Ilana: The Creator has been getting lots of play lately, on these hot, hot days.
Not crap.
Re: Mdou Moctar
3Not crap. He and his band came to town a few years back as part of an 'experimental music fest', they were badass. They were selling handmade jewelry at the merch table. I haven't heard all of the new album yet, but what I've heard so far is really good.
"Whatever happened to that album?"
"I broke it, remember? I threw it against the wall and it like, shattered."
"I broke it, remember? I threw it against the wall and it like, shattered."
Re: Mdou Moctar
4Love it.
Guy has a lot going on, too.
Kreative Kontrol interview: http://vishkhanna.com/2021/05/27/ep-615-mdou-moctar/
Guy has a lot going on, too.
https://thequietus.com/articles/30008-m ... rite-music“We’re suffering because we’re colonised by France which hasn’t given us freedom. On paper we have our freedom but in reality, we aren’t free. French colonialism has just taken the model and modernised it, in the same way that if you take a car manufacturer, Toyota for example, the Toyota from 1980 is not the same as in 2020, but it’s still Toyota. And it’s the same thing with colonialisation. We’ve been colonised since the French descended on our territory and we got independence in 1960 on paper but it’s still France in charge. France is exploiting us for our [uranium] mines while 95 per cent of people in Niger don’t have electricity. And yet we have so much uranium! That’s why I gave the album the name Afrique Victime.”
Kreative Kontrol interview: http://vishkhanna.com/2021/05/27/ep-615-mdou-moctar/
Re: Mdou Moctar
5I just got this record without knowing anything about the band behind it. Brilliant. Thank you for the link.Andrew wrote: Wed Jun 16, 2021 3:22 pmhttps://thequietus.com/articles/30008-m ... rite-music“We’re suffering because we’re colonised by France which hasn’t given us freedom. On paper we have our freedom but in reality, we aren’t free. French colonialism has just taken the model and modernised it, in the same way that if you take a car manufacturer, Toyota for example, the Toyota from 1980 is not the same as in 2020, but it’s still Toyota. And it’s the same thing with colonialisation. We’ve been colonised since the French descended on our territory and we got independence in 1960 on paper but it’s still France in charge. France is exploiting us for our [uranium] mines while 95 per cent of people in Niger don’t have electricity. And yet we have so much uranium! That’s why I gave the album the name Afrique Victime.”
Kreative Kontrol interview: http://vishkhanna.com/2021/05/27/ep-615-mdou-moctar/
Gib Opi kein Opium, denn Opium bringt Opi um!
Re: Mdou Moctar
8I've been hearing about him for a few years but finally checked out the most recent albums and of course it's Not Crap. WF for the occasional effect that sounds straight out of my '90s Zoom pedal.
Re: Mdou Moctar
9Not crap - love this movie: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akounak_T ... _Tazoughai
Re: Mdou Moctar
10I love this about Tuareg guitar though! And other African guitar musics. I don't like that kind of modulated guitar sound generally, but hearing it outside of the "normal" context it just hits different and I can accept it as it is.penningtron wrote: Thu Jun 24, 2021 8:27 am I've been hearing about him for a few years but finally checked out the most recent albums and of course it's Not Crap. WF for the occasional effect that sounds straight out of my '90s Zoom pedal.
A great way to obviate dumbass "Gear Acquisition Syndrome" impulses (i.e. shopping addiction) is to watch a random Sahel-based guitarist on YouTube absolutely destroy the asses of most guitarists who have Wikipedia pages, using an "Academy"-brand Strat and a Behringer amp with built-in multi-FX.
Mdou Moctar is terrific. He and Bill Orcutt are my favourite "new" guitarists in town. Very grateful that I've gotten to see him live.
active things: Belonging, These Estates, Spruce Island