Étran de l'Aïr + Water Damage

Etran De L'Aïr at Petit Bain

Etran de L'Aïr, the oldest wedding orchestra in Agadez, capital of Tuareg guitar, returns with a new album full of the sun-drenched sounds of the desert! Their first album, No.1, introduced their music to critics and fans alike. Their second album, Agadez, propelled them onto the international touring circuit. And now they are back with 100% Sahara Guitar, ready to conquer the world with these swinging melodies, like a sandstorm blowing in from the other side of the sea. All the brothers write and play guitar, swapping instruments while Alghabid keeps the rhythm. With 100% Sahara Guitar, Etran de L'Aïr returns to the forefront with their first studio album! And what a sound!

Drones are a powerful force, capable of whisking our thinking mind far, far, away. Austin-based collective Water Damage yields the same power whenever they pick up their instruments. Veterans from other projects (a.o. Spray Paint, Black Eyes, Swans, more eaze, USA/Mexico and more), the band is not unfamiliar with the unshakeable power of music; still, as Water Damage, they stretch out drone’s possibilities to their limits, bowing to the principle ‘Maximal Repetition Minimal Deviation’. Once an idea takes off, they pursue it forever; as Pitchfork said, their 2024 double LP ‘In E’ doubles as a “glorious mind eraser”.