Name: Wallahi Le Zein - Various Artists (Vinyl)
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SKU: FLS-VINH-AE-850024931213
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This is a limited coloured vinyl LP pressing of Wallahi Le Zain by Various Artists. Legendary psychedelic guitar music from the Islamic Republic of Mauritania finally available on vinyl! Originally released as a double CD in 2010, Wallahi Le Zein! Has persisted as a cult classic, a collection of a rarely heard and utterly unique underground musicscene, raw and unfiltered. The LP version we now present is intended as an immersive entry into this music: gnarled and virtuosic electric guitars weave hypnotically throughout melismatic sung poetry and exclamations, pulsing hand drums, party chatter, buzzing rigged desert sound systems, and all manner of the ambient sounds of Nouakchott wedded to oversaturated cassette in all it's swirling, breathing, psychedelic glory. Operating entirely outside of any local recording industry, these songs were collected from bootleg tape stalls, wedding souveniers, and networks of musicians, expertly curated, researched and produced by Matthew Lavoie. Drawing from the deep well of Mauritanian classical music, the gamut of musical modes and the tidinitt lute repertoire are transposed to the electric guitar - often with frets removed or additional frets installed, heavy metal" distortion pedals and phasers built into guitar bodies, blurring the lines between Haratine and Beydane musical cultures, the ancient and the futuristic. At times transcendent and transfixing, and conversely a furious and cascading intensity that commands jaw-dropping attention. For fans of the more raw side of Sublime Frequencies, Sahelsounds, the ripping tape-hiss psychedelia of Les Rallizes Denudes, and anyone remotely interested in guitars.

Label: Mississippi Records

Release Year: 2021

Track List:

Kebrou - Banjey 'Boogie'
Ateg Ould Syed - L'ensijab
Jeich Ould Chighaly - Wezin
Kebrou - Banjey
Deye Ould Amartichitt - Paris
Mohammed Guitar - Banjey & Medh
Baba Ould Hembara & Mama Mint Hembara -
Moulana
Laa Moulana
Luleide Ould Dendenni - Wezin
Mohammed Guitar & Sbeyniat - Gelbi Vatimetou
Mohammed Cheikh Ould Syed - El Horr & Az-Zrag
Kweli Ould Seyyid & Klayhid Ould Meylid - Wezin

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