Bombino
I first heard some “home” recordings of Bombino while shooting a film about Tuareg nomads in northern Niger and became determined to find him and include him in the film.
A year later I found him in Burkina Faso where he was in exile and started filming with him. A year after that and once it was safe for him to return to Agadez, we rented a house there and recorded his first album titled “Agadez”. He and his music became the feature of the “Agadez” film. Once we finished the album and the film, it took little time to get him a major record contract and he exploded onto the world music scene. After extensively touring the world and three albums later, he was nominated for a Grammy award.
Bombino – Tazidert
Bombino recording at Studio HIBA in Casablanca in September 2022.
Watch →Agadez (trailer)
For the Tuareg, the desert is freedom. Music is power. Tuareg nomads have lived in the Sahara Desert for centuries, connecting North and West Africa...
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Bombino recording the Grammy nominated album "Deran" at Studio Hiba in Casablanca, Morocco in 2017.
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Bombino recording the Grammy nominated album "Deran" at Studio Hiba in Casablanca, Morocco in 2017.
Watch →Niamey Jam (studio)
Bombino recording the album "Nomad" at Easy Eye Studio in Nashville, produced by Dan Auerbach in 2013. Niamey Jam was actually improvised during the session.
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