Terakaft / Aratan N Azawad
Album: Aratan N Azawad   Collection:World
Artist:Terakaft   Added:Jul 2011
Label:World Village  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2011-07-31 Pull Date: 2011-10-02 Charts: Reggae/World
Week Ending: Sep 25 Sep 18 Sep 11 Sep 4 Aug 28 Aug 21 Aug 14 Aug 7
Airplays: 1 2 1 1 3 3 1 1

Recent Airplay
1. May 22, 2024: Phone Scam
Aratan N Azawad
4. Sep 18, 2011: TillamockingBird
Ahabib, Talikoba
2. Dec 31, 2011: New World Disorder
Amazzagh
5. Sep 17, 2011: ThermoNuclear Bar
Hegh Ténéré
3. Dec 24, 2011: Blue World Disorder
Kek Amidi Nin
6. Sep 16, 2011: Music Casserole
Hegh Ténéré

Album Review
Sadie O.
Reviewed 2011-07-30
Terakaft – Aratan N Azawad
Reviewed by Sadie O., 7/30/11
Tuareg desert blues-rock, closely related to (almost an offshoot of) Tinariwen. Very much a rebel spirit, but really lovely (they get inspiration from Bob Marley and John Lennon). Rather more of a nod to international musical influences than you hear in Tinariwen, otherwise pretty similar sounding (e.g., damn good.) FCCs? I dunno – do you speak Tamashek?
1. 3:37 ***loping camel-walk groove, minimalist and very pretty.
2. 3:32 ***bluesy solo guitar intro, sort of uptempo, call and response.
3. 3:50 **odd grunty rhythm behind the guitar, claps and call & response. Builds into something quite nice.
4. 2:51 ***I swear this is almost Highlife – no idea why, but it’s really sweet.
5. 5:02 **long guitar flourish intro, rather wistful sounding, then loping, almost reggae groove.
6. 3:54 ****they’re channeling Neil Young! No kidding! Anyway, it’s waycool.
7. 2:36 ***and this one sounds like Riders of the Purple Sage – it’s like a cowboy song. Huh!
8. 3:42 **midtempo sway, a bit of southern soul in this one…
9. 3:46 **slow and downbeat, relaxed, rolling groove.
10. 4:22 **western sounding chord progression, sweet sounding vocals.
11. 3:17 ***midtempo camel walk groove, a bit of reggae in the rhythm guitar, very bluesy lead guitar.
12. 3:41 ***this almost has a Lynyrd Skynyrd aspect to it, unless I’m getting a bit tranced out and crazy. Midtempo, kinda stoned.

Track Listing
1. Hegh Ténéré   7. Idiya Idohena
2. Kek Amidi Nin   8. Ahod
3. Wer Essinen   9. Aman Wi Kawalnen
4. Akoz Imgharen   10. Aratan N Azawad
5. Ahabib   11. Talikoba
6. Amazzagh   12. Alghalem