Album artwork for Amassakoul (Remastered) by Tinariwen
Album artwork for Amassakoul (Remastered) by Tinariwen

Tinariwen’s breakthrough album originally released in 2004, now remastered and repackaged with a bonus unreleased track, exclusive photos and brand-new liner notes. The CD comes in a 6 panel digipak, with exclusive photos, and extensive new liner notes. Double LP limited edition indigo vinyl in printed inners with gatefold sleeve - only 3000 copies worldwide and the download card provides 24-bit WAVs. Amassakoul features songs from Ibrahim Ag Alhabib, Abdallah Ag Alhousseyni, Touhami Ag Alhassane


Tinariwen are Tuaregs, children of a nomadic Berber tribe who have roamed the Saharan desert for thousands of years. Over recent centuries, colonialism has seen the Tuareg’s ancestral territory partitioned into distinct countries - Mali, Algeria, Libya, Niger. This drawing of borders has turned the Tuareg into ishumar, a displaced people in search of a homeland lost to them. Tinariwen’s music – a blend of West African traditional music and electrified rock’n’roll – speaks directly to this feeling of longing: a sound that critics have called “desert blues”.

Tinariwen

Amassakoul (Remastered)

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Album artwork for Amassakoul (Remastered) by Tinariwen
CD

$15.99

6 panel Digipak, exclusive images, new liner notes

Released 05/13/2022Catalog Number

CD-WDG-0221

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Tinariwen

Amassakoul (Remastered)

Wedge
Album artwork for Amassakoul (Remastered) by Tinariwen
CD

$15.99

6 panel Digipak, exclusive images, new liner notes

Released 05/13/2022Catalog Number

CD-WDG-0221

Learn more

Tinariwen’s breakthrough album originally released in 2004, now remastered and repackaged with a bonus unreleased track, exclusive photos and brand-new liner notes. The CD comes in a 6 panel digipak, with exclusive photos, and extensive new liner notes. Double LP limited edition indigo vinyl in printed inners with gatefold sleeve - only 3000 copies worldwide and the download card provides 24-bit WAVs. Amassakoul features songs from Ibrahim Ag Alhabib, Abdallah Ag Alhousseyni, Touhami Ag Alhassane


Tinariwen are Tuaregs, children of a nomadic Berber tribe who have roamed the Saharan desert for thousands of years. Over recent centuries, colonialism has seen the Tuareg’s ancestral territory partitioned into distinct countries - Mali, Algeria, Libya, Niger. This drawing of borders has turned the Tuareg into ishumar, a displaced people in search of a homeland lost to them. Tinariwen’s music – a blend of West African traditional music and electrified rock’n’roll – speaks directly to this feeling of longing: a sound that critics have called “desert blues”.