Sleepless Summer Nights with Katherine Caditz This week's playlist is inspired by the hot summer nights. I reached into my digital files and found "Music from Saharan Cell Phones." Liner notes include: "A compilation of the most popular music circulating the Sahara desert on the unofficial network of cellphones -- where mp3s are stored, played, and traded in very literal peer to peer bluetooth transfers. The contemporary West African sound from the new school of DIY production with little or no commercial release outside of their locales, from spaced out Tuareg Autotune, Ivorian Club Jams, Mauritanian Synth, and Malian Hip Hop electro. Collected from memory cards by and released on cassette, the vinyl comes after a years plus of tracking down the composers." This is a unique form of music sharing. Half of the playlist is Canadian content, with music mostly from British Columbia. Please leave a comment or suggest future artists to explore. Thank you for listening.
