Funeral For Justice Mdou Moctar SKU: 21.00 22.00 £21.00 - £22.00 £21.00 - £22.00 Genre: World / Fusion Label: Matador Released Date: 3rd May 2024 Buying Format: 1LP 1LP Coloured Vinyl Buying Options Choose an option1LP1LP Coloured VinylClear Funeral For Justice quantity Add to basket ReserveBack Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Out May 3, ‘Funeral For Justice’ is the new album by Mdou Moctar. Recorded at the close of two years spent touring the globe following the release of 2019 breakout ‘Afrique Victime,’ it captures the Nigerien quartet in ferocious form. The music is louder, faster, and more wild. The guitar solos are feedback-scorched and the lyrics are passionately political. Nothing is held back or toned down. Watch a video for the album’s blistering title track HERE. The quartet will perform at the Coachella Music and Arts Festival in April and will embark on a US headline tour in June with further dates to follow. The songs on ‘Funeral For Justice’ speak unflinchingly to the plight of Niger and of the Tuareg people. “This album is really different for me,” explains Moctar, the band’s singer, namesake, and indisputably iconic guitarist. “Now the problems of terrorist violence are more serious in Africa. When the US and Europe came here, they said they’re going to help us, but what we see is really different. They never help us to find a solution.” “Mdou Moctar has been a strong anti-colonial band ever since I’ve been a part of it,” says producer and bassist Mikey Coltun, who has been playing with Moctar since 2017. “France came in, fucked up the country, then said ‘you’re free.’ And they’re not.” The song ‘Oh France’ tackles this head on: “France veils its actions in cruelty/ We are better without this turbulent relationship/ We must understand their endless lethal games.” On the lead single and title track, Moctar addresses African leaders directly, bidding them: “Retake control of your countries, rich in resources / Build them and quit sleeping”. The song ‘Sousoume Tamacheq’ deals with the plight of the Tuareg people to which the band belong, and who are mainly spread across three countries: Niger, Mali and Algeria.”Oppressed in all three/In addition to lack of unity, ignorance is the third issue.” Another song, ‘Imouhar’, calls on the Tuareg to preserve their Tamasheq language – it’s at risk of dying out, and Mdou is one of the few in his community who knows how to write it. “People here are just using French,” laments Mdou. “They’re starting to forget their own language. We feel like in a hundred years no one will speak good Tamasheq, and that’s so scary for us.” Mdou Moctar in its current iteration is first and foremost a band. Alongside Moctar, it consists of rhythm guitarist Ahmoudou Madassane, drummer Souleymane Ibrahim, and American bassist and producer Mikey Coltun. The band got their start performing at traditional weddings. These are high energy events – amps are dialed up to 11 and the whole town is invited to attend. “I grew up in the DC punk scene and this is no different,” explains Coltun. “It’s a DIY punk show: people bring generators, they crank their amps. Things are broken, but they make it work.” Conveying that energy and feeling of community to a new audience has been an important goal for the band. Their first concerts in the US were sometimes, mistakenly, organized to be tame seated affairs. That’s no longer the case. Over 100s of shows, they’ve proven themselves as one of the world’s most vital rock bands – a group rooted in Tuareg tradition, but undeniably its own singular organism. An Mdou Moctar concert is now recognized to be a place for dancing, if not full-force moshing. “‘Ilana’ was the gateway album, saying that this is a raw rock band. And ‘Afrique Victime’ was a summation of that vision,” says Coltun, who recorded the entire record over five days in a mostly unfurnished house in upstate New York. “With ‘Funeral For Justice’, I really wanted this to shine with the political message because of everything that’s going on. As the band got tighter and heavier live, it made sense to capture this urgency and this aggression – it wasn’t a forced thing, it was very natural.” In July 2023 – after ‘Funeral For Justice’ had been completed – Niger’s democratically elected government was deposed in a military coup. The president was placed under house arrest and the nation plunged into a state of chaos and uncertainty. The French have withdrawn. The area continues to be threatened by terrorism. The band – then on tour in the US – was, for a time, unable to return to their families. “I don’t support the coup,” explains Mdou, “but I never in my life liked France in my country. I don’t hate France or French people, I don’t hate American people either, but I don’t support their manipulative policies, what they do in Africa. In 2023 we want to be free, we need to smile, you understand?” Artist Mdou Moctar Genre World / Fusion Label Matador Buying Options 1LP , 1LP Coloured Vinyl Format 1LP , Coloured Vinyl Condition New Country UK Track Listings Funeral For Justice Imouhar Takoba Sousoume Imagerhan Tchinta Djallo #1 Oh France Modern Slaves Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Mdou Moctar and more from World / Fusion View Product Quick View Mdou Moctar Niger EP Vol. 2 World / Fusion | Matador | 12", Coloured Vinyl, EP/Mini Album Released 10th March 2023 £14.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Mdou Moctar Niger EP Vol. 2 £14.00 Genre: World / Fusion Label: Matador SKU: OLE1914T Formats: 12", Coloured Vinyl, EP/Mini Album Released Date: 10th March 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Mdou Moctar Niger EP Vol. 1 World / Fusion | Matador | 12", Coloured Vinyl, EP/Mini Album Released 10th March 2023 £14.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Mdou Moctar Niger EP Vol. 1 £14.00 Genre: World / Fusion Label: Matador SKU: OLE1913T Formats: 12", Coloured Vinyl, EP/Mini Album Released Date: 10th March 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Mdou Moctar Afrique Victime World / Fusion | Matador | 1LP Released 21st May 2021 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Mdou Moctar Afrique Victime £19.00 Genre: World / Fusion Label: Matador SKU: OLE1614LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 21st May 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Mariá Portugal Erosão World / Fusion | Fun In The Church | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 12th November 2021 £23.00 - £26.00 Select options Mariá Portugal Erosão £23.00 - £26.00 Genre: World / Fusion Label: Fun In The Church Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 12th November 2021 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Various Artists The Albarika Story (Vol. 1) Soul / Funk | Acid Jazz | 2LP Released 1st November 2024 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Various Artists The Albarika Story (Vol. 1) £25.00 Genre: Soul / Funk Label: Acid Jazz SKU: AJX2LP803 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 1st November 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Various Artists Afrobeat Airways 2: Return Flight To Ghana 1974-1983 World / Fusion | Analog Africa | 2LP Released 16th September 2013 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Various Artists Afrobeat Airways 2: Return Flight To Ghana 1974-1983 £20.00 Genre: World / Fusion Label: Analog Africa SKU: AALP074 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 16th September 2013 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Various Artists CUBA: Music and Revolution: Culture Clash in Havana: Experiments in Latin Music 1975-85 Vol.2 World / Fusion | Soul Jazz | 3LP Released 29th October 2021 £28.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Various Artists CUBA: Music and Revolution: Culture Clash in Havana: Experiments in Latin Music 1975-85 Vol.2 £28.00 Genre: World / Fusion Label: Soul Jazz SKU: SJRLP496 Formats: 3LP Released Date: 29th October 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Mighty Sparrow, The The Slave World / Fusion | Sundazed | 1LP Released 27th July 2019 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Mighty Sparrow, The The Slave £23.00 Genre: World / Fusion Label: Sundazed SKU: LPMH8202X Formats: 1LP Released Date: 27th July 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Various Artists ‘Britxotica Goes East! 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