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{{quote-box|align=right|width=20%|“For 48 years France has exploited the uranium in our country, and yet we still don’t have roads, medicines and in many places there is no water or electricity. France says we are independent now but we have no independence, we are modern slaves. They say this is an Africa problem, but we have had enough of what France is doing to us; it’s as if we’re still in the 15th century.”|—Vocalist Mdou Moctar on the political themes on ''Ilana (The Creator)''<ref name="guard" />}}
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'''''Ilana (The Creator)''''' is a 2019 studio album by Nigerien ] band ]. The album has received positive reviews by critics. '''''Ilana (The Creator)''''' is a 2019 studio album by Nigerien ] band ]. This was the first album where the Mdou Moctar turned into a full band, the album has received positive reviews by critics. The album was recorded in ] and was released by the record label ].

==Background==
Mdou Moctar released his debut album in 2008, titled ''Anar'', he then re-released ''Anar'' before creating the soundtrack of ''Akounak Tedalat Taha Tazoughai.'' The album is Moctar's third album.<ref name="eop" /> In 2019, Mdou Moctar turned into an official band, adding the bassist Mike Coltun, the drummer Mazawadje Aboubacar Ibrahim, and the guitarist Ahmoudou Madassane.<ref name="pm" /> The album was the first studio-recorded album by ].<ref name="bk" />

===Recording process===
The album was recorded in Detroit with studio producer Chris Koltay.<ref name="sg" /> According to the record label Sahel Sounds, they "lived in the studio for a week, play into the early hours". After recording the songs, the band returned to Niger to add additional guitar solos, overdubs of percussion, and a "general ambiance of Agadez wedding vibes".<ref name="ss" />

==Tracks==
''Ilana (The Creator)'' has a total of nine songs,<ref name="genius" /> including:

==="Kamane Tarhanin"===
The lead single Kamane Tarhanin was described by music website ] as "hypnotic, plung forward with a spontaneous urgency". The song has various chanting sounds, with "sounds of Saharan tradition". Moctar said, "I’m just an ambassador, like a messenger of music, telling what is happening in my world".<ref name="sg" />

==="Tarhatezed"===
The single starts with a guitar solo, later including drums and bass, another guitar solo is also spotted halfway and in the end of the song.<ref name="pop" />

==Release and touring==
Mdou Moctar included a tour for the album, the tour started in the Andy Warhol Museum, ], ], on March 28, 2019, and ended in Hotel Vegas, ] on April 25, 2019.<ref name="sg" />


==Reception== ==Reception==
{{MCalbum|Ilana (The Creator)|positive|88|5}}<ref name="mc" /> J.&nbsp;D. of '']'' wrote that this album was a "mastery of Moctar's craft" as a guitarist, as this album "makes use of brilliant and dense fingerpicking as well as the power chords favoured in hard rock".<ref name="econ" /> Reef Younis of '']'' scored this album a 7 out of 10, summing up his review "few have stories as compelling as Mdou Moctar but, as ‘Ilana (The Creator)’ testifies, he also has the Saharan sounds to back it up".<ref name="landq" /> ]'s Bob Boilen called this "the most insane psychedelic guitar album of the 21st century" and recommended that listeners come at it "with the volume cranked".<ref name="npr" /> Editors at '']'' scored this release an 8 out of 10, and critic Andy Beta praised this release as "an incandescent set of guitar music with a spontaneous, celebratory air—and a latent urgency reflecting the region’s very real difficulties".<ref name="pm" /> At '']'', Adriane Pontecorvo rated this album a 9 out of 10, writing that the album builds on the ] tradition and yet "still sounds fresh and different from anything Moctar’s contemporaries do". She also stated that "Moctar goes all in on energy, lets loose tidal waves of melody, and shreds on electric guitar as only he can."<ref name="pop" />
{{MCalbum|Ilana (The Creator)|positive|88|5}}<ref name="mc" />


