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Tinariwen - Matadjem Yinmixan

Tinariwen Matadjem Yinmixan

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Discovered by:
Dylan Heneck
Dylan Heneck
Published:
Jul 31, 2019
Total plays:
5,211
Saved:
74 times
Sounds like: Ali Farka Toure, Bombino, Oumou Sangare
Why do we like this?

Isn't it so nice to be attracted to a song that is being sung in a dialect that makes no sense to you. The only focus shifts to the melodies and instrumentation, of which there are many that are noteworthy.

Tinariwen, for those who are unfamiliar, won a Grammy for the Best World Music Album in 2012. I, having been born in 1991 and feeling old because everyone I come into contact with is born in the late '00s, take solace solace in having been alive and conscious enough to witness the band's victory.

Anyways, "Matadjem Yinmixam" isn't on the Grammy winning release, but is on the superb Aman Iman, of 2006.

- Dylan Heneck
Streaming source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovXX8K8WXVg

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