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Mdou Moctar – Ilana: The Creator. Mdou Moctar's Ilana: The Creator is out today, and the USA tour just kicked off - check full dates here. A long time coming, “Ilana” is Mdou's first true studio album with a live band. Recorded in Detroit at the tail end of a US tour by engineer Chris Koltay….
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Leave this field empty if you're human: Blog. Tuareg Guitar;...
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Online store for Sahel Sounds, featuring our vinyl records,...
- Sync & Licensing
We represent *most* all of the Sahel Sounds catalog and can...
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Sahel Sounds is a project focused on culture in the West...
- Ahmedou Ahmed Lowla
Synth freakout from the Sahara, Mauritanian WZN (literally...
- Amanar
Based in Kidal in the extreme Northeast of Mali, the heart...
- Etran de L’Aïr
The name Etran de L’Aïr translates to “the Stars of the...
- Hama
Painstaking crafted on the spotty electric grid in Niamey...
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Sahel Sounds is a recording project and record label focused on culture in the West African Sahel.
Sahel Sounds is an American record label, based in Portland, Oregon which specializes in music from the southern part of the Sahara desert.
Sahel Sounds is a project focused on culture in the West African Sahel. Sahel Sounds began as a blog by label founder Christopher Kirkley in 2009 to share field recordings. Today, it is a record label, artist collective, film production house, and arts organization.
Mdou Moctar immediately stands out as one of the most innovative artists in contemporary Saharan music. His unconventional interpretations of Tuareg guitar and have pushed him to the forefront of a crowded scene.
Aug 8, 2018 · Not a strict portrait, nor a straight music documentary, a story of Sahel Sounds celebrates the wide range of musical performances of current artists from Niger, while leaving room to reflect...
Project and Record Label focused on the Sahel of West Africa via sound, filmmaking, field recordings, cellphone mp3s, and cross cultural experiments