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79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 6
  2. Negative: 0 out of 6
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  1. May 19, 2020
    80
    A bold introduction and dynamic arrangement sticks to the formula while constantly evolving and developing. The sharp production allows each instrument the space and sonic textures to open up expansive new worlds of unfolding sounds and wider influences.
  2. Apr 29, 2020
    80
    With Tamotaït, Tamikrest builds outward, taking the solid foundation they and fellow groups have laid over the last two decades and making even more felicitous connections between their extant sounds and those around the world.
  3. Mojo
    Apr 7, 2020
    80
    A heady cultural cocktail where the Sahara meets the Rising Sun. [May 2020, p.87]
  4. Uncut
    Apr 7, 2020
    80
    Excels in its moments of mournful rumination. [May 2020, p.35]
  5. The Wire
    Apr 7, 2020
    80
    Producer Gary Odlum builds an atmospheric, sunset glow version of the Tuareg sound that rolls and chugs with every conventional element in place, but has a widescreen stadium swagger few other groups have mastered. [Apr 2020]
  6. Q Magazine
    Apr 7, 2020
    60
    Their music conjures the Sahara via a hypnotic desert blues that informed by both Malian folk music and their love of Western bands such as Pink Floyd and Can. [Jun 2020, p.106]

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