After the highly acclaimed album "Aman Iman" from 2007, "Imidiwan: Companions" was released in 2009, a 13-track collection by the seven-piece band from the Sahara. For the first time since their 2001 debut "The Radio Tisdas Sessions", they worked with producer Jean-Paul Romann. The album hypnotically combines Malian desert blues with guitar-led Tichumaren agitations, creating a sound all of its own. The Guardian said of the album, "The slick, rhythmic guitar lines and bluesy riffs are still there, but in a lighter frame, more like desert folk music".

First time vinyl re-release on 180g vinyl of the 2009 album "Imidiwan: Companions" by the acclaimed Tuareg group Tinariwen from the Sahara.