Tamotaït
Hope for a positive change: vintage sounds from rural France, with a closing song shaped by Japan.
Tamikrest, 2020
- Released
- 27 March 2020
- Studio
- Black Box, France; Japan
- Label
- Glitterbeat
- Producer
- David Odlum
- Length
- 41:24
The fifth studio album was made mostly at David Odlum's Black Box studio in rural France, where Odlum produced, recorded the first eight tracks and mixed. Ag Mossa said they wanted a modern album with vintage sounds. The closing Tabsit was recorded in Japan by Keiji Matsui, with Atsushi Sakata on shamisen and OKI on the Ainu tonkori, and Hindi Zahra sings on Timtarin.
Metacritic averaged 79 from six reviews. Songlines made it an Editor's Choice, and Adriane Pontecorvo in PopMatters heard the Japanese strings as a cooling breeze over the electric heat. It was number one on the Transglobal World Music Chart in April 2020.
Track listing
- Awnafin4:06
- Azawad4:01
- Amzagh4:17
- Amidinin Tad Adouniya3:54
- As Sastnan Hidjan5:15
- Timtarin (feat. Hindi Zahra)5:49
- Tihoussay5:01
- Anha Achal Wad Namda3:36
- Tabsit5:15
Personnel
- Ousmane Ag Mossa lead vocals, electric and acoustic guitar
- Aghaly Ag Mohamedine djembe, darbouka, calabash, electric guitar, vocals
- Cheikh Ag Tiglia bass, electric guitar, vocals
- Paul Salvagnac electric, acoustic and slide guitar
- Nicolas Grupp drums, percussion
- Cédric Maurel bendir, tashas drum
- Rommy keyboards
- Fadimat Wallet Alla backing vocals
- Tinawelan Wallet Hibbi backing vocals
- Hindi Zahra vocals on Timtarin
- Atsushi Sakata shamisen
- OKI tonkori
- David Odlum producer, engineer, mixing
- Keiji Matsui engineer on Tabsit
More from Tamikrest
Adagh (2010), Toumastin (2011), Chatma (2013), Taksera (2015)
Sources
- Tamotaït, Bandcamp
- Tamikrest: Tamotaït, Discogs
- Tamotait, Wikipedia
- Tamotaït review, PopMatters (2020-04-27)