Born in northern Niger, Bombino is an ethnic Tuareg, a nomadic tribe spread out across the Sahara Desert, and if he inherited a steady urge for going, it shows in his guitar playing, which is informed by the fluid, melodic, and graceful style of so many great African guitarists. But he's also listened and studied the playing of Jimi Hendrix and Mark Knopfler closely, and maybe a little of J.J. Cale, too, another man whose guitar style embraces a sharp Read Full BioBorn in northern Niger, Bombino is an ethnic Tuareg, a nomadic tribe spread out across the Sahara Desert, and if he inherited a steady urge for going, it shows in his guitar playing, which is informed by the fluid, melodic, and graceful style of so many great African guitarists. But he's also listened and studied the playing of Jimi Hendrix and Mark Knopfler closely, and maybe a little of J.J. Cale, too, another man whose guitar style embraces a sharp, dusty-tinged desert tone, and somehow out of all this, Bombino emerges as a sort of Dick Dale of the Sahara, with a guitar style that is uniquely all his own. For this, his second album, Bombino traveled to Nashville to record with the Black Keys' Dan Auerbach, and the result is a marvelous set, full of grit and funky elegance, a kind of mesh of Tuareg rhythms with Deep South delta country trance blues, and psychedelic, too, as if Jimi Hendrix and John Lee Hooker somehow got spliced together.
It's a wonderful listen from start to finish, with heavily echoed vocals, and layers of snaky, sinewy guitar lines that build and weave, separate and expand as each track goes on, until everything seems to burst transformed into the immense sonic space of an ocean, or a desert, for that matter. Although Bombino is a very political songwriter, he keeps his lyrics and melodies taut, giving his graceful, spiraling, and relentless guitar riffs plenty of room to do their thing. Highlights include the thickly chugging garage guitar epic "Amidine" that opens the set, the amazing serpentine guitar lines of "Imuhar," the back porch Sahara country sound of "Imidwan," and the lovely "Tamiditine," which closes things out, but everything here certainly belongs and contributes to the rich, gritty, and ultimately joyous tone of this wonderful album.
Rolling Stone says: “A perfect match of sound and soul, the set introduces a new guitar hero, and confirms Auerbach’s arrival as a roots-music producer to be reckoned with.”
The BBC calls it “utterly, utterly fantastic.”
It's a wonderful listen from start to finish, with heavily echoed vocals, and layers of snaky, sinewy guitar lines that build and weave, separate and expand as each track goes on, until everything seems to burst transformed into the immense sonic space of an ocean, or a desert, for that matter. Although Bombino is a very political songwriter, he keeps his lyrics and melodies taut, giving his graceful, spiraling, and relentless guitar riffs plenty of room to do their thing. Highlights include the thickly chugging garage guitar epic "Amidine" that opens the set, the amazing serpentine guitar lines of "Imuhar," the back porch Sahara country sound of "Imidwan," and the lovely "Tamiditine," which closes things out, but everything here certainly belongs and contributes to the rich, gritty, and ultimately joyous tone of this wonderful album.
Rolling Stone says: “A perfect match of sound and soul, the set introduces a new guitar hero, and confirms Auerbach’s arrival as a roots-music producer to be reckoned with.”
The BBC calls it “utterly, utterly fantastic.”
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Amidinine
Bombino Lyrics
Amidinine
Amidinine, amidinine
Tada adounia tichagret
Tada adounia gouzoul
Sagglete s'immik iyyane
Was tarhed dagh manak
Awa tarhed, arhekh
Iguekh dagh mane isiglekh
Edag dossed kitawakh
My friend, my friend
This life is long
This life is short
Manage it in a certain way
The way that suits you
What you desire, I desire it as well
From the depth of my heart, I accept it
Everywhere I go, I'll think about it
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Митар Миодраг
My friend, my friend
This life is long
This life is short
Manage it in a certain way
The way that suits you
What you desire, I desire it as well
From the depth of my heart, I accept it
Everywhere I go, I'll think about it
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Amidinine
Amidinine, amidinine
Tada adounia tichagret
Tada adounia gouzoul
Sagglete s’immik iyyane
Was tarhed dagh manak
Awa tarhed, arhekh
Iguekh dagh mane isiglekh
Edag dossed kitawakh
My friend, my friend
This life is long
This life is short
Manage it in a certain way
The way that suits you
What you desire, I desire it as well
From the depth of my heart, I accept it
Everywhere I go, I’ll think about it
Damien Hutchinson
This is one of the BEST songs I've ever heard!
Youssouf MARICE ABOUBAKAR
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Youssouf MARICE ABOUBAKAR
yes thanks for my cousin
SweetLowFat Jesus
+Damien Hutchinson This is THE best song Ive ever heard!
Trish Ruppe
Love this artist. And Amidne is one of the best songs ever.
Third World Pearly
Nothing less than transcending. I go to another place entirely when I play this song, turn up my headphones, and close my eyes. You'd have to be a souless monster not to be moved at least a little.
Vittorio Bombino
Il joue la guitare comme un Dieu, il est mon cousin.
MrsHeartBreaker1
Although I'm from Central Europe and I don't understand the lyrics, I'm completely in love with this song... the guitar is so freakin cool, I couldn't stop listening since the first time I heard it... also it's my ringtone since then (more than 2 years now) ❤️ greets from Slovakia ✌🏻🇸🇰
markad elmokhtar
@soheib Sohbi 'عمر أغ مختار' بومبينو (بالأمازيغية ⴱⵓⵎⴱⵉⵏⵓ) فنان ومغني لموسيقى العالم من النيجر
Nord AFRiCA nord africa
song berbere amazighe peopel king of big sahara world