Mdou Moctar "Ilana (The Creator)" 2022-04-29 and it's got an incredible

and it's got an incredible soundtrack featuring Tyler the Creator

including "Only in My Dreams" and "Foolish Beat

and featured Japanese rapper Shing02 and Japanese singer-songwriter MINMI on the album's first and last tracks

modern production

The band reformed in late 2001

Mdou Moctar "Ilana (The Creator)" 2022-04-29 and it's got an incredibleBlistering and hypnotic, 'Ilana (The Creator)' (2019) marked the beginning of a new chapter for Mdou Moctar. It is the Nigerien guitar hero's first album recorded with a live rock band and perfectly captures the heavy, psychedelic sound part Tuareg desert blues, part ZZ Top that the quartet had honed through endless touring and which would come to explosive fruition on 'Afrique Victime' (2021) and 'Funeral For Justice' (2024). 'Ilana' was the first