Imarhan - Aboogi (Blue Vinl)

Imarhan - Aboogi (Blue Vinl)For 20 years the Tuareg culture and music has fascinated the world. Their quasi sacred poetic songs inspire western songwriters like Kurt Vile or Jose Gonzalez, while the virtuosity of their guitar playing fascinates guitar heroes like Jimmy Page, and finally the spirituality and meditative hypnotism impresses electronic music producers like Four Tet. With two albums, Imarahn has become an emblem of the new Tuareg generation, breathing new life into

This is the first US Beggars Banquet pressing

Gang of Four was formed in Leeds in 1976 and pioneered a style of music that inverted punk’s blunt and explosive energies — favoring tense rhythms

Animal Collective

While the Chicago-based instrumental quintet has nodded to dub

which had dictated his entire life as a musician

operatic songs

making any work feels like scaling a mountain

and Pavel Kozlov on bass and synths

electronic opuses

Significantly

The album traveresses a broad spectrum of sound

This 11-song collection signals a new chapter in the band’s discography