Mdou Moctar – Afrique Victime LP

MDOU MOCTAR – AFRIQUE VICTIME

On May 21, Matador Records will release Afrique Victime, the long-awaitednew albumby Mdou Moctar. WithAfrique Victime the prodigious Tuareg guitarist and songwriter rips a new hole in the sky –boldly reforging contemporary Saharan music and “rock music”by melding guitar pyrotechnics, full-blast noise,andfield recordingswith poetic meditations on love, religion, women's rights,inequality,and Western Africa’s exploitation at the hands of colonial powers.

Tracklist:
A1. Chismiten
A2. Taliat
A3. Ya Habibti
A4. Tala Tannam
A5. Untitled
B6. Asdikte Akal
B7. Layla
B8. Afrique Victime
B9. Bismilahi Atagah

Label: Matador  
Released: 2021