==Track listing== ==Track listing==
All songs written by Mahamadou "Mdou Moctar" Souleymane.
#"Kamane Tarhanin"&nbsp;– 5:08
#"Asshet Akal"&nbsp;– 4:51
#"Inizgam"&nbsp;– 1:24
#"Anna"&nbsp;– 4:33
#"Takamba"&nbsp;– 2:50
#"Tarhatazed"&nbsp;– 7:27
#"Wiwasharnine"&nbsp;– 3:38
#"Ilana"&nbsp;– 4:46
#"Tumastin"&nbsp;– 4:21


==Personnel== ==Personnel==
'''Mdou Moctar'''
*Mikey Coltun&nbsp;– bass guitar, recording, ]
*Mazawadje Aboubacar Ibrahim&nbsp;– drums
*Ahmoudou Madassane&nbsp;– ], backing vocals
*]&nbsp;– ], vocals

'''Additional personnel'''
*Robert Beatty&nbsp;– artwork
*Aroudaini Daniel&nbsp;– ]
*]&nbsp;– ]
*Christopher Kirkley&nbsp;– production
*Chris Koltay&nbsp;– recording
*Rigo Luis&nbsp;– photography
*Seth Manchester&nbsp;– ]
*Cem Mısırlıoğlu&nbsp;– drum ]
*Anna Viotti&nbsp;– photography


==See also== ==See also==
*]
*] *]


==References== ==References==
{{Reflist|refs= {{reflist|refs=
<ref name="mc">{{Cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/ilana-the-creator/mdou-moctar |title=Ilana: The Creator by Mdou Moctar Reviews and Tracks&nbsp;– Metacritic |language=en-US |website=] |publisher=] |accessdate=2024-05-10 |date=n.d.}}</ref>> <ref name="bk">{{Cite web |title=Mdou Moctar - Ilana The Creator |url=https://boomkat.com/products/ilana-the-creator |access-date=19 July 2024 |website=Boomkat}}</ref>
<ref name="econ">{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.economist.com/prospero/2019/04/11/the-virtuosity-of-mdou-moctar-the-jimi-hendrix-of-the-desert |language=en-GB |magazine=] |date=2019-05-10 |department=Prospero |issn=0013-0613 |title=The virtuosity of Mdou Moctar, the "Jimi Hendrix of the Desert" |first=J |last=D |accessdate=2024-05-10}}</ref>
<ref name="eop">{{Cite web |title=Mdou Moctar: one of the worlds most exciting and important rock bands |url=https://eyeonpop.com/interview_detail/134/Mdou-Moctar:-one-of-the-worlds-most-exciting-and-important-rock-bands |access-date=2024-07-19 |website=eyeonpop.com}}</ref>
<ref name="genius">{{Cite web |title=Ilana: The Creator by Mdou Moctar |url=https://genius.com/albums/Mdou-moctar/Ilana-the-creator |access-date=2024-07-19 |website=Genius |language=en}}</ref>
<ref name="guard">{{Cite news |issn=1756-3224 |oclc=60623878 |language=en-GB |newspaper=] |department=Interview |accessdate=2024-05-10 |date=2019-03-21 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/mar/21/we-are-modern-slaves-mdou-moctar-the-hendrix-of-the-sahara |title='We are modern slaves': Mdou Moctar, the Hendrix of the Sahara |first=Kim |last=Willsher}}</ref>
<ref name="landq">{{Cite magazine |issn=2049-9892 |language=en-GB |magazine=] |department=Reviews |accessdate=2024-05-10 |date=2019-03-28 |url=https://www.loudandquiet.com/reviews/mdou-moctar-ilana-the-creator/ |title=Mdou Moctar Ilana (The Creator) |first=Reef |last=Younis}}</ref>
<ref name="mc">{{Cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/ilana-the-creator/mdou-moctar |title=Ilana: The Creator by Mdou Moctar Reviews and Tracks&nbsp;– Metacritic |language=en-US |website=] |publisher=] |accessdate=2024-05-10 |date=n.d.}}</ref>
<ref name="npr">{{Cite web |publisher=] |language=en-US |department=Review |work=First Listen |accessdate=2024-05-10 |date=2019-03-21 |first=Bob |last=Boilen |url=https://www.npr.org/2019/03/21/704818917/first-listen-mdou-moctar-ilana-the-creator |title=First Listen: Mdou Moctar, 'Ilana (The Creator)'}}</ref>
<ref name="pm">{{Cite web |publisher=] |website=] |language=en-US |department=Albums |accessdate=2024-05-10 |date=2019-04-01 |first=Andy |last=Beta |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/mdou-moctar-ilana-the-creator/ |title=Mdou Moctar: Ilana (The Creator) Review}}</ref>
<ref name="pop">{{Cite web |website=] |department=Reviews |language=en-US |accessdate=2024-05-10 |date=2024-05-01 |first=Adriane |last=Pontecorvo |url=https://www.popmatters.com/mdou-moctar-ilana-the-creator-2632239582.html |title=Mdou Moctar Cements His Place As a Saharan Rock Legend on 'Ilana: The Creator'}}</ref>
<ref name="sg">{{Cite web |date=2019-01-15 |title=Mdou Moctar - "Kamane Tarhanin" |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2028620/mdou-moctar-kamane-tarhanin/premiere/ |access-date=2024-07-19 |website=Stereogum |language=en}}</ref>
<ref name="ss">{{Cite web |date=2015-01-15 |title=Mdou Moctar – Ilana: The Creator – Sahel Sounds |url=https://sahelsounds.com/2019/03/mdou-moctar-ilana-the-creator/ |access-date=2024-07-19 |language=en-US}}</ref>
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2019 studio album by Mdou Moctar
Ilana (The Creator)
A pied crow flying above a desert
Studio album by Mdou Moctar
ReleasedMarch 29, 2019 (2019-03-29)
Recorded
  • Detroit, Michigan, US
  • Niger
Genre
Length38:58
LanguageBerber (Tamasheq)
LabelSahel Sounds
Producer
  • Mickey Coltun
  • Christopher Kirkley
Mdou Moctar chronology
Sousoume Tamachek
(2017) 		Ilana (The Creator)
(2019) 		Afrique Victime
(2021)

