Mdou Moctar "Ilana (The Creator)" 2022-12-23 with 'Oochya

with 'Oochya

the Dead would record a lot of their shows over the years with state of the art equipment

moody and romantic country-noir

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and a rough mix of POGUETRY IN MOTION outtake

Mdou Moctar "Ilana (The Creator)" 2022-12-23 with 'OochyaBlistering and hypnotic, 'Ilana (The Creator)' (2019) marked the beginning of a new chapter for Mdou Moctar. It is the Nigerien guitar hero's first album recorded with a live rock band and perfectly captures the heavy, psychedelic sound part Tuareg desert blues, part ZZ Top that the quartet had honed through endless touring and which would come to explosive fruition on 'Afrique Victime' (2021) and 'Funeral For Justice' (2024). 'Ilana' was the first