AZNA DE L'ADER Zabaya LP/Niger, Africa/Psych Rock/Fuzz Guitar/Zamrock/Amanaz/BLO
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AZNA DE L'ADER 'Zabaya' LP (US, Sahel Sounds, Catalogue #SS-045) Brand new/unplayed copy of limited year 2016 Sahel Sounds label vinyl edition album of recordings by Azna De L'ader (from the Republic of Niger) entitled Zabaya. West African/Sahel region Psych Rock!
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Archival recordings from Niger's seminal psych-rock outfit Azna De L'Ader, featuring intensely shrieking solos, fuzzed out guitars and hypnotic crashing drums. Equal parts Western rock and Bori possession music, 'Zabaya' is West Africa's answer to Zambia's '70s Zamrock movement. Playing their homecountry for over 40 years, but living in a remote region, this is the first ever official release of Azna De L'Ader's music. Band-leader Mona is something of a legend. In 1970 he formed his first group, The Crocodiles, followed by what today stands as one of the oldest orchestras in Niger: Azna De L'Ader. Known for its furious, Hendrix inspired psychedelic rock, Azna De L'Ader is a legendary group that everyone in Niger knows about, and no one outside of the country has ever heard of.
Though they’re not very well known outside of their country, Azna de L’Ader are one of Niger’s pioneering rock bands. They’ve been playing together in different incarnations for over 40 years, mainly in and around the Tahoua region of Niger.
Azna’s music is a jolting take on 1970s-leaning psychedelic rock, including heavily-fuzzed out guitar solos and crashing percussion, that lives in a similar stylistic sphere as Zamrock. The band is lead by Mona, a shredding guitarist who’s been its only constant member over the decades and has been dubbed the “Hendrix of the Sahara.” Despite being highly prominent in the area, they barely recorded because of a lack of studios.
Sahel Sounds is now releasing Zabaya, the first ever official release from Azna de L’Ader. The 8-song record compiles highlights from the band’s recordings restored from the archives at Radio Niger (ORTN).
Speaking about the Western influences on his music, Mona explains that it all ties back to his ancestors in the album's liner notes:
“When the Europeans took blacks as slaves in the US, our ancestors brought their culture with them. They mixed their music with modern instruments, and they created the blues, and that invented rock ‘n’ roll, rhythm and blues, jazz, and everything. The blues comes from here. We sing, we cry, and we go into trance. We make Bori, we do Voodoo. Our ancestors brought this to the US. Little by little, the music captured everyone.”
Now a 72-year-old, Mona acts as the band’s musical director guiding a new group of young musicians who make up the new Azna de L’Ader. Zabaya is available now on vinyl via Sahel Sounds. The vinyl edition comes with a book of photos and liner notes.
Tracks on this LP are as follows:
- A1 Zabaya (9:16)
- A2 Samedi Soir (3:38)
- A3 Gandari (2:20)
- A4 Arne (5:00)
- B1 Zalouma (8:17)
- B2 Angola (5:25)
- B3 Habil Imanin (3:50)
- B4 Ya Manina (4:21)
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