Happy 2017, and onto a new year.
Stumbled across this beautiful piece of technology in Niamey last month. The masons were busy working on a friends house, and the distorted wail was amplified by the concrete room that was slowly being constructed around it. The mason informed me that the music was “Pulaar” – the instrument here being amplified molo. There are curious levels of distortion, all layered, from the initial amplification and blown out speakers, to the cellphone recording capturing device, to the AUX in on the cheapo bootleg stereo (of the ever popular X-BASS brand so common in W. Africa).
Apologies for the silence, more coming soon.
Hi,
I recently started a music blog of Sudanese music and I wanted to invite people to check it out!
Brendan
Hi!
I recently started a blog of Sudanese music and I wanted to invite people to check it out! https://sudanesemusicblog.wordpress.com
Brendan