Mdou Moctar - Tarhatazed (Live on KEXP)

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  • Опубликовано: 22 июл 2018
  • KEXP.ORG presents Mdou Moctar performing "Tarhatazed" live in the KEXP studio. Recorded May 25, 2018.
    Host: DJ Rhythma
    Audio Engineer: Kevin Suggs
    Cameras: Alaia D'Alessandro, Scott Holpainen & Justin Wilmore
    Editor: Justin Wilmore
    kexp.org
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  • @farisalasyrof4658
    @farisalasyrof4658 5 лет назад +7230

    halal hendrix

  • @fredsetser7222
    @fredsetser7222 4 года назад +5400

    This is what the internet is supposed to do. Bring this amazing music to a 60 yr old in the Midwest. Now just to get Mdou to come to St. Louis. Thank you KEXP

    • @digvijaysharma7307
      @digvijaysharma7307 4 года назад +174

      Haha.. true and to bring this amazing piece here to a 23 year old too in India

    • @fonsalvarado
      @fonsalvarado 4 года назад +45

      Amazing comment

    • @Mastertexter
      @Mastertexter 4 года назад +98

      you just gotta love how music connects people all around the world, and they come together... why can't humanity always be like that? I'd hate us less...

    • @juliannaking4473
      @juliannaking4473 4 года назад +53

      This 59 old from 2 hrs away from St.Louis loves it too. ;lol

    • @davidskog
      @davidskog 4 года назад +52

      38 year old swede likes it a lot!

  • @szamee83
    @szamee83 2 года назад +232

    You spend years listening to Hendrix, Zappa, joe pass, herb Ellis, then this guy comes out of left field and blows your fucking mind all over again.

  • @mrplease66
    @mrplease66 Год назад +142

    North Africa is the place to be right now. Bombino, Mdou Moctar, Tinariwen et al. are totally smashing the electric guitar scene

    • @Hobyosultana
      @Hobyosultana Год назад +6

      West Africa, really.

    • @mehdizazoua7122
      @mehdizazoua7122 9 месяцев назад +12

      @@Hobyosultanatouareg people are in north africa

    • @ghostparck
      @ghostparck 9 месяцев назад

      @@Hobyosultana Algeria lybia mali niger and burkina faso

    • @pluvioman6939
      @pluvioman6939 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@HobyosultanaNorth Africa. Mainly Algeria.

    • @Keddeadkedemption
      @Keddeadkedemption 8 месяцев назад +6

      ​@@pluvioman6939mdou moctar is from Niger. Touaregs also live in the sahel region and not just the Sahara

  • @tomhussey5142
    @tomhussey5142 3 года назад +2218

    Theres something about being a guitarist and not being able to predict the next note hes gonna play that makes me grateful beyond words for this

    • @TheExtremeCube
      @TheExtremeCube 3 года назад +86

      I understand what you mean, I love music that just shatters my expectations and preconceptions in a good way, like wow, things can be done this way as well

    • @cityslacker6221
      @cityslacker6221 3 года назад +67

      agree 100%. The first week I heard Mdou I felt like I entered a new timeline. I've been listening to him and Bombino and Tinariwen this past year because I haven't felt this inspired to hear something so completely new and unpredictable to my jaded guitarist ears. I'm 50 and haven't been so pleased to hear something this new since the post punk new wave in the late 70's and early 80's.

    • @weldmaghreb
      @weldmaghreb 3 года назад +79

      That's because their music is based on heritage from arabic/islamic music modes and African sub saharan rhythms, which both are big on improvisation and giving space for the soloist to be creative beyo beyond the written notes ..so the harmony follow a more flexible and an unpredictable logic to it .. and that's why the closest thing in western music to this is Blues, Jazz or Soul , specifically James Brown , where string instruments would play rythmes and break some conventional rules, or play between the standard tones ... applying western and contemporary instruments to eastern music modes becomes like a recipe to marvelous music

    • @shymneanime3893
      @shymneanime3893 3 года назад +2

      Ll retour

    • @spiderkitty7643
      @spiderkitty7643 3 года назад +19

      @F 1 it does sound like a western rock music with traditional tuareg sounds. Which just goes to show that rock music, let alone the guitar, isn't dying like so many have claimed since at least the disco era.

  • @andrewk4021
    @andrewk4021 4 года назад +4534

    The more literal sultans of swing

    • @bernsteiner88
      @bernsteiner88 4 года назад +21

      Oh yeah!!!

    • @rainwaterd
      @rainwaterd 4 года назад +159

      watched a documentary and these guys started by listening to hedrix and dire straits.

    • @hrodber648
      @hrodber648 4 года назад +12

      Haha love it

    • @carlosbenavides670
      @carlosbenavides670 4 года назад +10

      Yup, inevitable to think about it XD.
      Really cool though

    • @TheGladiatorsTv
      @TheGladiatorsTv 4 года назад +34

      @@rainwaterd you'd be surprised he started playing guitar before knowing who is jimi hendrix

  • @thegilmourfan
    @thegilmourfan Год назад +247

    I lost my mom to cancer exactly a month ago, so my wife got me tickets tonight to see this group. I didn't know Mdou Moctar before today, and I wasn't feeling like going anyway. But I wanted to show my wife that I appreciate her - so I went.
    I really enjoyed the show, but when they started this song, I immediately connected with it. I don't know what it is, but this piece absorbed me Completely! The solo tonight was even better than here. Everything about this song is amazing. I am trying to get a sense of what the words are, but the music translated so much energy, emotions, peace, pride, sorrow, and joy, all at the same time. It really is a timeless peace. I am so glad I witnessed this live. Today consider myself a Mdou Moctar fan.

    • @unterhau1102
      @unterhau1102 Год назад +14

      May your mother rest in peace

    • @postmortemarg
      @postmortemarg 11 месяцев назад +2

      What a gift, she must have great taste in music.

