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Partisan Records release Azel by Bombino. OumaraBombino Moctar is a prolific guitar player pioneeringa new style of Tuareg music which he affectionatelycalls Tuareggae – a sunny blend of Tuareg blues /rock with reggae one-drop and bounce. It is a blendof traditional Tuareg blues with Western vocalharmonies (much due to Dave Longstreths influence)which give the songs new depth and colour.

The album was recorded in Woodstock, NY, producedby Dave Longstreth (Dirty Projectors) and mixed byDavid Wrench (FKA Twigs).

The album title Azel has three meanings: The nameof a small desert town a few kilometers from whereBombino grew up in Agadez, Niger; the roots or stemsof a tree; slang in Tamasheq that would loosely be theequivalent of Thats my jam!

Tracklisting
1.Akhar Zaman (This Moment)
2.Iwaranagh (We Must)
3.Inar (If You Know The Degree Of My Love For You)
4.Tamiditine Tarhanam (My Love, I Tell You)
5.Timtar (Memories)
6.Iyat Ninhay / Jaguar (A Great Desert I Saw)
7.Igmayagh Dum (My Lover)
8.Ashuhada (Martyrs Of The First Rebellion)
9.Timidiwa (Friendship)
10.Naqqim Dagh Timshar (We Are Left in This Abandoned Place)