Music from Niger: Guitars from Agadez, Vol. 2

Personnel: Adi Mohamed (guitar).
Liner Note Author: Hisham Mayet.
Recording information: Agadez, Niger (2007).
Editor: Hisham Mayet.
Photographer: Hisham Mayet.
Run by members of the esteemed underground outfit the Sun City Girls, the Sublime Frequencies imprint is dedicated to issuing thrillingly unvarnished musical output from all corners of the world. GUITARS FROM AGADEZ captures the Group Bombino, a rugged Tuareg guitar ensemble from the deserts of Niger, tearing through a set of coruscating desert blues that will be familiar to fans of similar ensembles like Group Inerane and the slightly more polished Tinariwen. The first half of the record consists of field recordings of the group performing acoustic numbers in Niger's Tenere desert, while the second half features a handful of ferocious, fully amplified studio recordings.