    • @paulfrindle7144
      @paulfrindle7144 10 месяцев назад +2

      That says it all in a nutshell 🙂

    • @TheCapedWanderer
      @TheCapedWanderer 10 месяцев назад +7

      Lost my mother to cancer as well. You’ll want to check out the band Tinariwen. Pretty obvious influence on these guys. Song called _Amassakoul 'N' Ténéré_ is my favorite cause it’s groovy.

    • @tresojos
      @tresojos 6 месяцев назад +3

      May your mother rest in peace
      and bless your life

  • @abdelghanibakelli
    @abdelghanibakelli 5 месяцев назад +9

    شحال تهبل الموسيقى تاع الطوارق ❤❤❤ من الجزائر تحية إلى جميع إخواننا في النيجر😊

  • @Nate-wf5hk
    @Nate-wf5hk 3 года назад +1785

    People say rock is dead but in reality we are just stuck in our ways and need someone from a different persective a different background to rekindle the artform. Very cool live preformace

    • @SPORTl-wz7cb
      @SPORTl-wz7cb 3 года назад +40

      hhhh this is berber music from touareg tribes they sing it before rock n roll was born even befor usa creation

    • @kingkongz88
      @kingkongz88 3 года назад +38

      @@SPORTl-wz7cb the singing style, yes. The guitar is rock.

    • @SPORTl-wz7cb
      @SPORTl-wz7cb 3 года назад +11

      @@kingkongz88 maybe but this is their style of music even in morocco there is some sahraoui tribes in their marriage and fiesta they play guitar with this style and they say that this style of music wich look like rock n roll its exist along time but their where play it with hande made guitar

    • @dillonpersel8561
      @dillonpersel8561 3 года назад +30

      @@SPORTl-wz7cb lol the instruments are not from Africa. it is rock but with a berber twang to it, pretty cool.

    • @protahgonist
      @protahgonist 3 года назад +16

      @@dillonpersel8561 Guitars aren't exactly a unique invention. Similar stringed instruments have existed all over the world for literally thousands of years.
      This would sound a lot different without amps and distortion. Now I want an acoustic set.

  • @jordannoble2406
    @jordannoble2406 4 года назад +1659

    Rock 'n' Roll
    Sand 'n' Soul

    • @f.f5771
      @f.f5771 4 года назад +39

      Bomb ‘n’ Roll?

    • @doomslayerplushie6662
      @doomslayerplushie6662 4 года назад +14

      @@f.f5771 god save the sand he made rock and roll

    • @Maliique
      @Maliique 4 года назад +12

      If this was american it would've been mojave'n'mojo

    • @gebzeppelin6740
      @gebzeppelin6740 4 года назад +8

      Using this for a Spotify playlist name

    • @KAMATCHO0001
      @KAMATCHO0001 4 года назад +42

      @@f.f5771 you should know that those guys are not arabs ! those are Imazighen the north african native people , the civilization of Carthago , and the birth place of HANNIBAL the warrior , just take your head from your butt and read more about other cultures so that you will not make an idiot out of yourself in such a situation !

  • @Bad__Scooter
    @Bad__Scooter 3 года назад +110

    The drummer is putting in fucking work. That dude is insane.

  • @DanielLaRusso-Do
    @DanielLaRusso-Do 3 месяца назад +11

    I thank God I pushed the play button for this video!! Support from Greece! Thank you KEXP!

  • @Clemcy_Selenic
    @Clemcy_Selenic 5 лет назад +1062

    KEXP makes the world a better place

    • @TheCcmarine
      @TheCcmarine 4 года назад +4

      One video at a time:)

    • @metekavruk_Alanya
      @metekavruk_Alanya 4 года назад +2

      definately yes

    • @jersonmajin
      @jersonmajin 4 года назад +1

      one of my fav channel on yt

    • @macphantom124
      @macphantom124 4 года назад +1

      I Absolutely Agree. By them I found Night Beats.

    • @mountainssea9642
      @mountainssea9642 4 года назад +2

      They brought me Alvvays and I’m forever grateful and watch every video they post now. Amen.

  • @massimopericolo2512
    @massimopericolo2512 4 года назад +1001

    The ghost notes the drummer puts in are very underrated

    • @davidhoran7116
      @davidhoran7116 3 года назад +93

      The drummer is working fuckun overtime and it pays off

    • @theonlycatonice
      @theonlycatonice 3 года назад +10

      Yep it's difficult to do ghost notes well 😭

    • @tonypatino3156
      @tonypatino3156 3 года назад +16

      Yep, the drummer had me intrigued from the intro onwards

    • @shivabreathes
      @shivabreathes 3 года назад +10

      Totally agree. The drummer is GREAT.

    • @kaisersozay8978
      @kaisersozay8978 3 года назад +8

      Who's rated them? Let's find a person who has rated them so low

  • @frank9995
    @frank9995 2 года назад +144

    This dude is shredding and finger-picking AT THE SAME TIME. HE’S FINGER-SHREDDING. My jaw is on the floor. I didn’t even know that was a thing people could do! I mean I haven’t really played since high school, but I do listen to a lot of guitar-centric music, and I have literally never seen anyone play like that.

    • @rabie4tubez373
      @rabie4tubez373 2 года назад +19

      That's the power of Africa, bruh!
      We gave everything and took nothing.

    • @svenlittlecross
      @svenlittlecross Год назад +2

      give a listen to RM Tocak, also shreds while always fingerpicking

    • @thequixoticangler3364
      @thequixoticangler3364 Год назад

      It's not common. Yngwie Malmstein is the GOAT of the style. This is heavily influenced by grunge. Beautiful music. Mind blowing.

    • @thequixoticangler3364
      @thequixoticangler3364 Год назад +1

      Check out Joe Bonamassa and Eric Gales. You want finger shredding, those 2 are just frightening.

