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That hardly ever works for me. It's either "here's another artist that's like these ones, only more mediocre" or completely crazy ones, like a playlist of the a

That hardly ever works for me. It's either "here's another artist that's like these ones, only more mediocre" or completely crazy ones, like a playlist of the album Ilana (The Creator) by Mdou Moctar, a Berber electric guitarist, where Spotify recommendations are all for Tyler The Creator.

dontreact 7y ago
You should check out Tinariwen https://youtu.be/WcqlOq1cjjc https://youtu.be/WcqlOq1cjjc
- frereubu 7y ago
  Yeah, I love Tinariwen. Interesting piece of trivia - I saw the guitarist Matt Sweeney (Chavez, Zwan, Bonnie Prince Billy, touring with Iggy Pop etc. etc. etc.) mention Mdou Moctar on Twitter a few times, and was about to recommend Tinariwen, only to discover that he'd played on one of their albums!
- DrScump 7y ago
  I really recommend Aza (Tamazight influence from the Atlas Mountains of Morocco). I've seen them live a bunch of times. (I attended this particular performance!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C1u_MFahhw&list=RDuvS_fSfW2Zo&index=3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C1u_MFahhw&list=RDuvS_fSfW2... http://azamusic.com http://azamusic.com
freehunter 7y ago
>Mdou Moctar, a Berber electric guitarist Holy crap, I heard this guy years ago and loved his work, but then forgot his name and couldn't find him again. Thank you for bringing this music back to me!
- frereubu 7y ago
  His latest album is incredible - there are days I have Tarhatazed on a loop for an hour or two when coding (you need to be in the right frame of mind for that to work though!)
elamje 7y ago
If you need to get in the right frame of mind for Coding here is an albums-only playlist I made that seems to do the trick for me and a few friends - https://open.spotify.com/user/j3elam/playlist/61RNVG9yeQpFBRi8OAVC9I?si=cUB37v3ZS8KpcpOdo9Zu1A https://open.spotify.com/user/j3elam/playlist/61RNVG9yeQpFBR...
- frereubu 7y ago
  Thanks - I'll check that out.
dirktheman 7y ago
Thank you for bringing Mdou Moctar to my attention. Holy crap, that is one hell of an album, it's been on constant repeat since yesterday and I just can't stop listening!

dontreact 7y ago

You should check out Tinariwen https://youtu.be/WcqlOq1cjjc https://youtu.be/WcqlOq1cjjc

frereubu 7y ago
Yeah, I love Tinariwen. Interesting piece of trivia - I saw the guitarist Matt Sweeney (Chavez, Zwan, Bonnie Prince Billy, touring with Iggy Pop etc. etc. etc.) mention Mdou Moctar on Twitter a few times, and was about to recommend Tinariwen, only to discover that he'd played on one of their albums!
DrScump 7y ago
I really recommend Aza (Tamazight influence from the Atlas Mountains of Morocco). I've seen them live a bunch of times. (I attended this particular performance!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C1u_MFahhw&list=RDuvS_fSfW2Zo&index=3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C1u_MFahhw&list=RDuvS_fSfW2... http://azamusic.com http://azamusic.com

freehunter 7y ago

>Mdou Moctar, a Berber electric guitarist Holy crap, I heard this guy years ago and loved his work, but then forgot his name and couldn't find him again. Thank you for bringing this music back to me!

frereubu 7y ago
His latest album is incredible - there are days I have Tarhatazed on a loop for an hour or two when coding (you need to be in the right frame of mind for that to work though!)

elamje 7y ago

If you need to get in the right frame of mind for Coding here is an albums-only playlist I made that seems to do the trick for me and a few friends - https://open.spotify.com/user/j3elam/playlist/61RNVG9yeQpFBRi8OAVC9I?si=cUB37v3ZS8KpcpOdo9Zu1A https://open.spotify.com/user/j3elam/playlist/61RNVG9yeQpFBR...

frereubu 7y ago
Thanks - I'll check that out.

dirktheman 7y ago

Thank you for bringing Mdou Moctar to my attention. Holy crap, that is one hell of an album, it's been on constant repeat since yesterday and I just can't stop listening!