Name: Targ
Brand: Bargou 08

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

gbcd045

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2017-02-17

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

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UPC / Barcode

4030433604526

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

gblp045

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180 Gram Vinyl housed in Gatefold Sleeve with download.

4030433604519

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Bargou 08 

Genre GB

African

Label GB

Glitterbeat

It's the forgotten place. Lying between the mountains of northwest Tunisia and the Algerian border, the Bargou valley and the village named after it lie isolated, away from the world. It's poor, barren country, but standing apart, Bargou has developed its own culture that had never been documented until Nidhal Yahyaoui began the task. Born in the valley, he grew up hearing his parents and family sing the songs that belong to the region, and he was determined that the music and traditions shouldn't slip away into obscurity. With Targ, the album he's made with his band Bargou 08, Yahyaoui has perfectly fused the past and the present to place Bargou on the map. "Nidhal began collecting songs from all over the valley more than ten years ago," explains producer and keyboard player Sofyann Ben Youssef, who's known Yahyaoui since they were both ten years old. "No one had ever done that before. He listened to the women, to the village elders, and he learned all the variations on the songs. This is his passion, and he asked me to join him." Together, they assembled a collective of both local and European musicians who spent three weeks playing in the Yahyaoui family home in Bargou village. They worked on the material, shaping a sound that harnessed the power of the tradition and connected it to something the young would understand.

LP - 180 Gram Vinyl housed in Gatefold Sleeve with download.

Targ

Music GB