Deran Deran Alkheir

Well Wishes: a traditional Tuareg wedding blessing, sung by Bombino and his late bandmate Illias Mohamed.
Bombino, from Deran (2018)

Written by
Bombino
Released
6 April 2018
Length
3:58
Album
Deran

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Bombino described it as a traditional wedding song, sung to bless the bride and groom and wish them good fortune. NPR translated the refrain as best wishes for peace and heard polyrhythms, flickering guitar and call-and-response chants; the end turns to distorted guitars. Illias Mohamed shares the lead vocal. It was the album's second single.

Jonathan Wing's video shows two dancers as a Tuareg bride and groom. A desert shoot in Southern California fell through at the last minute, so it was filmed in a studio lit to suggest endless sand. Both the album audio and the video are in the hypersongs web.

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Sources

  1. Watch the premiere of Deran Deran Alkheir, OkayAfrica (2018-05-24)
  2. First Listen: Bombino, Deran, NPR (2018-05-10)
  3. Deran Deran Alkheir, official video, YouTube