“I WANT YOU TO FEEL THAT RAGE”
On his extraordinary new record , rising Tuareg star Mdou Moctar rails against the history of corruption and exploitation endured by the African continent and its people. The title track starts out as an urgent C minor vamp, its catchy E b major chorus sung in Moctar’s native Tamashek dialect. Then his sensational backing trio accelerate, pumping up the groove behind him, and Moctar heaves all his frustration into his Strat. The left-hander’s blistering playing takes off, his phasing, echoing, distorted solo a dizzying assault of string slides, bends and tremolo picking, of.
