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The Tuareg guitarist has long carried the political weight of his home region in his music, and hearing these songs stripped of amplification doesn't soften that message so much as concentrate it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTears for Injustice is a new recording of Mdou Moctar's 2024 album Funeral for Justice performed entirely on acoustic instruments.Sessions took place at Brooklyn's Bunker Studio in the summer of 2023 - booked as a way to make use of downtime while the band was briefly stranded in the United Sates in the wake of Niger's recent military coup.The arrangements give new dimension to the songs, swapping Funeral's blistering volume for a more intimate and meditative tone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003c!-- TRACKLIST_START --\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1. Funeral For Justice\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2. Imouhar\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e3. Takoba\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4. Sousoume Tamacheq\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e5. Imajighen\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e6. Tchinta\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e7. Oh France\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e8. Modern Slaves\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- TRACKLIST_END --\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 191401209120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Matador Records\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.28.25\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e CD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Broadtime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48600452464795,"sku":"521176","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/7172\/files\/packshot-mdou-moctar-tears-of-injustice-cd-relix.jpg?v=1779314517"},{"product_id":"mdou-moctar-funeral-for-justice-lp-vinyl","title":"Mdou Moctar – Funeral For Justice (LP Vinyl)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"relix-editorial\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNiger-born guitarist Mdou Moctar has spent years redefining what electric guitar can mean, rooting his Tuareg rock in the desert traditions of his homeland while wielding a Stratocaster with an intensity that puts him in conversation with the great axe heroes of any era. *Funeral For Justice* arrives as a direct response to the suffering and political turmoil facing the Sahel region, giving his ferocious playing an urgent moral weight that goes well beyond the stage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003c!-- TRACKLIST_START --\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eSide A\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1. Funeral For Justice\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2. Imouhar\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e3. Takoba\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4. Sousoume Tamacheq\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eSide B\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1. Imajighen\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2. Tchinta\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e3. Djallo #1\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4. Oh France\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e5. Modern Slaves\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- TRACKLIST_END --\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 191401203111\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Matador Records\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5.3.24\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e LP Vinyl\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Broadtime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48600466456731,"sku":"584484","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/7172\/files\/Mdou-Moctar-Funeral-For-Justice-LP-Vinyl.jpg?v=1779194572"},{"product_id":"mdou-moctar-tears-of-injustice-lp-vinyl","title":"Mdou Moctar – Tears Of Injustice (LP Vinyl)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"relix-editorial\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMdou Moctar has spent years redefining what electric guitar can mean, channeling the asrin traditions of Tuareg music through a voltage that draws equally from Hendrix and the Saharan blues lineage he was born into. 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