Various Artists - Agrim Agdez (Sahel Sounds)
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00:00 Fatou Seidi Ghali - Migrid Noulhawan
03:15 Etran De L'Aïr - Iban Mano D'Ikhya
09:26 Mdou Moctar - Adounia Tiyoun
13:27 Mohamed Karzo - C'est La Vie
18:17 Azna De L'Ader - Hey Joe 
22:23 John Safokoley - Anashua
27:54 Etran De L'Aïr - Agrim Agadez
33:43 Kel Tangawal - Yayela
38:00 Ahmed Ag Kaedi - Imouhagh Siwlat
41:32 Amaria Hamadalher - Bahouche 

Agrim Agadez is a compilation of contemporary field recordings of guitar music from the Sahelian empire of Niger. Focusing on guitar music throughout the country, from meditative starlight ballads, fuzzy Hendrix covers, rag tag wedding bands, to political minded folk guitarists. A beautiful encapsulation of the diversity of guitar as it exists today, recorded over years of travels.

Like most of the Sahel, the guitar is found in every corner of Niger. Whether acoustic, electric, or built by hand, guitars are highly prized possessions and continue to inspire. Every corner of Niger has particular languages, customs, and cultures, and each corner has taken the instrument and transformed it in its own special way: from bar bands of the southern Hausa land, pastoral flock owning village autodidacts, rag-tag DIY wedding rock musicians, to political minded folk guitarists.

Agrim Agadez follows the sounds overheard playing on cassettes, seeking out the once legendary local heroes in their hometowns, and stumbling upon musicians in accidental chance encounters. The resulting record is a document of the guitar as it's heard, experienced in the open air studios of Niger with a single microphone - with backdrops of children's voices, crickets, and village ambience.
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