I Sing the Desert Electric
A short film of electronic based music across the Sahel region: Mauritania to Northern Nigeria and in-between.
Screengrab from the short documentary "I Sing the Desert Electric."
The collection of video material, “I Sing the Desert Electric,”
was shot over the past three years by Sahel Sounds founder Christopher Kirkley in different locations in the Western Sahel (Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Nigeria), representing distinct and highly regionalized musical scenes. The result is a short visual and aural feast. If you want to know more, Kirkley recently talked about his Sahel Sounds project on Radio France Internationale. Here. Boima first wrote about the label here. Volume 2 of “Music from Saharan Cellphones” is now available om vinyl (and so is “Bollywood Inspired Film Music from Hausa Nigeria”).
Watch “I Sing the Desert Electric” in full:
