Ilana (The Creator): Vinyl LP Meshuggah Pressure makes diamonds

Pressure makes diamonds

finding their way to the UK music press and generating instant buzz and an ensuing feeding frenzy to sign the band

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Ilana (The Creator): Vinyl LP Meshuggah Pressure makes diamondsMdou trades in unrelenting grit and has no qualms about going full shred. A long time coming, Ilana is Mdou's first true studio album. Recorded in Detroit at the tail end of a US tour by engineer Chris Koltay (who met after bonding over ZZ Top's Tres Hombres), Mdou lived in studio for a week, playing into the early hours and accompanied by an all star band: Ahmoudou Madassane's (Les Filles de Illighadad) lighting fast rhythm guitar, Aboubacar