At Pioneer Works' documents a 2019 performance from Tuareg band Les Filles De Illighadad (the daughters of Illighadad). Their music is a smart blend of Tuareg's desert guitar sound that originated from young men in exile in Libya and Algeria in the 1970s, and tende, a form of folk music that was traditionally dominated by women. The band was founded in Illighadad, a commune in Niger, by vocalist and performer Fatou Seidi Ghali, one of the only Tuareg women who plays guitar, and vocalist Alamnou Akrouni. A year later in 2017 they were joined by Agadez guitarist Amaria Hamadalher and Abdoulaye Madassane, a rhythm guitarist and also a son of Illighadad. They recorded "At Pioneer Works" after finishing a long tour of their debut album "Eghass Malan", celebrating with two sold-out Brooklyn sessions. The recording captures the band's rare energy, as they bounce vocal call and response, mirroring this interplay with twisted thickets of electrified guitar. The blues-esque looping jangle of desert guitar sounds perfectly matched with Ghali and Akrouni's inviting vocal duets, and the music they create is original, hypnotic and packed with an unmatched groove.