Ahmoudou Madassane

★★★★ Zerzura BANDCAMP. CD/DL/LP

A welcome re-up on Bandcamp, this 2018 soundtrack by actor and Tuareg guitarist Madassane is a gorgeous discovery. Written for “the first ever Saharan acid western”, it’s a series of fuzzedout, free-form desert blues improvisations; ambient electric acid-scapes recorded live in the studio by Madassane and Oregon guitarist Marisa Anderson. Imagine Neil Young’s Dead Man parched by the desert sun and you’re halfway there. AM