Tracka De Day: Tinariwen "Tenere Taqqim Tossam (Four Tet Remix)"

Tracka De Day: Tinariwen "Tenere Taqqim Tossam (Four Tet Remix)"


We've been championing Tinariwen's Northern Mali nomad blues for some time now. In this near 7-minute remix of their TV On The Radio-featured single "Tenere Taqqim Tossam," London beatsmith (and Thom Yorke BFFFour Tet gradually crafts the original's laidback vocal grooves into hypnotical loops which, with added percussion and deep bass strokes, reach dance floor BPMs.

Tinariwen - Tenere taqqim tossam (Four Tet remix) by Four Tet

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