Finally listened to all music! My favorite song was an untitled file called “ssssddsdrt66677888.ogg” that I found on a flash drive that I found in a landfill in Tunisia
In case anyone is actually into this there are 3 volumes of these:
Ok so at first I was like “oh haha funny meme” then I was actually impressed by this cellphone music thing??
I looked it up and just listening to the first volume I am blown away like transcended a new level of music creators/Saharan culture blown away guys pLEASe listen to this itissogood
[Bandcamp link here!]
Humans are REALLY INTO MAKING AND SHARING MUSIC, guys.
If you like this you might also like
Awesome Tapes from Africa
which is, well, what it says on the tin. Some stuff is free to download, some stuff is available to purchase, some stuff is both.
Just on the first page, we have:
Arthur — Vuvuzela Dance Remixes Vol. 3 — S’Bamu [South Africa]
Nahawa Doumbia — La Grande Cantatrice Malienne Vol 1 [Mali]
Asnakech Worku — Asnakech (featuring Hailu Mergia) [Ethiopia]
Khalifa Gueye — Ruba [Senegal]
The site started as just a guy digitizing music from cassette tapes that you couldn’t find anywhere outside street markets in various African cities, and now it’s an actual record label that works with African musicians… and also a guy digitizing tapes.
It’s amazing cultural anthropology as well as great music.
there’s also nyege nyege tapes in uganda which holds a festival every year with a lineup of electronic artists from around the continent & the diaspora
then there’s c-drik who runs the syrphe database where he has spent decades working with musicians in africa & asia to give them a presence online & a means of communication with each other & the rest of the world.
