Mdou Moctar - Ilana (The Creator) (2026 Re-Issue)
This is a pre-order item and is expected 13th March 2026.
Blistering 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 step and its songs remain setlist standbys for the quartet’s soaring performances.
TRACKLISTING
1. Kamane Tarhanin
2. Asshet Akal
3. Inizgam
4. Anna
5. Takamba
6. Tarhatazed
7. Wiwasharnine
8. Ilana
9. Tumastin
PRODUCT DETAILS
Artist: Mdou Moctar
Label: Matador
Condition: New
Genre: Latin, African & International
Format: Vinyl LP
Cat Number: OLE2043LP
Released: 13th March 2026
This is a pre-order item and is expected 13th March 2026.
Blistering 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 step and its songs remain setlist standbys for the quartet’s soaring performances.
TRACKLISTING
1. Kamane Tarhanin
2. Asshet Akal
3. Inizgam
4. Anna
5. Takamba
6. Tarhatazed
7. Wiwasharnine
8. Ilana
9. Tumastin
PRODUCT DETAILS
Artist: Mdou Moctar
Label: Matador
Condition: New
Genre: Latin, African & International
Format: Vinyl LP
Cat Number: OLE2043LP
Released: 13th March 2026