"This fifth album by a Tinariwen sideshoot (...) takes more liberties with the desert blues than any recordings that have so far come out of the heart of the Sahara. The guitars still seek out a camel-walk groove, the vocal harmonies ooze the pain of a relentlessly pitiless life, yet there is a joy in the music you'd be hard-pushed to find before. Opener Anabayou kicks off with a beat reminiscent of bhangra; Tafouk Télé surges along on a motorik rhythm; Karambani sounds like nothing less than - in a very, very good way - Boney M at their most outrageously playful. Truth is, there's little Nile Rodgers could teach this lot about using a guitar to get people dancing".
