where songs are stored on cellphones

All those desert feelings of today captured by Koudédé, a true nomad from Agadez, Niger. Sahel souvenir.



Contemporary pop music from the Sahara desert, where songs are stored on cellphones. Collected in Northern Mali in 2010 (since taken over by extremists who've banned music on cellphones) the second volume expands into new sonic territory - from dreamy Niger guitar ballads, Bamako club juke, to hi energy Moroccan child Raï - with a focus on the Autotuned DIY creations circulating the desert. For more sounds from Saharan Cellphones, please click here.