Amassakoul [Import]

1. Amassakoul 'N' Tenere

2. Dualahila Ar Tesninam

3. Chatma

4. Arawan

5. Chet Boghassa

6. Amidinin

7. Tenere Dafeo Nikchan

8. Aldrechen Manin

9. Alkhar Dessouf

10. Eh Massina Sintadoben

11. Assoul

Amassakoul,Tinariwen,Irl,World Music

Average customer rating: Worth a listen Funky! A GREAT ADDITION TO YOUR WORLD MUSIC COLLECTION AMAZING!!! so cool that I now wish to die

Amassakoul Tinariwen Manufacturer: World Village ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Africa | International | Styles | Music Mali | Africa | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Radio Tisdas Sessions Aman Iman: Water is Life Festival in the Desert Dimanche a Bamako In the Heart of the Moon ASIN: B0006213NU Release Date: 2004-10-12

Tracks:

1. Amassakoul 'N' Tenere
2. Oualahila Ar Tesninam
3. Chatma
4. Arawan
5. Chert Boghassa
6. Amidinin
7. Tenere Dafed Nikchan
8. Aldhechen Manin
9. Alkhar Dessouf
10. Eh Massina Sintadoben
11. Assoul

Amazon.com

It's a long way from the Mississippi Delta to the Sahara Desert. But somehow the snaking blues lines and hypnotic guitar figures of bluesman like John Lee Hooker resonated with the members of Tinariwen, who set aside traditional Touareg instruments two decades ago to play electric guitar. The follow-up to 2000's spellbinding Radio Tisdas, Amassakoul again features galloping rhythms, desert wails and, of course, electric guitar--up to four guitars snarl, burr and howl to create the spacious interlocking desert blues groove that is this group's calling card. Eerie call-and-response vocals draw listeners in as well, conjuring up visions of a night around the campfire in the open desert air. This album also reveals that Tinariwen is more flexible than would be originally thought--the blues riffs are more varied and the music is augmented with more complicated arrangements and better production values. Another stunning effort, Amassakoul finds the band honing its art and spreading its wings musically to great effect. --Tad Hendrickson

Customer Reviews:

Worth a listen.......2007-05-26

African musicianship and sincerity leave the rock music world dead and this is no exception. Great guitar playing, good rythmn and I have listened to this regularly on the road in my car for a couple of months ...but. It reminds me of my reaction to Bob Marley and the Wailers, something in their psyche and mine do not quite gel. In Bob Marley's case brain numbness from ganga was starting to set in even on his first album - despite Bob's Rasta beliefs, drugs cut off contact with the holy spirit and keep the music stuck in the world of plants. I know some great albums have been made by musicians on drugs but only in the first few years of their career, sooner or later drugs kill off the creative spark. I don't know what it is about Tinariwen but there is something not quite complete in this music.

Funky!.......2007-01-05

Picture galloping across the desert on horseback. What would be your theme music? Well, this beautiful desert blues CD, of course. My favorite tracks are "Oualahila Ar Teninam", "Chatma", "Tenere Dafeo Nikchan", and "Aldhechen Manin".

A GREAT ADDITION TO YOUR WORLD MUSIC COLLECTION.......2006-08-23

Warning: Not listening to this CD may cause you to experience a traumatic loss of musical enlightenment, cultural awareness, and soul.

A little geography and sociology first....Tinariwen is a Tuareg/Berber musical group from Mali, North Africa. You know, Sahara Desert, camels, henna tattoos, and all that. They formed in 1982, and their name means "empty places" in their native tongue. They did a lot of low-tech recording for nearly 20 years; mainly rebel music supporting Tuareg independence from the government of Mali. In 2000 they were "discovered" by the West; they have since played in France, England, and the USA, and have sparked a lot of interest, wherever they play.

Amassakoul ("Traveller"), their second album, is a unique and wonderful fusion CD. Tinariwen has masterfully incorporated 1950's - 1960's era American blues/rock electric guitar with their already formidable Tuareg vocals and percussion. Listening to these tracks, I got the feeling that Bo Diddley, B.B. King, Chuck Berry, John Lee Hooker, and maybe even Jimi Hendrix all took to the Sahara by caravan, and started jamming with their Tuareg hosts. The result is hypnotic, funky, and exhilarating. I count Amassakoul among the best CD's I have heard, in any genre.

