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- Summary: Previously released on cassette in Mali in 1992, the eight-track album from Tinariwen was recorded in 1991 in Ivory Coast's Abidjan and features a guest appearance from Keltoum Sennhauser.
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- Record Label: Wedge
- Genre(s): Jazz, International, West African, African Traditions, Malian Music, Worldbeat, Desert Blues, Ethnic Fusion, Afro-beat, Global Jazz
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Nov 22, 2022The outward textures here are not raw rock but processed pop, more maximalist than anything the band has put forth since. Still, the bones are the same; this is as sincere a face of the group as on any of their international commercial releases, no matter how surprising its sounds. Tinariwen, it turns out, fares well in a number of different aesthetic frameworks, and Kel Tinariwen serves as a testament to their artistic strength.
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Nov 22, 2022While Tinariwen would hone their sound and achieve even greater sonic depths in the decades following their cassette releases, Kel Tinariwen offers a compelling and charming aural window into that development.
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UncutNov 22, 2022Fascinating, though fans of their later work are advised to approach with caution. [Dec 2022, p.48]
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MojoNov 22, 2022Inessential recordings predating the Tuaregs' breakthrough by a decade. [Dec 2022, p.93]