“For 48 years France has exploited the uranium in our country, and yet we still don’t have roads, medicines and in many places there is no water or electricity. France says we are independent now but we have no independence, we are modern slaves. They say this is an Africa problem, but we have had enough of what France is doing to us; it’s as if we’re still in the 15th century.”

—Vocalist Mdou Moctar on the political themes on Ilana (The Creator)

Ilana (The Creator) is a 2019 studio album by Nigerien desert blues band Mdou Moctar. This was the first album where the Mdou Moctar turned into a full band, the album has received positive reviews by critics. The album was recorded in Detroit and was released by the record label Sahel Sounds.

Background

Mdou Moctar released his debut album in 2008, titled Anar, he then re-released Anar before creating the soundtrack of Akounak Tedalat Taha Tazoughai. The album is Moctar's third album. In 2019, Mdou Moctar turned into an official band, adding the bassist Mike Coltun, the drummer Mazawadje Aboubacar Ibrahim, and the guitarist Ahmoudou Madassane. The album was the first studio-recorded album by Mdou Moctar.

Recording process

The album was recorded in Detroit with studio producer Chris Koltay. According to the record label Sahel Sounds, they "lived in the studio for a week, play into the early hours". After recording the songs, the band returned to Niger to add additional guitar solos, overdubs of percussion, and a "general ambiance of Agadez wedding vibes".

Tracks

Ilana (The Creator) has a total of nine songs, including:

"Kamane Tarhanin"

The lead single Kamane Tarhanin was described by music website Stereogum as "hypnotic, plung forward with a spontaneous urgency". The song has various chanting sounds, with "sounds of Saharan tradition". Moctar said, "I’m just an ambassador, like a messenger of music, telling what is happening in my world".

"Tarhatezed"

The single starts with a guitar solo, later including drums and bass, another guitar solo is also spotted halfway and in the end of the song.

