Agadez
Produced by the filmmaker who had tracked him down in exile in Burkina Faso, and recorded between Cambridge, Massachusetts and Agadez.
Bombino, 2011
- Released
- April 2011
- Studio
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Agadez
- Label
- Cumbancha
- Producer
- Ron Wyman
- Length
- 54:05
Ron Wyman had heard cassette recordings of Bombino's music and tracked him down in Burkina Faso. With the engineer Chris Decato he produced the album, recording at Wyman's home studio in Cambridge, Massachusetts and finishing it in Agadez. It debuted at the top of the iTunes world chart.
TJ Nelson of World Music Central wrote that Agadez is ferociously good. NPR said in 2011 that Bombino made the suffering of an ancient people sound "both strangely contemporary and universally appealing".
Track listing
- Ahoulaguine Akaline (I Greet My Country)4:03
- Tar Hani (My Love)6:30
- Adounia (Life)5:05
- Kammou Taliat (You, My Beloved)4:30
- Tigrawahi Tikma (Bring Us Together)5:17
- Tenere (The Desert, My Home)3:32
- Iyat Idounia Ayasahen (Another Life)9:08
- Azamane (My Brothers United)4:32
- Assalam Felawan (Peace to You)6:16
- Tebsakh Dalet (A Green Acacia)5:09
Personnel
- Bombino lead guitar, vocals
- Kawissan Mohamed guitar
- Ed Lucie bass
- Ibrahim Atchinguil Emoud drums
- Ghissa Tshoda calabash
- Chris Decato rhythm guitar, percussion; engineer
- Mohamed Serge percussion
- Joe Galeato percussion
- Ron Wyman producer, percussion
More from Bombino
Agamgam 2004 (2010), Nomad (2013), Azel (2016), Deran (2018), Live in Amsterdam (2020), Sahel (2023)
Sources
- Ferociously good: Bombino, World Music Central (2011-04-19)
- Bombino: unfamiliar suffering gets a universal treatment, NPR (2011-04-27)
- Bombino (musician), Wikipedia
- Agadez (release), Discogs