    • @CaptainPupu
      @CaptainPupu Год назад +4

      It's not that rare. Check paco de Lucia mark knopfler or Lindsay Buckingham

  • @EagleonWire
    @EagleonWire Месяц назад +6

    I might not catch a single word they're singing, but I feel right at home with their guitars. These guys are absolutely phenomenal.

  • @thomasdator3408
    @thomasdator3408 4 года назад +1071

    Saw these guys open for Tame Impala, they shred

    • @agarcoins2177
      @agarcoins2177 4 года назад +16

      where bro?

    • @thomasdator3408
      @thomasdator3408 4 года назад +39

      Agar Coins Charlotte, North Carolina

    • @nicholasshackleferd2546
      @nicholasshackleferd2546 4 года назад +2

      Um I'm pretty sure tuareqs are pretty much open air prisoners sort of like Palestinians. Don't think they would turn up in NC.

    • @Gunth0r
      @Gunth0r 4 года назад +148

      @@nicholasshackleferd2546 Um I'm pretty sure tuareqs don't give a fuck and if you're a performer, agents will make shit happen.

    • @relefunt
      @relefunt 4 года назад +37

      Nicholas Shackleferd Mdou Moctar has been on tour in the US most of the last 12 months. I’ve seen him twice in Milwaukee in the last year and a half and he is coming back in April (to Madison). Do a web search for “Mdou Moctar Milwaukee Taper” to get my two artist-approved recordings.

  • @rohitlalwani8792
    @rohitlalwani8792 3 года назад +1181

    Sound Guy: Sorry, Mdou we don't have a pop filter for the mic
    Mdou: No worries, got myself covered

    • @PrasanJ
      @PrasanJ 3 года назад +19

      The most underrated comment hands down!!

    • @cjesz
      @cjesz 3 года назад +1

      🎱

    • @neoaureus
      @neoaureus 3 года назад +14

      Exactly what I wanted to comment ..you beat me to it..."covered" is superlative !

    • @xuxamelo
      @xuxamelo 3 года назад +8

      LOL I took a while to figure it out :) that was funny!

    • @kcee023
      @kcee023 3 года назад +4

      Nice pun

  • @nestortomaselli6372
    @nestortomaselli6372 11 месяцев назад +32

    KEXP constantly showcases the greatest artists of our time on their platform. Whenever I think 'modern music sucks, the old stuff was better' I look at prodigies like these and my perspective shifts to "there are great musicians for all the ages, they are just not shown by the mainstream [social] media now." Seriously KEXP, thank you for giving such amazing, and upcoming talent a platform. This kind of artistry needs to be seen by the world.

    • @pepabukas
      @pepabukas Месяц назад +2

      2nd to that bro.. Me myself aged 42 now.. Whenever i want to listen to music just want to get some relax time and release tension surely i decided to listen to "classic" such as grunge, punk rock, or any other songs from various genre from "my time" which is the 90's and early 2000..because in my mind, todays music suck.. But slowly i discovered some of the band from this generation got ummmphh in their music.. And this band mdou moctar is one of them..

  • @krepin2752
    @krepin2752 3 года назад +42

    Greetings from Brazil. Listening to this song, I no longer need to fly 28,000 km to feel the absence of earthly gravity.

  • @chooqi7
    @chooqi7 4 года назад +608

    They say hardships brings out the talents in people. These Touaregs have endured much political oppression and social hardship on top of their harsh desert environment. No wonder they’re so talented. Rock on mates

    •  3 года назад +10

      Also they are naturally gifted . It didn’t just come from oppression

    • @Homesick47
      @Homesick47 3 года назад +34

      @ yea it came from hard work lol not natural talent

    • @jemimallah2591
      @jemimallah2591 3 года назад +25

      @ no one is "naturally gifted", musical skills have to be learnt or self-taught. and for whatever reason the tuareg region has produced a huge amount of amazing bands and artists over the last decade or so

    • @kameqblindweaver8296
      @kameqblindweaver8296 2 года назад +3

      To the other replies: talent is brought on by hard work and determination, which in some cases the drive to put in the work comes from passion, or having something to express that you yet can't. I think the sentiment of the original post stands true, though I don't know much of the political state of these people.

    • @edenk3653
      @edenk3653 2 года назад

      Thank you for your positive comment and your kind words.

  • @faridalou6199
    @faridalou6199 3 года назад +481

    That godly drummer definitely deserves more recognition !

    • @georgefromgreece4119
      @georgefromgreece4119 3 года назад +2

      Absolutely! Love from Greece!

    • @speedpellett
      @speedpellett 2 года назад +2

      Saw Mdou Moctar last night and drummer was the highlight IMO which is insane because the guitars were so awesome.

    • @seanbush5056
      @seanbush5056 2 года назад +3

      Indeed, dude is solid as a rock.

    • @Comrade.Question
      @Comrade.Question 2 года назад +10

      Souleymane Ibrahim

    • @Tenast_
      @Tenast_ Год назад

      Totally agree

  • @johnscallobs8273
    @johnscallobs8273 Месяц назад +8

    if you say rock n roll is dead, you just ain't searching in the right places

  • @michel.junior1909
    @michel.junior1909 Год назад +108

    Viva África!!!! Que som maravilhoso! PQP!!!!

  • @zineddine1201
    @zineddine1201 3 года назад +198

    He used a bicycle brake cable to build his first guitar! He "untwisted" the cable to get the strings.There you have it, a five-string guitar. "Boom like that". Source Moctar interview in the d'Addario's "Guitar Power" program.

  • @josephmulenga2340
    @josephmulenga2340 3 года назад +575

    I don't understand a word they are singing, but am totaly at home with their guiters. These guys are incredible.

