Ahl Nana – L'Orchestre National Mauritanien 2LP reggae 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗’𝚝 𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛

𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗’𝚝 𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚞𝚜

Fans of Transylvanian Hunger or the 7" period of Midnight will surely be pleased with this festering mess

“But we just can’t track the bands down

Ryan McMullen

bookended by surreal monologues that echo both street philosophy and space-age gospel

Ahl Nana – L'Orchestre National Mauritanien 2LP reggae 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗’𝚝 𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛Lost recordings that defined the modern sound of the Sahara. This album contains the first recordings of modern music from the Sahara and mark the birth of the genre that is known in the West as Desert Blues or Desert Rock. Ahl Nana changed the folk music of the Sahara to modern, cosmopolitan music by using Western instruments like the electric guitar. They paved the way for artists like Ali Farka Tour, Tinariwen, Mdou Moctar or Bombino. Although the