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Mdou moctar is a tuareg songwriter and musician based in agadez, niger, and is one of the. Mdou shreds with a relentless and frenetic energy that puts his contemporaries to. Collected from cellphone memory cards in 2009 and featured on the upcoming music fro. Mdou moctar anar by sahelsounds playlists listen to music. His first commercial album, anar, came out in 2008, loaded with autotuned vocals and thin, electronic beats that drew heavily on other styles of music from west africa. Sound hall filmed a performance of tuareg guitarist, mdou moctar during his first national tour of the united states. Mdou moctars love ballad anar is a huge success throughout the sahara with his trademark autotuned lyrics, rhythmic tuareg guitar, and crashing drum machine.
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