    • @spiderkitty7643
      @spiderkitty7643 3 года назад +19

      Apparently his lyrics are about traditional values & have earned the respect of their local religious leaders, who would typically shun any western influence. And sadly I must say I think they are right to take up the music but leave the typical western rock n roll "values."
      "Mdou Moctar hails from a small village in central Niger in a remote region steeped in religious tradition. Growing up in an area where secular music was all but prohibited, he taught himself to play on a homemade guitar cobbled together out of wood. It was years before he found a “real” guitar and taught himself to play in secret. His immediately became a star amongst the village youth. In a surprising turn, his songs began to win over local religious leaders with their lyrics of respect, honor, and tradition."
      sahelsounds.com/artists/mdou-moctar/#:~:text=His%20immediately%20became%20a%20star,%2C%20drum%20machine%2C%20and%20synthesizer.

    • @minamenni8739
      @minamenni8739 2 года назад +7

      The sahara of algeria 💓💓💓

    • @asafardaf6438
      @asafardaf6438 2 года назад +2

      @@minamenni8739les Oeufs de poulet 😁

    • @essolitaire
      @essolitaire 2 года назад +16

      The language is berber, tarha means love they sing for their land and ancestors

    • @seghirmoiz9994
      @seghirmoiz9994 8 месяцев назад +2

      Fact : 70% of algeriens can't understand what he is saying !

  • @brahimrahmouni9352
    @brahimrahmouni9352 Год назад +39

    Touareg music ( I'm a Thamazighet from Algeria I can suggest for you some Touareg groups well know around the world: Tikoubaouine. Imarhan. Tinariwen) enjoy the pure music 💙👏

    • @mikebarton
      @mikebarton Год назад +1

      And Bombino?

    • @RachidZwin-co1uc
      @RachidZwin-co1uc 10 месяцев назад

      Mdo moctar the best💿👑👌💪😎

    • @RachidZwin-co1uc
      @RachidZwin-co1uc 10 месяцев назад

      ​@@mikebarton🤭😂😂😂😂😂👌

    • @mikebarton
      @mikebarton 10 месяцев назад

      @@RachidZwin-co1uc ??

  • @PetraKann
    @PetraKann 7 месяцев назад +15

    How did I miss these musicians? I was commenting on another YT channel about Jimmy Page and a random comment was sent to me with two words "Mdou Moctar"
    Initially I thought to myself "Did I offend someone in here?"
    A quick search and this video emerged - superb🙂
    Translations of lyrics into English:
    "Love is sweet but take care It's difficult to maintain It demands much respect and lots of patience
    There is a false love and it is always accompanied by a lie and it will end in treason There is a true love and it is always accompanied with respect and pity"

  • @adolfojrramos2044
    @adolfojrramos2044 4 года назад +1418

    Favorite song now... is anyone randomly getting this recommended 2020🤔🤔🤔

    • @johnlemon8581
      @johnlemon8581 4 года назад +6

      Meeeee
      I'm so happy now

    • @johnlemon8581
      @johnlemon8581 4 года назад +3

      Its beautiful

    • @charlie4300
      @charlie4300 4 года назад +3

      Yep ahah love it

    • @MreenalMams
      @MreenalMams 4 года назад +11

      Me.. but it may not be random.. i binged on some Tinariwen few days back..

    • @andreywittmannlopes5426
      @andreywittmannlopes5426 4 года назад +3

      Me but not so random as well... always watching king gizz, boogarins and snail mail performances

  • @kraftwerk974
    @kraftwerk974 4 года назад +557

    He obviously learnt guitar by himself. This music is like some fresh air. I'm enjoying it a lot. Thanks for uploading.

    • @mycubiclepenguin868
      @mycubiclepenguin868 4 года назад +57

      Exactly how I feel. In a world of rock that panders to the sound of the 70s and 80s, it's nice to have something so incredibly unique feeling yet that also doesn't feel too far removed from pure rock and roll.

    • @rschmidtzalles
      @rschmidtzalles 4 года назад +4

      @@mycubiclepenguin868 i couldn't said it better

    • @vforvendetta275
      @vforvendetta275 4 года назад +16

      He built his own guitar to teach himself on. Watch the D'addario interview

    • @ulaan648
      @ulaan648 4 года назад +2

      great insight

    •  4 года назад +2

      teaching yourself gives you a sound of your own being taught will give you difficulties as you will sound like your teacher

  • @DaemonRaDicaL
    @DaemonRaDicaL 4 месяца назад +8

    Love and respect from Italy ❤

  • @MsLukulus
    @MsLukulus 3 года назад +26

    ⴰⴼⵓⵙⴷ ⵓⴼⵓⵙ ⵣⵉ ⴰⵎⵓⵔⴰⵇⴻⵛ ⴰⵍ ⵜⵉⵏⵉⵔⵉ ... ⵜⵓⴷⵔⵜ ⵉ ⵢⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵏ միլիոն անգամ լսեցի։ Հրաշք կատարում։ 🤗🤗🤗❤️❤️❤️

    • @m.kamedyoussouf8163
      @m.kamedyoussouf8163 3 года назад +1

      ⵜⴰⵏⴰⵎⵔⵜ

    • @andrewholland1017
      @andrewholland1017 3 года назад +7

      Dude plays so well aliens enjoy his music ^

    • @Akwa47
      @Akwa47 2 года назад +4

      @@andrewholland1017 look up Amazigh

    • @edtr8434
      @edtr8434 2 года назад +3

      I love your languages writing system and letters.

  • @GeneTrujillo
    @GeneTrujillo 4 года назад +205

    KEXP is an international treasure.

  • @virginiamilius3409
    @virginiamilius3409 4 года назад +210

    One of the best guitar solos I’ve ever heard

  • @jennieshively3187
    @jennieshively3187 8 дней назад +3

    I am front row and center this Saturday night in Indy! Cannot wait!

    • @GLD516
      @GLD516 5 дней назад +1

      How was it?

