Les Filles de Illighadad

Les Filles are all from Illighadad, a secluded commune in central Niger, far off in the scrubland deserts at the edge of the Sahara. The village is only accessible via a grueling drive through the open desert and there is little infrastructure, no electricity or running water. But what the nomadic zone lacks in material wealth it makes up for deep and strong identity and tradition. The surrounding countryside support hundreds of pastoral families, living with and among their herds, as their families have done for centuries.

Les Filles de Illighadad present their first ever studio album “Eghass Malan.” The female led avant rock group hailing from the village of the same name bring their new genre of Tuareg guitar mixed with traditional rural folk. Versed in tradition, Fatou Seidi Ghali and her band have created contemporary studio versions that are unlike anything ever before recorded, transporting rural nomadic song into the 21st century.

This music was recorded during the filming of the documentary a story of Sahel Sounds be- tween November 2013 and October 2014.
The film provides an inside look at Christopher Kirkley’s project “Sahel Sounds” - a blog, record label and platform to explore arts and music of the Sahel region through non-tradi- tional ethnographic fieldwork.

Fouilleuse et baroudeuse par essence, Radio Nova revient d’un nouveau voyage aux cinq coins du monde avec un coffret aux trésors, Nova autour du monde.Cinq CD pour explorer les mutations musicales contemporaines, celles qui agitent la planète d’un tropique à l’autre. Bienvenue dans ce tour du monde en 80 titres !Sortie le 8 novembre en coffret CD et digital, mais aussi dans une édition vinyle limitée avec poster.

Fouilleuse et baroudeuse par essence, Radio Nova revient d’un nouveau voyage aux cinq coins du monde avec un coffret aux trésors, Nova autour du monde.Cinq CD pour explorer les mutations musicales contemporaines, celles qui agitent la planète d’un tropique à l’autre. Bienvenue dans ce tour du monde en 80 titres !Sortie le 8 novembre en coffret CD et digital, mais aussi dans une édition vinyle limitée avec poster.

The mesmerising ’Ilana (The Creator)’ is desert blues maestro Mdou Moctar’s first album recorded in a proper studio and backed by a full band
Whirling at the heels of his live recordings made in Jack White’s Third Man complex, the Tuareg guitarist returns to his spiritual home of Sahel Sounds, flanked by Ahmoudou Madassane (Les Filles de Illighadad) on rhythm guitar, Aboubacar Mazawadje’s percussion, and Michael Coltun on bass, to present his magnum opus 10 some years since his debut album was distributed on SD cards across west Africa.