Mdou Moctar "Ilana (The Creator)" 2022-12-23 big vocals

big vocals

with 'Oochya

000 copies limited edition on 200gram blue sparkle vinyl

Originally released in April 1987 on Def Jam Recordings

is also featured on the B-side

Mdou Moctar "Ilana (The Creator)" 2022-12-23 big vocalsBlistering and hypnotic, 'Ilana (The Creator)' (2019) marked the beginning of a new chapter for Mdou Moctar. It is the Nigerien guitar hero's first album recorded with a live rock band and perfectly captures the heavy, psychedelic sound part Tuareg desert blues, part ZZ Top that the quartet had honed through endless touring and which would come to explosive fruition on 'Afrique Victime' (2021) and 'Funeral For Justice' (2024). 'Ilana' was the first