catalogue

SANI, MAMMAN

TAARIT (SAHEL SOUNDS)

SANI, MAMMAN - TAARIT 155006
format:
1 LP
release:
21.10.2022
label:
SAHEL SOUNDS
genre:
World
item ID:
155006
barcode:
0843563108598
Cosmic synth. Polyphonic analog synthesizers and drum machines interpret ancient Saharan folk ballads in an imagined science fiction future.

A proposed relaxation guide, sonically lying somewhere between ambient library music and minimal wave.

Recorded in Niger and France in the late 1980s. All Recordings by Mamman Sani Abdoulaye.

Recorded 1985 - 1988 at Studio Samira in Niamey, Niger and Studio Kham Mai in Paris, France.

Instruments include Crumar Bit 99, RCA Victor 70, Yamaha RX5, and Roland TR-505. Painting by Maria Joan Dixon.

Layout and design by Christopher Kirkley.
 
  • Tracklisting
  • 1.1. YA BISMILLAH
  • 1.2. CI DA DY
  • 1.3. ALFAREY
  • 1.4. GOSI
  • 1.5. DANGAY KOTYO
  • 1.6. AMIRAM
  • 1.7. ZARA ZARAKOY
  • 1.8. TAARITT