Label: Transgressive
Release date: 16.09.2016
Transgressive Records announce the soundtrack to the acclaimed film, ‘They Will Have To Kill Us First’. The first original soundtrack recording from Nick Zinner of the Yeah Yeah Yeah’s and producer of Songhoy Blues’ critically acclaimed debut also features rare and unreleased music from the documentary including Bombino, Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabate and Fadimata ‘Disco’ Wallet Oumar. Directed by Johanna Schwartz, ‘They Will Have To Kill Us First’ was premiered at the SxSW Festival in 2015 and went on to pick up acclaim at various film festivals around the globe before receiving a UK cinema release in the autumn of 2015. The film loosely tells the story of the oppression of music and musicians in Mali by Taliban extremists and the remarkable narrative that brought Songhoy Blues to a world stage.