Various Artists
Music From Saharan WhatsApp (LP)
Responding to an open call from our network of artists, musicians recorded a handful of tracks on their cellphone and sent them over the popular mobile app WhatsApp. Each session was hosted for a month on Bandcamp and sold on a sliding scale, with all profits wired directly to the musicians. After a month, the EP would disappear, replaced by another one.
Now, some of the label's favorite tracks from this series are collected for the first time outside of Bandcamp as the Music from Saharan WhatsApp compilation LP. This LP features tracks by established Sahel Sounds artists such as Etran de L'Aïr, Hama, Alkibar Jr, Amaria Hamadaler (of Les Filles de Illighadad), and artists new to the label like Bounaly and Andal Sukabe.
Compilation of tracks from the 2020 limited digital series Music from Saharan WhatsApp.
Liner notes mistakenly list Track B1 as Track A6 (and all subsequent track designations for Side B are off by one in the booklet). The tracklist which appears above is what is on the rear cover, labels, and the disc itself.
A1 recorded on Condor Plume, January 10, 2020 in Agadez, Niger.
A2 recorded on Techno Camon 11, February 8, 2020 in Bamako, Mali.
A3 recorded on iPhone 7, March 16, 2020 in Nouakchott, Mauritania.
A4 recorded on Tecno Spark 4 KC8, January 15, 2020, Niafounké, Mali.
A5 recorded on HUAWEI p30 Lit, May 19, 2020, Agadez, Niger.
B1 recorded on Techno, June 16, 2020 in Bamako, Mali.
B2 recorded on Samsung j7 August 1-3, 2020 in Niamey, Niger.
B3 recorded on Joni, August 29, 2020 in Niamey, Niger.
B4 recorded on iPhone X on July 15, 2020 in Nouakchott, Mauritania.
B5 recorded on Samsung j7 Duo, October 26, 2020 in Bamako, Mali.
B6 recorded on Tecno, December 14, 2020 in Agadez, Niger.
Runouts are etched, except for MASTERDISK, which is stamped.
Lacquer cutting company/engineer derived from runouts.
