*Music from Saharan cellphones is a compilation of music collected from memory cards of cellular phones in the Saharan desert.*
*In much of West Africa, cellphones are are used as all purpose multimedia devices. In lieu of personal computers and high speed internet, the knockoff cellphones house portable music collections, playback songs on tinny built in speakers, and swap files in a very literal peer to peer Bluetooth wireless transfer.*
*The songs chosen for the compilation were some of the highlights — music that is immensely popular on the unofficial mp3/cellphone network from Abidjan to Bamako to Algiers, but have limited or no commercial release. They’re also songs that tend towards this new world of self production — Fruity Loops, home studios, synthesizers, and Autotune.*
I was listening to Mdou Moctar on Spotify and this compilation came up, it was a long while ago though but still good to see people are still finding this now.
*Music from Saharan cellphones is a compilation of music collected from memory cards of cellular phones in the Saharan desert.*
*In much of West Africa, cellphones are are used as all purpose multimedia devices. In lieu of personal computers and high speed internet, the knockoff cellphones house portable music collections, playback songs on tinny built in speakers, and swap files in a very literal peer to peer Bluetooth wireless transfer.*
*The songs chosen for the compilation were some of the highlights — music that is immensely popular on the unofficial mp3/cellphone network from Abidjan to Bamako to Algiers, but have limited or no commercial release. They’re also songs that tend towards this new world of self production — Fruity Loops, home studios, synthesizers, and Autotune.*
Death Grips has entered the chat.
This is the footage that Ride saw
Awesome. If you like this, check out African Desert Blues on Spotify. This album /songs are on the playlist, plus a gang of other incredible tracks.
Always love me some Tinariwen
Hadn’t heard this one before, thank you for sharing.
I was listening to Mdou Moctar on Spotify and this compilation came up, it was a long while ago though but still good to see people are still finding this now.
I love this album
Shoutout to [Alarmphone Sahara](https://www.infomigrants.net/en/post/20442/alarm-phone-sahara-saving-lives-in-the-desert)
Yooo this is a jammer I’m listening on my phone but can’t wait to get out of bed and blast this shit on my speakers!!!