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Etran Finatawa
Introducing Etran Finatawa
Genres: International Music, Pop

Track Listings (10) - Disc #1
1. Surbajo 05:30
2. A Dunya 05:03
3. Iledeman 03:40
4. Aliss 05:48
5. Maleele 03:51
6. Iriarer 04:55
7. Ekenan 05:39
8. Anadjibo 05:26
9. Ronde 05:06
10. Heeme 04:21

CD Details

All Artists: Etran Finatawa
Title: Introducing Etran Finatawa
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: World Music Network
Original Release Date: 1/1/2006
Re-Release Date: 6/9/2006
Genres: International Music, Pop
Styles: Africa, Middle East
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 605633510522

Synopsis

Album Description

Etran Finatawa combine the rich nomadic cultures of the Tuareg and Wodaabe people from the West African country of Niger ? a region that for thousands of years has served as a crossroads between the Arabs of North Africa and the sub-Saharan traditions. Etran Finatawa blend traditional instruments with electric guitars, combining the polyphonic songs of the Wodaabe people with modern arrangements, transporting you to the Sahara with their evocative sound.

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CD Reviews

Saharan rock

H. CRESPO | Chicago, IL United States | 06/05/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I underestimated how much I was going to like this CD. It has grown on me. I bought it months ago but did not rediscover its beauty until the last couple of weeks, and now I can't stop playing it. Some of its music is trancelike and stays with you.

This is truly the best, purest, most natural, traditional and richest expression of rock music. It is the rock music of the desert, of nomads. It is not the angry, urban, synthesized rock of the West. It is trancelike, voodooesque, and has a call and response thing to it which is uniquely African, yet this is unlike any other type of African music one may hear. It is contemporary African rock. It is sort of a blend of African rock and Gnawa (black Moroccan) music, so original and magical it's hard to describe.

It is also refreshing in that it is not religious like much of the Middle Eastern music that attracts listeners of world music: this is secular, traditional Saharan rock. There is not a track on this CD that I do not like, and if you want to question everything you thought you knew about African music, and if you're looking for a trancelike modern Afro-Saharan vibe, buy this."

Great Music

OSU_MSU | USA | 07/26/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I heard about this band on NPR's The World. I found the music so enchanting that I had to have it. This CD is very good and as I listen to it again and again, I cant help but tap my feet to its tunes."

Phenomenal!

xsundeep | W Lafayette, IN | 10/10/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This type of music grows on you more and more as you listen to it... West African polyrhythms meets Touareg Ichumar-style guitar (think Tinariwen or Tartit) meets percussion reminiscent of Middle-Eastern music- overlay all of that with the Wodaabe high tenor solo singing (reminiscent of throat-singing). Mix it all in, add a good dose of showmanship, then consider that my reviewing skills are abysmal, and go buy this album. And the next one too."