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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You might not have been lucky enough to make it along to Glastonbury 2024, but here’s a few of our favourite appearances from Matador artists, Bar Italia, Kim Gordon and Mdou Moctar. Enjoy!
Tears of Injustice is the acoustic version of Mdou Moctar’s Funeral for Justice. It is an
On Friday, Mdou Moctar will release its much-anticipated new album, Funeral for
Mdou Moctar covering Tinariwen’s ‘Chet Boghassa’ Live in Niamey, Niger, Winter 2021 Footage shot by: Mamadou Halidou & WH Moustapha / Dynamique image Audio Recorded by: Mikey Coltun Mixed and Mastered by
From this fantastic album, Mdou Moctar releases a translated lyric video…. English translation here: “Afrique Victime” is the title track from Mdou Moctar’s new album out on Matador Records, May 21,2021.
FROM NEW ALBUM AFRIQUE VICTIME OUT MAY 21ST ON MATADOR WATCH ACCOMPANYING VIDEO EDIT HERE “An almighty freakout” – Uncut on ‘Afrique Victime’ “The Hendrix of the Sahara is on peak form”
Following on from the thrilling announce earlier this month of a new album, Afrique Victime, and signing to Matador Records, the band recorded a lives session at a friend’s hime in Niamey,
The familiar elements of Tuareg electric guitar music are here: modal riffs and a kinetic six-beat, three-against-two pulse. But “Chismiten” — with lyrics chiding about the pointlessness of jealousy — supercharges those
Matador Records is thrilled to announce the addition of prodigious Tuareg guitarist and songwriter Mdou Moctar to its roster. A once-in-a-generation artist backed by an unstoppable rhythm section, Mdou’s music has roots in both