MDOU MOCTAR <PLAYING WOMAD NZ> 17-19 March, New Plymouth NIGER EP VOL.1 12″ + NIGER EP VOL.2 12″ “In 2021, we started the Mdou Moctar mixtape series. These releases compiled field recordings, cell phone voice memos, interview clips, conversations captured in the
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On February 24th, Matador will release a deluxe digital edition of Mdou Moctar’s Afrique Victime, which expands the album with nine previously unreleased songs, including the studio outtake, ‘Nakanegh Dich.’ “These are
From this fantastic album, Mdou Moctar releases a translated lyric video…. English
Featuring live and alternative versions of songs recorded between 2017-2020 in Niger,
On Friday, Mdou Moctar will release its much-anticipated new album, Funeral for Justice. Today, you can hear the record’s penultimate track, ‘Oh France’, a fiery indictment of French colonialism that stands among
Mdou Moctar have released new single and video ‘Imouhar’, taken from the group’s forthcoming album, Funeral For Justice, out May 3rd on Matador. A hypnotic rock song building to a feverish crescendo,
Out May 4, ‘Funeral For Justice’ is the new album by Mdou Moctar. Recorded at the close of two years spent touring the globe following the release of 2019 breakout ‘Afrique Victime,’
MDOU MOCTAR <PLAYING WOMAD NZ> 17-19 March, New Plymouth NIGER EP VOL.1 12″ + NIGER EP VOL.2 12″ “In 2021, we started the Mdou
Mdou Moctar has announced details of part two of the Niger EP series–featuring live and alternate versions of songs spanning the band’s discography recorded in their native Niger–which will be released digitally
Featuring live and alternative versions of songs recorded between 2017-2020 in Niger, Mdou Moctar announces Niger EP Vol. 1, out today. Niger EP Vol. 1 features recordings captured in Moctar’s native country,
On February 24th, Matador will release a deluxe digital edition of Mdou Moctar’s Afrique Victime, which expands the album with nine previously unreleased songs, including the studio outtake, ‘Nakanegh Dich.’ “These are
Last winter, bassist Mikey Coltun travelled to Niamey, Niger to join his bandmates – Mdou Moctar, Ahmoudou Madassane, and Souleymane Ibrahim – and to prepare for the release of the group’s Matador
Watch: Mdou Moctar – “Afrique Victime: The Documentary” DECEMBER 2020 The global pandemic trapped Mdou Moctar and his band in their home country of Niger. They could not leave to promote their
“The Tuareg guitarist and his bandmates deliver the fullest picture of his gifts yet.” – Pitchfork (Best New Music 8.4) “This is how free rock & roll should sound.” –