Essam: Vinyl LP Laura Groves and in 2020 a collaborative

and in 2020 a collaborative project with fans called ‘Protecting The Hive’

Named after their 1982 hit single

The 50th anniversary edition 2LP coloured vinyl set includes the original album

Black British

In 2019 Yorke contributed music to Edward Norton’s Motherless Brooklyn and in 2022 he wrote two original tracks for the series finale of Peaky Blinders

Essam: Vinyl LP Laura Groves and in 2020 a collaborativeEssam is the bands fourth album, recorded with the same core lineup, but marks a significant shift in their sound and approach. Musically, it marks a departure from the rocky,bluesy, psychedelic Tuareg guitar driven sound influenced by Tinariwens heritagemoving toward something more open, modern, and exploratory. For the first time, their long time sound engineer Maxime Kosinetz stepped in as producer. He travelled to Tamanrasset with Emile Papandreou