Thanks to Janszoon, this thread now offers the chance to vote on two albums by Group Bombino, which perhaps deserve a word of explanation:
To begin at the beginning, Agadez is a city in the Republic of Niger. A few years back the guys of record label Sublime Frequencies went there to make some recordings, from which they issued a series of three cd`s. Their first
Guitars From Agadez cd featured a group called Inerane, while their volume two release featured Group Bombino:
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Originally Posted by stp
Group Bombino - Guitars From Agadez Vol. 2 (2009)
A modern evolution of northern African music traditions.
Keep in mind these are live field recordings so the quality's not great but the energy is pretty kicking.
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^ This is the album that recently won a FAIR album club poll.
Two years after that release, Group Bombino recorded a studio album, this time in the USA. It was called, simply but confusingly,
Agadez, and that`s the album that stp opened this thread with. That`s also why the Group Bombino discography goes like this :-
2009 : Guitars from Agadez vol. 2
2011 : Agadez
So, those are the albums; any opinions ?