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Partisan Records release Azel by Bombino. Oumara
Bombino Moctar is a prolific guitar player pioneering
a new style of Tuareg music which he affectionately
calls Tuareggae – a sunny blend of Tuareg blues /
rock with reggae one-drop and bounce. It is a blend
of traditional Tuareg blues with Western vocal
harmonies (much due to Dave Longstreths influence)
which give the songs new depth and colour.

The album was recorded in Woodstock, NY, produced
by Dave Longstreth (Dirty Projectors) and mixed by
David Wrench (FKA Twigs).

The album title Azel has three meanings: The name
of a small desert town a few kilometers from where
Bombino grew up in Agadez, Niger; the roots or stems
of a tree; slang in Tamasheq that would loosely be the
equivalent of Thats my jam!

Tracklisting
1.Akhar Zaman (This Moment)
2.Iwaranagh (We Must)
3.Inar (If You Know The Degree Of My Love For You)
4.Tamiditine Tarhanam (My Love, I Tell You)
5.Timtar (Memories)
6.Iyat Ninhay / Jaguar (A Great Desert I Saw)
7.Igmayagh Dum (My Lover)
8.Ashuhada (Martyrs Of The First Rebellion)
9.Timidiwa (Friendship)
10.Naqqim Dagh Timshar (We Are Left in This Abandoned Place)