{"product_id":"595383","title":"Dirtmusic, Dirt Music - Troubles [CD]","description":"Brand New From Reputable UK Company With 30 Years Experience In Retail, Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.\u003cbr\u003eAll items shipped within 3 working days of payment.\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that all our DVDs are Region 2.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that not all audio CDs are shrink-wrapped fom the factory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDirtmusic \\u2013 Chris Eckman (The Walkabouts) and Hugo Race (Fatalists\/True Spirit\/Bad Seeds) \\u2013 recorded this album in Bamako, Mali, in September 2012 during the high-tension and tragic crisis \\u2013 hence the name, 'Troubles'. \u003cp\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003eOriginally a trio with Chris Brokaw (Come\/Codeine), Dirtmusic released their eponymous debut in 2007, a gritty collection of acoustic ballads drawn from their American and Australian frontier roots. The band's explorations of raw, psych-folk-rock then took a radical detour out to the Saharan desert, to Timbuktu, performing at the legendary Festival-au-Desert. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003eDirtmusic's encounter at the Festival-au-Desert with the Tuareg band Tamikrest was the catalyst for the second album, BKO (2010), a classic, one-of-a-kind trip through the interzone between 'western' and Tamasheq desert rock.\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003eWith the departure of Chris Brokaw, Race and Eckman decided to head further 'upriver', composing and recording an album from scratch in full collaboration with a select crew of Malian artists. Dirtmusic arrived in the Malian capital of Bamako with notebooks of lyrics, but without written songs or preconceived strategies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on musicians from the Ben Zabo and Samba Toure bands as a core rhythm section, Race and Eckman produced the sessions on the dance floor of Salif Keita's Moffou Club, inviting in guest vocalists including not only Ben Zabo and Samba Toure, but also Virginie Dembele (from the Rokia Traore ensemble), rising star Aminata Wassidje Traore and soku-master Zoumana Tereta. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003eThere are many voices telling stories on Troubles, singing in Songhai, Bambara, Tamasheq and English, stories of war and peace and love and doubt in the shadow of an oncoming storm, and like a musical version of cinema verite, everything is real, in-the-moment and utterly direct. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003eInspired by the collision between West African rhythms, digital sorcery and rock'n'roll, Troubles is a singular and border-slicing musical journey. And Troubles is only the first release from the sessions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChicken Scratch\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFitzcarraldo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Big Bend\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWa Ya You\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUp to Us\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTroubles\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLa Paix\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTake It On the Chin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWa Nuza\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSleeping Beauty\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGod Is a Mystery\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chalkys.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56061105537409,"sku":"595383","price":25.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8043\/1219\/files\/51wqAy0wh7L._SL1500.jpg?v=1786158326","url":"https:\/\/chalkys.com\/products\/595383","provider":"Chalkys.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}