Etran de L'Aïr - Live in Agadez

Etran de L'Aïr performs in Agadez. A recorded performance, shot at the home of their friends, filmed and edited in classic Agadez wedding style by local videographer Lezy Production. 100% Agadez.
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Etran is a family band composed of brothers and cousins, all born and raised in the small neighborhood of Abalane, just in the shadow of the grand mosque. Sons of nomadic families that settled here in the 1970s fleeing the droughts, they all grew up in Agadez. The band was formed in 1995 when current band leader Moussa “Abindi” Ibra was only 9 years old. “We only had one acoustic guitar,” he explains, “and for percussion, we hit a calabash with a sandal." Over the decades, the band painstakingly pieced together gear to form their band and built an audience by playing everywhere, for everyone. “It was difficult. We would walk to gigs by foot, lugging all our equipment, carrying a small PA and guitars on our backs, 25 kilometers into the bush, to play for free…there’s nowhere in Agadez we haven’t played.”
From the days of the Trans-Saharan caravan in the 14th century to a modern-day stopover for Europe-bound migrants, Agadez is a city that stands at the crossroads, where people and ideas come together. Understandably, it’s here where one of the most ambitious Tuareg guitar has taken hold. Agadez’s style is the fastest, with frenetic electric guitar solos, staccato crash of full drum kits, and flamboyant dancing guitarists. Agadez is the place where artists come to cut their teeth in a lucrative and competitive winner-take-all scene. Guitar bands are an integral part of the social fabric, playing in weddings, baptisms, and political rallies, as well as the occasional concert.
Whereas other Tuareg guitarists look to Western rock, Etran de L’Aïr play in a pan-African style that is emblematic of their hometown, citing a myriad of cultural influences, from Northern Malian blues, Hausa bar bands, to Congolese Soukous. It’s perhaps this quality that makes them so beloved in Agadez. “We play for the Tuareg, the Toubou, the Zarma, the Hausa,” Abindi explains. “When you invite us, we come and play.” Their music is rooted in celebration, and invokes the exuberance of an Agadez wedding, with an overwhelming abundance of guitars, as simultaneous solos playfully pass over one another with a restrained precision, forceful yet never overindulgent.
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this dudes playing for the happines of those childrens. respect!! much love
greeting from Argentina. Aguante Chacarita Juniors.

[@koolsometimes]

Imagine I am some white dude, who loves rock and trippy music which I am driving through the Sahara Desert and I come across this. What do you think I do? Should be some gems. Personally I would jam on the brakes and start vibing with these folks.

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Dude, wth... This is more metal than some metal lol.

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Never buy new slippers and never change the clothing even you get rich.

VERY WOW! SUPER WOW! SUPER!🔥

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Very good!

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Incrível, Parabéns!!!!

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Thank you Sahel Sounds!!
I was so bummed out you stopped posting the wedding videos! Such a great band.

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Amazing music, Sahel Sounds ♥️♥️♥️

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Baby headbutts the speaker 1:14. See you in NYC June 2023

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You guys are awesome! Love your music.

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Wow!!! Just incredible thanks for sharing thanks to the band

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Amazing...

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