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Lapping at your consciousness
With Amankor/The Exile , the Kel Tamashek band Tartit have produced another cultural treasure for the rest of the world to appreciate. Their original intent may have been to keep their own culture alive, but in the process they have succeeded in bringing the sound of the desert into all our lives. By Richard Marcus
Like most of the earliest Kel Tamasheq bands, Tartit formed in the mid 1990s while in exile from their homes in northern Mali. It was the latest in a series of Tamasheq uprisings since the 1960s that saw the people fighting to preserve their traditional territories and way of life through armed conflict. The warfare resulted in many Tamasheq people moving to refugee camps in order to escape reprisals from the Malian government and armed forces.
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It is true some legends of Arabic music have permeated the international music market: Oum Kalsoum?s powerful voice is respected the world over and Rachid Taha?s modern raï is the soundtrack to the American blockbuster Bla.
more »ck Hawk Down. There are many reasons the artists on this album haven?t reached quite the same zenith and it?s certainly not down to a lack of musical talent. The Arab World encompasses twenty-two countries stretching across the Middle East and North Africa. The musical output of such a vast area is huge and much of the music included here is intended for local consumption, created by unsigned artists, or presents new sounds created from mashing together fresh cultural combinations ? an approach that doesn?t attract the mighty machinations of the mainstream music industry. World Music Network, an independent record label for over twenty-five years, champions music that has risen up from the streets. This compilatio