Final yr, the members of Mdou Moctar convened in Niger to finish their then-unfinished album, Funeral For Justice, and to seize a sequence of dwell units within the area surrounding Agadez, a traditionally vital hub. On this efficiency, The band are joined by conventional dancers, swordsmen, and upwards of 20 camels with the Agadez Grand Mosque seen towards the horizon.
Producer and bass participant Mikey Coltun on The Agadez Folders: Reside at Sultan’s Palace: “On our technique to movie at a location out within the bush, Mdou out of the blue stops the automotive to speak to a man strolling a pair camels. They exchanged numbers. Unbeknownst to me, Mdou was plotting to get 50 camels to indicate up on the king of Agadez’s palace the place the well-known Agadez mosque is.”
“This was an thought we had mentioned, however very like a few of our different ideas, I simply kinda mentioned ‘cool’ and assumed it could fall by means of,” he continues. “On our final day collectively in Agadez, we confirmed as much as the Sultan’s palace, arrange, after which waited round for a number of hours. Was the present gonna occur? Possibly a number of hours later, 15-20 males using camels confirmed up. I did not depend as a result of I used to be so shocked Mdou was capable of pull it off – calling this random man we met within the desert with some camels, who then made some calls to get a bunch of Tuaregs (the youngest was most likely 5 years previous) to trip out from their village 3-5 hours away to be there for this particular efficiency! Holy shit.
Once we began taking part in, Tuaregs wearing conventional Agadez clothes armed with hand drums began dancing and drumming. There have been even a pair pals of ours who confirmed up with some swords and carried out a standard dance collectively as we performed. This was all completely unplanned. Mdou, Ahmoudou, Souleymane and I are all carrying the signature Mdou Moctar colours – Tuareg purple combined with white, which is identical colour of the Mdou Moctar chook image.”
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