Sahel Sounds
Artwork 2019
Installation photograph from the ‘Sounding the Void, Imaging the Orchestra V.1’ exhibition in A4’s Gallery. In the middle, a selection of vinyl records from the Sahel Sounds record label sits on wall-mounted shelves.
Artwork: Sahel Sounds (2019). Cassettes and vinyls. Various dimensions. Courtesy of Sahel Sounds.
Title Sahel Sounds Date 2019 Materials Casette and vinyls Dimensions Dimensions variable Credit Courtesy of Sahel Sounds

Record label Sahel Sounds focuses on audio-cultural production in the West African Sahel. The label documents popular musical phenomena in field recordings, MP3 archiving, cellphone data collection, experimental filmmaking, and YouTube archaeology.

Installation photograph from the ‘Sounding the Void, Imaging the Orchestra V.1’ exhibition in A4’s Gallery. On the left, a collection of vinyls and cassette tapes from the Sahel Sounds label sit on wall mounted shelves. On the right, Bhavisha Panchia’s installation ‘Nothing to Commit Records’ consists of two wooden shelving units with vinyls records that lean against the gallery wall. At the front, two listening areas with record players and earphones sit on the gallery floor.
Installation photograph from the ‘Sounding the Void, Imaging the Orchestra V.1’ exhibition in A4’s Gallery that shows a vinyl record player on a wall-mounted shelf with records provided by the Sahel Sounds label.
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