    • @jennieshively3187
      @jennieshively3187 2 дня назад +1

      @@GLD516we saw them last night in Indy….they were Amazing! Blew the crowd away with the shreds…..so sweet and humble and having fun!

  • @Roronoa79
    @Roronoa79 3 месяца назад +7

    I was heading from work one night when i caught this on the local college radio station. Ive been a metal head for years, so i thought I'd seen it all when it came to shredding, but this right here just about knocked me out of my chair. This man melted my face off like a snowman in the Sahara.

  • @arno-luyendijk4798
    @arno-luyendijk4798 4 года назад +487

    What I later realised when I got to know this musician: it is like the circle of time has reached its starting point again. The blues came from slaves from West Africa to America, there it inspired rythm and blues into rock, fuelled a talent like Hendrix... who in turn again influenced this musician in Niger. I like it a lot, already put him on "follow" on Spotify . It deserves a bigger public, very grooooovy guitar music! It is a really unique style of playing, it is like he treats the guitar both as a percussion instrument and a harp. Those flowing tones almost make the guitar "sing".

    • @seanbrennan5192
      @seanbrennan5192 4 года назад +36

      Facts, you don’t hear this from America anymore. Great jam from tempo changes, to great guitar playing, great musicianship, to overall great understanding of rhythm. I like the middle eastern style as well. Can’t believe how good they are

    • @seanbrennan5192
      @seanbrennan5192 4 года назад +6

      They also don’t look like pansies. Most modern musicians play jazz chords while they look like they’re feeling it too much, and it distracts from the already sub par music.

    • @buddymoore6504
      @buddymoore6504 4 года назад +5

      sound like grateful dead, especially when they star singing!

    • @Bertrumes_Shiney_Factory
      @Bertrumes_Shiney_Factory 4 года назад +8

      Yes maybe rock comes back, into the main spotlight, I like hip hop too but hip hops almost dead itself

    • @CynHicks
      @CynHicks 4 года назад +3

      @@seanbrennan5192 You most definitely can but it's not mainstream in the U.S. anymore.

  • @benc344
    @benc344 4 года назад +988

    This guy definitely rocks the casbah

  • @walshy7499
    @walshy7499 3 года назад +106

    This man made his first guitar out of a brake cable off of a bicycle.
    Amazing.

    • @krullerzel
      @krullerzel 6 месяцев назад

      ithink youre confusing this story its tinariwens

    • @ezzeddineback3970
      @ezzeddineback3970 5 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@krullerzel nope it's him, he tells the story on his Guitar Hero interview

    • @krullerzel
      @krullerzel 5 месяцев назад

      @@ezzeddineback3970 Ok thank you, i got confused because the lead guitarist of tinariwen has a very similar story

    • @ezzeddineback3970
      @ezzeddineback3970 5 месяцев назад

      @@krullerzel ohhh that's cool, do you know where you heard that one? I'd love to read/watch the interview!

    • @hatifandro1685
      @hatifandro1685 5 месяцев назад

      the bicycle is too new!!! with animal skin

  • @yesemitesam333
    @yesemitesam333 3 года назад +88

    I don't know how many times I have said "Thank you" to KEXP over the years for bringing us all such fantastic music but after hearing this I have to say it again - Thank you. That was just truly wonderful.

    • @louisa3928
      @louisa3928 2 года назад

      Agreed its amazing 💖

  • @khemparsram8839
    @khemparsram8839 4 года назад +285

    The beauty is that they respect their traditional attire....I truly respect that....my blessings to these amazing guys.

    • @ZouheirHamzaoui
      @ZouheirHamzaoui 3 года назад

      Coincidence lol 🤣🤣

    • @yaboi-km2qn
      @yaboi-km2qn 2 года назад +15

      I think it's less them respecting traditional attire and more just what they wear.

    • @iriereviews
      @iriereviews Год назад

      This is about the music tho...

  • @zineddine1201
    @zineddine1201 3 года назад +384

    He is the Moctar for this kind of music. Moctar means chosen in Arabic.

    • @seyfoag2346
      @seyfoag2346 3 года назад +22

      But he is not arab he is Tuareg

    • @zineddine1201
      @zineddine1201 3 года назад +37

      @@seyfoag2346 Yes. But his name is Moctar, MOKHTAR, CHOSEN IN ARABIC.

    • @azoozdoss7092
      @azoozdoss7092 3 года назад +3

      bruh shut up trying to be all deep and stuff

    • @MarwanAbdElghany
      @MarwanAbdElghany 3 года назад +16

      @@azoozdoss7092 he is not lying Moctar meaning the chosen in Arabic. i'm arabian tho

    • @Tenast_
      @Tenast_ 3 года назад +41

      We might have an Arabic names but we are not Arabs never been and will never will.
      We are Amazigh free and noble

  • @ibrahimkabeer7301
    @ibrahimkabeer7301 3 года назад +39

    I’ve never seen someone playing guitar 🎸 like that before, plus the drummer is legend 🌷

    • @bsmarwa1712
      @bsmarwa1712 11 месяцев назад +1

      rory galegher play like this and more

  • @riverreasteve
    @riverreasteve 2 года назад +39

    What I really like about some of these bands is that they prove that there are no rules to sound brilliant. And they do sound brilliant.

  • @al-jo
    @al-jo 4 года назад +417

    This guitarist has one of the most unique styles of playing I have ever seen.
    Incredible music!

    • @henry3098
      @henry3098 4 года назад +13

      Robby Krieger of the doors play the guitar in the same style

    • @hasanarslan5805
      @hasanarslan5805 4 года назад +17

      @@henry3098 but doors doesnt have a sound like that and this type of jams

    • @Dave-xb3xe
      @Dave-xb3xe 4 года назад +7

      You mustn't have checked out Bombino...

