Hisham Mayet - Niger Magic & Ecstasy In The Sahel flac album

Hisham Mayet presents a folk cinema celebration of life in the Sahel region of Africa, showcasing many of Niger's venerable music styles. All spontaneously raw and sublimely beautiful performances, there's Tuareg trance rock, a Bori cult dance ceremony, Fulani Folk, roadhouse gospel rave-ups and Mayet's single camera testaments to Niger's incendiary music.

A Film By Hisham Mayet. Shot on location throughout The Republic of Niger in 2004.

Mayet methodically reveals the dazzling range and power of Nigerian music, from ess griot performances that serve as a local news broadcast and gossip column to a rare example of ritual music from a private spirit-possession ceremony. It offers a tantalizing glimpse of this region's unmatched musical riches, including the awe-inspiring courtship dances of the Wodaabe men and a rare duet between the late, great Tuareg guitarist Koudede and the renowned molo master Ousenni. This first volume in Sublime Frequencies' Folk Music of the Sahel series comprises a subjective but spectacular overview of Hausa, Zarma, Fulani, Songhai, and Tuareg music culled from Mayet's rich archives.

A celebration of life in the Sahel region of Africa, this film showcases many of Niger’s venerable music styles. Tuareg Electric Guitar trance rock, Bori cult dance ceremonies, Fulani Folk, and Roadhouse Gospel Rave-ups are some of the segments included in this latest "Folk Cinema" classic from Sublime Frequencies! Filmed in December of 2004 on location in Niger, Hisham Mayet delivers a spontaneous, raw, and inspiring collection of images, music, and ceremony (again with a single camera presentation) from a nation mired in poverty and continual post-colonial disappointment

This first volume in Sublime Frequencies' new Folk Music of the Sahel series comprises a subjective but spectacular overview of Hausa, Zarma, Fulani, Songhai and Tuareg music culled from Mayet's rich archives. As such, the intent of this album is not just to document the fantastic heterogeneity of Sahelian music, but also to bear witness to the changes and challenges faced by Niger's diverse ethnic groups during a decade marked by almost inconceivable political instability and technological upheaval.

This musicography of Niger sheds light on a country that fewer than 1,000 people visited in 2004. Shot in crisp digital video, director Mayet, co-founder of the Sublime Frequencies label, captures street musicians and religious gatherings in Islamic, Christian and animist regions of the country. These performances all explode with vitality, whether documenting solo instrumentalists, a possession ceremony, or the incredible Tuareg rock and roll blitz in the desert city of Agadez. Shots of that 1,000-year-old desert cityscape alone are some of the most stunning images captured on DVD this year.