Kel Assouf was founded more than a decade ago as a project of the Nigerian musician Anana Harouna. The band grew into a real power trio with, next to Harouna, keyboard player Sofyann Ben Youssef and drummer Olivier Penu. They bring raw and hypnotic desert blues about both Harouna's home country and the Sahara as well as Brussels and the Western culture. After 'Tin Hinane' and 'Tikounen' they're releasing a new album in 2019. For fans of Tinariwen, Tamikrest, Bombino but also Jon Spencer, Led Zeppelin or Queens of the Stone Age.