Tinariwen - Amassakoul (Remastered) (2022) Hi-Res

Tinariwen’s breakthrough album originally released in 2004, now remastered and repackaged with a bonus unreleased track, exclusive photos and brand-new liner notes. The first vinyl pressing is limited edition indigo vinyl - only 3000 copies worldwide and the download card provides 24-bit WAV. Amassakoul features songs from Ibrahim Ag Alhabib, Abdallah Ag Alhousseyni, and Touhami Ag Alhassane.

Tinariwen are Tuaregs, children of a nomadic Berber tribe who have roamed the Saharan desert for thousands of years. Over recent centuries, colonialism has seen the Tuareg’s ancestral territory partitioned into distinct countries - Mali, Algeria, Libya, Niger. This drawing of borders has turned the Tuareg into ishumar, a displaced people in search of a homeland lost to them. Tinariwen’s music – a blend of West African traditional music and electrified rock’n’roll – speaks directly to this feeling of longing: a sound that critics have called “desert blues”.

1.01 - Tinariwen - Amassakoul 'N' 'Ténéré (3:25)
1.02 - Tinariwen - Oualahila Ar Tesninam (3:48)
1.03 - Tinariwen - Chatma (5:36)
1.04 - Tinariwen - Arawan (4:07)
1.05 - Tinariwen - Chet Boghassa (3:53)
1.06 - Tinariwen - Amidinin (2:51)
1.07 - Tinariwen - Ténéré Daféo Nikchan (4:51)
1.08 - Tinariwen - Aldhechen Manin (3:54)
1.09 - Tinariwen - Alkhar Dessouf (4:55)
1.10 - Tinariwen - Eh Massina Sintadoben (4:30)
1.11 - Tinariwen - Assoul (4:10)
1.12 - Tinariwen - Taskiwt Tadjat (Unreleased Bonus Track) (4:03)