    • @smoilz
      @smoilz 4 года назад +24

      look for a band called "Tinariwen", this style is common in Berber regions of Africa, (southern Morocco, southern Algeria, Mauritania, Mali...) check out Tichumaren aka Desert Blues, Tuareg music and also Gnawa music since they use an instrument called (Gimbri) that influences this style.

    • @abhishekmehra1433
      @abhishekmehra1433 4 года назад +3

      His fingering is crazy

  • @meladahmed5785
    @meladahmed5785 3 года назад +353

    I'm a Tuareg, I salute you all 👃

  • @ravgopal4688
    @ravgopal4688 3 года назад +13

    Broke all my fingers playing air guitar while listening to this. It was worth it.

  • @vmax4steve524
    @vmax4steve524 2 месяца назад +4

    I've always dug the eastern influences in psychedelic music so I thought I'd give these blokes a whirl, so glad I did, WOW!

  • @euannicholson6708
    @euannicholson6708 3 года назад +233

    The fact he's from literally the poorest country in the world (Niger) makes this all the more impressive, truly inspiring

    • @SuperAbdul0000
      @SuperAbdul0000 3 года назад +45

      From your point of view yes but we're actually rich

    • @bubamaranovichok4901
      @bubamaranovichok4901 2 года назад +9

      Yes Abdul. Because you have all those Bedouin guitar players !

    • @MrDoesntcare
      @MrDoesntcare 2 года назад +25

      @@bubamaranovichok4901 he's Tuareg, or Berber. Bedouins are from further East

    • @Hamsterzilla1349
      @Hamsterzilla1349 2 года назад +22

      @@MrDoesntcare To be fair, Bedouins go as far as Mauritania. But yeah, Tuaregs are Berber and Bedouins Arab.

    • @1augh0utL0UD
      @1augh0utL0UD 2 года назад +15

      Rich / poor who cares. Money means nothing

  • @JoroJojoro
    @JoroJojoro 5 лет назад +146

    I'm super glad that all these Saharan artists have been getting some well deserved exposure.

  • @Chris.Apache
    @Chris.Apache Год назад +16

    I wish I could give two thumbs up. This video is totally underrated!
    A Mixture of Jimi Hendrix, Mark Knopfler and Eddie Van Halen.

  • @lakshdey3856
    @lakshdey3856 2 года назад +15

    i was always afraid to play freestyle solos because i'd play this kind of music and i thought people would think "what is he even playing that doesn't make any sense".... but Mdou Moctar made it soud so beautiful, it makes me believe in myself again. : )

    • @erikkibler3466
      @erikkibler3466 6 месяцев назад

      He makes it make sense.ordered chaos

  • @palio470
    @palio470 4 года назад +158

    Drummer travels tightly with moctor... got amazing energy to travel through out the song with his continous delivery of stroke

    • @tylersims6937
      @tylersims6937 3 года назад

      lol. You do words good.
      *You put words in order very well. You are well about words.

  • @brianhill2171
    @brianhill2171 3 года назад +175

    The backing band absolutely murdered this track as well. That groove was nothing short of monstrous. Drum fills were perfect

  • @gking407
    @gking407 2 года назад +88

    The notes sound like they’re from an older time, being played in new ways. This is a new frontier of sound for me! Thank you

  • @infoscholar5221
    @infoscholar5221 2 года назад +13

    As a Fender man, I support this. Hopefully, he will tour America, ins'allah. I love how hard used their instruments are. That speaks of many hours of guitar, eat, sleep, repeat. Amazing performance!

  • @tomchristopher71
    @tomchristopher71 4 года назад +134

    The rhythm guitar player has got the groove!

  • @danpeters4177
    @danpeters4177 4 года назад +164

    Sorry, but who the heck is downvoting these guys? What an amazing song! Holy moly those guitar skills are INSANE.

    • @ffxiarcadius
      @ffxiarcadius 2 года назад +1

      folks who don't like africans and/or arabs

    • @ruok3351
      @ruok3351 2 года назад +2

      Its just some pentatonic noodling. Any decent guitarist can do it. Nothing insane here

    • @1augh0utL0UD
      @1augh0utL0UD 2 года назад

      Probably just a bunch of normies!

    • @possibly8180
      @possibly8180 2 года назад +4

      @@ruok3351 I'd say he's putting it to very good use here

    • @aydenharward276
      @aydenharward276 2 года назад

      Fucking haters!

  • @stevenewing5567
    @stevenewing5567 8 дней назад +2

    just found this amazing band & I love it!

  • @williedangerr7934
    @williedangerr7934 Год назад +9

    What kind of sorcery is this!? Goosebumps all the way.

  • @rickdalton9010
    @rickdalton9010 4 года назад +455

    Wonderful.
    It could be also called: " I lost my Pick in the Desert" ;)
    Love and Respect

  • @spinal3870
    @spinal3870 4 года назад +101

    The power of music sweeping cultural differences. Humanity is ONE.

  • @lazylion420
    @lazylion420 3 года назад +34

    when the drummer begins to push the tempo and they all speed up their playing @ 6:10 it's an amazing feeling

  • @johnvelazquez9854
    @johnvelazquez9854 3 года назад +29

    This KEXP version to me has always been my favorite and just sounds so incredible.

  • @millerezra8
    @millerezra8 5 лет назад +141

    This guy shreds! I’ve never heard anyone do tremolo without a pick like that! A lot of incredibly talented African guitarists but this guy has insane technique!

    • @allonifrah3465
      @allonifrah3465 4 года назад +17

      Tha means you haven't checked out Spanish flamenco music yet. Such fast tremolo without pics is common in flamenco. Check out legends like Paco de Lucia and Paco Pena.

    • @Rhinoinasuit
      @Rhinoinasuit 4 года назад +6

      @@allonifrah3465 not with just an index finger though they use their wrists

    • @lilkujo
      @lilkujo 4 года назад +16

      @@allonifrah3465 I listen to lots of Flamenco and love artist like Matteo Manusco and Pat but I must agree that I've never seen that fast of a technique with just a single digits.

