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Afrosonica (LP)
Flee
- Cat No: MEGAIMP125
- updated:2025-09-01
This album features collaborations between the International Archive of Popular Music (AIMP), housed at the Museum of Ethnography in Geneva (MEG), and contemporary artists such as Midori Takada and Egyptian electronic music artist Yara Mekawei. It is being released on vinyl by FLEE.
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The International Archives of Popular Music (AIMP), affiliated with the Ethnographic Museum of Geneva (MEG), is a label and collection dedicated to the preservation of world music. Founded in 1944 by musicologist Constantin Brailoiu, it gathers over 18,000 recordings, from wax cylinders to digital formats. AIMP releases albums and collaborates with artists such as Midori Takada, exploring the connections between sound archives and contemporary creation. Through these projects, the label preserves and reinterprets musical traditions on a global scale.
Exploring and creatively highlighting the contours of globalization from historical and critical perspectives, The Ethnomusicology Archive (AIMP)—founded by the internationally renowned Romanian ethnomusicologist Constantin Brailoiu and housing an archive of over 18,000 recordings—is collaborating with contemporary sound artists through the Flee Project label, which explores a wide range of themes and fields, from music to architecture. The release features works by KMRU from Kenya, who has also released music on EDITION MEGO; Egyptian electronic musician Yara Mekawei; Midori Takada, a leading Japanese experimental percussionist known for her approach to Mon music; and MO LAUDI, a researcher of South African folk music. (Original Japanese text by Saito)