Temet

"Tough but warm, Temet contains the handclaps, female vocal responders, and grain-mortar and goatskin tindé percussion of Tuareg music, but with gnarlier guitars and no ululating exclamations ... They're still more Hooker than Hendrix, but you can sense them pushing further into the darkness at the edge of the town, the desert, wherever".

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"Imarhan are youthful standard-bearers for the Tuareg desert-blues pioneered by Tinariwen, whose Eyadou Ag Leche, [co]producer of this second album, is cousin to Imarhan singer Sadam. Like their appearance, which blends the traditional head-swaddling cheche with goatee beards and designer shades, the group's sound mixes old and new, east and west. Dramatic rock-style flourishes punctuate the rolling shuffle "Alwa", and there are echoes of country picking in the brisk, stinging guitar fills of "Ehad Wa Dagh". Most potently, there's a Santana-esque flavour to the Afro-Latin funk of "Tamudre" and "Tumast", the latter's fiery, skirling guitar runs accelerating to a dervish frenzy. Elsewhere, "Tarka Nam" and the closing anthem "Ma S-Abok" offer a folksy acoustic balance, while the opener "Azzaman" is the most effective vehicle for the album's theme of passing along the heritage baton, with Sadam's soulful, wavering vocal and snaking guitar riff borne along by peppery polyrhythmsofskin, wood and metal".

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"This new release departs from the meditative desert blues of their previous album and is far more representative of their live performance, bringing large slabs of classic rock and funk into the mix ... Try and get a listen to "Temet", better still catch Imarhan live. They are a new and welcome take on the desert blues format. You will not be disappointed".