    • @bennyray979
      @bennyray979 Год назад +2

      I love how everyone has a comment to check out someone else. This Shit is very unique , appreciate what it is and don’t relate it to anything else.

  • @sardinianqwerty5793
    @sardinianqwerty5793 5 лет назад +100

    We are supporter of this GENUINE rock from the desert.

  • @nikitasid4947
    @nikitasid4947 7 месяцев назад +3

    What I deeply wish you is that your talent and authenticity not to be destroyed by western "musical industry". Stay true, guys.

  • @chennazouhir1043
    @chennazouhir1043 2 месяца назад +3

    Electric guitar 🎸 Mission accomplished 🔥
    Just unbelievable!! Wooooow 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

  • @seanthomasmusic
    @seanthomasmusic 4 года назад +24

    Guitarist: Clean, Fast, and Tasteful. Coolest thing I've heard today

  • @Francis-rs7zu
    @Francis-rs7zu 4 года назад +167

    6:18 - that tempo change is freaking fantastic. You guys are awesome

    • @Hannibu
      @Hannibu 3 года назад +3

      Yes! In the end the speed has at least doubled.

  • @ArchitectureandinterioirDesign
    @ArchitectureandinterioirDesign 4 месяца назад +6

    Every time someone plays a left handed guitar,rock is made eternal because Jimi or kurt cobain seems to resurrect and perform again.....God bless Rock forever.

    • @taddersauce3672
      @taddersauce3672 3 месяца назад

      Even the lefties on right hand guitars like Mark Knopfler. The Left hand blessing in action.

  • @georgefromgreece4119
    @georgefromgreece4119 3 года назад +42

    Much love from Greece to our desert brothers and sisters! It is good to know we play music in a similar way!!! Love to brothers and sisters worldwide, beyond nationalities.

    • @nightraveler
      @nightraveler Год назад +1

      Thank you for your kind words form North Africa, Morocco. Greece is part of our region, the Mediterranean pond and we share a lot in common more than the USA and western neocolonialist media want to share for their own evil global hegemony agenda that benefits from war war clash of nations

  • @valeriaherrera9864
    @valeriaherrera9864 4 года назад +34

    I could spend the rest of the night reading the comments sections here. And OH GOD! This music heals my heart and soul 💕

  • @zzxx33mh
    @zzxx33mh 4 года назад +86

    ..we dont know what they are singing but the beauty of the music rythm lead the way to enjoy..

    • @zzxx33mh
      @zzxx33mh 4 года назад

      @Norm Macdonald Show thank..😁in these times;we need these tunes to chilled us up..🙏

  • @vinisius
    @vinisius 2 года назад +12

    This is so amazing. Hope thet break all barriers and come to Brazil in a tour! New Hendrix! AMAZING

  • @devangsomani6651
    @devangsomani6651 8 месяцев назад +6

    What a new frontier of sound . Bravo job . Traditionally rooted yet infused with modern age. Big kudos to drummer as well . Big up from India ❤️

  • @VonBluesman
    @VonBluesman 5 лет назад +307

    Music is medicine for the whole world.

  • @Bradford_Betz
    @Bradford_Betz 4 года назад +551

    "Hey man do you need a pick?"
    "No."

    • @AmazinglyGayPhil
      @AmazinglyGayPhil 4 года назад +10

      Check out Jeff Beck, incredible guitarist with a unique style he doesn't use picks.

    • @badapple69
      @badapple69 4 года назад +2

      Jared James Nichols don't use pick

    • @JuanArias-xr6je
      @JuanArias-xr6je 4 года назад +4

      Mark Knopfler de Dire Straits también tiene una gran técnica usando los dedos

    • @Mastertexter
      @Mastertexter 4 года назад +4

      that's what I also say everytime... confuses people hahaha

    • @miguelmuybrabo1633
      @miguelmuybrabo1633 4 года назад +39

      this guy's wife must be the happiest woman in north africa lol

  • @JustTheDude
    @JustTheDude 2 года назад +12

    Amazing guitarist! Such unique & fresh sound and technique! That picking index finger is lightning! And the African heritage sound is so refreshingly new to the stratocaster & rock! 🎸🔥 Thanks RUclips!

  • @RobertKnox-zv6ou
    @RobertKnox-zv6ou 4 дня назад +2

    Move over rover let Mdou take over. Superb 👍🏻

  • @officialVozie100
    @officialVozie100 4 года назад +33

    I'm apache and this is amazing salute 🦅🙏🏾🕵🏾‍♀️

  • @Joyinthemorn
    @Joyinthemorn 4 года назад +46

    Enjoyed this. I appreciate how the music comes from Africa, to America then back to Africa. Perfect blend of sounds

    • @but1z
      @but1z 3 года назад

      Don’t think it’s from any of those places LOL

    • @DomeLP09
      @DomeLP09 3 года назад +1

      @@but1z
      This artist comes from Nigeria, which is located in west africa. He plays in America at the KEXP Studio and his performance is broadcasted in Africa and around the globe.
      So OP is on Point! Crazy how that goes

    • @antoniobanderas9769
      @antoniobanderas9769 3 года назад +4

      @@DomeLP09 . . Mdou it’s Tuareg from Niger 🇳🇪, ( ex French colony ) Nigeria 🇳🇬 it’s different country and ex Brits colony , located around the Niger River . Be safe & Blessings from the Sonoran Desert 🌵 Mexico 🇲🇽

  • @mehdizazoua7122
    @mehdizazoua7122 5 месяцев назад +5

    Viva tuareg culture! Viva Algeria ❤️🇩🇿

  • @haroldstaam
    @haroldstaam 3 года назад +6

    oh man. this is one thing i love about the internet. getting to find out and listen to a talented musician from even the most remote place in the world and getting to gleen from them

  • @tiayanger1
    @tiayanger1 4 года назад +70

    Finally something so refreshing so pure and finally something that has to do with guitar .....all Is not lost..there is still hope...rock on cheers \m/

  • @HasanNassrallah
    @HasanNassrallah 4 года назад +182

    Hard to cover this track but not impossible during quarantine. Homage to the original band, people of Mali and north africa. Respect from Australia.

