{"id":80723,"date":"2023-05-23T14:04:03","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T13:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/?p=76899"},"modified":"2023-05-23T14:04:03","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T13:04:03","slug":"album-review-tinariwen-amatssou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/en\/album-review-tinariwen-amatssou\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Tinariwen, Amatssou"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the uninitiated (welcome, you\u2019ve made a great choice), here\u2019s a quick rundown of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.treblezine.com\/tag\/tinariwen\/\">Tinariwen<\/a>\u00a0and their body of work. The Tishoumaren (known as \u201cdesert blues\u201d in the West) originators are members of the Tuareg, a stateless people who reside in the central Saharan Desert. Tinariwen themselves hail from the present-day country of Mali, though have lived in exile from their homeland since 2012. The Tuareg are traditionally nomadic people, and Tinariwen\u2019s propulsive music reflects this sense of constant movement, as well as the brutal circumstances of the band\u2019s birth.<\/p>\n<p>Tinariwen\u2019s four founding members (three of whom remain members) have one of the most extraordinary origin stories in all of modern music. The musicians first came together in 1979 while they were refugees in nearby Algeria. A decade later, several members participated in a Tuareg uprising against the Malian government. By the turn of the millennium, the band had started to gain international recognition. However, the outbreak of conflict in 2012\u2014during which a member was abducted\u2014has meant that Tinariwen live in permanent exile from Mali, due to the prevalence of religious fundamentalists that would outlaw their music.<\/p>\n<p>This doesn\u2019t even cover a fraction of Tinariwen\u2019s story. The band have lived a life that the majority of us couldn\u2019t imagine, which makes their gradual rise to global acclaim all the more admirable and stirring.\u00a0<em>Amatssou\u00a0<\/em>is officially the band\u2019s ninth studio album, yet Tinariwen had spent 20 years recording tapes that never made it to the West prior to their first \u2018official\u2019 album, 2001\u2019s\u00a0<em>The Radio Tisdas Sessions<\/em>. Every release is terrific, full of complex time signatures, searing electric guitars and trance-inducing atmospherics. It\u2019s perhaps not music that\u2019s immediately familiar to the western ear but also wholly, instinctively accessible.<\/p>\n<p>The circumstances of\u00a0<em>Amatssou<\/em>\u2019s recording deserve their own separate write-up. In short, these 12 brilliant tracks were recorded in a makeshift studio set up in Algeria\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/list\/179\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tassili N\u2019Ajjer National Park<\/a>, a UNESCO World Heritage Site famous for its 10,000-year old cave art. The pandemic interrupted its creation several times, including forcing legendary producer Daniel Lanois (U2, Emmylou Harris) to remain in America. Perhaps this worked in its favor. Lanois\u2019 work here is impressively understated. \u201cTenere Dan\u201d is sharp and focused, free of desert haze, while the layers of guitars on \u201cArajghiyine\u201d are compellingly atmospheric, respectfully sitting beneath the iconic guitar trills and solos of the main band.<\/p>\n<p>Tinariwen themselves provide effortless brilliance across\u00a0<em>Amatssou.\u00a0<\/em>Their brand of hypnotic rhythms never loses its appeal, primarily due to its subtle complexities. Layers of violin, acoustic guitars and traditional African instruments intertwine at unexpected junctures before then discreetly vanishing, as if into the sand. While there\u2019s some terrific propulsive cuts (check out the thrilling lead single \u201cAnemouhagh\u201d), it\u2019s the more mellow tracks that stand out. There\u2019s a gorgeous nocturnal quality to the likes of \u201cJayche Atarak\u201d and particularly penultimate track \u201cNak Idnizdjam.\u201d Its guitars gently drone like a chorus of insects, while Ibrahim Ag Alhabib\u2019s vocals have never sounded more melancholic. Like so much of Tinariwen\u2019s oeuvre, it\u2019s like sitting beneath an expanse of stars and being told an incredible story.<\/p>\n<p>Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.treblezine.com\/tinariwen-amatssou-review\/\">https:\/\/www.treblezine.com\/tinariwen-amatssou-review\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the uninitiated (welcome, you\u2019ve made a great choice), here\u2019s a quick rundown of\u00a0Tinariwen\u00a0and their body of work. 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