[2] Sani found unlikely fame in Denmark, regularly appearing in the playlist of Copenhagen bars.
[citation needed] In 1952, Mamman Sani was born in Accra to a privileged family.
[4] During a UNESCO meeting, Mamman purchased an Italian Orla electronic organ from a delegate from Rwanda.
[4][5] His first professional experience as a musician was being hired by Niger's national television station to compose credits and interludes for their shows.
[3] Kirkley described hearing Mamman's music: “It was esoteric and bizarre, unlike anything I had ever heard—the imaginary audio track to an arcade game of desert caravans trek through an pastoral landscape of 8-bit acacias and pixelized sand.”[2] That year Kirkley released the recordings through his Portland-based record label Sahel Sounds, as "La Musique Electronique du Niger".