Various Artists: Nouakchott Wedding Songs

Sahel Sounds 027 (LP) - € 20
’Raucous and electrified wedding songs from the desert kingdom of Mauritania’
’Raucous and electrified wedding songs from the desert kingdom of Mauritania. Luxurious overload of micro-tonal scales, phaser pedals, and unpredictable poly-rhythms. Documentation of a little known music scene where disparate influences meet in beautiful permutations. This is desert music as it’s performed - loud and unfiltered. Comes with 12 page full color booklet.’

Tracklisting:

Jeich Ould Badu: Vagho Tahrar (I)

Sidibou Ould Siyed: Seïni Karr (II)

Hussein Moktar: Libyadh / Lebtayt

Troupe Cinquieme: Vagho “Bëndieu”

Hussein Moktar: Karr N’Temass

Cheikh Ould Mahmoud: Karr N’Temass

Sidibou Ould Siyed: Vagho (II) “Kenoune”

Idoumou Ould Jeich: Seïni Karr “Bëndieu”

Sidibou Ould Siyed: Karr (I)

Idoumou Ould Jeich: Vagho (II) “Bëndieu”

Mohamed Taled: Karr (I) “Bëndieu”