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"Sastanàqqàm" from the album 'Elwan,' available now Order ELWAN here: http://found.ee/tinariwen_store directed by Jeremiah, assisted by Celidja Pornon / (c) 2017 Wedge / Anti- / Coop / Pias “A thousand miles from their homeland in northern Mali, across a vast expanse of desert, the music of Tinariwen has found shelter in the hearts of six young musicians from M’hamid el Ghizlane. They were only boys when the desert rockers first visited their home, back in 2006, but they saw an immediate reflection of their own dreams and aspirations in the music they heard. In the years that followed they learned the Tinariwen songbook note for note, word for word, even though they couldn’t speak a word of Tamashek, the language of the Touareg. When Tinariwen returned to M’hamid in 2016 to record a new album, those young disciples from M’hamid had achieved a remarkable mastery of the desert guitar repertoire. The torch had been passed from hand to hand and heart to heart across the great desert. The young musicians from M’hamid were invited to perform Abdallah’s ‘Sastaqanam’, standing in for their older brothers and playing with uncanny fidelity. But first the members of Tinariwen wrapped new turbans around the heads of their young acolytes, marking not only the passage from boyhood to manhood according to ancient desert custom, but also the transmission of their music across the generations, a transmission that is taking place in the hearts of youth from every corner of the great Sahara.” SASTANÀQQÀM (I QUESTION YOU) Ténéré, can you tell me of anything better Than to have your friends and your mount, And a brand new goatskin, watertight, To find your way by the light Of the four bright stars of heaven, To know how to find water in The unlikeliest of places, And enlist the momentum of the wind To help you move forward. Tell me, Ténéré, how you and I Can remain united, with no hate for each other. Ténéré, I can now admit that I have travelled far through this wide world. Ténéré, I give you my oath That as long as I’m alive, I will always come back to you.

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Credits: Written and composed by Nader Mansour and Jules Apollinaire Production by Jules Apollinaire Nader Mansour: vocals, keyboards, synths Jules Apollinaire: guitar, bass, keyboards Rene Van Diessen: drums Mixing: Jordon Silva Mastering: Brian Lucey Visualiser Animation: Luke Toth Lyrics: You spend the money that you never had Lost is the secret when the secret is out Close your eyes and picture someone else I found true virtue in a hooker’s arms Dance your night into the midnight sun Tell all your friends how it’s really done Bleed for years every time you dare And no one cares, and no one cares I’m not saying it to hear it back But I love you, And I love to love you Will you stay with me for a little while Blood in the streets and everyone smiles We’ve had our moments but never had time While all the sunsets melt in the sea Sometimes I wish this pillow could talk Tell tales of lust and suspended dreams Watch the world go passing by And no one cares I’m not saying it to hear it back But I love you, And I love to love you…