Ahmoudou Madassane, Mikey Coltun, and Souleymane Ibrahim are best known as the rhythm section for Mdou Moctar, the Nigerian musician who’s made some of the best guitar music of the past few years. Now with Madassane on guitar and vocals, Coltun on bass, and Ibrahim on drums, the trio have a new project called TAKAAT, and are releasing their first EP Is Noise, Vol. 1 next month. Lead single “Amidinin” is out now.
