Browse by Artist: TINARIWEN

Artist:	TINARIWEN
Title:	Live In London
Label:	WORLD VILLAGE (GERMANY)
Format:	DVD
Price:	$22.00
Catalog #:	WORLD 458086DVD

"Toureg desert rockers Tinariwen look set to consolidate their position as the world's favorite African band with the release of their first DVD, Live In London. The DVD features twelve songs filmed at the Shepherd's Bush Empire, London, December 2007. The soundtrack was mixed and supervised by Justin Adams, producer of Tinariwen's recent album Aman Iman, and regular guitarist with Robert Plant. Some of the Saharan guitar rebels' most popular songs appear on the DVD, including 'Chet Boghassa,' 'Cler Achel,' 'Amassakoul 'n' Tenere' and 'Matadjem Yinmixan.' The DVD also includes exclusive extras including an intimate 50-minute campfire interview with the band's founder, Ibrahim, tips on how to tie a 'shesh' (Toureg turban) as well as a mini documentary on Tinariwen." NTSC format; Region 0. Feature length: 1 hour, 8 minutes.

Artist:	TINARIWEN
Title:	The Radio Tisdas Sessions
Label:	WORLD VILLAGE (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	WORLD 468010

2002 release. "Out of the desert comes Tinariwen, a band of nomads with electric guitars. The Kel Tamashek, as the Touareg refer to themselves, fiercely resisted the French and the Malian government. The Tinariwen sound emerged when members were in exile in Libya listening to Bob Marley and John Lennon. They decided to apply their traditional music to the electric guitar and became the musical mouthpiece of the Touareg independence movement. Reminiscent of Ali Farke Touré, this raw desert recording was produced by France's global troubadours Lo'Jo and guitarist Justin Adams (of Jah Wobble & Sinead O' Connor fame)."

Artist:	TINARIWEN
Title:	Amassakoul
Label:	WORLD VILLAGE (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	WORLD 468026

2004 release. "Music and poetry often cross paths with war. For the Tuaregs, poetry has long been a symbolic expression of the pain and suffering of war, just as their sword dances are a choreographic representations of real battles. With camel culture close to extinction and the Malian peace accords of 1992 providing only token relief from years of conflict, the songs of Tinariwen mourn the passing of the golden age of the Saharan tribes, while endeavoring to map out a future for the generations who must survive beyond it and live in the modern world. Before Tinariwen, the idea of a group didn't even exist in the southern Sahara. There were only impromptu bands who would get together for the usual joyous gatherings in camps or oases. Seeing their potential, Tuareg political figure Iyad Ag Ghali financed the acquisition of guitars and amps for the group, and in turn used some of their songs as propaganda tools during the rebellion of the 1990s. Tinariwen's first CD for World Village, The Radio Tisdas Sessions, was recorded with the help of solar energy in the studios of Radio Tisdas, the Tuareg station of Kidal. Acclaim for the album rocketed the group to the top ranks of African bands and the top 10 lists of some of the world's most respected critics. Even though the music of Tinariwen's new CD, Amassakoul, was recorded in a modern studio, their bewitching rhythms and passionate words lose none of their power. Tinariwen's lyrics all possess that texture of something crucial, essential and honest. They are all the fruit of distress and of a hope greater than the person who expresses it, the hope of an entire community that it might once again discover its true values."

Artist:	TINARIWEN
Title:	Aman Iman: Water Is Life
Label:	WORLD VILLAGE (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	WORLD 468067

"Tinariwen's songs, with rutted five-tone scales and wreathed in handclaps, are propelled by icy-hot guitars over sinuous French and Tamashek vocals. The material sometimes contains recollections of other Malian luminaries, such as Amadou and Mariam, Habib Koité, Oumou Sangare, and the late Ali Farka Toure, plus New World descendants like Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, and untold generations of Delta bluesmen. Their lyrics speak of drought and displacement, deceased heroes, and assouf, which, like Brazilian saudade, can mean longing, nostalgia, and love of home, but also a desert-dweller's bone-deep craving for open wilderness and solitude. Aman Iman, their third CD for World Village, was produced by British bluesman and label-mate Justin Adams and recorded at Bogolan studios in Bamako, Mali. The album's fifteen tracks celebrate their heritage in all its trance-inducing, hip-shaking, majesty, mystery, and magic. The third track, 'Matadjem Yinmixan' ('Why All This Hate Between You?'), harbors tantalizing echoes of European troubadour music, which after all evolved from some of the same ancient Muslim sources. On 'Ahimana' ('Oh My Soul'), original founding member Mohammed Ag Itlale interprets a style more usually performed by women, paradoxically with no loss of masculinity. Throughout, rangy, cloaked pickers are flanked by a female chorus whose hand drums are spiked by sharp, off-center clapping, shrill ululation, and fervent responses to the men's singing. Together, they goad one another to heights of fervent experimentation while basking amid hallowed folkways."

Artist:	TINARIWEN
Title:	Imidiwan: Companions
Label:	WORLD VILLAGE (GERMANY)
Format:	CD/DVD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	WORLD 468096

"In December of 2008, Tinariwen gathered in the Sahara to record a new album. The sessions took place in a rented house, out in the bush, in nomad camps and in other magical locations. The whole adventure was filmed by the French director Jessy Nottola and a DVD of that film is included with the CD. Imidiwan: Companions is the band's fourth release for World Village and it possesses all the elements that have made them so magnetic to western ears: raw simplicity, melodic beauty and songs ranging from the epic and universal to the intimate and personal. This fourteen track album, produced by Jean-Paul Romann, who had previously worked with Tinariwen on their 2001 debut album, The Radio Tisdas Sessions, was recorded in Malian village of Tessalit, home of band members Ibrahim Ag Alhabib and Hassan Ag Touhami. Since their debut, Tinariwen has picked up a number of awards and a raft of 'legendary' fans including the likes of Robert Plant, Carlos Santana, Brian Eno, Thom Yorke, TV on the Radio, Bono and The Edge." DVD: NTSC All Region; total playing time: 30:44.

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