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uchronia - field recordings from alternate realities: bamako west africa june 2015 - sahel sounds - vinyl

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Genre: African - Mali

1. Amplified Balafon
2. Shoes Vendors, Central Market
3. Digital Sampler, Rhythm Variation
4. Musical Street Prophet
5. Balani Compositions, Rhythm Box
6. Homemade Instrument, Bike Cable
7. Bambara Affirmations, Relaxtion Cassette
8. Neba Solo, Taxi Radio
9. Art School Musicians
10. Oudin Coil Streetlamp
11. Radio Intermission, Kora
12. Song For Mansa Abu Bakr II, Oumou Biabate
13. Gospel Rock Band "Shine
14. Video Game Music, Streetside
15. Parade For Mansa Abu Bakr II Celebration
16. Traditional Curatives Vendor
17. Takamba With Modular Synth
18. Percussion Game, Horses
19. Electronic Talking Drum, Tamanin
20. Balafon & Calabash Improvisation
21. Riverside Field Recording
22. Malinke Song, Clarinet

Soundtrack from a trip to a place that does not exist.. includes a 30-page soft-bound book.

Words from Sahel Sounds:
"In June 2015, we traveled to a place that doesn’t exist.

The work was semi-ethnographic documentation of travel to a fictional Bamako. Over 10 days, photographer Maciek Pozoga and I meticulously documented the real and the unreal through photo and sound. The imagined capital evolved out of discussions with Bamakois: visual artists, science fiction scenarists, traditional griots, DIY filmmakers, and modern studio producers. At the forefront was perception of Mali and its capital – what it is, what it could have been, and what it will be. At the core was the idea of travel, that feeling of being in a strange land. On this journey we looked for clues of alternate pasts, hidden in architecture, dress, song, or deep in the dreams of possible futures.

The resulting exhibition, Uchronia: The Unequivocal Interpretation of Reality will feature photography from Maciek Pozoga, a photo book, edited by Pierre Hourquet, and vinyl record of field recordings documenting the journey – available during the exhibition (and later here at Sahel Sounds). The vinyl record, “Field Recordings from Alternate Realities” accompanies the photographs as soundscape to this unrealized world. The record draws on the experience of a number of musicians, including Mamelon, Luka Productions, and Super Onze – borne out of conversations and experimentation."