Mdou Moctar discovers the wah pedal on “Nakanegh Dich”
thefader.comThis Thursday, Matador will release a deluxe edition of Mdou Moctar's fifth studio album, May 2021's Afrique Victime, featuring nine bonus tracks.
Today, Moctar is sharing "Nakanegh Dich,” the only completely new release on the record's extended edition. (The other eight bonus tracks are all demos or live versions of songs from the original LP.
The new single is a classically Moctarian desert blues jam, with one important difference: the wah pedal. Read Next: Mdou Moctar announces new U.S.
tour dates “This is Mdou's very first time using a wah pedal,” Mikey Coltun, Moctar's bassist and one of Afrique Victime's producers, explains. “At some point, Mdou called [co-producer] Rob [Schnapf] into the studio and asked him to control the wah with his foot while Mdou shredded a solo.” "Nakanegh Dich" arrives as Moctar and his band embark on the North American leg of a massive, international tour, starting Thursday night in Providence, Rhode Island.
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