I'm in a hotel room in Dakar waiting to catch my flight back to London. I spent the last three weeks traveling and recording around Senegal accompanied by my friend Matt and with the help of local guide Youssou Badji. Against my expectations, we managed to visit most of the country and all of the bigger national parks and reserves.

I have over 500GB worth of recordings, photos and videos and I very much look forward to delving into this trove once I get back into the studio. Until then I can share a couple of recordings and a few photos I managed to upload so far.

A completely new experience to me was recording a band. We stayed at a camping spot in the Desert of Lompoul, where a local Djembe band played excellent music by the campfire at night. I took advantage of this and recorded them, and here's a short bit from one of their performances.