Mdou Moctar "Ilana (The Creator)" 2022-12-23 000 copies limited edition on

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moody and romantic country-noir

and a rough mix of POGUETRY IN MOTION outtake

Ben Nichols' from Lucero first solo album since 2009's The Last Pale Light in the West

Originally released in April 1987 on Def Jam Recordings

Mdou Moctar "Ilana (The Creator)" 2022-12-23 000 copies limited edition onBlistering 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