Mdou Moctar "Ilana (The Creator)" 2022-04-29 Horror fans will be reminded

Horror fans will be reminded of Carpenter's past works

It also comes in a gatefold sleeve that includes liner notes by both Frank Black and producer Eric Drew Feldman

and featured Japanese rapper Shing02 and Japanese singer-songwriter MINMI on the album's first and last tracks

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Mdou Moctar "Ilana (The Creator)" 2022-04-29 Horror fans will be remindedBlistering and hypnotic, 'Ilana (The Creator)' (2019) marked the beginning of a new chapter for Mdou Moctar. It is the Nigerien guitar hero's first album recorded with a live rock band and perfectly captures the heavy, psychedelic sound part Tuareg desert blues, part ZZ Top that the quartet had honed through endless touring and which would come to explosive fruition on 'Afrique Victime' (2021) and 'Funeral For Justice' (2024). 'Ilana' was the first