Release and touring

Mdou Moctar included a tour for the album, the tour started in the Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on March 28, 2019, and ended in Hotel Vegas, Austin, Texas on April 25, 2019.

Reception

According to the review aggregator Metacritic, Ilana (The Creator) received "universal acclaim" based on a weighted average score of 88 out of 100 from 5 critic scores. J. D. of The Economist wrote that this album was a "mastery of Moctar's craft" as a guitarist, as this album "makes use of brilliant and dense fingerpicking as well as the power chords favoured in hard rock". Reef Younis of Loud and Quiet scored this album a 7 out of 10, summing up his review "few have stories as compelling as Mdou Moctar but, as ‘Ilana (The Creator)’ testifies, he also has the Saharan sounds to back it up". NPR's Bob Boilen called this "the most insane psychedelic guitar album of the 21st century" and recommended that listeners come at it "with the volume cranked". Editors at Pitchfork Media scored this release an 8 out of 10, and critic Andy Beta praised this release as "an incandescent set of guitar music with a spontaneous, celebratory air—and a latent urgency reflecting the region’s very real difficulties". At PopMatters, Adriane Pontecorvo rated this album a 9 out of 10, writing that the album builds on the desert blues tradition and yet "still sounds fresh and different from anything Moctar’s contemporaries do". She also stated that "Moctar goes all in on energy, lets loose tidal waves of melody, and shreds on electric guitar as only he can."

Track listing

All songs written by Mahamadou "Mdou Moctar" Souleymane.

  1. "Kamane Tarhanin" – 5:08
  2. "Asshet Akal" – 4:51
  3. "Inizgam" – 1:24
  4. "Anna" – 4:33
  5. "Takamba" – 2:50
  6. "Tarhatazed" – 7:27
  7. "Wiwasharnine" – 3:38
  8. "Ilana" – 4:46
  9. "Tumastin" – 4:21

Personnel

Mdou Moctar

Additional personnel

  • Robert Beatty – artwork
  • Aroudaini Daniel – djembe
  • Heba Kadry – audio mastering
  • Christopher Kirkley – production
  • Chris Koltay – recording
  • Rigo Luis – photography
  • Seth Manchester – mixing
  • Cem Mısırlıoğlu – drum programming
  • Anna Viotti – photography

See also

References

  1. ^ D, J (10 May 2019). "The virtuosity of Mdou Moctar, the "Jimi Hendrix of the Desert"". Prospero. The Economist. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  2. ^ Pontecorvo, Adriane (1 May 2024). "Mdou Moctar Cements His Place As a Saharan Rock Legend on 'Ilana: The Creator'". Reviews. PopMatters. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  3. ^ Boilen, Bob (21 March 2019). "First Listen: Mdou Moctar, 'Ilana (The Creator)'". Review. First Listen. NPR. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  4. Willsher, Kim (21 March 2019). "'We are modern slaves': Mdou Moctar, the Hendrix of the Sahara". Interview. The Guardian. ISSN 1756-3224. OCLC 60623878. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  5. "Mdou Moctar: one of the worlds most exciting and important rock bands". eyeonpop.com. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  6. ^ Beta, Andy (1 April 2019). "Mdou Moctar: Ilana (The Creator) Review". Albums. Pitchfork Media. Condé Nast. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  7. "Mdou Moctar - Ilana The Creator". Boomkat. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  8. ^ "Mdou Moctar - "Kamane Tarhanin"". Stereogum. 15 January 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  9. "Mdou Moctar – Ilana: The Creator – Sahel Sounds". 15 January 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  10. "Ilana: The Creator by Mdou Moctar". Genius. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  11. "Ilana: The Creator by Mdou Moctar Reviews and Tracks – Metacritic". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. n.d. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  12. Younis, Reef (28 March 2019). "Mdou Moctar Ilana (The Creator)". Reviews. Loud and Quiet. ISSN 2049-9892. Retrieved 10 May 2024.

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