Elwan by Tinariwen

released February 10, 2017

All songs published by Inear Publishing, administrated by WARP Publishing



Ibrahim Ag Alhabib: lead vocals, lead guitars on Ténéré Tàqqàl, Nànnuflày, Imidiwàn n-àkall-in, Arhegh ad annàgh, Tiwàyyen, Hayati, Fog Edaghàn

Abdallah Ag Alhousseyni: lead vocals, lead guitars on Assàwt, Nizzagh Ijbal, Sastanàqqàm, Talyat, background vocals, claps

Alhassane Ag Touhami: lead vocals and lead guitars on Ittus, background vocals, claps

Eyadou Ag Leche: bass, electric guitar on Ténéré Tàqqàl, Tiwàyyen, guembri on Imidiwàn n-àkall-in, background vocals, claps

Elaga Ag Hamid: guitars, background vocals, claps

Said Ag Ayad: djembe, calabash, background vocals, claps

Iyad Moussa Ben Abderahmane: electric guitars on Tiwàyyen, Nànnuflày, Talyat and Hayati


Iyad Moussa Ben Abderahmane, Abdelkader Ourzig, Tahar Khaldi, Hicham Bouhasse, Haiballah Talyat Akhamouk (Imarhan): background vocals on Hayati

Said Laghferi, Abdoul Wahab Cheich, M'Bark Bellal, Melghaynine Sifori (the kids from M’Hamid): background vocals on Imidiwàn n-àkall-in, Arhegh ad annàgh

The Gangas de Tagounite (Ohga Bilal, Erzgi Mohamed, Ohga Aziz, Ergbi Abdil Latif): tambours and percussion on Nizzagh Ijbal, I Imidiwàn n-àkall-in Arhegh ad annàgh, Ténéré Tàqqàl

Amar Chaoui: additional percussion

Kurt Vile: electric guitars on Tiwàyyen, Nànnuflày
Matt Sweeney: electric guitars on Tiwàyyen, Talyat
Alain Johannes: cigar box guitar on Talyat
Mark Lanegan: vocals on Nànnuflày



Recorded from February 15 till March 2nd, 2016, at Bivouac le Petit Prince, M’Hamid El Ghizlane, Morroco ; March 2016 at Melodium Studios, Montreuil, France ; October 20, 23, 24, 2014 at Rancho De La Luna, Joshua Tree (CA), USA

Recorded by Thomas Bunio (Bivouac le Petit Prince, Melodium), Alain Johannes, Justin Smith (Rancho De La Luna), Mark Lanegan recorded by Michael Parnin, Los Angeles (CA), USA
Thanks to Maxime Kosinetz for the tape delay tricks…

Mixed by Andrew Scheps

Mastered by Eric Boulanger @The Bakery, Culver City (CA), USA

Produced by Patrick Votan and Tinariwen



Photography: Marie Planeille
Design: Gilles Guerlet

Translations from Tamashek: Anara Elmoctar
Translations into English: Andy Morgan



Thanks to all the people at the Bivouac le Petit Prince for their hospitality: Ibrahim and Halim Sbaï, Fatouma Basdouk, Fatima ElKetarna, Saleh Mounawer, Mohamed Boudani aka Moddou, Brahim Brayka, Khalid Balla, Fayçal Sbai, Khalifa Ait ElFadil, Abbas Soubai,Yehya JIddou, Habib Bahidi, Khatar El Barbouchi, Hamza Sbai, Ali Laghferi

Thanks to Bill Rahmy, Dahly Strawyer, Alain Johannes, Kurt Vile, Matt Sweeney, in Joshua Tree (CA)

Thanks to the Tinariwen friends: Bastien Gsell, Javier Maillet, Jean-Pierre Vigneron, Jean-Fu Dubroca, Ismail ‘Massiwa’ Ag Mohammed, David Flower, Bryony Middleton, Marion Chapdelaine, Sébastien Delage, François Gravouil, Christian Bernhardt, Andy Kauklin, and all the Anti- crew, Jason Rackham, Craig Penney, Vincent Fenice and all the Coop team, Etienne Ziller, Fanny Larivière, Yann Dernaucourt @3Pom Prod…

Special thanks to Mark Lanegan



P&C 2017 Wedge