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01. KMRU - Depot
02. Yara Mekawei - The Shrine
03. Midori Takada - Mémoire d'arbre
04. Ntshepe Tsekere Bopape (Mo Laudi) - Daughters of the Dust. Sons of the Soil (Part 2)
ARTIST
TITLE
Afrosonica: Soundscapes
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
MEGAIMP 125CD MEGAIMP 125CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
6/6/2025

Afrosonica is a multidisciplinary project developed alongside an exhibition at the Museum of Ethnography in Geneva (MEG) in 2025. It explores African and Afro-diasporic sound through critical, artistic, and sensory lenses. The record, Afrosonica: Soundscapes, features commissioned works by KMRU, Midori Takada, Yara Mekawei, and Ntshepe Tsekere Bopape (Mo Laudi). Through sound art, they reactivate museum collections and explore links between memory, identity, and diasporic trajectories. Together, these two objects offer a polyphonic and critical reflection on how sound can carry, question, and reimagine histories. 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 Brăiloiu, 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.