Tinariwen - Abdallah & Hassan of Tinariwen with JeConte - fundraiser for ESSAKANE Film
Tinariwen's Abdallah & Hassan with JeConte performing for the Essakane film fundraiser at the Top Tomato Market in Los Angeles. Desert Blues... For more on JeConte: http://www.themaliblues.com For More on Tinariwen: http://www.tinariwen.com Tinariwen's music and sensibility have always been close to the American Blues and on 'Tassili' they re-enact the emotions of an individual who finds himself face to face with loneliness and doubt, gripped by torment, the prisoner of inextricable circumstances ('Djeredjere'). But that individual also manages to find hope in the strength of his community ('Imidiwan Wan Sahara') or in the simple pleasure afforded by insignificant daily moments, as on the song 'Takest Tamidarest', sung by Abdallah, which drops us right in the middle of the desert, with its slow-baked pace that lends itself to pure contemplation of man's surrounding and to profound inner meditation. For that reason, 'Tassili' isn't just an extraordinary musical moment, in which Tinariwen repossess their own art to the extent that they feel completely relaxed about inviting others into their world, it's also a shared human experience of rare quality. Tinariwen (Tamashek: t-i-nàriw-en "deserts", plural of t-è-nere "desert") is a band of Tuareg musicians from the Sahara Desert region of northern Mali. The band was formed c. 1979 in refugee camps in Libya but returned to Mali after a cease-fire in the 1990s. The group first started to gain a following outside the Sahara region in 2001, with the release of The Radio Tisdas Sessions, and the performances at Festival au Désert in Mali and at the Roskilde festival in Denmark. Their popularity rose internationally with the release of the critically acclaimed Aman Iman in 2007. Tinariwen's biography has variously been described as "the most compelling of any band" (Songlines), "the most rock'n'roll of them all" (The Irish Times), "hard-bitten" (Slate.com), and "dramatic" (The Independent).[citation needed] The band released their fifth album Tassili on August 30, 2011.
Tinariwen's Abdallah & Hassan with JeConte performing for the Essakane film fundraiser at the Top Tomato Market in Los Angeles. Desert Blues... For more on JeConte: http://www.themaliblues.com For More on Tinariwen: http://www.tinariwen.com Tinariwen's music and sensibility have always been close to the American Blues and on 'Tassili' they re-enact the emotions of an individual who finds himself face to face with loneliness and doubt, gripped by torment, the prisoner of inextricable circumstances ('Djeredjere'). But that individual also manages to find hope in the strength of his community ('Imidiwan Wan Sahara') or in the simple pleasure afforded by insignificant daily moments, as on the song 'Takest Tamidarest', sung by Abdallah, which drops us right in the middle of the desert, with its slow-baked pace that lends itself to pure contemplation of man's surrounding and to profound inner meditation. For that reason, 'Tassili' isn't just an extraordinary musical moment, in which Tinariwen repossess their own art to the extent that they feel completely relaxed about inviting others into their world, it's also a shared human experience of rare quality. Tinariwen (Tamashek: t-i-nàriw-en "deserts", plural of t-è-nere "desert") is a band of Tuareg musicians from the Sahara Desert region of northern Mali. The band was formed c. 1979 in refugee camps in Libya but returned to Mali after a cease-fire in the 1990s. The group first started to gain a following outside the Sahara region in 2001, with the release of The Radio Tisdas Sessions, and the performances at Festival au Désert in Mali and at the Roskilde festival in Denmark. Their popularity rose internationally with the release of the critically acclaimed Aman Iman in 2007. Tinariwen's biography has variously been described as "the most compelling of any band" (Songlines), "the most rock'n'roll of them all" (The Irish Times), "hard-bitten" (Slate.com), and "dramatic" (The Independent).[citation needed] The band released their fifth album Tassili on August 30, 2011.