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Senegal Music Documentary
Recording Africa's first music documentary in Senegal 2012.
Visit www.RecordingAfrica.com to buy the album!
Recording Africa is a non-profit record label archiving traditional African music, which is in danger of gradual eradication.
By forming bonds with community leaders and providing necessary resources, like tools, food and educational supplies, we are granted the privilege of recording unique performances.
All profits from donations and sales ensure subsequent villages are fully compensated for sharing their musical traditions.
Crew:
Producer/Director: Olly Burton
Producer/Sound Recordist: Tobias Brent
Camera Operator/Sound Mixer: Michael Osborne
Editor: Matt Prior
Colour Correction: Alex Blogg
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Video

My Feeling - Bideew Bou BessMy Feeling - Bideew Bou Bess
My Feeling - Bideew Bou Bess
zhlédnutí 1,4KPřed 11 lety
Check out more at recordingafrica.com Recording Africa is a Charitable Travelling Record Label which records endangered traditional music in diminishing communities in exchange for essential resources. Whilst staying with our good friend Cheikh in Dakar, the capital of Senegal, we, by chance, managed to meet with the three brothers from the popular group, Bideew Bou Bess. After having a long ch...
An Introduction to Recording AfricaAn Introduction to Recording Africa
An Introduction to Recording Africa
zhlédnutí 132Před 11 lety
Kashakas - The Kashaka SalesmanKashakas - The Kashaka Salesman
Kashakas - The Kashaka Salesman
zhlédnutí 89KPřed 11 lety
Check out more at recordingafrica.com Recording Africa is a Charitable Travelling Record Label which records endangered traditional music in diminishing communities in exchange for essential resources. This Kashaka Salesman was recorded at Gorée Island. We met a kashaka salesman whose name is unknown to us, probably because of his mad rush to sell more kashakas. (A kashaka is a percussive instr...
Ndimbalo - Beneen SquadNdimbalo - Beneen Squad
Ndimbalo - Beneen Squad
zhlédnutí 1,1KPřed 11 lety
Check out more at recordingafrica.com Recording Africa is a Charitable Travelling Record Label which records endangered traditional music in diminishing communities in exchange for essential resources. In Dakar, we met with a friend made through couch-surfing, Amadou. Amadou is the manager of the underground hip hop group, Beneen Squad, and the director of the company Xoslu Vision. He took us t...
Djambolo Debere - Mohammed Mucho MbaloDjambolo Debere - Mohammed Mucho Mbalo
Djambolo Debere - Mohammed Mucho Mbalo
zhlédnutí 1,1KPřed 11 lety
Check out more at recordingafrica.com Recording Africa is a Charitable Travelling Record Label which records endangered traditional music in diminishing communities in exchange for essential resources. As we walked the back streets of Gorée, a former centre of the slave trade and arrondissement of Dakar, admiring the displays of unusual art, we heard the strumming of a guitar echoing against th...
Recording Africa : Senegal TrailerRecording Africa : Senegal Trailer
Recording Africa : Senegal Trailer
zhlédnutí 584Před 11 lety
Recording Africa was initiated in 2010; a nonprofit travelling record label. The aim: to sustain musicians and communities recorded with resources, creating a fair exchange on both sides. With much enthusiasm and the support of backers and donors, over three thousand pounds was raised and the dream became a reality. In January 2012, we embarked on a research project and social enterprise that s...
Recording Africa - Senegal : MONDAY 18TH FEBRUARY!Recording Africa - Senegal : MONDAY 18TH FEBRUARY!
Recording Africa - Senegal : MONDAY 18TH FEBRUARY!
zhlédnutí 360Před 11 lety
Recording Africa releases album & doc in a beautiful package: MONDAY, 18TH FEB! recordingafrica.com - visit to purchase the pack on Monday! - 100% received from sales go to Musicians and Communities of Africa - Recording Africa records traditional music of lessening African cultures. In exchange for recording the music, support and resources are provided for musicians and communities.