Al Bilali Soudan – Tombouctou (Clermont Music, 2020)
Timbuktu-based Al Bilali Soudan plays a form of Tuareg music that predates the now familiar desert blues. Their music style is called Takamba, and revolves around the use of an ancient lute that is also known as ngoni and tidinit in other parts of Western Africa.
On Tombouctou (Timbuktu), Al Bilali Soudan perform fast paced trance-like music featuring vocals, electrified hypnotic tehardent and calabash percussion.
The lineup on the album includes Abellaw Yattara on vocals and lead terhadent; Aboubacrine Yattara on bass terhadent; Mohamed Ag Abellaw on vocals and terhadent; Thialé Ag Aboubacrine on calabash; and Hamadoun Afo Gundo on calabash.
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Author: Angel Romero
Angel Romero y Ruiz has dedicated his life to musical exploration. His efforts included the creation of two online portals, worldmusiccentral.org and musicasdelmundo.com. In addition, Angel is the co-founder of the Transglobal World Music Chart, a panel of world music DJs and writers that celebrates global sounds. Furthermore, he delved into the record business, producing world music studio albums and compilations. His works have appeared on Alula Records, Ellipsis Arts, Indígena Records and Music of the World.