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- Summary: The second full-length release for the group based in Niger was recorded by Jamie Carter.
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- Record Label: FatCat Records
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, International, West African, African Traditions, Afro-Pop, Afro-beat, Nigerian
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UncutMay 19, 2015Undeniably, they are a dance band first and foremost, but fans of Tinariwen will find plenty to love in raw soulful numbers like "Koana" and Farila." [Jun 2015, p.83]
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MojoJun 10, 2015Rhythmically dense is the result. [Jul 2015, p.93]
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May 19, 2015Tal National's sound fabric on new album Zoy Zoy is intricate and colourful. The music turns in wild and unexpected directions as psychedelic hues emerge and patterns form that may not have previously seemed possible.
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May 19, 2015Bold, inventive, and exhilarating, the eight songs on Zoy Zoy are in a genre of their own.
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The WireMay 22, 2015One has to look back to the golden age of the West African guitar bands to find this level of complexity executed with such brazen confidence and ability. [May 2015, p.59]
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May 19, 2015The music is colorful and bright and dizzying. It recalls the energy and wall-of-sound quality of Konono No 1, except more frenzied and texturally varied.
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Aug 14, 2015Exhilarating and at times exhausting, the competing rhythms atop call-and-response choruses deliver a jittery math-rock fix cut with humanism, warning against fundamentalists of all stripes even as they embody the multicultural promise of their homeland.