    • @DarkwellorBZ
      @DarkwellorBZ 2 года назад +2

      Long Live Australia, long live Oromia, from Amerika ♥️

    • @an_38kitkashyap
      @an_38kitkashyap 2 года назад +7

      His index finger is on another level 😂

    • @kingzk7033
      @kingzk7033 2 года назад +3

      Mdou moctar is a from Niger 🇳🇪 not Mali

    • @Tenast_
      @Tenast_ 2 года назад +3

      Thnx from ❤️TENAST❤️
      The original name of Tunisia in Tamazight language

    • @Tenast_
      @Tenast_ 2 года назад +2

      @@kingzk7033
      Niger, Mali.....
      We are All Amazigh
      Greetings from ❤️TENAST❤️

  • @neidefranca180
    @neidefranca180 2 года назад +16

    the most important here: this music! the sound! the guitar! others things doesn't matter....I like very much 'cause music don't have limitation or geographic...is pure vibration!

  • @matlaw
    @matlaw 8 месяцев назад +4

    the drummer is fantastic. they all are. but i’d like to give special props to the drummer

  • @jason.h
    @jason.h 4 года назад +153

    Still got the plastic on his pickguard legend

    • @TinaHyde
      @TinaHyde 4 года назад +34

      Pick guard guard.

    • @odmenc
      @odmenc 4 года назад +9

      to me it looks like he got the guitar brand new when arrived the states

  • @wolfmuhammed
    @wolfmuhammed 5 лет назад +128

    Never heard amazing music like this dessert blues .like it much

    • @egoomega
      @egoomega 4 года назад +1

      ruclips.net/video/1egvmGzhmhg/видео.html

    • @lasagnasux4934
      @lasagnasux4934 4 года назад +3

      *desert. As tasty as these licks are, I dont think they're necessarily dessert.

  • @runahcilap9782
    @runahcilap9782 Год назад +4

    Can't stop listening to this masterpiece, greetings from Bosnia and Herzegovina !!

  • @madisonu1224
    @madisonu1224 Год назад +41

    Pure talent

  • @Luciddreamer007
    @Luciddreamer007 3 года назад +40

    30 plus year player here
    I’m lookin over at my Strat , & thinking ... did we just meet ?
    Thanks Mdou Peace Be with You

  • @mraaronhd
    @mraaronhd 4 года назад +76

    I love how they keep to their cultural roots, and cultural melodies. No shame from these guys.

    • @srj34
      @srj34 4 года назад +7

      Why wouldn't they? What a strange compliment. You were afraid they might bow to record company pressure and become a boy band instead? This is me rolling my eyes and making the wanking motion.

    • @alanramirez8506
      @alanramirez8506 4 года назад

      Why wouldn’t they? Western way of thinking, not everything is rock and roll, McDonald’s and army.

    • @jereuter01
      @jereuter01 3 года назад +1

      @@alanramirez8506 If you ain't got Western way of thinking then you ain't got shit. Sad but true and everything IS rock and roll. The guy can play but he can't sing.

    • @muhammadyounos2769
      @muhammadyounos2769 3 года назад +1

      We call it pride not shame at all

    • @MYNAMACHEF
      @MYNAMACHEF 2 года назад +2

      @@jereuter01 Ha, if singing is your deal-breaker then 50% of rock acts must be scratched off your list

  • @SeanGoodwin-qd3bc
    @SeanGoodwin-qd3bc Месяц назад +23

    Who's here 2024😊

  • @Tenast_
    @Tenast_ 2 года назад +4

    Wow! He’s so Goooooood
    Greetings from ❤️TENAST❤️
    The original name of Tunisia 🇹🇳in Tamazight language.
    Lots of love to all Imazighen ❤❤❤
    Lots of love to Niger 🇳🇪and all Tuareg
    I’m an Amazigh-Tunisian & proud 💪
    ❤️🇹🇳🇳🇪❤️
    ❤️Tamazgha till we die❤️

    • @krullerzel
      @krullerzel 6 месяцев назад

      we are all imazighen n tamazgha!!!! azul brother❤

  • @thegatorgar6730
    @thegatorgar6730 4 года назад +26

    That index finger style creates such a sweet tone and lends itself to some unique phrasing. So fast with it, too. That took a long long time to develop. Respect. This is beautiful.

    • @bmwrules1464
      @bmwrules1464 4 года назад +2

      I wish he had taken another couple minutes getting tuned. He's so close.

    • @0mik3mik3
      @0mik3mik3 4 года назад

      @@bmwrules1464 He sounds tuned to me

    • @bmwrules1464
      @bmwrules1464 4 года назад +2

      I am sure he does sound tuned to a lot of people. Thankfully, he is playing lead most of the time.

  • @88omair
    @88omair 4 года назад +54

    3:46 Okay this dude is insane

  • @lucianadeassizgarcia8197
    @lucianadeassizgarcia8197 Год назад +22

    Mágico, simplesmente maravilhoso. Vocês são incríveis e estou apaixonada... Abraços do Brasil!

    • @muas1602
      @muas1602 Год назад

      OkLove 🥰❤️❤️🌹✌️✌️✌️ Love 🥰❤️🤲❤️

  • @OldNorseGod1966
    @OldNorseGod1966 2 месяца назад +2

    Most innovative axeman since Jimi,Zappa,Fripp,Belew&Prince,❤it!2all here☮️&❤from Oslo;we're in d right place! BigUp BBC6 4 guiding an Old Norse God here&all over d musical map🎉