AMAZING!!!.......2006-07-28

Man, I thought I heard it all.WRONG. These guys can really rock man, I mean really rock. THis music is so groovy that'll make James Brown blush. It's like Bob Marley , BB King, A group of Traditional African Musicians were making music together. The style, apparently new, since Tinariwen( Tashmarek for "empty places" is the first band ever in their country to use electric guitars, is called Tishoumaren and represents the voice of the Tuareg people.BUY this and you won't be disappointed!!!

so cool that I now wish to die.......2006-03-23

The connection between West African music and American blues has never been as clear or as powerful as it is on Amassakoul. The modal nature of much of the playing reminds you of John Lee Hooker, but there's no doubt that this is the well he was drawing from, not the other way 'round. I think any fan of West African music will absolutely love Amassakoul

Average customer rating: A fine, groove-laden world-pop album from the Saharan desert Music of the deep Saharan tribes takes on a modern tone.

Amassakoul Tinariwen Manufacturer: Irl ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Africa | International | Styles | Music Mali | Africa | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0001BYL8K Release Date: 2004-08-09

Tracks:

1. Amassakoul 'N' Tr
2. Oualahila Ar Tesninam
3. Chatma
4. Arawan
5. Chert Boghassa
6. Amidinin
7. TrafNikchan
8. Aldhechen Manin
9. Alkhar Dessouf
10. Eh Massina Sintadoben
11. Assoul

Customer Reviews:

A fine, groove-laden world-pop album from the Saharan desert.......2004-09-27

Another fine offering by one of Sub-Saharan Africa's best new bands, the Touareg ensemble known as Tinariwen... Their slow, hypnotic groove style has mellowed even more, inviting comparison, perhaps, to American "jam bands" such as the Grateful Dead, et al. Granted, for many folks in the rock world, a statement like that might be the kiss of death... But for a band as deeply drenched in Arabic and Africa musical styles, the additional groove-a-delic droning becomes a strong selling point. Tinariwen picks up the meandering, bluesy style pioneered by Malian superstar Ali Farka Toure, and adds a much more nuanced, textured coloring, creating a new, modern African pop style that can become quite addictive, once you get in the right frame of mind. If you liked their last album, "Radio Tsidas Sessions," you really ought to love this one!

Music of the deep Saharan tribes takes on a modern tone........2004-08-30

Music of the deep Saharan tribes takes on a decidedly modern, sometimes rocky overtone with Tinariwen's new recording AMASSAKOUL.
 The slow, nearly sleepy passages of introductory song 'Amassakoul n Tenare' is startled from rest by the nearly John Lee Hooker/Malian guitar of 'Qualahila Ar Tesninam', starting a past/present theme swing which moves progressively between songs.
 'Chatma' holds shades of Ali Farka Toure in its precise chants and guitar style.
 There's even Tamashek rap exposing the fragile world of the fading desert, if political observational poetry is desired. 
 Neither fish nor fowl is Tinariwen's latest AMASSAKOUL: not blues, pure North African, nor Western - but with elements of all, uniting for the greater good.

Average customer rating:

Amassakoul ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0006OS624 Release Date: 2004-12-21

Album Description

The birth of the band Tinariwen in 1982 is closely linked to the exile and wandering situation of the Touareg people, the Berber nomads of the Sahara Desert. Their sung poetry calls for the political awakening of consciousness and approaches the problems of the exile, of the repression in Mali, of the policy of their people's expulsion to Algeria and of the claims for sovereignty and self-determination. The band, originally called Taghreft Tinariwen meaning 'building up of countries' first performed in the Lybian barracks before moving on to play at traditional celebrations and youth parties of the Touareg. A whole new style took root in those barracks; the traditional instruments such as the teherdent lute and shepherd flute were discarded in favour of the electric guitar, electric bass and drums. This is the band's 2004 album along with a bonus CD for this French pressing. Universal.

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