Mdou Moctor- Ilana (The Creator) Format:LP and 20th Century Records

and 20th Century Records

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the album was released by Heartworm Press and then re-released by Matador Records just as the band was beginning its foray into cult status

The Rolling Stones mobile had been hired to record Chiswick labelmates the Count Bishops

Mdou Moctor- Ilana (The Creator) Format:LP and 20th Century RecordsLabel: Matador Reissued 3 13 2026, Originally released 2019 Blistering and hypnotic, 'Ilana (The Creator)' (2019) marked the beginning of a new chapter for Mdou Moctar. It is the Nigerien guitar heros first album recorded with a live rock band and perfectly captures the heavy, psychedelic sound part Tuareg desert blues, part ZZ Top that the quartet had honed through endless touring and which would come to explosive fruition on 'Afrique Victime' (2021)