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Tassili (album)

Tassili is the fifth album by the Tuareg-Berber band Tinariwen, recorded in Tassili n'Ajjer, an Algerian national park in 2011. The album marked a major departure from previous recordings.[4] The producer, Ian Brennan, stated that it "was the least overdubbed, most live, band-centric and song-oriented record they have done.”[2]

Tassili

29 August 2011 (2011-08-29)[1]

1–20 November 2010, Tassili n'Ajjer, south-east Algeria[2]

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Ian Brennan, Jean Paul Romann[3]

The album won a Grammy Award for Best World Music Album in 2012.[5]

Ibrahim Ag Alhabib – lead vocals and lead guitar (except track 12)

Abdallah Ag Alhousseyni – lead vocals and lead guitar (track 12)

Alhassane Ag Touhami –backing vocals (all tracks)

Eyadou Ag Leche – bass, guitar, percussion, backing vocals (all tracks), lead vocals (track 3)

Elaga Ag Hamid – guitar, backing vocals (all tracks)

Said Ag Ayad – percussion, backing vocals (all tracks)

Mohamad Ag Tahada – percussion, backing vocals (all tracks)

Mustapha Ag Ahmed – backing vocals (all tracks)

Aroune Ag Alhabib – guitar, backing vocals (track 11)

– guitar (tracks 3, 5, 11), vocals (tracks 2, 11)

Kyp Malone

– vocals (tracks 3, 5, 7)

Tunde Adebimpe

– guitar (track 1)

Nels Cline

– horns (track 4)

Dirty Dozen Brass Band

All information from album liner notes.[19]

at New York Times

Slideshow

on YouTube - a video documentary about the recording of Tassili

Desert sessions

and English translation at the official Tinariwen website

Original Tuareg lyrics

on The Colbert Report

Performance of Imidiwan Ma Tenam

on YouTube

Official Tenere Taqqim Tossam music video

on SoundCloud

Tenere Taqqim Tossam

with Tinariwen about Tassili at Mondomix

Interview