
Rip.date.....: 2015-03-14
Str.date.....: 2014-00-00
Quality......: 241kbps/48.0kHz/Joint Stereo
Url..........: http://tinariwen.com/
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1. Nova Sessions 53:29
Runtime 53:29
Size 92.21
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Tinariwen is a Tuareg group that performs a guitar-centric branch of Malian
music that, to the untrained ear, is reminiscent of Ali Farka TourΘ's, but is
far more rock-oriented and percussive. All of the band's musicians originate
from the southern Sahara; the group's name, meaning "empty places," is a
reflection of their land of origin. The band formed in the 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, Tinariwen 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.
In a region with no postal or telephone system, their tapes soon became a
grassroots voice of rebellion and a rallying point for the disenfranchised
nation. Though outlawed in Algeria and Mali, 2001's The Radio Tisdas Sessions
and 2004's Amassakoul are available to Western audiences. In 2006, they recorded
their third album, Aman Iman: Water Is Life, released internationally in 2007 by
Harmonia Mundi's World Village imprint. The album was produced by Justin Adams,
and featured the voice and guitar of founding member Mohammed Ag Itlale.
Tinariwen toured the world for the first time in its wake. They followed the
album with Imidiwan: Companions, a two-disc set containing one disc of music and
a DVD documentary about Tinariwen's history. This was once again followed by a
world tour that included numerous festival appearances in the United States and
Europe.
Tinariwen signed to America's Anti imprint in 2010. The label encouraged them to
experiment. The end result was Tassili, issued in 2011, in which the band
recorded a completely acoustic set in a protected region of the southeastern
Algerian desert. The tapes were flown to America where guitarist Nels Cline
overdubbed electric guitars and New Orleans' famed Dirty Dozen Brass Band added
horns, making Tassili a truly international collaboration. The album won a
Grammy. The bandmembers were forced to flee Mali due to political and social
unrest, and recorded their follow-up, Emmaar, at a studio in Joshua Tree
National Park in the United States. It was released in February of 2014.
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