SAHEL SOUNDS
About
SAHEL SOUNDS est un label qui a édité entre autres des musiques Touaregs et deux compilations de musiques de musiciens du Mali, Niger et des pays/régions avoisinantes provenant de micro cartes SD de téléphones portables qui sont le principal moyen de diffusion de la musique en Afrique. Tout leur catalogue est sur bandcamp, écoute fortement conseillée...
Sahel Sounds began as a blog in 2009 to share field recordings and has evolved into a record label. The blog continues as a documentation of recordings, as well as a platform to explore arts and music of the region through nontraditional ethnographic fieldwork.
Sahel Sounds is the project of Christopher Kirkley, gentleman explorer, music archivist, artist/curator and occasional dj. His work examines contemporary popular musics in an evolving technological landscape from the interplay of localized traditions with transglobal influences to new media models of cultural transmission.